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LOUDONVILLE — Discover Mohican and the Mohican Area Chamber of Commerce invites Bigfoot believers and skeptics alike to Loudonville’s Bigfoot Festival Sept. 19 and 20.

The festival kicks off Sept. 19 at Lost Horizons Campground where there will be a foot casting activity for kids at 5 p.m. In addition, a thermal drone demonstration and community campfire after sunset are also planned.

On Sept. 20, the festival will transfer to downtown Loudonville where visitors can enjoy food and merchandise vendors, face painting and other kids activities in Central Park.

A nine-foot Bigfoot statue will be available for photo opportunities at the Four Seasons Flowers & Gifts, located at 221 West Main St.

There will also be a Bigfoot sighting board for visitors to pin their sightings on a map and a walk-like-Bigfoot contest.

But the highlight of the festival will be the speaker series at the Ohio Theatre, located at 156 North Water St.

Speaker series

• 9:30 a.m.: Angie Heimberger, owner of Four Seasons Flowers & Gifts, will talk about the event and its sponsors.
• 9:45 a.m.: MC Larry Sidwell is a Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization investigator who has gone on 40 expeditions to pursue Bigfoot sightings.
• 10 a.m.: Suzanne Ferencak and Mark Maisel are Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization investigators.
• 11:30 a.m.: Rob Rodabaugh is a Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization investigator who has attended nine Bigfoot expeditions.
• 1 p.m.: Bea Mills is a Bigfoot investigator and founder of the Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival. She was awarded Bigfooter of the Year by Bigfoot Times in 2019.
• 2:30 p.m.: Shane Grove and Shane Leuthold host the From the Shadows Podcast, which discusses paranormal, supernatural and cryptozoology topics.
• 4 p.m.: Keynote speaker Matt Pruitt is the author of The Phenomenal Sasquatch: Seeking the Natural Origins of a Cultural Icon.

General admission…

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Electa Quinney: First Teacher in Wisconsin

Narrator: Electa Quinney was heartbroken to leave her home. She was barely ten years old, and she and five other Mohican girls were going far away to school. It would be a long time before they would see their families again. But they knew that education was their best chance at surviving. To understand why, we have to go back to the years before Electa was born.

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Electa and her family were Mohicans. The Mohicans lived in a thriving community in the state now known as New York. But by the 1700s, more and more European invaders were coming to America to seize land and resources. Colonization, war, and European diseases decimated the Mohican populations and homelands. In order to survive, the Mohicans were forced to move.

In the 1730s, they decided to live alongside some English colonists and form the town that became Stockbridge, Massachusetts. There, the Stockbridge Mohicans raised families, farmed and hunted, and participated in town life. When the Revolutionary War broke out, the…

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The kid was probably 11 years old, red hair and even redder skin scorched by a lack of sunscreen, as he floated on his rented yellow kayak.

“You having fun?” I asked in dad mode, as I saw no parent or guardian in any direction.

“I lost my group. They wanted to stop for drinks and I got stuck on a rock and couldn’t move for 20 minutes,” he said.

“You can use my phone and call your parents or whoever,” I offered.

“My mom don’t got her cell and I don’t know her boyfriend’s number.”

Hard to tell whatever happened to that child, but we left him on a campground bank and had to proceed, as our mission was Goon Fest.

Located just north of Brinkhaven on the Mohican River, Goon Fest 2025 was a three-day, two-night music and camping festival centered around jam band, folk and psychedelic rock.

Sure, that sounds like a hundred other festivals, but Goon Fest was different in that there was more community, relaxation and room to separate from the masses but still be connected, all while refreshing your mind through the chords and drums humming through the tree canopies.

Too much hippie nonsense for some of you readers? OK, let’s switch to freedom and bald eagles and Ohio State football along the river.

South of Loudonville, across from the Mohican State Park main entrance and sharing the parking lot with the mountain bike trail access point, is the Paddling River Access boat ramp. The plan was to make way in my 17-foot aluminum canoe and travel south along the always-oxbowing mighty Mohican 11 to 13 miles to the festival.

Geographically, the journey began at the lower sharks fin of Ashland County, then halfway through the expedition we’d dip into Knox County around where…

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LOUDONVILLE — The Mohican Area Growth Foundation wants to connect the Loudonville Mohican Bike Path to Mohican State Park.

Right now, the path ends on the west side of State Route 3, meaning if trail users want to continue to Mohican State Park, they must cross State Route 3.

Councilmember Matt Armstrong said the MAGF is working through options to secure funding to expand the bike path at Loudonville’s Village Council meeting Sept. 2.

Armstrong is vice president of MAGF.

He said the first option is to partner with the American Electric Power Foundation to create a shared utility and multi-use trail corridor.

AEP is building new transmission lines on the east side of State Route 3. Officials believe the transmission line corridor right-of-way would make adequate space to accompany a bike trail.

Armstrong said this option is promising because AEP will have to clear the area of trees to create a path for the power lines, which means most of MAGF’s work will involve paving.

In a document attached to the meeting agenda, MAGF said this trail option would span roughly three-quarters of a mile and cost an estimated $765,000.

But Amrstrong said the most promising option would be to work with Mohican State Park to designate the path a special project.

The designation allows Mohican State Park to secure additional funding so the park does not have to dip into its general fund.

Armstrong said the park’s cable bridge is an example of a special project. It was funded through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

MAGF previously worked with Mohican State Park’s manager to get right-of-way on the park land and applied for ODNR’s Clean Ohio Trails Fund grant.

The grant is designed for local governments and park districts to apply, not for state-owned land, so…

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9/2/2025

Contact: Event Coordinator and Four Seasons shop owner, Angie Heimberger 419-651-0030

Mohican Bigfoot Festival, Sept 20, 2025, Loudonville, Ohio

Attention bigfoot enthusiasts and nature lovers, the first annual Mohican Bigfoot Festival will be taking place Saturday, September 20, 2025 in Downtown Loudonville, Ohio.

Saturday kicks off at 9:00 am with vendors in Central Park, and a full speaker schedule in Loudonville’s historic Ohio Theatre Opera House.   Several food trucks will also be in attendance.

Throughout the day there will be many special make-and-take children’s craft activities with Morgan McFarren’s “Precious Party Princessing”, There will be a “Walk Like a Sasquatch” contest hosted by festival DJ Brian Wolf of WolfRockRadio.com.  Take your picture with a life sized 9 foot bigfoot at Four Season’s Flowers and Gifts!

Local stores have loaded up on the very best bigfoot merchandise, and hand-picked vendors will be carrying your favorite sasquatch treasures.

If you are in town on Friday night, there will be a special free bigfoot bonfire event at Lost Horizons campground on Wally Road.  Witnesses and investigators will talk about their experiences and BFRO investigators will be on hand to take questions. There will also be a thermal drone demonstration at dark inside the campground and along the river.

An all-day pass is available to see the speakers for $20.  A VIP option is available for $50 with reserved seating in the first three rows of the theatre, which also includes a festival t-shirt and festival poster signed by all of the presenters.  Tickets can be purchased at www.theohiotheatre.com.  Speakers start at 9:30 am with Angie Heimberger kicking off the event, then turning it over to MC Larry Sidwell, BFRO Investigator from West Virginia.  At 10:00 am Suzanne Ferencak and Mark Maisel from “The Back 80” will speak…

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Ohio might not always be the first place that comes to mind for breathtaking scenery, but the Buckeye State is home to some truly spectacular natural wonders. From the sandstone cliffs and waterfalls of Hocking Hills to the underground beauty of the Ohio Caverns, the state offers landscapes as diverse as any in the Midwest. Here are the six captivating natural wonders that are worth exploring in Ohio.

Hocking Hills State Park

A group of hikers hiking at the Hocking Hills State Park.

Hocking Hills State Park, tucked into the scenic landscapes of Hocking County, is one of the state’s most beloved outdoor destinations. The park is home to over 25 miles of trails that wind through dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, and striking recess caves. Its seven unique hiking areas—Ash Cave, Cantwell Cliffs, Cedar Falls, Conkle’s Hollow, Old Man’s Cave, Rock House, and Whispering Cave—offer a variety of experiences for both casual walkers and seasoned explorers. Trails remain open year-round from dawn to dusk, allowing visitors to enjoy the area’s beauty in every season. Rich in Native American history, the park is named after the Hockhocking River, a term from the Delaware and Shawnee languages meaning “bottle river.”

Visitors can extend their stay with a wide range of accommodations, from more than 200 campsites to modern amenities at the Hocking Hills State Park Lodge, which features a restaurant, pools, and cozy guest rooms. Rustic “hike-in” tent sites, group camping areas, and privately owned cabins nearby add even more lodging options for adventurers. The best time to visit is in autumn, when vibrant foliage paints the cliffs and valleys, though spring’s waterfalls and winter’s frozen landscapes are equally breathtaking.

Ohio Caverns

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It was an invitation I could not refuse:

“Our little kayak group is doing Greer to Brinkhaven Saturday,” Jay Maul said in a text message. “You should join us! KC wants to do (in total) Bellville to Coshocton.”

KC being K.C. Kurtz of Bellville. The group being the Mohican Kayakers, an offshoot of a hiking group known as the Mohican Experts.

I was honored that, as a canoe devotee, a kayak-centric group would invite me to join them. Especially knowing I’d probably spend the entire 5.5-mile float talking their ears off about Mohican River lore.

I also was long overdue for a river float.

The Mohican Kayakers gather for a group shot at the conclusion of our Aug. 23 paddle from Greer to the Bridge of Dreams on the Mohican River.

Plus it would give me an opportunity to write a column about one of my favorite Mohican day trips − Greer to Brinkhaven.

Remote stretches of the Mohican off their own sport

As I’ve pointed out on many occasions, there are two Mohicans. One is served by liveries where, on a summer day, you’ll find canoes, kayaks, rafts and tubes engaged in an aquatic version of bumper cars. On the other Mohican − upstream and downstream of the Loudonville corridor − people with their own watercraft can find solitude, natural beauty and buried treasure. Or buried tires.

On the remote stretches of the river, you’ll also find folks like the Mohican Kayakers.

Which makes the lower Mohican and upper Walhonding attractive from Greer to Mohawk Dam. The section from Greer to Brinkhaven is well-suited for casual paddling because of its exceptional public access.

There’s plenty of room to park…

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Anniversaries are more than just dates on a calendar. They offer a moment to pause and celebrate the contributions of individuals, both past and present. They also build esprit de corps by helping to define an organization’s origins and marking how far it has come. Each year on August 22, Navy Medicine marks the anniversary of our Dental Corps from its humble beginnings as a yet-to-be realized concept in 1912 to a community of over 1,400 dedicated active duty and reserve dentists representing 17 specialized fields. This official date, however, tells only part of the story. A corps is formalized, but it is not born in a vacuum. Navy dentistry’s beginnings were rooted in decades of discussion, the ripening of the dental profession, and with it, the critical realization that a Sailor’s oral health was inextricably linked to readiness.

The roots of our Dental Corps date back to the beginning of the U.S. Navy in the age of sail when all of medical—including oral care—was in the domain of the shipboard surgeons and surgeon’s mates. Bloodletting, blistering, and purging were still in common practice for all maladies and the Sailor’s oral health was at its nadir. Aside from the lack of preventive dentistry, a typical Sailor’s teeth could be damaged by the ever-present habit of chewing tobacco, prolonged or exorbitant use of mercury-based medicines like calomel, and a daily diet of hard tack and salt beef. And before the introduction of antiscorbutic rations, scurvy was a viable risk to one’s teeth and gums.

Knowing this, odontalgia or toothaches were a regular occurrence aboard sailing ships in the first decades of our Navy. And the most common treatment for dental pain was extraction, a procedure performed with gruesome tooth extractors that were the stuff of nightmares. A fully equipped shipboard surgeon’s kit included…

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