George Rogers Clark, the Battle of Piqua, and the Fair at New Boston.

Clark County is in west-central Ohio. Created in 1818, it was named after Brigadier General George Rogers Clark, a hero … More

Marietta and the Opening of the Northwest Territory, 1788.

On April 7, 1788, an unusual river craft, the “Adventure Galley” coasted through the early morning mist and landed at … More

The First Siege of Fort Meigs- 1813.

Fort Meigs is quite pleasing for the Ohio history buff. Located in Perrysburg, it is a museum and a re-created … More

Greenville – Treaty and Personalities.

One day I was out in rural Ohio driving the backroads as I like to do, and I came across … More

Bucyrus and its Murals.

I’ve gone up and down Ohio Route 4 a few times, from Springfield to Sandusky up along Lake Erie. It’s … More

Southern Ohio’s Hanging Rock Iron Region.

Near the end of spring earlier this year I went on a tour of southern Ohio, roughly in the area … More

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 … More

Colonel Crawford Memorial.

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

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 … More

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.