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The Field Guide to all things Ashtabula

The Field Guide to all things Ashtabula

“Ashtabula County: A field guide to the natural,  historical and curious treasures of Ohio’s largest county” is back in stock. Additionally, Ruth and I will be at Jefferson, Ohio, Recreation Center on East Jefferson Street, Dec...

November 7, 2018 Carl Ashtabula County, covered bridges, Field Guide, Ohio 1207
Barn quilt marks northern end of trail

Barn quilt marks northern end of trail

Ashtabula County’s latest barn quilt requires a boat to view it. At 4-by-4 feet, the barn quilt can’t be seen with the naked eye from Lakeshore Park. With a pair of good binoculars, you can just discern the outline of the object on the east side...

September 20, 2018 Carl Ashtabula, barn quilt, breakwater, John Carpenter, lighthouse, Ohio, preservation, society 1581
Life at the End of the Line Junction

Life at the End of the Line Junction

If you look closely at the roof and siding boards in the former machine shop, you’ll notice evidence of a prior life: charred sections, soot, nail holes indicative of a violent extraction. And if you walk down the hill from this place...

September 14, 2018 Carl barn quilt, Carol Utterback, Fred Bliss, Jefferson, Jefferson Village, New York Central, Oakdale Cemetery, Ohio, rekindled romance, train wreck, trestle collapse 2241
Follow the Drinking Gourd

Follow the Drinking Gourd

The Crescent Farm barn in Rome Township has a beautiful barn quilt that hints at the farm’s clandestine past.

December 18, 2017 Carl Ashtabula County, barn quilt, Drinking Gourd, John Svoboda, Ohio, Rome Township, Underground Railroad 880

Keys

My friend of many years, Betty Layport Feher, recently dug out some memorabilia from Shady Beach Hotel, one of the many relatively elegant hotels that once operated at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio’s oldest summer resort. Shady Beach dates back...

May 5, 2017 Carl Bowers, Geneva on the Lake, keys, Ohio, Shady Beach Hotel, summer resort 919
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