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As previously stated, I've decided to post some of my short Goodreads  reviews of 4 or 5-star history books I've read over the last...

Ripley OH: an abolitionist stronghold. This is the restored home of John P. Parker, a noted African-American abolitionist I agree somewh...

Rosa Washington Riles 1901 - 1969 File under: "Cool stuff you learn while geocaching" I almost didn't stop at this old c...

beginning   James Abram Garfield , was born on this day November 19th 1831 in Moreland Hills, Ohio , near Cleveland. He rose from abjec...

 Dr. John Witherspoon Scott Underground Railroad sign On what appears to be just another struggling storefront in Midwest America...

Grant's birthplace in Point Pleasant OH. It toured the US. April 27th, 1822 is President U.S. Grant's 191st birthday! I'm...

Bebb's Cabin birthplace built in 1799 near Okeana OH, restored here in 1959. Never heard of Governor Bebb ? Yeah me neither until...

Emily visits Grandpa's old house Here is some local history that isn't on a sign or easily found in a book or even on a single w...

Happy 201st Birthday to Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) whose 1852 book  Uncle Tom's Cabin was a catalyst for the anti-slavery mo...

James reads and I consult my notes in Covington KY It was $700. The statue of James Bradley , honoring anti-slavery activity in Kentuc...

Growing up and getting their start in Piqua OH in churches and other local venues in the late 1920's, The Mills Brothers , Herb...

original crude hand-made gravemarker Geocaching sometimes takes me to interesting and forgotten places that pique my curiosity after scr...

I knew that the popular enormous flea market called  Caesar's Creek near Wilmington OH derived its name from the nearby Ohio State P...