This 0-6-0 switcher locomotive and tender were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) of Schenectady, N.Y., for the Alabama State Docks Commission in November 1940. Road number 63 was used to switch cargo at the docks in Mobile, Ala. . . . — — Map (db m13872) HM
The humble caboose was a fixture on the end of freight trains for more than a century. It has been called by many slang names including crummy, shack, shanty and cabin car. A caboose provided a sheltered vantage point from which trainmen could watch . . . — — Map (db m13874) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m298938) HM
The stone masons brought from England by
Bishop Chase to construct the early buildings at
Kenyon College settled in this area. In the
1850’s with the help of Episcopal Bishop
Gregory T. Bedell, they and other families in
the community built . . . — — Map (db m94916) HM
Born in Ashland County in 1819, Lorin Andrews studied at Kenyon College (1838-41) and achieved renown as an Ohio school superintendent and advocate for public elementary and secondary education. As Kenyon's president beginning in 1854, the . . . — — Map (db m95128) HM
The Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) is a 480-acre preserve encompassing forest, prairie, and wetland habitats in the Kokosing River valley. One-third of our land is devoted to agriculture, reflecting the region's rich farming heritage. . . . — — Map (db m298941) HM
Whoever passes through this gateway should remember David Bates Douglass
A gallant soldier and officer in the War of 1812
A civil engineer of distinction
A teacher of wide experience
who in the years 1841-1844 while president of . . . — — Map (db m13869) HM
This glacial boulder from the Bates Homestead in Columbus, Ohio was given to Kenyon College in 1953 by Fanny Platt Bates Little in memory of her brother Edward Bates son of Judge James Lawrence Bates and grandson of the honorable Alfred . . . — — Map (db m13871) HM
In 1823, Ohio Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase purchased 8,000 acres of what he called the “beauty spot” of Knox County. Here, he founded Kenyon College, the first men's college west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the second oldest . . . — — Map (db m13873) HM
In grateful memory of
George Wharton Marriott of London
One of the earliest and most devoted of the English friends of Kenyon College.
Through him Bishop Chase knew Lord Kenyon, Doctor Gaskin and Lady Rosse.
In his honor these . . . — — Map (db m13868) HM
In 1938 the president of Kenyon College, Gordon Keith Chalmers, brought one of the nation's most distinguished poets and critics, John Crowe Ransom, to the Gambier Hill. Chalmers brought Ransom to Kenyon College to create a distinguished literary . . . — — Map (db m13866) HM
The state's oldest private institution of higher education, Kenyon College was founded in 1824 in Worthington by Philander Chase, first Episcopal bishop of Ohio, and relocated to Gambier four years later. Both college and village are named for . . . — — Map (db m13867) HM
Along with abundant wildlife and tranquil beauty, the banks of State Scenic Kokosing River
reveal stories of our past.
A River Sentinel: the Sycamore Tree
Sycamore trees are fixtures along rivers. Their noble white branches
extend from . . . — — Map (db m166944) HM
Forests now cover 30% of Ohio, having recovered from a low point of 10% one hundred years ago. Animals like deer, turkey, river otter, and brown bear have also returned.
In addition to sustaining biological diversity, natural areas are good for . . . — — Map (db m298939) HM
The Kokosing River is known for its great natural diversity, but it also sustains people. It nourished Native Americans for centuries and delivered our first pioneers by canoe. Today it mixes with the groundwater that we drink, and its calming . . . — — Map (db m298936) HM
In Honor of
Thomas R. Sant '65 H '13
Founding Chairman of the
Philander Chase Corporation
Board of Directors
Under his leadership, nearly 5,000 acres of land
in the vicinity of the campus of Kenyon College
were preserved in their . . . — — Map (db m298943) HM
In just two hundred years Ohio has experienced extraordinary changes. What will our surroundings look like in 2100? The goal of the BFEC is to help the land return to a healthy, self-sustaining ecosystem through strategies ranging from reforestation . . . — — Map (db m298940) HM
