Red Cross Has Served the MOV for Over 100 Years

Joe StephensMay 28, 2021

Susan Sheppard’s Legacy Lives On

Olivia ReederApril 28, 2021

Morris Hardware: 175 Years of Service

Owen MorrowDecember 23, 2020

Local History

The Desert Isle: Conspiracy and Tragedy at Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park

Mike BakerJune 20, 2018

Like mournful echo from the silent tomb That pines away upon the midnight air, Whilst the pale moon breaks out with fitful gloom, Fond memory turns, with sad...

Phoenix Mill

Jessica WielitzkaMarch 23, 2018

At one time, a walk across the bridge to Harmar would have included the sight of a huge building sitting just off to one side. Sounds of machinery and men’s voi...

Attempted Murder & Suicide on Second Street

Jessica WielitzkaMarch 5, 2018

It was May 1 of 1861. A beautiful spring day was closing on the town of Marietta. A door opened on a nice house on Second Street, just above where Scammel Stree...

Marietta’s Lost Buildings: Lafayette Corner

Jessica WielitzkaFebruary 7, 2018

At the corner of Front & Greene Streets sits a grand, steam-boat era hotel. The Lafayette Hotel will turn 100 years old in July this year, but hospitality o...

Fighting Bawds

Jessica WielitzkaJanuary 22, 2018

With charming Victorian mansions looming over quaint brick streets, it is hard to imagine that this town was once a booming and vibrant city. People from all ki...

The Intellectual Breadline

Olivia ReederJanuary 11, 2018

“All that you can take with you is that which is given away.” If that saying rings any truth, Andrew Carnegie left this earth with quite a bit. An immigrant, mi...

Five Generations of Schafer Leather

Laura PytlikNovember 17, 2017

Earlier this year, I celebrated the first anniversary of my little shop on Front Street – a pretty big deal to me. Just two doors down, at 140 Front Street, Sc...

A Night at the Museum

Angela O'Curran LopezNovember 16, 2017

One of the things that I love most about living here in the Mid Ohio Valley is that there is almost always something going on. There are events to relax, have a...

Stepping into History

Angela O'Curran LopezNovember 9, 2017

Marietta is a city abundantly rich in history, both modern and ancient. There is no better place to illustrate the vastness of this history than the Mound Cemet...

Ghost Stories

Nick GyongyosiOctober 15, 2017

Parkersburg’s Riverview Cemetery, fringing the Julia-Ann Square Historic District, is a hotbed of paranormal activity. It allegedly is a place where strange orb...