| Salt Fork State Park Contributor(s): Bowman, Meredith (Author), Kerrigan, William (Author), Seng, Alicia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738541338 ISBN-13: 9780738541334 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Salt Fork State Park is Ohios largest park, covering about 20,000 acres of rolling, forested terrain just eight miles northeast of Cambridge. Despite the parks timeless wilderness feel, for almost 150 years farmers worked this land, many occupying the same property for five generations. In the 1960s when the park was created, evidence of that agrarian past quickly receded. Over time, new forest reclaimed fields and pastures, and wildlife returned in abundance. All but one of the regions farms, mills, covered bridges, and schoolhouses were removedthe Kennedy Stone House Museum lives on as a reminder of the regions past, dedicated to preserving the stories of the families who once made a life on these lands. Salt Fork State Park celebrates the heritage of the parklands, offers glimpses into the lives, labor, and leisure of its residents, and points the curious explorer toward some of the many remnants of the parks agrarian past. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Travel | Parks & Campgrounds - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 977.192 |
| LCCN: 2006934714 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (0.72 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Salt Fork State Park is Ohio s largest park, covering about 20,000 acres of rolling, forested terrain just eight miles northeast of Cambridge. Despite the park s timeless wilderness feel, for almost 150 years farmers worked this land, many occupying the same property for five generations. In the 1960s when the park was created, evidence of that agrarian past quickly receded. Over time, new forest reclaimed fields and pastures, and wildlife returned in abundance. All but one of the region s farms, mills, covered bridges, and schoolhouses were removed the Kennedy Stone House Museum lives on as a reminder of the region s past, dedicated to preserving the stories of the families who once made a life on these lands. Salt Fork State Park celebrates the heritage of the parklands, offers glimpses into the lives, labor, and leisure of its residents, and points the curious explorer toward some of the many remnants of the park s agrarian past." |
Contributor Bio(s): Bowman, Meredith: - Meredith Bowman and Alicia Seng are senior history majors at Muskingum College. William Kerrigan is associate professor and chair of the Department of History at Muskingum. The images in this book come from some of the many families who once made their lives here. |