Raccoon Creek Pedestrian Bridge (2009), Granville Ohio

Raccoon Creek Pedestrian Bridge (2009), Granville Ohio in USA

The Raccoon Creek Pedestrian Bridge in Granville Ohio was completed in the fall of 2009. The bridge creates a safe pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross the mighty Raccoon Creek on the way to businesses on River Road or to the recreational Raccoon Valley Park.

2009 Tri-County League Championships, Canal Winchester Ohio

2009 Tri-County League Championships, Canal Winchester Ohio in USA
The StingRay Swim Team season started one cool morning of summer at the Heath pool and ended in the sweltering heat of the afternoon at the Tri-County League Championships held in Canal Winchester Ohio. I have never been so hot yet so close to a pool.

Heath City Water Park, Heath Ohio

Heath City Water Park, Heath Ohio in USA

We love the Heath Pool!! The Heath City Water Park in Heath Ohio is the home base for the Granville StingRay Swim team. This pano was taken after the morning swim and before the rush of the afternoon crowd. I love to sit by the pool and watch the kids swim, while drinking my morning cup of coffee.

Kiwanis Sponsored 4th of July Celebration Food Tent, Granville Ohio

Kiwanis Sponsored 4th of July Celebration Food Tent, Granville Ohio in USA
The Kiwanis certainly can throw a party! After spending too many hours walking up and down Main Street. A cool place to rest is found under the Kiwanis food tent. I usually get a brat or two and then it's back to the streets of Granville.

Kiwanis Sponsored 4th of July Celebration, Granville Ohio

Kiwanis Sponsored 4th of July Celebration, Granville Ohio in USA
Main Street Granville Ohio, the final hours of the 2009 Granville Kiwanis 4th of July four-day Independence Day Celebration. Our kids had a great time with their friends, while Mel and I enjoyed the bitter-sweet taste of fresh squeezed lemonade.

The Blue Water Bridge, Port Huron Michigan to Sarnia Ontario

The Blue Water Bridge, Port Huron Michigan to Sarnia Ontario in Canada
The Blue Water Bridge is an international crossing of the St. Clair River at the southern end of Lake Huron. The bridge is located between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, and consists of two unique spans. The original Blue Water Bridge, opened in 1938 and the second span was completed in 1999.

The Start of Summer, Lakeport Michigan

The Start of Summer, Lakeport Michigan in USA
It's the start of summer on the Great Lakes!! This pano is from the front yard of our summer home in Lakeport, Michigan. My dad and his father built the house more than a half-century ago from the blueprints in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine. I have been cutting this lawn for the past 40-years, the lawn mowers have changed, yet the pathway has always remained the same. I enjoy standing here in the late afternoon of summer, with the cool lake air slowing down the haste of a hot summer's day.

2009 Memorial Day Concert on the Green, Granville Ohio

2009 Memorial Day Concert on the Green, Granville Ohio in USA
This pano is from the 2009 Memorial Day Concert on the Green, Granville Ohio. The perfect ending to a long day of dancing with our dead, the planting of flowers and the turning the beds.

141th Annual Memorial Day Observance, Maple Grove Cemetery Granville, Ohio

141th Annual Memorial Day Observance, Maple Grove Cemetery Granville, Ohio in USA
This panorama is of the 141th annual Memorial Day Observance held at Maple Grove Cemetery Granville, Ohio. Memorial Day is a time to greave the loss of family and friends, yet celebrate the start of summer. For my family, we begin the day at the corner of the four churches in town, to join the parade march to the burial ground of our ancestors. Once at the cemetery, we stand at the same spot every year, while our kids play under the grand old maple tree. My wife and I hold back our tears during the ceremony, with the cold realization that one day our children will be the ones sadden, probably standing on this same hallowed ground.

141th Annual Memorial Day Observance, Maple Grove Cemetery Granville, Ohio

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields."

-Lt. Col. John McCrae (1872-1918)

Salt Run Creek, Granville Ohio

Salt Run Creek, Granville Ohio in USA


This panoramic view is from the banks of the Salt Run creek in Granville Ohio. We were in search of the prehistoric “Salt Wall" earthwork this afternoon. Although we did not find the prehistoric mound, the natural beauty of the area was more than noteworthy.

Spring Valley Salt Run Dam, Granville Ohio

Spring Valley Pool Salt Run Dam, Granville Ohio in USA


This dam of the Salt Run creek in Granville Ohio severed as a water reserve for the maintenance and filling of the Spring Valley pool. The pool opened in 1933 and was closed in 2005. The area has since been converted into a nature preserve. The creek was probably named Salt Run in the 1820’s, when a spring or deer lick was discovered to contain high salinity. After taking this panorama, I found a prehistoric knife at the base of the tripod! Can you find this ancient artifact in the panorama? Hint the knife is made from yellow/orange colored flint probably from Flint Ridge.

Grove Case Grave Marker in Old Colony Burying Ground, Granville Ohio

Grove Case Grave Marker in Old Colony Burying Ground, Granville Ohio in USA


This panorama is of the native sandstone tombstone of Grove Case, located in the Old Colony Burying Ground Granville Ohio. Grove was born on June 29, 1779 in Newbury Conn; he moved to Granville in 1807 and died in 1836 at the age of 57 years old. Grove was a Captain in the 27th U.S. Infantry during the War of 1812, notice the War of 1812 Veteran grave marker. How many Veteran grave markers can you count in this panorama?

Old Colony Burying Ground Historical Marker, Granville Ohio

Old Colony Burying Ground Historical Marker, Granville Ohio in USA


"The Old Colony Burying Ground has many signed and masterfully carved monuments and gravestones that provide a history of gravestone motifs between 1808 and 1880. Found within this ground are excellent examples of the work of local carvers and sculptors, including Thomas and Rollin Hughes, Manley Whipple, and the DeBow brothers. The early markers are of locally quarried sandstone, while many of the later ones are of marble, which was shipped to Granville via the Granville Feeder from the Ohio and Erie Canal. In 1886, Charles Webster Bryant recorded and numbered the location and epitaphs of all visible gravestones, providing important historic information no longer visible today. The cemetery has been called the Old Colony Burying Ground since 1912 when the wrought-iron entrance gates were erected by the Granville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Old Colony Burying Ground was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. "

Marker Number 21-45

Hanby House State Memorial Muesum, Westerville Ohio

Hanby House State Memorial Muesum, Westerville Ohio in USA


Located in Westerville Ohio on the Otterbein college campus, this was the home of Benjamin Russell Hanby. The house was built in 1846 and together with his dad, Bishop William Hanby, the house and barn were a popular node on the Underground Railroad

Otterbein College Historical Marker, Westerville Ohio

Otterbein College Historical Marker, Westerville Ohio in USA


"This historic college opened in 1847 as Otterbein University of Ohio, named for Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813), a founder of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. The church later merged with the Evangelical Church to become the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and later with the Methodist Episcopal Church to become the United Methodist Church. Otterbein was one of the first colleges in the United States to open its doors to persons of color and women without restrictions on what they could study. While Otterbein's educational offerings have evolved over the years to meet society's needs, the college has remained committed to the liberal arts as the foundation of all learning."

Marker Number 66-25

Otterbein College Campus, Westerville Ohio

Otterbein College Campus, Westerville Ohio in USA


Otterbein College was founded in 1847 as Otterbein University of Ohio. The University was named after Philip William Otterbein (1726-1813), a founder of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Otterbein was "one of the first colleges in the United States to open its doors to persons of color and women without restrictions on what they could study".

Old Man's Cave Hocking Hills State Park, Logan Ohio

Old Man's Cave Hocking Hills State Park, Logan Ohio in USA


Welcome to the enchanted forest of old growth hemlocks and Blackhand sandstone of Old Man's Cave in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio. The 150 foot sandstone cliff caves were the home of an early settler named Richard Rowe, for which the site was named after.

Old Man's Cave Historical Marker, Logan Ohio

Old Man's Cave Historical Marker, Logan Ohio in USA


This recess cave was named for the "old man" Richard Rowe, a recluse who made the cave his home in the 1800s and is a part of scenic Hocking Hills State Park. Hocking comes from the Wyandot Indian word "hockinghocking," referring to the Hocking River's bottle-shaped gorge near Lancaster. Streams and percolating groundwater carved the hollows and caves in this area from layers of sandstone bedrock that vary in hardness. The hollow's moist, cool climate preserves more typically northern tree species such as eastern hemlock trees and Canada yew, which have persisted since the glaciers retreated 15,000 years ago."

Historical Marker # 5-37

Quarry Pit in Flint Ridge Memorial State Park, Licking County Ohio

Quarry Pit in Flint Ridge Memorial State Park, Licking County Ohio in USA


The panorama is at the center of a prehistoric flint quarry pit in Flint Ridge State Memorial Park, Licking County Ohio. The pit is approximately 10 feet deep and 18 feet in diameter. The area is covered with layers organic material, forming a project blanket of the site's hallowed past.

Flint Ridge Memorial State Park, Licking County Ohio

Flint Ridge Memorial State Park, Licking County Ohio in USA


The panorama is from a ridge in the Flint Ridge Memorial State Park in Licking County Ohio. This 8-mile long vein of high quality flint has been called "Flint Ridge" since the days of the early pioneers. Once a sacred site for ancient people, the flint in this deposit was prized for its bright coloration. The Hopewell culture used the mineral for the making of spearpoints, arrowheads and small knives called bladelets. When hiking in the park you notice a maturing old growth hardwood forest of American Beech and White Oak trees. The small ponds and deep depressions are the scattered remains of the prehistoric quarry pits. Flint Ridge State Memorial Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Flint Ridge Historical Marker, Licking County Ohio

Flint RIdge Historical Marker, Licking County Ohio in USA


"For more than 10,000 years, Flint Ridge was one of the most important flint quarries in eastern North America. The flint formed at the bottom of a shallow ocean 300 million years ago. The softer rocks surrounding the flint have washed away, leaving the hard flint exposed near the surface. Prehistoric people came here to quarry the flint, which they crafted into a variety of stone tools. Hundreds of quarry pits and workshops are scattered for miles along this ridge. The beautiful rainbow-colored flint was especially prized by the Hopewell culture that built the nearby Newark Earthworks. Artifacts crafted from Flint Ridge flint may be found throughout eastern North America. In more recent times, local industries quarried the flint for use as grindstones."

Blackhand Gorge Sandstone Quarry, Licking County Ohio

Blackhand Gorge Sandstone Quarry, Licking County Ohio in USA


A panoramic view from the Quarry Rim Trail in the Blackhand Gorge State Nature preserve. This large pond is the water filled remains of an old sandstone quarry that was in operation from the 1870"s to the 1920's.

Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County Ohio

Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, Licking County Ohio in USA


This massive sandstone cliff along the Licking River at one time contained a dark hand-shaped Indian petroglyph. Unfortunately, the engraved petroglyph was destroyed in 1828 during the construction of the Ohio-Erie Canal which runs through the gorge. Notice the sandstone block walls at the river's edge that were part of the Ohio-Erie Canal towpath. Oral traditions ascribe the "Blackhand" as a warning to Palaeo-Indian tribes, i.e., 1000BC to 400AD, traveling up the Licking River to Flint Ridge, to keep the site a peaceful and shared resource for the quarry of high quality flint.

The Great Circle Hopewell Earthworks, Newrk Ohio

The Great Circle Hopewell Earthworks in USA


Welcome to the center of the Great Circle Earthworks in Newark Ohio. Constructed by the Hopewell culture between 100 BC and 500 AD, the circle encloses 30 acres, measuring nearly 1200 feet in diameter with walls 8 to 14 feet high. At the center, the nadiar of this panorama, is a cluster of 4-small conjoined mounds forming an eagle effigy. Please see---www.ohiohistory.org for more details

The Granville Academy Historical Marker, Granville Ohio

The Granville Academy Historical Marker in USA


"The Granville Congregational Church erected this building in 1833 for its Female Academy and a church meeting room. The school prospered and, in 1837, moved to make way for the Granville Male Academy. The Welsh Congregational Church purchased the structure in 1863 and converted its two stories into a single room with full-height windows. Welsh language services were held here for sixty years. Granville Grange #2230 met in the building from 1923 to 1973. It then became Granville Historical Society's property and, in 1981, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places."

Marker Number 9-45

The Founding of Granville Ohio Historical Marker Granville Ohio

The Founding of Granville Ohio Historical Marker in USA


"In 1804 a group of neighbors in Granville, Massachusetts and Granby, Connecticut formed The Licking Company for the purpose of moving to "Newlands" in Ohio. Inspired and informed by the settlement of Worthington in 1803, the Company purchased 29,040 acres in the U.S. Military District. Advance parties surveyed and mapped a site, established a mill, and planted grain. The Company planned a public square, a school, library, quarry, burying ground, and property for the support of churches. In November and December 1805, some 150 emigrants in ox-drawn wagons arrived in their new home and built temporary shelters on the designated public square. On December 9 through 12 1805, Company members selected their Granville lots in an auction that was described as peaceable and honest."

Marker Number 23-45

The Bank of Alexandrian Society Museum, Granville Ohio

The Bank of Alexandrian Society Museum in USA


"Built by William Stedman in 1816 of local stone, this building served as the Bank of the Alexandrian Society, which printed its own currency. The bank failed in 1817 and 1837. This building has also been used as a store, post office, and interurban railway depot. It was enlarged and opened as a museum during Granville's Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1955, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Granville Historic District in 1980."

Marker Number 7-45

The Bryn Du Mansion, Granville Ohio

The Bryn Du Mansion in USA


The fifty-two acre estate was constructed as an Italianate Villa in 1865. In 1905, John Sutphin Jones purchased the property and named the mansion "Bryn Du", which is Welsh for Dark Hills. The Village of Granville acquired the grounds in 2002, "with a mission of historic preservation and to provide program and event facilities for the benefit of the community".