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 […]
Glenna Wallace, Chief of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma will speak as part of the Kennedy Lecture Series at Ohio University Bennett Hall about connecting the personal and the professional within a life of leadership. Chief Glenna is the first elected female chief of the Shawnee tribe in modern history. She has dedicated her […]
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" […]
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 2 to […]
Please join us at Adena Mansion and Gardens in your Sunday’s best on Mother's Day to honor and celebrate the special women in our lives! Tea and assorted desserts will be served. Local historian Mary Anne Brown will talk about the Worthington Women, and Executive Director Kathy Styer will give a brief history of Tea […]
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 […]
Annual Memorial Day services in local cemeteries start at 9am with a rifle salute and taps at Grandview Cemetery in Chillicothe, along with a brief guided walk to major veterans' graves. A rifle salute and taps will then be presented 9:30am at St. Margaret's Cemetery, 10am at Greenlawn Cemetery, 11am at Rowland Cemetery near the […]
A workshop explaining cursive handwriting with demonstrations and hands-on lessons using quill pens and ink. Also a discussion of how ink was made by gathering natural ingredients. Workshop will be on Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 2:00 PM in the classroom at the Visitor Center. Admission is free and all children must have an adult […]
Join us on Sunday, July 3, at 2:00 PM, to celebrate Independence Day the way they did two centuries ago as you are transported back in time to experience the holiday like it was celebrated in the early 1800s. This event will take place at the picnic pavilion and there is no charge to attend. […]
