Category: Historic Towns
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Ragersville offers a surprising amount of history
Ragersville, an unincorporated community in Tuscarawas County, is well off the beaten path on the fringes of Ohio’s Amish Country. I would never have passed through the tiny burg if it hadn’t been for a detour off SR 93 for a bridge repair project.
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Circleville Pumpkin Show is Ohio’s oldest festival
If I were to provide a person new to Ohio a glimpse of what the state’s festivals are all about, I would steer them to our oldest festival, the Circleville Pumpkin Show.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Roseville & Crooksville
On August 10-11, 2026, the communities of Roseville, Crooksville, New Lexington, Junction City and Corning received 6 to 10 inches of rain in storms with heavy downpours. The record rainfall caused extensive flood damage and upended the lives of hundreds of residents in Muskingum, Morgan and Perry counties. On Sept. 21, 2026, torrential rains struck…
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Triple Nickel highway may be Ohio’s twistiest road
State Route 555, a 63-mile two-lane highway that winds from Zanesville in the north to Little Hocking in the south, has near-legendary status for motorcycle riders and driving enthusiasts..
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Buckeye Lake, Part 1
I’ve posted about Buckeye Lake before. Recently I made a circle tour of the lake, starting at the village of Buckeye Lake and going counter-clockwise.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires – Fairfield County’s Baltimore is growing quietly
Baltimore, Ohio, located in Fairfield County about halfway between Buckeye Lake and Lancaster, is one of those quiet, peaceful, nondescript towns that is a good place to raise a family but otherwise seems pretty common.
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Vermilion has history as colorful as its name
A town that is as colorful as its name, Vermilion, Ohio, was founded in 1837 and is now one of the most-visited port towns on the Great Lakes.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: National Road Yard Sale
I recently traveled on US 40, the National Road, in Muskingum and Licking counties to visit a number of yard sales during the National Road Yard Sale week.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Licking County Lore
Spring has arrived, and with it a new season of Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires trips around the state. Today, we’re exploring the Licking County communities of Alexandria, Johnstown and Hartford, plus a look at the Hartford Independent Fairgrounds and the enigmatic village of Lock.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: A Three-Buggy Day
Each year, my extended family and I go on an extended weekend getaway to a cabin, usually either in the Hocking Hills area or in the Mohican or Amish Country area. My mother started this years ago as a Christmas gift to the family.
