Category: ohio history
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The Ohio Theatre: A jewel that was nearly lost
The Ohio Theatre in downtown Columbus is home to the Columbus Symphony, BalletMet, and Broadway in Columbus, and also hosts Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA)-presented performances, as well as a wide variety of touring artists and shows each year.
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Tipp Roller Mills once rolled flour, now rocks with concerts
Tipp Roller Mills was built by Uriah and James John in 1838-39 as a grist mill at Lock 15 along the Miami-Erie Canal in Tipp City.
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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.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Two mills remain in Muskingum County
At the height of the era of old country mills in Ohio, there were 18 such mills in Muskingum County. Now there are only two venerable mills that remain standing in the county, both along Jonathan Creek in Newton Township.
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2025 in review, looking forward to new year
2026 is here and I have completed the second full year with Dusty Tires after launching the website and blog in March 2023.
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Tracking Zane’s Trace Part 2
This week we’re picking up where we left off on Zane’s Trace. We’ll drive from Lancaster to Chillicothe on US 22 and SR 159, in general following the trail of the historic Zane’s Trace.
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Here is the video — Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Tracking Zane’s Trace, Part 1
Subscribers, here’s the video link that was omitted from the original blog post from earlier today. Apologies for the operator error in not attaching the link!
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The Jacktown Trail: Epilogue
Tritt and his friends helped the Shawnee band over the next few days as the dead were buried and the band made preparations for their trip west. Tritt gave them some of their supplies, and they divided up the robbers’ horses and gear.
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The Jacktown Trail – Chapter 9
“Up ahead is a settlement of Christianized Shawnees,” Black said to the others. “Proudy Bill is the son of a Shawnee chief, but he’s way past his prime now. When we go into that village, we need to show ‘em who’s in charge. If they so much as lift a finger to us, shoot to…
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Invent some fun at Milan’s birthplace of Thomas Edison
Milan, Ohio, is justifiably proud of its place in history as the birthplace of Thomas A. Edison and has carefully restored and preserved the home in which he was born as the Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum.
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