WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO

MARIETTA, OH

Leith Run Campground The Leith Run Recreation Area is one of the Wayne National Forest’s most well-loved destinations. Situated on the banks of the Ohio River, it features a developed campground with electric hookups, two picnic shelters, fishing decks, and a playground. There is also a hiking trailhead on site and a boat ramp nearby.

Forest Service photo by Gary Chancey. — Leith Run Campground Credit: Wayne National Forest

The Washington County Historical Society of Ohio in Marietta, Ohio is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and heritage of Washington County, Ohio. The Society was founded in 1937 and is located in the historic Putnam House in Marietta, Ohio. The building was originally built in 1845 as a private residence and has served as the headquarters of the Society since 1947.

The Society is dedicated to preserving the history of Washington County through its archives, library, museum, and educational programs. Its archives contain newspapers, photographs, court records, maps, and other documents that provide a rich source of information about the area's past. The library houses thousands of books, pamphlets, and other publications that cover a wide range of topics related to the county's history.

The museum contains a large collection of artifacts, ranging from Native American artifacts to military memorabilia and items related to the history of Marietta and Washington County. The museum also hosts a variety of educational programs, such as lectures and workshops, which are open to the public.

The Washington County Historical Society of Ohio is committed to collecting, preserving, and interpreting the rich heritage of Washington County. Through its archives, library, museum, and educational programs, the Society strives to make the history of Washington County accessible to the public and to foster appreciation of the area's past.

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO is a Historical Societies, Historic Preservation in MARIETTA OH. US MID #8403900852

The museum is classed as HSC (Historical Societies, Historic Preservation). It comes under American Alliance of Museums (AAM) region: Midwest (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin).

Backwater Along the Ohio River at Leith Run Leith Run, a small creek, feeds into the large Ohio River at the Leith Run Recreation Area and Campground. Where the two streams meet, a small backwater forms. This backwater provides dense, still-water cover to many fish and other aquatic species. In particular, these backwaters are important for young fish that would otherwise be great snacks out in the open water.

Photo by the Forest Service.

Frontier Boat Launch The Frontier Boat Launch provides access to the Ohio River.

Forest Service photo by Gary Chancey.

Leith Run Recreation Area The Leith Run Recreation Area sits along the banks of the Ohio River and features a campground, picnic area, trails, playground, and more.

Forest Service photo by Gary Chancey.

Frontier Boat Launch The Frontier Boat Launch is located in the national forest’s Marietta Unit, right off Ohio State Route 7. It includes a wide boat launch that can handle two vehicles at the same time, as well as 70 parking spaces for trucks and trailers plus additional parking for cars. The parking area is even open all night seven days a week, so overnight parking of vehicles and trailers is allowed!

Forest Service photo by Kyle Brooks

Hune Covered Bridge The historic Hune Covered Bridge as it crosses the Little Muskingum River by the national forest's Hune Bridge Campground.

Forest Service photo by Kyle Brooks

Young, Shrubby Forest A young, shrubby forest that was established through a timber harvest.

This type of habitat has gone by many names over the past decades, including early-successional habitat, young forest, regenerating forest, shrubland, and more. No matter what name you know it by, this habitat has a few key features. First, the trees are young, small, and short. Second, the short vegetation is really dense and filled with herbaceous plants, shrubs, and saplings.

This state of a forest dominated by young trees is fleeting. As the trees get older, the young forest transitions to another type of ecosystem state that looks and acts differently, and supports different plants and animals.

Patches of young forests were historically created by weather events like tornados or windstorms, beaver activity, higher-intensity fires, land clearing by Indigenous peoples, and other types of forces. In more recent times, weather events, timber harvests, and the abandonment of agricultural fields have been responsible for creating this ephemeral ecosystem state.

But there’s been a change in the past 50 years. Patches of young forest have been disappearing across Ohio and throughout the eastern United States. And as this habitat disappears, so too do the animals—like the prairie warbler—that rely on it. Patches of young forests have to be created by some kind of event. Every patch will eventually “age out,” and so for there to continually be enough available for animals to use, there have to continually be forces that create it. And in the past several decades, there haven’t been a lot of forces creating new patches.

To help bolster the declining populations of animals that rely on and use young forests, land stewards across the eastern United States have been creating more patches of it. These patches can be created in a variety of ways. Grass lawns and farm fields can be “let go” and have trees colonize on their own. Old, shrubby fields can be regularly cut back every several years. Patches of trees in a forest over 30 years old can be cut and removed. Such efforts by land stewards—coupled with weather events and other forces—can all help bolster the amount of young forest available across the landscape. And to borrow a famous phrase, “if you build it, they will come.”

Forest Service photo by Kyle Brooks

Scenic River Trail A view of the Scenic River Trail as it cuts through an understory of wildflowers in the spring. This trail is open to mountain biking, walking, hiking, and trail running.

Forest Service photo by Kyle Brooks

Contact WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO
PO BOX 103
MARIETTA
OH
45750

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MID #	8403900852
Name	WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO
Alternate Name
Classification	Historical Societies, Historic Preservation, , Midwest
Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)	316039450
NTEECC	A82
Tax period of the latest return filed (YYYYMM)	201312
INCOME	0
REVENUE	0
LAT/LONG	39.422574, -81.451442
CODES	FIPS State Code: 39 FIPS County Code: 167 US Census Tract: 020800 US Census Block: 3018