The Tecumseh Theater: Renovation and Restoration
The Tecumseh Theater: Renovation and Restoration The Tecumseh Theater was recently renovated and restored as the original Improved Order of Red Men Hall. Three stories, the hall was a cultural center for Shawnee from its inception. Grant Joy talks to history-geographer, Tyler McDaniel about this story, on though to the current state of repair, as […]
Prohibition in the Little Cities
Prohibition in the Little Cities Everybody loves a good moonshining story. Learn how Straitsville Special spread far and wide in the era of prohibition. Cheryl Blosser meets up with Eric Hedin at the Black Diamond Distillery in New Straitsville, Ohio. Eric runs the Fermentation Program at Hocking College. We learn about the moonshining that […]
Little Cities of Black Diamonds Festival 2021: From Whence We Came
This year will be a little different as we will be streaming our history lectures, films, and interviews on social media. We are going to take a look at stories of migration through the ages into the Little Cities, starting from the first peoples into modern day.