Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the “Canal Age” to the “Interurban Era,” Ohio emerged as a national leader. The state’s central location, abundant natural resources, impressive wealth, shrewd business leadership, and episodes of good fortune explain the dynamic nature of its transport past.
Ohio on the Move is the first systematic scholarly account of the transportation history of Ohio. To date, little has appeared on several subjects discussed here, including intercity bus and truck operations and commercial aviation. The more familiar topics of river and lake transport, canals, steam railroads, electric interurbans, and mass transit are extensively explored in the Ohio context.
In this inaugural volume of Ohio University Press’s Ohio Bicentennial Series, Professor Grant demonstrates the truth of the slogan that Ohio is “the heart of it all” - not solely by location but also in the impressive network of transportation arteries that have linked the state, whether natural waterways and air space or various artificial land-travel routes.
H. Roger Grant, chair and professor of history at Clemson University, has published twenty books, a dozen of which are on transportation topics. Clarence Wunderlin is the editor of the Ohio Bicentennial Series and is an associate professor of history at Kent State University. More info →
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Petroglyphs of Ohio
By James L. Swauger
While earthworks, or “mounds,” are the most widely known fixed monuments of Native American history in Ohio, the state shares with the rest of the upper Ohio Valley a widely dispersed collection of smaller monuments. The animal, mythical, and human designs scratched into soft rock faces throughout the region constitute a fascinating, enigmatic, and fragile record of the world of the late prehistoric peoples of the American Midwest.
Buckeye Women
The History of Ohio’s Daughters
By Stephane Elise Booth
An accessible and comprehensive account of the role Ohio women have assumed in the history of the state and a narrative of their hardships and of the victories that have been won in the past two hundred years.
American History, Midwest · Women’s History · Women’s Studies · Ohio and Regional · Ohio
Follow the Blue Blazes
A Guide to Hiking Ohio’s Buckeye Trail
By Robert J. Pond
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Foreword by Steven M. Newman
“In following Robert Pond through the pages of Follow the Blue Blazes, I find myself at turns in the company of a sharp scout, a kindly neighbor, an inspirational teacher, and—if I may say so—a kindred spirit to the likes of Thoreau and Robert Louis Stevenson.” —Steven M. Newman
Ohio Canal Era
A Case Study of Government and the Economy, 1820–1861
By Harry N. Scheiber
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Foreword by Lawrence M. Friedman
Explores how Ohiou2009—u2009as a “public enterprise state,” creating state agencies and mobilizing public resources for transport innovation and controlu2009—u2009led in the process of economic change before the Civil War.
Ohio and Regional · American Studies · American History · History · Legal and Constitutional History · Law · Transportation History
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