Invisible Ground
19 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsInvisible Ground explores the history of Southeast Ohio communities by telling the stories of its people, places, and events.
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Immersive Historic Markers
April 05, 2024 13:11 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBFor this episode of Invisible Ground we spotlight the other big piece of this project, our series of Immersive Historic Markers at eight locations around Athens County. Hear all eight of the audio pieces from the Invisible Ground app, one for each of the markers. Each audio interpretation welcomes you to the location and allows you to hear the story from one person, someone who is directly connected to the story, place, and history. These can all be found in the Invisible Ground app for Appl...
Athens Asylum
January 10, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBFor this episode, we head to a very special place: the grounds of the Athens Asylum. It has held its place on a hill overlooking Athens and Ohio University for over 150 years, and its grounds and buildings, as well as the people who called it home, have many stories to tell. We will just scratch the surface this time, join us to learn more about Levi Scofield, the early days of the Asylum, Radar Hill, its cemeteries, and more. Music: Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring" Matthew J. Rolin - "Winter"...
Chauncey
December 22, 2023 13:52 - 37 minutes - 34 MBWe head up to the village of Chauncey in Athens County for this episode. We talk about the coal mine and tipple once found where the Chauncey-Dover Community Park (and soon an Invisible Ground Immersive Historic Marker) is today and its impact on the landscape past and present. There's a huge mine strike, Ivy League University presidents, retired Civil War generals heading to the bar, explosions, machine guns, murders in a cemetery, and even a fen full of skunk cabbages in this episode. Chau...
The Monument and Milton Holland
November 05, 2023 14:18 - 38 minutes - 35 MBInvisible Ground heads over to Ohio University's College Green in Athens, Ohio to learn all about one of the most prominent backdrops to all who have lived in this town: the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. We learn about why it's there, what it means, and the times that have changed around it, on it, and well... literally from its hands. And we hear about the life of Athens County's most important Civil War hero, Milton M. Holland. Music from: Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring" Brian Harnetty - "Ma...
Albany Enterprise Academy
July 15, 2023 15:34 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBInvisible Ground travels to the small town of Albany, Ohio to learn about its important connection to the Underground Railroad, and early Black education in the United States. We learn about the Albany Enterprise Academy, and its predecessor, the Albany Manual Labor Academy: the legacies they leave behind, the forgotten places on the landscape, and the incredible people who walked through their doors. Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring" Michael Hurley - "Are You Here for the Festival?"** Powers/Rol...
Athens County Courthouse
April 03, 2023 19:55 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBInvisible Ground heads to the literal center of Uptown Athens to dive into the history of the Athens County Courthouse in this episode. The current Courthouse dates to 1880 and contains so many stories, we learn more about this building, the ones that came before it, and the connections inside and outside of Athens County. Plus, hear a bit more about the oldest buildings on Court Street in a special walking tour at the end of the episode. Support for this episode was provided by The Athena C...
The Music of Invisible Ground
February 24, 2023 14:47 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBNo history or documentary storytelling in this episode, this time it is all focused on The Music of Invisible Ground! To celebrate the pre-order of our compilation of the same name on vinyl, cd, and digital download (which you should make sure to go pre-order and support at igg.me/at/invisiblegroundmusic) we are diving into the sounds you hear throughout the podcast. Music from Todd Jacops, Powers/Rolin Duo, Daniel Bachman, The Peel, Brian Harnetty, Bill MacKay, Brandon Reisig, Unmonumental,...
The Andrew Jackson Davison Club Presents
November 29, 2022 11:30 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBLearn a bit more about the Berrys, the Davisons, Mount Zion, and the Westside of Athens in these short stories. Students from the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the ...
Andrew Jackson Davison Club presents: Athens Westside Neighborhood
November 29, 2022 00:17 - 9 minutes - 8.26 MBEnjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about the Westside neighborhood in Athens and its West State Street Cemetery. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, th...
Andrew Jackson Davison Club presents: Mount Zion
November 28, 2022 23:48 - 8 minutes - 7.61 MBEnjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio and its historic importance to the Black community here in Athens and beyond. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mo...
Andrew Jackson Davison Club presents: The Davisons
November 18, 2022 18:44 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MBEnjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about Andrew Jackson Davison and Eliza Brown Davison. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the Southeast Ohio History...
Andrew Jackson Davison Club presents: The Berrys
November 18, 2022 16:14 - 8 minutes - 7.68 MBEnjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about Edward and Martha Jane Berry! Learn a bit more about the Berry's, their story, what their hotel was really like, and their important legacy. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jac...
Mount Zion Baptist Church
November 14, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBThis episode is about the historic Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio, which is celebrating 150 years since the founding of its congregation. The church, the building, and the institution are a central part of the lives of the Black community in Athens County and beyond. A building that still remains with us, when so many others have been erased with their history, culture, and stories too. Learn all about the building's history from some incredible people who have preserved its past ...
Little Cities of Black Diamonds
August 12, 2022 11:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBWe journey to the Little Cities of Black Diamonds, a collection of company towns, villages, mines, and settlements in a region around the borders of Athens, Perry, Morgan, and Hocking County. A region that powered America's industrial revolution and created the environment and foundation for the United Mine Workers, and the modern labor union movement. We learn all about the area from the people who have preserved the histories of this place, the staff and volunteers of the Little Cities of ...
Welcome to The Berry Hotel - Immersive Historic Marker Orientation
May 14, 2022 17:05 - 3 minutes - 5.47 MBThis is a bonus piece for Invisible Ground! It is the same audio orientation from Ada-Woodson Adams you will find in our Invisible Ground app (you can download it for Apple and Android!) for the first of our Immersive Historic Markers at the former site of The Berry Hotel at 15 North Court Street in Athens, Ohio. Be sure to go try it out! And to listen to the full episode about The Berry Hotel in our feed. Voice: Ada-Woodson Adams Music: "I Wonder (for Michael)" by Yasmin Williams from ...
The Berry Hotel
April 06, 2022 00:46 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBMusic in this episode includes: Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring" Ummonumental - "Elephant" The Peel - "Lucy's Song" Weedghost - "Self-Indulgent" disjointed mike - "reflections of a dawn meadow" Yasmin Williams - "I Wonder (Song For Michael)" Weedghost - "Ghost of a Weed" Matthew J. Rolin - "Cabin" Unmonumental - "Trail of Angels" The Peel - "Autumn" Powers/Rolin Duo - "Amaranth" Matthew J. Rolin - "Depression" Dead Winds of Summer - "(false memories)" Special thanks: Adam Rich, Evan Shaw, Sherr...
Tablertown
September 16, 2021 15:55 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode of Invisible Ground, we head over to eastern Athens County to learn about Tablertown and the unique family history of David Butcher. In the middle, we have a short piece about a historical mystery in the backyard of some friends. And we wrap up this installment with a quick story about Rural Action and their Ride Through Time series, which takes public history and interpretation of regional culture and puts it into a two-wheeled tour. Please subscribe, rate, and review. You ...
Mound Cemetery
May 04, 2021 15:08 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBMarietta, Ohio was the first permanent white settlement in 1788 was thought of as the Western frontier of the "Old Northwest". Founded by early settlers from the Ohio Company, who had received land from the United States after their service in the American Revolution, they were not the first people to call the confluence of the Muskingum and the Ohio home. The large and mysterious mounds that dot the landscape tell the early white settlers that others were here before. Including the 35 foot...
West State Street Cemetery
October 25, 2020 04:36 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBThe history of Athens, Ohio and its neighborhoods and people told through the historic West State Street Cemetery. A public and immersive piece of history for Southeast Ohio that is the final resting place for veterans all the way back to the Revolutionary War, escaped slaves who came to Athens for freedom, town founders, and many other people who walked these streets before us. Brian talks to a whole bunch of local historians, experts, and storytellers to learn more about this unique locati...