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.

Springfield – Downtown History.

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

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. … More

Welcome to Ohio History & Travel!

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