Dover Township in Tuscarawas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

"Dumb Street" and the Calico Ditch

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 23, 2025

1. "Dumb Street" and the Calico Ditch Marker

Inscription. Behind you is Karl Avenue, the place we decided to build our home. Frieda and I bought this narrow property soon after we were married in 1910. In front of you is an old millstream referred to as “Calico Ditch,” which fed a feed mill in Dover. Everyone warned us how dumb we must have been to live at the end of this tiny street, with no stone walls or flat place to construct our home. With a laugh, I just said we would have to nickname it “Dumb Street” because “the further down you travel, the dumber the people got. And yes, we lived in the last house.”

E. Warther

Erected by The Ernest Warther Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 40° 31.505′ N, 81° 29.264′ W. Marker is in Dover, Ohio, in Tuscarawas County. It is in Dover Township. It is on Karl Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 330 Karl Avenue, Dover OH 44622, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Welcome to the World of Ernest "Mooney" and Frieda Warther (here, next to this marker); The Grape Arbor (a few steps from this marker); The Button House (within shouting distance of this marker); Frieda's Gardens

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Dover Public Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); W. W. Scott, 1891 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Dover Concert Band, 1924 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Christian Deardorff (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dover.

Calico Ditch image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, May 23, 2025

2. Calico Ditch

Calico Ditch, the old millstream, can be seen at the Warther home.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 13, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 176 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 13, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.