Join Kevin Coleman March 26th and 27th, 2022, for a visit to the Pump House Center for the Arts and a short walk along the floodwall to learn about the Great Flood of 1913, what caused it, why it has never repeated, and how it affected Chillicothe. Also learn about other major floods from 1817 […]
One hundred seventy years ago this April 1st, more than a quarter of Chillicothe burned in the worst disaster to befall the thriving canal town. Join local guide Kevin Coleman in a walking tour of part of the "burned district" to explore the architecture and history of the time of the "Great Fire of 1852" […]
Local historian and guide Kevin Coleman will give guidance on the graveyard that was there before the cemetery, the funerary architecture and symbolism in the monuments, the historic quarry at the rim, the history around the site, the geology of the location, and even what you see in the grand views. Join me for my […]
Local historian and guide Kevin Coleman will give guidance on the graveyard that was there before the cemetery, the funerary architecture and symbolism in the monuments, the historic quarry at the rim, the history around the site, the geology of the location, and even what you see in the grand views. Join me for my […]
Local historian and guide Kevin Coleman will give guidance on the graveyard that was there before the cemetery, the funerary architecture and symbolism in the monuments, the historic quarry at the rim, the history around the site, the geology of the location, and even what you see in the grand views. Join me for my […]
The Hoggard Trail in Ross County's Buzzard's Roost Preserve has both natural and historical scenery. In the forest are remnants of 200 years of human alterations: a public road, house ruins, mico-quarries, pine plantations, a graveyard...and periwinkle, which does not plant itself. For those who missed my offering of a historical and geological tour of […]
Enjoy an Oktoberfest "Goosetown" walking tour by Kevin Coleman 2-4pm Saturday October 1st & 10am-12pm Sunday October 2nd, 2022. Learn about many aspects of Chillicothe's working-class German neighborhood named after the residents' floating livestock. You'll see and hear about workers' cottages with scherenschnitte attic vents and a butcher's Romanesque castle...canal and railroad superhighways...Camp Bull and […]
Enjoy an Oktoberfest "Goosetown" walking tour by Kevin Coleman 2-4pm Saturday October 1st & 10am-12pm Sunday October 2nd, 2022. Learn about many aspects of Chillicothe's working-class German neighborhood named after the residents' floating livestock. You'll see and hear about workers' cottages with scherenschnitte attic vents and a butcher's Romanesque castle...canal and railroad superhighways...Camp Bull and […]
By request, this Sunday Kevin Coleman will offer a walking tour of the 100 block of Vine and Church streets, as well as a look at Chestnut Street and St. Peter Church and School. Join Kevin and neighborhood residents in the courtyard besides St. Peter's at 2pm October 16th, 2022, for an hour-and-a-half walk around […]
A walking tour of Grandview Cemetery's funerary architecture, history, and natural aspects, in honor of Veterans Day. If you missed my spring tours of Chillicothe's scenic landmark burial ground, join me for an opportunity for my guided tour of it this fall - with a nod to those buried there - 2pm Sunday, November 13th, […]
