Slate Run Metro Park and Living Historical Farm
Slate Run Metro Park
1375 State Route 674 N.
Canal Winchester, OH 43110
(Northern Pickaway County)
www.metroparks.netThe Slate Run Living Historical Farm is one of the most culturally significant sites in central Ohio. At this farm rural agricultural life as it was in the 1880s can be found. The buildings, machinery, livestock, plants, and crops are typical of those found on farms one hundred years ago.
Slate Run brings together the many elements that make Ohio so beautiful. Everything from wooded, rolling hills and steep ridges to wetlands and farmed areas can be found here.
The Metro Park's beauty can best be experienced by hiking on one of the nature trails. Sugar Maple Trail winds through ravines and ridgetops that were formed from Berea sandstone wearing away to reveal the shale underneath. Five Oaks Trail is named for the five species of oak trees that can be seen while walking on the trail. A variety of wildflowers, animals, birds, and fishes are also observed when hiking through this park. For More information on the park write to:
Metro Parks
PO Box 29169
Columbus, OH 43229
For farm tours call 614-833-1880
Park Office 614-891-0700
Green's Heritage Museum
10530 Thrailkill Rd.
Orient, OH 43146
Local Phone: (614) 877-4254What will impress a person the most about Green's Heritage Museum is the extent to which the proprietor, William Green, has gone to collect the variety of buildings and pieces found here. An assortment of collectibles from toy trains, to model tractors, to a collection of bikes, visitors will be amazed by the variety and number of items the Green's have acquired through their life. And, probably the highlight of a visit is admiring the 50 some pieces of antique horse drawn carriages including an Abbott & Downing Mud Coach. From a 1799 Smoke House to the 1930s White Castle Restaurant, all of the 14 buildings represent a unique part of central Ohio's history.
Ted Lewis Museum
133 W. Main St., Box 492
Circleville, OH 43113
Phone: (740) 477-3630Circleville's most famous son, Ted Lewis, for which the city park is named for, is remembered in the Ted Lewis Museum. Ted Lewis had one of the very first recognized jazz bands and for whom many other well known musicians including: Beeny Goodman, Fats Waller, the Dorseys, got their start.
The museum is housed in the only remaining building from the original town circle and has a small theater which runs early TV and movie clips recalling the jazz entertainer's popularity. Memorabilia like his clarinet, old top hat and sheet music, 'When My Baby Smiles at Me,' are found here organizing his career and hometown roots.
Ohio's Small Town Museum
34 Long St.
Ashville, OH 43103
740-983-9864
A one-of-a kind museum that will warm the heart and stimulate the mind is what can be found in the small community of Ashville. This museum has been nationally recognized on the Oprah Winfrey Show, in the book, New Roadside America, and by the Sunday New York Times.The Musuem has a display which tells about the silver nuggets unearthed at the Snake Den Mounds and gives information about famous writers, inventors, politicians, entertainers, and the not-so-famous who once lived in this railroad boom town.
The Musuem is open to the public free of charge all year from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call the museum at 740-983-9864 to arrange a tour or leave a message.Pickaway County Public Library
1160 North Court St
Circleville, OH 43113
Local Phone: 740-477-2855
Toll Free: 888-268-3756
Fax: 740-474-2855
www.pickawaylib.org
pickaway@ohionet.org
Directions:
Take Route 23 to the Route 22 exit East, go two blocks, turn left on to Court Street, library is 1.3 miles on the right.Floyd E. Younkin Branch Library
51 Long Street
Ashville, OH 43103
Local Phone: 740-983-8856
This library stands as a lasting tribute to the vision, effort, and commitment of a caring community and was dedicated December 16th, 1999.
Ohio Erie Canal
The Pickaway County Historical & Genealogical Society aquired a 2.5 mile long section of the Ohio Erie Canal in 1999. Located in Wayne township along Canal Road, it stretches from the old Penn Central Railroad right-of-way south to the Scioto River access maintained by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, near where the old village of Westfall once flourished. The canal is maintained as an historical, educational, and recreational are open to the public.
Construction on the Ohio Erie Canal was begun in 1825. The Canal reached Circleville in 1831 and by 1835 linked the interior of the state with Lake Erie on the North and the Ohio River on the South. This gave the Ohio farmer and merchant access to the markets on the East Coast, a great boom to the economy of the state's interior. The Canal cost $4,695,000 and was 333 miles from Portsmouth to Cleveland. The trip by canal boat took about 80 hours. It was slow, but one horse could pull a canal boat laden with freight that would require several wagons and 30 horses to pull over land.
The coming of the railroad about the middle of the 19th century was the beginning of the end of the Canal Era in Ohio, but the canal was in use until 1913. The aqueduct at Circleville which carried canal boats across the Scioto River was the longest on the canal. There were 152 locks along the route.
The Historical & Genealogical Society and many volunteers have spent countless hours cleaning up the old canal and developing the Canal Park, located on Canal Road. Kayaking and canoeing are just some of the many activities you can find along the canal. For more information please contact the Pickaway County Historical Society at (740) 474-1495 or email them at pkwymuseum@yahoo.com
Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday
1:00 to 4:00 pm
November thru March 31st- Wednesday & Thursday and by appointment
Pickaway County Historical Museums
Pickaway County is proud to have two museums operated by the Pickaway County Historical Society. The Clarke-May House is home to the Historical Society's offices and offers residents and visitors a look back at the county's past. The Clarke-May Museum is home for the Pickaway County Historical Society but it is also a museum full of artifacts and history that can be toured. It is open to the public April-October, Tuesdays-Fridays from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. or by calling to make special arrangements, (740) 474-1495. pcwyhist@bright.net
Philip Moore, the last of five genereations of the Moore family to live in this home, recognized the importance of his heritage to the history of the county. For this reason he bequeathed the house to the Pickaway County Historical Society for preservation and with the condition that it be used for historical purposes. The Moore House now serves as the home to the Genealogical Library where many can find family history information, general research information, and resource materials. Please call (740) 474-9144 for more information. Hours Tuesday- Friday 1:00 p.m.-4:00p.m.
Pickaway County Genealogy Library
304 S. Court St.
Circleville, OH 43113
Located in the Moore House has a Genealogical Library and Historical Displays. Research Library open to public Tues. thru Friday l-4 p.m. all year. Facility houses both genealogical and historical research materials - obituaries, cemetery records, photos, family records, scrapbooks, ledgers, tax records, deeds, Pickaway County census and newspapers.Directions:
from U.S. Rt. 23, take Rt. 22-56 exit to Main Street, turn right on South Court St., after second light, library immediately on left. 304 South Court St. pkwyhist@ohiohills.comtRoundtown Players Community Theater
165 1/2 E. Main St.
Circleville OH, 43113
Local Phone: (740) 474-5856
Circleville Memorial HallA ghost wearing a blue uniform is seen in mirrors at Circleville's Memorial Hall. Toilets sometimes flush by themselves. Since Civil War veterans built the Hall in 1890, it's possible that he's one of them. The Memorial is where Circleville's accomplished Roundtown Players put on productions all through the year. According to an actor who contacted me, the ghost there is known as Charlie, and although he appears to be benevolent, he scares animals pretty badly. One dog nearly went insane after being closed in upstairs.
Directions:
Southwest corner of Main and Pickaway Streets, Second Floor, above the Library
Local drama troupe.
Stages Pond State Nature Preserve
4792 Hagerty Road
Ashville, OH 43103
Stage's Pond State Nature Preserve, dedicated August 23, 1974, is nature's own monument to the great ice fields which once covered most of Ohio 17,000 years ago. Stage's Pond is an example of one of the distinctive features of glaciated areas, a kettle lake. As the glacier receded from this part of present-day Pickaway County, an immense chunk of ice broke free and remained behind to be covered with accumulating sands, gravels, and other glacial debris washing off the melting glacier. When the land-locked ice mass finally melted, it left a great depression in the landscape.Tecumseh! Outdoor Drama Theater
P.O. Box 73
Chillicothe, OH 45601-0073
Phone: 740-775-0700
Toll Free: 866-775-0700
Fax: 740-775-4349
tecumseh@bright.net
Professional outdoor drama on the life and times of the legendary Shawnee leader, Tecumseh. Take a backstage tour, visit our Prehistoric Indian Mini-Museum, dine at the restaurant terrace and visit the Mountain Gallery Gift Shop before experiencing one of the nation's finest outdoor productions. Witnessed by nearly two million people from all 50 states and over 100 countries!!
Featured Items:
Behind-the-Scenes' Tour • Buffet Dinner • Prehistoric Indian Mini Musuem • Gift Shop
Hours:
June 8 through September 1, 2001
Monday through Saturday at 8:00 p.m.
Directions:
Follow the outdoor drama signs when approaching the Chillicothe Area.Circleville Raceway Park
19413 USR 23 North
Circleville, OH 43113
(740) 477-1626
Circle D Recreation
144 East Main St.
Circleville, OH 43113
Local Phone: 740-474-4751
breni@bright.net
We're a bowling, rollerskating and billiard recreation center. Our skating rink is open to the public Fridays and Saturdays from 6:00p.m.- 11:00 p.m.. Center features all state of the art equipment. We offer leagues for: Men, Women, Mixed and Youth. New and exciting glow bowling every Friday night starting at 11:30p.m. Moonlight is Saturday nights from 11:30p.m.-1:30a.m.
Chillicothe Paints Baseball Club
59 North Paint Street
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Local Phone: 740-773-8326
Fax: 740-773-8338
paints@bright.netThe Chillicothe Paints Professional Baseball Club is a charter member of the Single "A" Frontier League of Professional Baseball. Ten (10) teams throughout Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Canada play an 84-game schedule starting the first week of June through September. Come Have Some FUN this Summer at V.A. Memorial Stadium. The Paints averaged 1,800 fans a game.
Directions:
V.A. Memorial Stadium is located on the V.A. Hospital Grounds on St. Rt. 104, just 4 miles north of Chillicothe. Follow St. Rt. 23 North to Bridge St. Exit. Follow Bridge St. to St. Rt. 35 West ramp to High St. Exit. Turn right onto High St./St. Rt. 104 North to the Stadium. Stadium is located on the left on the Hospital Grounds.Deer Creek State Park
20635 Waterloo Rd.
Mt. Sterling, OH 43143
740-869-3124
www.ohiostateparks.org
Enjoy an overnight stay at the Deer Creek Lodge, the camping facilities, or rent out the Harding Cabin (once a presidential retreat). While you're there, enjoy golfing, tennis, hiking, biking, swimming and fishing. Stop in at the marina and rent a jet ski or take a boat out for the day. Maybe even a picnic would satisfy you after a day at the beach. There's just so much to do at Deer Creek State Park. Also visit the Deer Creek Dam, run by the Army Corps of Engineers.
For More Information on Attractions in Pickaway County, Contact:
Pickaway County Visitors Bureau
Phone: 740-474-3636, 888-770-PICK
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