Best Ohio Valley
Plethodon richmondi, commonly known as the ravine salamander, is a lungless woodland salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is native to the central Appalachian highlands, with a geographic range extending from Ohio and West Virginia southward through Kentucky and into parts of Virginia. This t...
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Widespread ravine specialist with solid ecological reputation, though visually plain and little-known publicly.
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Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a protected area in northeastern Ohio between Cleveland and Akron. It preserves the Cuyahoga River valley, forests, waterfalls, wetlands, and sections of the historic Ohio and Erie Canal corridor. The former national recreation area was redesignated as a national par...
Spirit of the Border is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. It is the middle volume of Grey's Ohio River trilogy and follows frontier characters connected with Moravian missionary work during conflict in the Ohio Valley. The story combines historical frontier settings, relations b...
