Description: The caption reads "Kennedy Ledges Portage County" The Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio. The 167 acre park was established by the Ohio Department of Parks and Recreation in 1949. The nearest town is Garrettsville, Ohio. Popular for picnicking and hiking, the park contains sandstone cliffs 50 to 60 feet high and depressions 60 feet deep. The cliff formations are the result of erosion - wind, water, freezing and thawing that wore away the soft stone. The approximately three miles of hiking trails are color coded with white being moderately easy. yellow and blue are moderately difficult and red is extremely difficult. There are more trails are unmarked and very dangerous. The forest is mainly beech and maple with a few more uncommon cooler climate trees such as Canadian hemlock, Canada yew and yellow birch. Some trees cling to the side of the rocks with the roots searching for every crevice. Under the canopy of the trees is maidenhair fern and Christmas fern. Also found is the less common marginal shield fern, grape fern and common polypody. The trees are home to a variety of song birds and other parts of the park are home to skunks, raccoons and fox squirrels. Because of the cliffs and the hazardous trail, the park is open only from dawn to dusk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F15_001_001
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads "Kennedy Ledges Portage County" The Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio. The 167 acre park was established by the Ohio Department of Parks and Recreation in 1949. The nearest town is Garrettsville, Ohio. Popular for picnicking and hiking, the park contains sandstone cliffs 50 to 60 feet high and depressions 60 feet deep. The cliff formations are the result of erosion - wind, water, freezing and thawing that wore away the soft stone. The approximately three miles of hiking trails are color coded with white being moderately easy. yellow and blue are moderately difficult and red is extremely difficult. There are more trails are unmarked and very dangerous. The forest is mainly beech and maple with a few more uncommon cooler climate trees such as Canadian hemlock, Canada yew and yellow birch. Some trees cling to the side of the rocks with the roots searching for every crevice. Under the canopy of the trees is maidenhair fern and Christmas fern. Also found is the less common marginal shield fern, grape fern and common polypody. The trees are home to a variety of song birds and other parts of the park are home to skunks, raccoons and fox squirrels. Because of the cliffs and the hazardous trail, the park is open only from dawn to dusk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F15_002_001
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads "Kennedy Ledges Portage County" The Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio. The 167 acre park was established by the Ohio Department of Parks and Recreation in 1949. The nearest town is Garrettsville, Ohio. Popular for picnicking and hiking, the park contains sandstone cliffs 50 to 60 feet high and depressions 60 feet deep. The cliff formations are the result of erosion - wind, water, freezing and thawing that wore away the soft stone. The approximately three miles of hiking trails are color coded with white being moderately easy. yellow and blue are moderately difficult and red is extremely difficult. There are more trails are unmarked and very dangerous. The forest is mainly beech and maple with a few more uncommon cooler climate trees such as Canadian hemlock, Canada yew and yellow birch. Some trees cling to the side of the rocks with the roots searching for every crevice. Under the canopy of the trees is maidenhair fern and Christmas fern. Also found is the less common marginal shield fern, grape fern and common polypody. The trees are home to a variety of song birds and other parts of the park are home to skunks, raccoons and fox squirrels. Because of the cliffs and the hazardous trail, the park is open only from dawn to dusk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F15_003_001
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads "Kennedy Ledges Portage County" The Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park is located in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio. The 167 acre park was established by the Ohio Department of Parks and Recreation in 1949. The nearest town is Garrettsville, Ohio. Popular for picnicking and hiking, the park contains sandstone cliffs 50 to 60 feet high and depressions 60 feet deep. The cliff formations are the result of erosion - wind, water, freezing and thawing that wore away the soft stone. The approximately three miles of hiking trails are color coded with white being moderately easy. yellow and blue are moderately difficult and red is extremely difficult. There are more trails are unmarked and very dangerous. The forest is mainly beech and maple with a few more uncommon cooler climate trees such as Canadian hemlock, Canada yew and yellow birch. Some trees cling to the side of the rocks with the roots searching for every crevice. Under the canopy of the trees is maidenhair fern and Christmas fern. Also found is the less common marginal shield fern, grape fern and common polypody. The trees are home to a variety of song birds and other parts of the park are home to skunks, raccoons and fox squirrels. Because of the cliffs and the hazardous trail, the park is open only from dawn to dusk. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F15_004_001
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); State Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: These five photographs document the selection, cutting, and loading of a Christmas tree by workers from Davey Tree Experts Company and the Ohio Christmas Tree Growers Association in 1967. The tree was delivered to President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson at the White House in Washington, where it stood in the Blue Room. A painting of the decorated tree appeared on the First Family's Christmas cards that year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3288_4538289_001
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Plants and Animals; Business and Labor; Holidays; Christmas; Christmas trees
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of William Day (1849-1923). Day was born in Portage County, Ohio. He was state court judge in Ohio, 1886; U.S. Secretary of State, 1898; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1899; and Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1903-1922. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03919
Subjects: Lawyers--Ohio; Judges; Portage County (Ohio)
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Nelson Ledges State Park, Portage County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00303
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Farmers harvesting wheat with horse-drawn self-binder, near Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. A self-binder reaps and binds bales of wheat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00399
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); Rural life; Harvesting; Farming
Places: Streetsboro (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Man on Nelson Ledges at Nelson Ledges State Park in Portage County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00398
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Portage County courthouse was completed in 1960 by architect C.G. Kistler, and the building is Modernist. Its location in the public square and engraved title are the only things that set it apart as the county courthouse rather than a large office building. This image shows the front facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_399
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; flat roofs; picture windows; squares (open spaces); Modernist
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio); 203 W. Main St.
 

Description: The Portage County courthouse was completed in 1960 by architect C.G. Kistler, and the building is Modernist. Its location in the public square and engraved title are the only things that set it apart as the county courthouse rather than a large office building. This image shows the front facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_398
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; flat roofs; picture windows; squares (open spaces); Modernist
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio); 203 W. Main St.
 

Description: The Portage County courthouse was completed in 1960 by architect C.G. Kistler, and the building is Modernist. Its location in the public square and engraved title are the only things that set it apart as the county courthouse rather than a large office building. This image shows the front facade of the building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV101_B01F05_400
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; flat roofs; picture windows; squares (open spaces); Modernist
Places: Ravenna (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio); 203 W. Main St.