It's been almost a week since I returned home from Ohio. I've got lots to write about, but I thought I'd start off by sharing just a few photos of some of the iconic images from the area where I grew up.
Wanna work here? This is the office complex for the Longaberger Basket Company in Newark, Ohio. The firm makes designer baskets that are sold as collector's items.
Don't jump! This is the cliff at Black Hand Gorge near Toboso. Roamed around here a lot during my teen years. The formation at the bottom is part of lock system for the canal that was part of the Licking River.
Maybe not. The Great Circle Mound in Newark is part of the Newark Earthworks erected by the ancient Moundbuilders. As a child, we wandered all over this place never aware of the significance of the site.
Eerie! Another Black Hand Gorge shot. I wasn't able to get a shot of the tunnel for the interurban railroad, but when the B&O Railroad was built, they blasted through the sandstone to create this cut through. The former railroad bed is now a bike/walking trail.
We can spell. I couldn't quite get it from the observation tower, but these shrubs do spell out Dawes Arboretum.
Hard as a chisel. I found this outcropping of flint along one of the trails at Flint Ridge Park. This was a site where Indian tribes gathered to secure flint for their weapons and tools.
Impressive! A map showing the extent of the Newark Earthworks, the largest system of its kind in the world.
Sacred. One of the mounds at the Newark Earthworks.
We're still in Newark, aren't we? After the 1959 flood, the town erected this totem pole in 1962 to ward off future floods.
Who wants dessert? Tom's Ice Cream Bowl in Zanesville has been around since 1948 serving up nuts, candy and of course, ice cream.
Remember this? Ah, pre-cell phone technology. I found this phone booth next to the Toboso United Methodist Church. Yes, it works.
That's really neat to see all the history still preserved. Thank you for sharing with us!
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