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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]  some people probably expect Denison to be located in a flat, treeless prairie-type setting, and are pleased to find its campus is lush & not flat. It feels more like a New England college than a typical Midwestern school.  [/quote]

[quote]  And, while we still joke around about Ohio, Granville is an adorable village with a New England vibe  [/quote]

You sort of have to admire how unabashed DCUM's self-styled coastal sophisticates are about advertising ... uh ... the gaps in their historical awareness.   Ohio was originally settled as Connecticut's Western Reserve (name ring a bell?), extending from Pennsylvania's western border theoretically as far as the Pacific.   And while the Western Reserve didn't cover all of Ohio, and the territorial claims were soon ceded by Connecticut in the early 19th century, a lot of the development of the northern half of Ohio prior to the Industrial Revolution followed New England cultural patterns.  That explains why a lot of small Ohio villages look a lot like New England ones, and why Ohio has a lot of rural SLACs on the New England model, relative to other Great Lakes states (and also why Cleveland was build around a 'public square" like cities in New England, and also why abolitionist sentiment was so strong in Ohio, like in New England, making Ohio the 'northern trunk line' of the Underground Railroad).   That Granville (founded 1802) and Denison (founded 1831) have a New England feel is hardly surprising.

As for expecting Ohio to be flat and treeless like Kansas or Illinois ... can't help you there.

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Thanks... this actually explains a lot.  Nice to have historical perspective as you tour these parts.  Ohio's story is much different versus say upper midwest.[/quote]

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