Category: ohio history
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Muskingum River lock system offers navigation, scenery, history
The Muskingum River runs for about 112 miles from Coshocton County all the way to the Ohio River in Washington County – the seventh longest river system in Ohio.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: Remarkable Marietta
This week in Dusty Tires on the Road we continue our drive on video south on State Route 60 from McConnelsville to Marietta, passing through the small communities of Beverly and Lowell along the way.
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 3
Tritt went across Jacksontown’s Main Street, the National Road, to a clapboard building that resembled a large shack that might soon tumble down. The only thing that identified it as a restaurant was a hand-written sign in a dirty window that read “EAT.” He sat down at a rough-sawn table.
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Explore the oldest houses in Columbus and Ohio
A modest house in Franklinton is reputed to be the oldest house in the city of Columbus. Located at 570 W. Broad Street (U.S. 40) at Gift Street, the Federal style house was reportedly built in 1807 by Joseph Oberdier.
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Dusty Tires on the Road: The Mighty Muskingum
This episode of Dusty Tires on the Road features State Route 60, which follows the Muskingum River. This video follows at the route from just south of Zanesville to McConnelsville.
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 2
The stagecoach slowly rolled into Jacksontown, causing a quite a crowd to gather as it did so, what with four dead bodies plain to see. The sheriff came over right away and nodded as he was told the details. He sent a deputy with several townsmen off on horseback to find the bandit who had…
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The Jacktown Trail, Chapter 1
The man on horseback had heard two shots and spied a dust cloud just past a hill to the east. It sparked his memory that he had heard the westbound stage was late getting to Jacksontown, or Jacktown, the town he had just left just 15 minutes ago.
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USS Shenandoah crash of century ago commemorated
The USS Shenandoah, the first rigid airship built in the United States and the world’s first helium-filled airship, has a pioneering and tragic place in Ohio aviation history.
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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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Museums in New Concord, Norwich tell stories of John Glenn, National Road
John Glenn was an American hero – an original Mercury 7 astronaut who went into space not once but twice, was a U.S. Senator, presidential candidate and U.S. Marine aviator who was a fighter pilot in three wars.
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