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I’m Watching Seasons, author of Seasons Flow, a blog about nature in the state of Ohio. I’ve always been interested…

Jonathan Alder and the Madison County Historical Society.

Foster Chapel Cemetery Jonathan Alder Madison County Historical Society It was May 2020 and the spring migration season was going…

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Colonel Crawford Memorial.

A few years ago I was driving up north to do some birding along Lake Erie when I noticed a…

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Ohio’s Oldest Existing Settlement and Greatest Frontier Infamy.

Gnadenhutten It’s pronounced ‘NAYD-uhn-huh-ten’. I had it right from a villager, and that’s the final word on that. As for…

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Ohio’s Only Revolutionary War Fort.

Fort Laurens was built in the Ohio wilderness in an attempt to bring the war to the British at Fort Detroit- but it didn’t work out that way.

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Springfield – Downtown History.

Downtown Springfield City Hall Fountain Square Old Columbia Street Cemetery The Madonna of the Trail I’ve recently moved to Clark…

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Put-In-Bay and Perry’s Victory Monument.

Put-in-Bay History dates back to the war of 1812 where Put-in-Bay became an important operations headquarters for Oliver Hazard Perry.…

history, Lake Erie, monuments, museums, Ohio, War of 1812

Wapakoneta and the Armstrong Air and Space Museum.

Two weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing- what an amazing achievement!  I remember that night…

Zanesville and the National Road Museum.

A couple months ago I was spring birding and made a stop in Zanesville Ohio, 50 miles east of Columbus. …

Northwest Ohio Tour – Fort Defiance, the Maumee River, and Fallen Timbers.

Fort Defiance Park The Maumee River Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument Last autumn, I spent a few days traveling around…

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