Ohio's Small Town Museum

Ohio's Small Town Museum It has been called one of the best small town museums in America by travel writers.

Our new Amazing Ashville exhibit has been praised by Columbus Alive saying it and our museum are unrivaled.

Todays local trivia question is about Madison Township. This township is commonly identified as the first place in rural...
06/17/2026

Todays local trivia question is about Madison Township. This township is commonly identified as the first place in rural Ohio where a certain educational milestone was reached. What was that?

Yesterday's local trivia question: What local person performed a symbolic marriage of Elsie the Cow and Elmer the Bull f...
06/17/2026

Yesterday's local trivia question: What local person performed a symbolic marriage of Elsie the Cow and Elmer the Bull for the Borden Company?

Answer: Judge Guy G. Cline of Ashville

Todays local trivia question: What local person performed a symbolic marriage of Elsie the Cow and Elmer the Bull for th...
06/16/2026

Todays local trivia question: What local person performed a symbolic marriage of Elsie the Cow and Elmer the Bull for the Borden Company?

Yesterday's local trivia question was what person was a drummer boy for Napoleon's French forces at the Battle of Waterl...
06/16/2026

Yesterday's local trivia question was what person was a drummer boy for Napoleon's French forces at the Battle of Waterloo and was interred at Huddle Cemetery near Lockbourne? His and other graves were moved to Groveport because they were on Rickenbacker Air Force Base property.

Answer: Claudius P. Aubert was buried in the Huddle Cemetery at Lockbourne in 1863. He was 66 years old. Aubert saw first hand the Napoleonic Wars with his regiment in Russia and finally at Waterloo where his side was defeated. He was born in Alsace, France (Alsace is a historical region in northeastern France on the Rhine River plain) and came to America with his wife Magdaline in 1838 with their eight-year-old son Charles. He located near Lockbourne where he farmed for a living.

Today's local trivia question: What person was a drummer boy for Napoleon's French forces at the Battle of Waterloo and ...
06/15/2026

Today's local trivia question: What person was a drummer boy for Napoleon's French forces at the Battle of Waterloo and was interred at Huddle Cemetery near Lockbourne. His and other graves were moved to Groveport because they were on Rickenbacker Air Force Base property?

Yesterday's trivia question was what exciting regular event brought notoriety to the entire South Bloomfield community d...
06/15/2026

Yesterday's trivia question was what exciting regular event brought notoriety to the entire South Bloomfield community during its early days?

Answer: Horse racing. According to Edwin Irwin's History of South Bloomfield, "shortly after it was laid out in 1804 a one-mile race track that encircled most of the town was made." Turfman from across the countryside would bring their fastest horses to these races.

Extra bonus point for Rua Clay who guessed dog racing.

Today's trivia question: What exciting regular event brought notoriety to the entire South Bloomfield community during i...
06/14/2026

Today's trivia question: What exciting regular event brought notoriety to the entire South Bloomfield community during its early days?

Yesterday's local trivia question concerned a famous person who has a statue in New York City's Central Park who was the...
06/14/2026

Yesterday's local trivia question concerned a famous person who has a statue in New York City's Central Park who was the dancing partner of this former Commercial Point area resident.

Answer: The poet Sir Robert Burns and his dancing partner was Margaret Shannon who left Scotland to come to Commercial Point. Margaret lived with her son-in-law and daughter (Mr. and Mrs. John Mundell). Margaret lived 105 years and is buried at the old Presbyterian Cemetery on Walker Road.

There is a famous person who has a statue in New York City's Central Park who was the dancing partner of this former Com...
06/14/2026

There is a famous person who has a statue in New York City's Central Park who was the dancing partner of this former Commercial Point area resident. Two points for you if you can guess the names of the famous person and this former Commercial Point area resident. Hint: Not the statue of Columbus in the photo.

Yesterday's trivia question was what father and daughter graduated together from Ashville Harrision High School.Answer: ...
06/13/2026

Yesterday's trivia question was what father and daughter graduated together from Ashville Harrision High School.

Answer: Paul Bozman and his daughter Phyllis. They graduated in 1952 and Paul made the senior trip with the class.

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