Change is Constant

Change is Constant. . While it may seem like time moves slowly in Knox County, our community and landscape have experienced profound changes. Pioneers roaming Ohio's vast forests couldn't have imagined our world of open fields, bustling highways, and instant communication. What changes lie ahead, and how will we shape them?, This land was once the Maxwell Farm, pictured above in 1965. Student interns now reside in the house, and the railroad track has become the Kokosing Gap Trail., Boom and Bust , As Ohio became a state in 1803, pioneers arrived to a land of ancient forests inhabited by bison, wolves, and elk, along with Native Americans who hunted here. Pioneers sometimes took shelter in the hollowed trunks of sycamore trees that were up to 400 years old and 50 feet around - as big the circle you are standing in now., They depended on the landscape in other ways - the Kolosing River served as a means of transportation while wild anime and plants were used for food and medicine. But as farms quickly proliferated natural areas dwindled and the states most wildlife such as beaver, deer and turkey. In just 100 years, nearly 90% of Ohio's original forests were cleared., 1800 95% of Ohio covered by forest , 1803 Last known Ohio bison killed , Ohio statehood, Knox County first settled , 1824 Kenyon College founded , 1829 Last Native Americans leave Ohio , 1850 bobcats, wolves, beavers, mountain lions, elk disappear from Ohio , Ohio becomes 3rd most populous state, leads nation in farming , 1881 Last Ohio black bear killed