Vacation edition spotlights Lake Erie's South Shore thrills
The Chronicle Telegram invites readers to a 1966 Vacation Edition covering the Sandusky to Avon Lake stretch along Lake Erie's south shore. It highlights parks marinas bait shops beaches and outdoor recreation from fishing and water skiing to golfing and camping with Cedar Point features and Vermilion Valley scenery.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Sandusky
Avon Lake
Bass Islands
Catawba Point
Marblehead Peninsula
Port Clinton
Great Lakes
Vermilion Valley
Vermilion
Cedar Point
Spectacular Lorain quarries carve sandstone canyons attract visitors
In Lorain County the Berea sandstone pits near South Amherst and Amherst create man-made canyons. The Cleveland Quarries firm operates 10 pits at four sites in Ohio and Pennsylvania, employing 300 plus people year round. Buckeye Quarry is the deepest at 250 feet, Gray Canyon No 6 is the largest with 455 million cubic feet mined over more than a century.
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Lorain County
Berea
Amherst-Amherst
Amherst Road
Vermilion
Canada
Lake Erie
Oak Point
Cleveland Quarries
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Buckeye
Gray Canyon No. 6
Cascade Park Elyria A miniature Yellowstone in the city
Cascade and Elywood Park form an 185 acre urban complex in Elyria. The area attracts about 700000 yearly visitors with a 54 acre eastern parcel and a west side Cascade Park linked by Washington Ave and Lodi St. entrances. It features playgrounds, a 300000 gallon pool, tennis courts, ball diamonds, winding trails, two 60 foot falls, caves including Robbers Den, and six picnic areas with refreshment stands.
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Yellowstone Park
Elyria
Cascade
Elywood Park
National Park
Black River
Elywood
Washington Ave
Cascade Park
Lodi St
Hillsdale Ct
Big Cave
Mink Run
Shelter Cave
Vietzen Museum Showcases Indian Relics And Historic Garb
The Vietzen Museum on West Ridge Road in Elyria displays a vast collection of American Indian weapons ornaments tools clothing and bones. Highlights include Custer's coat from the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Rain in the Face’s war shirt. The Vietzens also rebuilt two log cabins a blockhouse and a stagecoach relay building. Open daily 1 to 5 pm or by appointment. donations requested 50 cents for children and one dollar for adults.
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Vietzen
West Ridge Rd
Elyria
Raymond
Ruth Vietzen
Custer
Vietzens
Parks brace for summer influx at Mill Hollow amid new nature center
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District expects a busy season with the expanded Mill Hollow Bacon Woods Nature Center opening by July 4. Funds limit staffing delaying Chapman Creek North Black River Sheffield French Creek and Indian Hollow work. only limited use available and camping at Mill Hollow resumes with a $1 per family nightly rate for up to 30 units. Deer relocation to a new acre ruin area is noted as part of the expansion.
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Lorain County Metropolitan Park System
Henry Minert
Mill Hollow - Bacon Woods
Vermilion
Sheffield - French Creek
North Black River
Indian Hollow
Mill Hollow
Bacon Woods
Rsruiu O
Sheffield-French Creek
Ford Rd
Elyria
Indian Hollow Rd
Parsons Rd
Vacation Edition teamwork highlights Chesire area trips
Eighteen Chronicle Telegram staffers joined to craft the Vacation Edition with stories and pictures showcasing local pleasures. Photo Editor Harry Snavely and photographers Luke Black and Bob White helped capture the region’s vacation potential while reporters extended their efforts beyond normal hours.
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Chronicle - Telegram
Harry Snavely
Luke Black
Bob White
Great Lakes Museum Vermilion Showcases Lake History
The Great Lakes Historical Museum in Vermilion preserves lake era history with model ships paintings manuscripts and ship parts on display. Visitors from the United States Europe and South America explore the exhibits from 10 30 a.m. to 6 p.m. no advance appointment required and admission is 10 cents for children 6 to 16 and 50 cents for adults.
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Great Lakes
Vermilion
United States
Europe
South America
Lake Front Museum
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South Amherst
Connie Davis
Brownhelm
John Baldwin
Baldwin-Wallace College
Baldwin
Amherst Township
Amherst
Elyria's
Yellowstone
Vietzen Museum
Little Jim
Metropolitan Park District
Great Lakes Museum
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