Local History

How Marietta Got its Name

Lately, Marietta has been popping up on a lot of lists. We've been named the most picturesque city in Ohio, one of the top ten small cities in America, an adven...

Hidden Places, Secret Spaces

Each year, local historian Lynne Sturtevant of Hidden Marietta teams up with Marietta Main Street to host a very unique kind of tour. Hidden Places, Secret Spac...

The Jazz Age

After months of planning, the Jazz Age came to life in downtown Parkersburg the last week of March. Over 1,000 people came out throughout the week of events and...

Coming Soon!

If you live or work in Marietta, there’s a good chance you’ve walked along Putnam Street getting from Point A to Point B.  I imagine you’ve hurried past the bui...

Pop Culture Nostalgia

We went there on a whim. I’d been to Marietta’s Children’s Toy & Doll Museum before, when I was a kid myself. This was in the 1980s on a Girl Scout field tr...

History by Candlelight

15.7 miles. That’s the distance from downtown Marietta Ohio to Blennerhassett Island. Many locals who have lived in the MOV their whole lives never see some of ...
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