By Mary Marks OSU Extension Water needs are driven by the type and stage of a plant as well as weather and other conditions. From the start, water is essential for a seed to sprout. Water and carbon dioxide are necessary for photosynthesis when a plant creates oxygen and sugar by using the ...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke in Marietta on July 8, 1938. He dedicated the “Start Westward” Memorial marking the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Northwest Territory in 1787 and settlement of Marietta, Ohio, in 1788. The Northwest Territory was the first territorial expansion of the United States beyond the original thirteen states. Marietta was the first settlement in this vast region which comprised five future states. A presidential visit was a big deal for a small town. The Sesquicentennial — a six syllable mouthful meaning 150th — Celebration had been ...
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. was an atheist when in graduate school during the 1970s. Collins believed all truth originated within the boundaries of mathematics, physics and chemistry. While he was in medical school, however, a patient’s life and death questions challenged him: “What do you believe, doctor?” Collins, a thinking man, was forced to acknowledge that the science he so strongly embraced failed to answer some of the “whys.” “Why am I here?” “What is the meaning and purpose of life?” “Why does mathematics work, anyway?” “Why are the physical constants ...
ROUND AND ROUND DELVES INTO MARIETTA’S EARLY AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY; DISCOVERS ENACTMENT OF “NO. 1 RULE OF THE HIGHWAY!” This scene was taken on Newport Pike in the fall of 1908. The cast of characters and the automobile are easily identified by YE EDITOR after a number of years studying vintage photographs of early 1900 local scenes and Mariettans. LEFT is Mr.and Mrs. L. L. PEDDINGHAUS and in the rear seat are Mr. and Mrs. WM G. YOUNG. The automobile is a 1908 No. 34 RAMBLER, Brewster Green (color) and equipped with Dunlop tires. This is the 4th Rambler purchased by Mr. ...
Washington County has a network of state roads spanning out from Marietta like spokes of a wheel. The history of many of them are rooted in how early residents of the area moved from one location to the next. The major roads of Washington County started off as paths that connected the early communities that sprung up in the county as it grew from the early settlement of Marietta. At first, they were merely paths on which people either walked or rode horses. As transportation methods changed, the paths were widened to accommodate wagons. The rivers of course provided the ...
From Genesis 12:1-8 and Romans 4:1-5;13-27 Genesis 12:1-8 shows Abraham’s faithful response to God’s call to leave his country, his people, and travel to Canaan. It’s hard to believe that Abraham actually did such a huge thing as to walk away from everything he knew at age seventy-five, to go not only to Canaan, but then, farther to Egypt and beyond. We might think, “If that is faith, I do not know if I have that kind of faith. I don’t know if I could drop everything and leave everyone and go to an unknown place even if God personally told me to.” If that is what you ...
