Geauga Park District
Geauga Park District’s Senior Days: Lifelong Learners series moves indoors The West Woods Nature Center, with memory-stoking, thought-provoking presentations.
For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Lifelong Learners
Geauga Park District’s Senior Days: Lifelong Learners series moves indoors The West Woods Nature Center, with memory-stoking, thought-provoking presentations. Co-presented with refreshments by the Geauga Department of Aging and University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center, registration is required for both opportunities, each taking place from 1-2:30 p.m.
On Nov. 1, enjoy a presentation called “Coal & Iron Ore: the B&O Lake Branch Railroad.” It is the story of “The Snake,” the Baltimore & Ohio railroad line that wound its way up, over and around Geauga’s hills between the Lake Erie port of Fairport Harbor and the steel mills of the Mahoning Valley. Enrich the program with memories of this workhorse line that earned its classification as a mountain railroad for its steep grades and tortuous path on the western edge of the Allegheny Plateau.
Then, on Dec. 6, join for a presentation called “Geauga’s Unsolved Mysteries of Nature.” Local legends still linger to taunt those with a curiosity for natural phenomenon. Naturalist Dan Best addresses Swine Creek Diamonds, the Montville Mastodon and a passenger pigeon “flight to oblivion” witnessed years after their accepted extinction in the wild.
The West Woods Nature Center is located at 9465 Kinsman Road in Russell Township.
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