Photo Friday: A Day In the Past

Once again, we canceled our family vacation this year due to the pandemic. The numbers are high and the area we were going to go were requiring reservations/timed tickets for everything and masks indoors. Honestly, it just takes the fun out of everything for me, plus my husband has no desire to stay in a hotel during Covid. We decided to stay home and just do a few day trips.

Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio is a place none of us had been before. It is a street of restored buildings dating back to 1830, along the Ohio & Erie Canal. We were able to do a self-guided living history tour, beginning with the video, Ditches of Destiny, telling the story of the canal and the town. Here are some photos from our day:

Looking down Whitewoman Street, named for Mary Harris, the first white woman to live in Ohio. She was kidnapped by the Mohawks at the age of 10 from Massachusetts and married and had children within the tribe in this area.

Our first stop was the blacksmith, who demonstrated how to make the hooks that clothes were hung from. What a hot job on a summer day!



We watched costumed interpreters weave on this large loom, make broomsticks, and use a printing press in this building.

Dr. Maro Johnson's home and medical practice were connected. Here's his bedroom. Middle Child enjoyed pointing out the bowl underneath.

How would you like to lay down on that exam table or get that cast?

The General Store was fun to look around. I'm assuming the Help Wanted sign was not there in 1830, but who knows?

We were very impressed by this schoolhouse.

We've visited a lot of historical towns over the years and this one room school was the nicest.

The canal boat was so long that I couldn't get it all in one picture. It was fun climbing aboard and seeing what it was like living and working on one. On weekends, you are able to ride on a replica along the canal. I remember doing this one time as a child in Canal Fulton, which is further north on the same canal.

            We had lunch on a patio in the village and then headed to Baltic, Ohio.

 

As you know, we like to check out wineries while on trips, so we stopped in at the Baltic Mill. It's an old flour mill converted into a boutique winery. We shared a tasting and then went upstairs to look at the old equipment.

While looking out the window, I saw an Amish horse and buggy. The area is on the edge of Amish Country.

Then we headed to Strasburg, Ohio. It's a charming small town settled by Germans in 1828. We walked around and visited a few cheese shops and a furniture store.

The biggest attraction of the town is this cuckoo clock, known to be the biggest cuckoo clock in the world. We managed to arrive just in time to watch the characters come out and play music, which happens on the half hour.

I hope you have enjoyed this tour of some Ohio sights. Have you been to any historical villages?