The sun had barely peeked over the horizon when I pulled through the gates of Mound Hill Cemetery on the outskirts of Seville, Ohio. I turned left immediately inside the gate and parked on the roadway paralleling East Main Street. I noted the grounds crew were already busy trimming trees and mowing the grass … Continue reading The Giants of Seville
The sun was beginning rise to its place in the sky as I crossed the state line into Ohio, journeying westward on Ohio Route 322. My plan for the day was to photograph as many of Ashtabula County’s nineteen covered bridges as I could, though to visit them all in a single day is a … Continue reading Along the Way: Windsor Mills Covered Bridge
I had just made the left turn onto Seven Hills Road from Route 11, heading towards Chestnut Grove Cemetery when Zech asked if I noticed the sign for a nearby covered bridge. We were visiting Ashtabula, Ohio, to pay our respects to Philip Bliss, the noted gospel writer who died in the Ashtabula Train Disaster … Continue reading Along the Way: Smolen-Gulf Covered Bridge
Zech and I had spent most of the day exploring the rolling hills of central Ohio, before arriving at the Marion Cemetery in search of an odd memorial amid the stones covering one hundred and fifty acres. We started our visit with a stop at the grand memorial to President William Harding, located at … Continue reading Marion’s Mysterious Merchant Stone
Note: many early sources refer to this sacred piece of land as the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, something I must admit that I too have done and occasionally still do. While Confederate soldiers make up the majority of those buried on this piece of land, there are also Union soldiers and other local residents who rest … Continue reading The Grey Lady of Camp Chase Cemetery
I was headed east on Interstate 70, having left Columbus, Ohio in the rear view mirror, when the GPS unit started telling me I had arrived at my destination. Knowing the covered bridge was definitely not on the interstate, I glanced to my right and could see the covered bridge down the embankment and a … Continue reading Along the Way: Greenway Canal Covered Bridge
