Yay or Nay! Ohio became a state in 1803, but not without conflict! Now it's your turn to witness the fiery, historic debate over whether Ohio should become a state or remain within the Northwest Territory. Visitors will step back in time to 1802 and witness this historic debate highlighting Territorial Governor Arthur St. Clair's […]
The birthplace of Chillicothe's First Lady, the Lucy Hayes Heritage Center at 90 West Sixth Street, will be open to the public with no admission charge 10am to 4pm on Chillicothe Statehood Day, Saturday, March 4th. In addition to several historical displays and refreshments, we will have a scavenger hunt for children to find symbols […]
Please plan to come visit our “sugar shack” just west of Chillicothe on the weekends of March 4 and March 11 and learn how we make our pure maple syrup. We’ll show you how we tap the trees, collect, concentrate and preserve the sap, boil it down to syrup and bottle it. If the weather’s […]
The Ross County Heritage Center presents their Statehood Day event. • Special exhibit of original Ohio statehood documents including Thomas Worthington's personal draft of the 1802 Ohio Enabling Act displayed on Ohio's original Constitution Table. • Special Ross County Samplers & Needlework Exhibit • Special one-day exhibit of antique military arms & armaments. • Special […]
God's Will tells the story of two minister best friends, each caught up in their own crisis of faith. The life of a professional minister can be quite fulfilling, yet oftentimes it is excruciatingly challenging. The external pressures and temptations, coupled with the internal desire to please God and serve his creation can become too […]
The Hoggard Trail* in Ross County's Buzzard's Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery. Along with the native Spring Beauties, Trout Lilies, Wintergreen, and Pawpaw, are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard...and daffodils, which do not originally plant themselves. Join me from 2 […]
Please plan to come visit our “sugar shack” just west of Chillicothe on the weekends of March 4 and March 11 and learn how we make our pure maple syrup. We’ll show you how we tap the trees, collect, concentrate and preserve the sap, boil it down to syrup and bottle it. If the weather’s […]
Develop fundamental skills and techniques in ceramics. You will gain experience and direct knowledge from hands-on exploration in a variety of approaches to ceramics. Community Education workshops are open to the general public regardless of educational background. Community Education workshops are non-credit and do not carry credit applicable toward an Ohio University degree or transfer […]
Develop fundamental skills and techniques in ceramics. You will gain experience and direct knowledge from hands-on exploration in a variety of approaches to ceramics. Community Education workshops are open to the general public regardless of educational background. Community Education workshops are non-credit and do not carry credit applicable toward an Ohio University degree or transfer […]
A PowerPoint presentation focusing specifically on a group of prehistoric mounds which once dotted the landscape between Paint Street and the Adena mansion and have since been lost to farming and development. This program will be three-fold with: 1) an overview of the extent of Ross County’s prehistoric man-made landscape at the time of the […]
