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Muskingum County
Adam Liebendorfer
The media were calling the showdown in January “The Battle of Zanesville.” Fans preferred a grander moniker: “The Game of the Century.”
Bishop Rosecrans High School, a Catholic private school, overlooks Zanesville from atop a hill on the east side of town....
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Lawrence County
Adam Flango
In 1849, an inmate in the Lawrence County Prison burnt the log building to the ground. The jail was located in Burlington, the county seat, but the town faced competition for county headquarters from the burgeoning river town of Ironton.
The jail was rebuilt as a stone structure in 1951, but a year...
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Scioto County
Mitchell Kinnen
Formally laid out in 1803, Portsmouth, OH, in Scioto County, can trace its history back more than two centuries, literally. Built to ward off the waters of the Ohio River, a stretch of floodwall more than 2,000 feet long now holds the history of the area. Key events in Scioto history...
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Washington County
Julie Bethlenfalvy
If you’re searching for a thirst quenching, hunger satiating locale in Southeast Ohio, the Marietta Brewing Company’s unique craft beer and delicious menu entices regulars and travelers.
The Marietta Brewing Company (MBC) is located in the heart of historic downtown Marietta on...
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Vinton County
Emma Morehart
Hometown pride in Zaleski, Ohio, used to rest in its school, stores and sit-down restaurants. Now, the only public place the town has left is its post office – and people are fighting just to keep that.
“They’re still trying to do what they can, but it just looks like there...
