Mohican State Park and the adjacent state forest are outstanding in their beauty and offer limitless opportunities for visitors to explore one of Ohio's most unique natural regions. The striking Clearfork Gorge, hemlock forest and scenic Mohican River offer a wilderness experience while the resort lodge and cottages provide luxurious accommodations. Also, visit the Wally Road Scenic Byway located near the Mohican State Park. The Wally Road Scenic Byway is a 10.41 mile long drive which will take you through Ashland, Holmes and Knox counties. Located between St Rt. 3 south of Loudonville and St Rt. 514 in Greer, the Wally Road follows the Mohican River and shows you all of the intrinsic qualities that are required of a byway. Photos: L. Dellovade, Ohio Department of Transportation.
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Ashland County Between 1913 and 1928, the route of the Lincoln Highway passed through the city of Ashland, the county seat of Ashland County. Ashland was one of nine county seats that were on the route of Main Market Route No. 3, which provided the framework for most of Ohio's original Lincoln Highway route. After 1923, most of the market route was also known as State Route 5, but when federal designations were assigned in 1926, it was the southern route through Hayesville, Jeromesville, and Mifflin that received the U.S. 30 designation. Bearing westerly from Wooster, this early route was duplicated by the 1928 route until reaching the crossroads community of Jefferson, where it turned north on today's Jefferson Road, an early version of U.S. 250, which now bypasses Wooster. This was also the path of Inter-County Highway #141, or Wooster-Ashland Road. One-half mile north of Jefferson, the early route turned west again onto today's Silver Road at Dead Man's Curve, following that road to its end at a modernized version of U.S. 250. Bearing northwesterly toward Ashland, U.S. Route 250 almost completely follows its original course, passing through New Pittsburg and Rowsburg without the delay of a single stop sign or stop light. The only remnant in this section visible from the roadway is a brick driveway one-half mile west of Rowsburg that was rendered by the improvement of a reverse curve at a stream crossing. Southwest of Ashland, Claremont Avenue merges into U.S. Route 42 as it bears toward Mansfield. However, the old Lincoln Highway route does not completely follow the present route of U.S. 42. The old road actually passed through the community of Windsor, on ground that was more high and dry than the present alignment through the "flats"—one that borrowed part of the roadbed of an abandoned interurban right-of-way. The old road is now known as Township Road 1688 in Ashland County and Windsor Road in Richland County, and the keen eye can still observe some exposures of original brick along the edge of the road which may date back to the late 1910s. More apparent is a short stretch of brick on a "fill" section, which was the approach for an overpass of the interurban.
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Ashland, the Lincoln Highway followed Main Street into downtown and
turned southwesterly toward Mansfield on Claremont Avenue. The
Ashland County Court House is one block north of this
intersection—an unusual case where the court house is not directly
on a main thoroughfare. At one time, Main Street was Lincoln Way
East and Claremont Avenue was Lincoln Way West, but those names long
ago vanished into history. The Ashland County Court House is
on a prominent block of high ground in Ashland, one block north of
the pre-1928 Lincoln Highway. Completed in 1929, it is a rare
example in Ohio of late Neoclassical or Art Deco architecture.
Conspicuous by their absence are the typical dome, clock and statue
of the Goddess of Justice. Ashland Community Arts Center
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