We booked a room at The Mainstay Suites in Logan for Saturday and Sunday nights, July 19th and 20th. On the way up from Kentucky to Nelsonville, we passed many beautiful countryside areas and sites. This waterfall was not a special place, but just caught our eye as a pretty picture ... there was even a man with his dog fishing.
We were at The Hocking Hills State Park to enjoy the outdoors. As kids, both of us remember going to Old Man's Cave. Today, the cave and the surrounding area are all part of Hocking Hills State Park. The cave areas in the park were well-known as scenic attractions by 1870. Old Man's Cave was an attraction for all from the very beginning.
The Upper Falls is a picturesque waterfall that cascades into a clear pool below. The falls create a tranquil and scenic spot.
The Devil's Bathtub is a smooth, swirling basin carved out of the Blackhand sandstone by the constant flow of water over thousands of years. The bathtub is fed by a small waterfall, and the water spirals down through the narrow, cylindrical formation before continuing its journey downstream. The name "Devil's Bathtub" comes from the eerie, otherworldly appearance of the swirling water and the deep, mysterious pool it creates.
Turtle Rock is a distinctive rock formation that resembles the shape of a turtle. This natural sculpture is characterized by its rounded, dome-like top and flatter base, mimicking the appearance of a turtle's shell.
Old Man’s Cave, perhaps the most famous and visited area of Hocking Hills State Park, received its name from 19th-century hermit Richard Rowe, who is said to have lived in the cave in his old age after migrating to Ohio from the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee with his family. Rowe is supposedly buried in the cave, and locals coined the name “Old Man’s Cave.”
The natural rock walk-through tunnel to Old Man's Cave
Logan, Ohio residents named the town in honor of Chief Logan of the Mingo Indian people. He and his band lived in this area at the time of European-American settlement. Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington laid out the village in 1816 and was incorporated as a city in 1839.
Logan's salute to the "Boys in Blue" who served their country in the 1880's
Logan City park with a military statue and The Ten Commandments Tablet
The most famous Mingo settler was known to the European settlers as Logan and was called Talgayeeta
The town's mural of caves in their Hocking Hills pride
A small shopping center that we stopped at to see the deer or whatever animals they had on display. We had never seen an Albino deer, let alone with these huge antlers!
A very unique find in this small shopping center of Logan was what I believe is the one-and-only Pencil Sharpener Museum! There were so many different sharpeners, both traditional and whimsical. What a by-chance find for us!
Traveling on to Granville, we went to see The Victoria Woodhult Clock at the Robbins Hunter Museum. We parked next to the library, where this cute statue of children reading welcomes all.
This historical district houses the Robbins Hunter Museum in the spectacular Avery-Downer House.
The Victoria Woodhull Clock Tower is a magnificent work of art. Victoria was an advocate for women's suffrage and equality; she was the first woman to speak before a U.S. Congressional Committee and then ran for President in 1872. The history of the bell tower design is explicit on the historical marker at the tower.
Historical district around the clock tower
Now off to Zanesville to visit the home of the former slave and conductor on the Underground Railroad, Nelson T. Gant. An entrepreneur, Nelson Gant rose from slavery and poverty to become one of the wealthiest men in the county. Nelson also played an important role as a conductor in the Underground Railroad after he met famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Nelson would smuggle escaped slaves in his vegetable cart to freedom in Ohio. Both Nelson and his wife Anna would enjoy many comforts through their later years, doing everything in their power to help the community of Zanesville. Nelson's children would also go on to achieve success, becoming talented musicians, and Nelson Jr. and Sadie attended and graduated from Oberlin College, which was one of the first white colleges to admit African American students.
After an interesting look around the house, we were once again off for our final visit, the Clark Gable Foundation house in the town of Cadiz. The Museum is in a reconstruction of the house in which Clark Gable was born. But it is a beautiful home but was not open when we were there; we just did an outside look around and enjoyed it!
Mural uptown Cadiz
Then off to our accommodations for the night in Canton to start our day tomorrow!
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