Foster Chapel Cemetery Jonathan Alder Madison County Historical Society It was May 2020 and the spring migration season was going … More
Category: cemeteries
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
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
A West Coast Bird in an Historic Cleveland Cemetery.
Lake View Cemetery At the beginning of 2019, a friend and I piled into his SUV and went on a … More
Fort Recovery.
Last September, I visited a small Ohio town chock-full of history. I enjoy visiting such places in my state, seeing … More
Urbana and Simon Kenton’s Grave.
One recent spring I went on a road trip that included a stop in Urbana, Ohio to indulge in some … More
Green Lawn Cemetery.
Green Lawn Cemetery Just south of downtown Columbus is one of Franklin County’s best-known historical birding hotspots, Green Lawn Cemetery. … More
The Life, Death and Rebirth of Ohio’s Prairies.
Prairies are landscapes of history, not just the pioneer settlements of 200 years ago, but extending thousands of years into … More
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