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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyAugust 11th, 2016
I grew up with the Ohio literally in my back yard in Portsmouth, although the levee blocked the view. I could sit and watch the Ohio roll by all day long.
Here’s one of my relatives, Isaac Boroway (1754-1801), in the Gnadenhutten cemetery. The spelling of the family name seems to have gradually changed through the 1800s. Isaac was Moravian, the world’s oldest Protestant sect; its establishment preceded Martin Luther by about a century. Isaac was also a Revolutionary War veteran from Lancaster, PA.
That photo up there is the view of the river from Marietta, Ohio. We’ve been traveling throughout Ohio this past week visiting family, and we’ll be here another week before returning to Tucson. That’s why blogging has been so light, and it’s why it will continue to be so until about this time next week.
Yesterday, we were in Zoar, the site of Ohio’s most successful communal and separatist settlement. It’s not far from Uhrichsville, where my dad’s side of the family came from and where my uncle (his older brother) still lives. Today, we’re in Marietta. I have no connections here. We’re here just because it’s pretty and I’ve really never been here before.
And as it turns out, Marietta has been a pretty amazing discovery. Why hasn’t anyone told me that Marietta was such a happening place? Restaurants downtown were packed — on a Wednesday night. I think any real Brooklyn hipster — and I’m not speaking of hipsters lifestyle adoptees who wear flannel and work boots as fashion accessories — would feel right at home here.
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Rich
August 11th, 2016
Navtive Ohioan here (from Cleveland). Marietta is really very nice. Ohio lacks “Grand Canyon-type” attractions worth traveling the world to see but still much that’s worthwhile and often unappreciated by its residents. I once did a trip along the Ohio River with my Dad–fascinating mix of places.
MattNYC
August 11th, 2016
Jim,
Thanks for sharing! Safe travels!
Fritz Keppler
August 11th, 2016
Marietta was the first capital of the old Northwest Territory.
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