Original Ohio: Dreamsville, the Magic City & Other Historic Ohio Communities - Paperback

by David Meyers (Author), Elise Meyers Walker (Author)

Every community begins with a dream - a dream of a better life

Home to thousands of settlements extending as far back as 13,000 years ago, Ohio has seen most of its architectural history fall to the wrecking ball. But there is still history all around if we know where to look. Located south of Dayton, SunWatch is the best-known Fort Ancient Indian village in the United States. On the other side of the state, Marietta is the oldest permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. About fifty miles southeast of Cincinnati, antebellum Ripley grew to prominence as a bastion of abolitionism. Dennison, also known as Dreamsville, was born virtually overnight thanks to the railroads.

Authors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker reveal twenty-one communities where the Ohio story can still be seen.

Author Biography

A graduate of Miami and Ohio State Universities, David Meyers has written numerous local histories, as well as works for the stage and a handful of historical novels, including Hello, I Must Be Going and Ball of Confusion. David was inducted into the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame for his contributions to local history. Elise Meyers Walker is a graduate of Hofstra and Ohio Universities. She has collaborated with her father on more than a dozen local histories, including Lynching and Mob Violence in Ohio, Historic Black Settlements of Ohio, The Reverse Underground Railroad in Ohio and A Murder in Amish Ohio. Both David and Elise are available for presentations. The authors' website is www.explodingstove.com, or readers can follow them on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram @explodingstove.