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Barns of Ohio featured in new video
Click on the link above to view the “Barns of Ohio” video. By Ken Drenten I’ve spent more than 25 years taking photographs of barns around Ohio. I’ve collected many of them in a new video called “Barns of Ohio 2024” now on Dusty Tires and YouTube. You can learn more about Ohio’s barns in…
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Irish people left their mark on state’s canals, railroads
Irish workers played an important role in building Ohio’s infrastructure in canals and railroads.
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Twin City Opera House is the heart of Morgan County
By Ken Drenten The Twin City Opera House, which opened to the public in 1892, commands the central square of the town of McConnelsville. It is also arguably the heart of McConnelsville and Morgan County. The much-loved theatre has been in continuous use since its opening, and is still going strong. The theatre’s ground floor…
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Celebrate Women’s History Month in Ohio
Learn about women who made an impact on Ohio and the world at Ohio historical sites.
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Greenville and Darke County getting ready for total solar eclipse
The Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop is one of Greenville’s most well-known eating establishments. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Darke County is looking forward to a big event in April — on Monday, April 8, 2024, much of Ohio and especially Darke County will be in the path of the prime viewing area of a total…
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Mishler Mill continues to weave its way into community
By Ken Drenten Mishler Weaving Mill in Smithville, just east of Wooster in Wayne County, is a working textile mill that’s a testament to nearly 140 years of industriousness. The mill, currently owned and operated by the Smithville Historical Society, was established in 1887 by Swiss immigrant John Mishler, a weaver by trade. Mishler produced…
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Antique malls and shops added to Dusty Tires
Gristmill Antiques in Beach City is in a former feed mill. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Antique malls and shops are like treasure troves. You never know what you’ll find in one, and you will almost always find something that reminds you of your childhood, or something that you or someone you knew had…
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Fowler’s Mill is a thriving survivor in Geauga County
By Ken Drenten Fowler’s Mill is the home of Fowler’s Milling Co., near Chardon, Ohio. (Credit: Ken Drenten) Fowler’s Mill, built in 1834, has been a working grist mill for generations near Chardon in Geauga County. The mill is the sole survivor of a group of mills built in the 1830s on the Chagrin River.…
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Lynn Auto Theatre, oldest in Ohio, still making audiences smile
By Ken Drenten Lynn Auto Theatre open since 1937, is the oldest drive-in movie theatre in Ohio. The Lynn Auto Theatre, at the junction of SR 250 and SR 21 just northwest of Strasburg, is the oldest drive-in movie theatre in Ohio and the second oldest continuously operating drive-in theatre in the world. It’s also…
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Plane, train, automobile and canal sites are now listed in Dusty Tires
The impressive “Memphis Belle” B-17 bomber from World War II on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Since launching Dusty Tires in March, I have been constantly accumulating and adding more content. I’ve just added four new pages of content in the Places By Type…