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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…
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Places in Ohio related to Black American history are great visits
The historic Stone Academy was the center of abolitionist activity and a stop on the Underground Railroad in Zanesville. By Ken Drenten Ohio has numerous sites related to the Underground Railroad and Black American history. The Underground Railroad, which provided safe passage for slaves fleeing enslavement in the South to Canada prior to and during…
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Velvet’s Ye Olde Mill draws ice cream lovers
Ye Olde Mill, built in 1817, is the home of Velvet Ice Cream in Utica. (Photo credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Ye Olde Mill is probably best known throughout Ohio for the round containers of frozen treats that the mill’s owners produce there — Velvet Ice Cream. An Ohio landmark, the restored mill is…
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Swartz Covered Bridge is near other historic sites in Wyandot County
Swartz Covered Bridge. (Credit: Ken Drenten) By Ken Drenten Swartz Covered Bridge spans the Sandusky River on County Road 130A about eight miles southeast of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot County. The Howe Truss bridge, built by Moses Weymouth, has a 96-foot span. Originally built in 1878-79, it was restored in 1992-93 and again in 2018. The bridge crosses…
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