By Salt Magazine on 2018-03-29
Featured Stories, History, Travel
![A path to progress A path to progress](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_cover-photo.jpg)
Effort to connect community through multi-use trails Story by Kimberly Jenkins Therese and Elliot Egbert enjoy the beginning of the trail with Zane Egbert at Mound Park. Portsmouth Connex has a vision — and wants to share it. The nonprofit group has been working to organize and create bicycle and multi-use trails connecting various […]
By Salt Magazine on 2018-03-20
Events, Featured Stories, History, Travel
![Logan County castles Logan County castles](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_DSC02754.jpg)
Piatt family opens their historic homes Story by Jane Beathard Photos courtesy of the Piatt family Flowers surround Mac-A-Cheek Castle in the spring. Mac-O-Chee, pictured from the east. A greeting card from late 1800s is one of many on display at Mac-A-Cheek Castle during its Easter celebration. Margaret Piatt in library of Mac-A-Cheek Castle […]
By Salt Magazine on 2018-03-20
Featured Stories, History
![‘Bringing life’ to the past ‘Bringing life’ to the past](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_saudervillage_horsebuggy.jpg)
Sauder Village: Ohio’s largest living history destination Story by Sarah Allen Names and dates in textbooks, facts and figures memorized for a test. For many people, history is nothing more than those very things. But at Sauder Village, the past becomes something much more. There, history isn’t just a subject. It’s an encounter where […]
By Salt Magazine on 2018-03-20
Featured Stories, History
![Revived and reopened Revived and reopened](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/web1_DSC02744.jpg)
London’s State Theater ushers in guests again Story and photos by Jane Beathard Rob and Shannon Treynor hope to use a non-profit campaign to replace The State’s signature overhanging marquee that was demolished in the 1980s. The project will cost an estimated $60,000. State Theater owner Rob Treynor in front of his expanded concession […]
By Salt Magazine on 2018-01-16
Featured Stories, History
![‘Ice for Everybody’ ‘Ice for Everybody’](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/web1_Sawing-ice-blocksweb.jpg)
A look back at the work of ice harvesting Story by Jane Beathard Before refrigerators spit out perfect rounds of ice for cold drinks and before freezers safely preserved food for long periods of time, mankind relied on ice hewn from mountain glaciers and freshwater lakes to enliven drinks and keep food fresh. In […]
By Salt Magazine on 2017-05-09
Events, History
![Highland House’s Lincoln School exhibit in Hillsboro opens June 3 Highland House’s Lincoln School exhibit in Hillsboro opens June 3](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_Marching.jpg)
By Sarah Allen The mothers involved in the Hillsboro case with their lawyers. Back row, from left: attorney Russell Carter, Norma Rollins, lawyer Constance Baker Motely and lawyer James McGee; front row, from left: Elsie Steward Young, Roxie Clemons, Zella Cumberland and Gertrude Clemons. The Lincoln School. Mothers and their children march to Webster […]
By Salt Magazine on 2017-01-15
History
![Back in Time Stove Shop rooted in Lynchburg’s history Back in Time Stove Shop rooted in Lynchburg’s history](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/web1_StoreManagercmyk.jpg)
Lynchburg store rooted in town’s history By Sarah Allen In the village of Lynchburg, housed in a building that has seen the turn of two centuries, is a shop where the past and present live comfortably together. The Back in Time Stove Shop, according to store manager Brandy Williams, is “like a small, family business,” […]
By Salt Magazine on 2016-08-14
Events, Featured Stories, History
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Minster celebrates German heritage with 42nd annual Oktoberfest By Amy Eddings Adults and children alike enjoy dancing to the German polka band Sorgenbrecher at the gazebo during a recent Oktoberfest. Jay Roellgen, of Tupelo, Mississip, sat in a chair four hours to have his beard dyed the colors of the German flag during a recent […]
By Salt Magazine on 2016-07-13
History
![William Lambert: Tailing the art of an ace William Lambert: Tailing the art of an ace](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/web1_DSCN5886.jpg)
By Dean Wright Lt. Col. William Lambert in his youth. A print and original sketch of “The Last Patrol” done by Lambert of his flying days in World War I. The piece in the back is owned by Rita Baker and was collected from Lambert’s home. The smaller sketch is an original piece inherited by […]
By Salt Magazine on 2016-05-12
Featured Stories, History
![Colony Theatre in Hillsboro likely to be demolished Colony Theatre in Hillsboro likely to be demolished](https://www.thesaltmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_colony-roof-5-11-16.jpg)
Historic theater appears unsalvageable By Gary Abernathy [email protected] From left, Safety and Service Director Todd Wilkin, engineer Jack Wright and demolition expert Jim Bailey examine the roof of the Colony Theatre on Wednesday. Shown at top are the metal support beams that hold the facade and marquee of the Colony in place. Unlike its leaky […]