As the first Capital of Ohio, the city of Chillicothe boasts a rich and storied history filled with romance, drama, humor and adventure. All these tales live on in the memory of buildings that still stand today. The 8th Annual Ghost Walk is your chance to take a peek back into the past and catch […]
Daily ranger-guided programs and tours are now available at the Mound City Group Visitor Center of Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Visitors have the option of joining a morning tour of Mound City Group at 10:00 AM or an afternoon tour of Mound City Group at 3:30 PM. Additionally, a daily mid-day ranger program at […]
Tour two canal-era buildings to celebrate the anniversary of the superhighway of commerce and culture in Chillicothe on Sunday, October 17th, 2021. Visit renovated canal warehouses built in 1852 on West Water Street with Kevin Coleman: Dard Hunter Studios, and Old Town Fabric Shop. The sturdy buildings have seen varied uses over the years, and […]
A Walk Through Time at Hopewell Mound Group People 2,000 years ago traveled from all over to come to Ross County and the Scioto River valley. Some consider the area the Vatican or the Jerusalem of Eastern North America; a place to gather, make pilgrimages to, and bury your loved ones. No site exemplifies this […]
Join Kevin Coleman for a visit to the third-floor 1874 meeting hall of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with a delicious finish at Old Capitol Brewing...and possibly more, on Sunday, October 24th, 2021. If September's "Ghost Walk" was not enough for you or you missed it, I'm offering a dusk tour of another curious […]
Two walking tours of Grandview Cemetery's funerary architecture, history, and natural aspects on and after November 11th. If you missed my spring tours of Chillicothe's scenic landmark burial ground, join me for two opportunities for my guided tour of it this fall - with a nod to those buried there - 11am/12 noon Thursday, November 11th, […]
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 […]
