In terms of places rich in American history, many of us may think of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello or George Washington’s Mount Vernon. There is, however, anot...
Through the fog rolling across the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers, a gorgeous building stands above the rest in front of Harmar Hill, sitting prou...
The Story of the 25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of
Gettysburg
Our regiment had seventeen color-bearers killed or wounded during the war. Seven o...
Once the World’s Largest Earth Moving Machine, “Big Muskie” could move 39 million pounds of earth and rock every hour. The enormous dragline machine, now disas...
Every other year, Marietta Main Street teams up with the Hidden Marietta Tour Company to host a very unique downtown tour. “Hidden Places, Secret Spaces” takes...
This year marks the one hundredth anniversary of temperance advocates like the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and Anti-Saloon League killing off “John Barl...
As an MOV native, it’s hard for me to think of this area other than how I’ve known it my whole life. This is why I’ve always loved history. History allows me t...
When someone says “national cemetery” the first thing the comes to mind, for most people, is Arlington National Cemetery. Though Arlington may very well be the ...
Most sources place the genesis of the American oil industry in Titusville, PA in 1859 when Edwin L Drake, a New York businessman, successfully used a drilling r...
Most people in the Midwest are familiar with the idea of a county fair, or a state fair, but not every community is as fortunate as Barlow to have their own com...
