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Historic Sites in Ohio
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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Hopewell
Culture. Open daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with extended hours
Memorial Day through Labor Day. Closed Thanksgiving, December 25
and January 1, and on Mondays and Tuesdays during December,
January and February. Activities: Visitor center and exhibits
and hiking trails and roads. For information call: (740)774-1126
James A. Garfield National Historic Site
This site preserves the property associated with the 20th
President of the United States. Garfield acquired the home in
1876 to accommodate his large family. The home, named Lawnfield
by reporters, was the site of the first successful front porch
campaign in 1880. James A. Garfield was President from March 4,
1881 until his death on September 19, 1881. Four years after his
assassination, the Memorial Library wing was added by Mrs.
Garfield and her family - setting the precedence for
presidential libraries. Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., Sunday noon to 5 p.m. For information call: (440)255-8722
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
A memorial to the Nation's 27th President and 10th Chief
Justice. William Howard Taft was born and raised in this home
and it has been restored to its appearance during the years he
lived here as a child and young adult. Staff members conduct
tours of the historic rooms. Other rooms display exhibits on
Taft's early years and his political career. Daily, 10:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., all year, closed January 1, Thanksgiving, December
25. For information call: (513)684-3262
Hopewell Culture National Historic Park
Learn the Hopewell Indian's story through exhibits and video,
Chillicothe. For information call: (740)774-1126
Hayes Presidential Center
Located in Freemont, Ohio. Rutherford Birhcard Hayes was the
19th President from 1877 to 1881. The Center contains Haye's
Victorian Residence, a library, a museum and the tomb of the
president and his wife Lucy Webb Hayes. The iron gates to the
area were at the White House during Hayes' administration. For
information call: (800)998-7737
The National Road/Zane Grey Museum
Near Norwich, Ohio, this museum pays tribute to Ebenezer Zane,
who blazed the trail for the first national road (State Route
40), and to his great-grandson, Zane Grey, who later wrote
westerns and became one of the most successful American Authors
of all time. For information call: (614)872-3143
Harriet Beecher Stowe Museum
Two sites are related to the author's famous book Uncle Tom's
Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe House Museum and the cultural
center in Cincinnati and the Rankin House Museum in Ripley. More
than 2,000 slaves passed through the Rankin House on their way
to freedom. Open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 to 4 p.m.
For information call: (513)632-5120
Fallen Timbers
Near the site of the battle of Fallen Timbers, this small park
contains a monument honoring Major General Anthony Wayne as well
as smaller monuments to the soldiers and Native Americans who
died in the battle. The battle of Fallen Timbers on 20 August
1794, was decisive in bringing the Indians of the Northwest
Territory to sign the Treaty of Greene Ville. By this treaty the
Indians ceded southern and eastern Ohio to settlers. This brief
battle, an overwhelming victory for Wayne's forces, was fought
in an area recently ravaged by a windstorm, hence the name
Fallen Timbers. For information call: (800)860-0149
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