We started our trip to the Midwest on 06/11/2008 and stayed the first week at Sand Springs Camping Area near Morgantown, WV. While we were there on 06/15/2008 we drove to Farmington, PA to see Fort Necessity National Battlefield and Mount Washington Tavern also part of the Fort Necessity National Battlefield. The battle at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the start of the French and Indian War or the Seven Years War. George Washington had to surrender to the French, and this was the only time he did so. The picture is of the reconstruction of Fort Necessity.
The Mount Washington Tavern was built by Judge Nathaniel Ewing about 1827-1828 as a large house on the Great Meadows tract once owned by George Washington. It was one of the first substantial buildings on the National Road between Grantsville and Uniontown. The picture is of the Mount Washington Tavern.
Then on 06/18/2008, we traveled to Wolfies Family Kamping in Zanesville, OH. We visited the Newark Earthworks State Memorial in Newark, OH on 06/19/2008. The Great Circle Earthworks, formerly known as Moundbuilders State Memorial, was built by the Hopewell culture approximately 2000 years ago. The circle is nearly 1200 feet in diameter and was used as a vast ceremonial center by its builders. The picture is of the Opening to the Great Circle Mound.
On 06/22/2008, we visited the OH Capitol in Columbus, OH. Construction of the Capitol was begun on July 4, 1839, with the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone. The Statehouse was opened to legislators and the public in 1857 when legislators began meeting in their respective chambers and most of the executive offices were occupied. The Statehouse was finally completed in 1861. The picture is of the OH Capitol West Side.
On 06/25/2008, we arrived at Lakewood Village Resort in Wapakoneta, OH. We visited the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum also in Wapakoneta, OH on 06/28/2008. Ohio’s long and proud history as a pioneer in mankind’s quest for flight culminated in 1969, when Wapakoneta native Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. These and other achievements in flight are chronicled in the museum. The picture is of the museum entrance.
