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Holmes County OH

• 08.11.08
  Holmes County route
  Amish country, Holmes County OH (2)

  Ben asked me about routes in Holmes County, Ohio. The only experience I've had riding there was that time in September 2003. The multi-use trail I wrote about has been completed since then. Holmes County Routes What I've done here is mark the route I used in Holmes County that year. It wasn't a continuous ride. One day I rode from Howard to Millersburg and then out to the campground on the highway east of Millersburg. Two days later, after we had been doing some tourist things near Bolivar, I rode back to the campground. Some of the roads ...
  
  
• 01.21.08
  Greenville Treaty Line
  Bridges, Holmes County OH, Logan County OH, Lucas County OH, Mercer County OH, Ohio (1)

  In my last post I mentioned the possibility of riding to Pennsylvania's Whiskey Rebellion country by way of the Greenville Treaty Line. The above map on the left shows that treaty line as a dashed red line. Well, maybe you have to click to get a larger version to make it out. Or you can go to this site to see higher quality images of this and others of the Charles Royce maps (Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1899) from which it was taken. In late August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina was heading toward New Orleans, ...
  
  
• 11.16.07
  Multi-use trails in Holmes County
  Holmes County OH (3)

  I was surprised and dismayed at the news over at Amish America. A rail-to-trail multi-use path has been constructed in Holmes County, Ohio. I didn't think it would happen. But it does seem that some Amish people are using it, so maybe it isn't the total waste I feared it would be. In September 2003 I did a bike ride to Holmes County. When I got to our campground near Millersburg, a family stopped me as I was walking my bike to the campground my wife had picked for us. The man and ...