Category: Historic Taverns
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Tracking Zane’s Trace Part 1
This week in Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires, I’m tracking the oldest road in Ohio, Zane’s Trace.
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Golden Lamb inn is Ohio’s oldest – and spookiest?
The Golden Lamb has been a gathering place for travelers and community members in Lebanon since 1803. It can rightfully claim the title as Ohio’s oldest continually operating business.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Legendary Licking County, Part 2
In this week’s episode of Dusty Tires on the Road, we explore another sampling of Licking County, including the towns of Outville, Pataskala and Granville, as well as a brief tour of Denison University.
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 5
Tritt and Mac lounged outside the sheriff’s office until the appointed time. Tritt pulled out a pocket watch and stood up, opened the door and went in, with Mac following.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Going West, part 2
I continued traveling west on the National Road/U.S. 40 for the last in this series of Dusty Tires on the Road videos, visiting downtown Springfield and traveling west all the way to the Indiana border.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Going West, part 1
I drove through the towns of West Jefferson, Summerford, Lafayette, South Vienna and into the sizeable city of Springfield for this week’s video.
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Spread Eagle Tavern, other historic inns offer special ambience at holidays
The Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn, built in the 1830s, is decorated for the holidays. (Photo courtesy of Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn) By Ken Drenten Are you looking for an out-of-the-ordinary venue for a holiday gathering, special dinner or getaway? Try one of Ohio’s historic taverns and inns, such as the Spread Eagle Tavern…
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Pair of historic taverns on National Road have new uses
By Ken Drenten The Headley Inn Winery & Vineyard is housed in an historic 1830s tavern. (Credit: Ken Drenten) Two solidly-built stone houses have stood side-by-side a few miles west of Zanesville on US 40, the National Road, since the 1830s, when the road was first built in Ohio. The road, dotted with stone mile…
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Pennsylvania House: A solid brick reminder of Ohio’s National Road history
The Pennsylvania House was built in 1839 as a tavern and inn along the National Road. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten The Pennsylvania House is a handsome brick tavern and inn that stands today much as it did in when built nearly two centuries ago, with four porches and 23 rooms. The Pennsylvania House…
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