OHIO IN 1771
Before it was Ohio...

The tombstone (in the small photo right) of an early settler of the village of Schoenbrunn reveals a death date in 1775 as Sue Brooks and grand daughter Mackenna step gingerly in the cemetery of this reconstructed village near New Philadelphia.

Long-time and recently re-discovered friend Dave Richardson (above left) ponders Ohio’s antiquity in the Schoenbrunn visitor’s center as he and wife Cathy accompany Fogeyisms there on a recent visit (below).

Please stop by Saturday and join us on our trek into Ohio’s distant past; this historical segment beginning in 1771 with a missionary's exploration of the Tuscarawas River Valley—five years before our Declaration of Independence.

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