From the Garden at Adena

Thomas Worthington created a beautiful set of gardens for his home, Adena, near Chillicothe, Ohio. Here are a couple of bad videos I took when Ann and I went to Adnea this year.

Important Spot in Ohio History

At Adena in Chillicothe, the home of Thomas Worthington, "the Father of Ohio Statehood," is a sight that will be familiar to any Ohioan. The story goes that after a night-time of working, Worthington and others, who had been working on the state's first constitution stepped outside and saw rising over the southern Ohio hills, a beautiful sunrise.

It inspired the State Seal of Ohio. In its earliest incarnation, the seal pictured the hills as mountains. But while we don't have mountains in Ohio, parts of our state do have gorgeous hills. The seal was revised to reflect that.

A trip to Adena is always interesting and fun!