This undated image is captioned “Break in Muskingum River Dam.” The photo by Thomas Biscoe is taken from Harmar looking toward Marietta, probably in 1891. The break was the result of severe flooding that year. The lock and dam navigation system on the Muskingum River was built in 1841, ...
As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the popular, colorful -- and omnipresent – harbingers of spring. But there’s a class of ...
Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! October is here with some beautiful fall weather. Unfortunately, we are going to experience the first frost here in the Valley a little early. I thought the extreme summer heat would buy us a pass until early November before it frosted. I was ...
A lot of folks around here are having trouble breathing this year, probably because they’re holding their noses. The Presidential Election of 2024 forces America to choose the lesser of two evils. Do we want the childish egomaniac or the socialist flip-flopper? The apparent liar, or the one who can’t seem to put a complete sentence together? The prolific mean-tweeter or the candidate who seems anything but tech-savvy? The candidate no one knows much about or the candidate we know all too well? Hold your nose and make your pick, but you may not be very happy with the ...
You could think of Sacra Via Park as the remains of an ancient road. Sacra Via (Latin for “Sacred Way”) is part of the extensive Marietta Earthworks network (sometimes called Indian mounds) constructed around 1,500 years ago. This was no ordinary road as we think of it today. It was 150 ...
The population of Buell’s Island in Lowell will swell this weekend as thousands make the trip to the park to enjoy good food, good company and one of the largest flea markets to be found in the valley. A trip to the festival is always fun and a great excuse to enjoy some really good food prepared by the different groups in the area that use the festival, and the proceeds from it to fund the good work that they do all year. The park on the island is a real jewel for the small community along the banks of the Muskingum River. Improvements made to the park over the years have been ...
