Category: ohio history
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Travel Ohio with Dusty Tires: Coshocton & Canals
This week we’re traveling in Ohio to northern Muskingum County and neighboring Coshocton County — to Dresden, Coshocton, Roscoe Village and West Lafayette, plus other sights to see. The ultimate goal of this trip is to find the oldest structure in Ohio, the Old Stone Fort, near West Lafayette.
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The Jacktown Trail – Chapter 8
They were led into a lantern-lit cabin that smelled of woodsmoke, old leather and grease. A dark-haired woman dressed in a linsey-woolsey frock set cups of hot chicory coffee before them and served them thick cornmeal cakes fried in bacon grease, along with slabs of crisp wild boar bacon.
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Dusty Tires in Ohio: Historic Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is one of those places that forces you to take notice of it. Motorists and truckers know it well as a town that has no access to the interstate freeway system, and no bypass to get around it.
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Preview: Dusty Tires in Ohio – Historic Mount Vernon
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The Jacktown Trail – Chapter 7
Tritt, still sitting at the table in the tavern after Mac had left on an errand, looked at Susan, now sitting across from him. “Oh, you’re wondering what I’m doing here? Well, I’ve been asking myself some questions,” she said.
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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 6
The man rode a circuitous route back to a secluded area where four men sat around a fire. One of them stood up and pointed a pistol when the man rode up, then relaxed when he recognized him.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Blackhand Country
This week we’re taking a drive out to Dillon State Park in Muskingum County, as well as Blackhand Gorge and Flint Ridge state nature preserves in Licking County.
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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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Ohio’s interurban railways clicked for a short while
If you wanted to go someplace outside your city or town in Ohio from the 1890s to the 1930s, it’s likely that you’d catch a ride on what was called an interurban car.
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