Hall of Fame featured on America 250 audio tour
The Pro Football Hall of Fame will be featured on a new, free audio tour by America 250-Ohio spanning 150 miles across the Buckeye State.
The self-guided tour, which runs from Sandusky on Lake Erie to Bridgeport on the Ohio River, automatically plays audio stories for drivers as they approach the selected sites on the route.
The Hall of Fame, a premier visitor destination, is one of 30 total sites with stories on the audio tour, all tied to major people, places and events that shaped Ohio and the nation.
“A couple of years ago, we thought it would be fun and appropriate to combine some of the themes of America 250-Ohio with the section of U.S. Route 250 here in Ohio,” said Todd Kleismit, executive director of America 250-Ohio. “These stories along Route 250 come together to make a fun and educational road trip that shows how Ohio helped shape America as we honor our country’s 250th year.”
Along with the Hall of Fame, listeners can also hear about
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The Plum Brook Ordnance Works, which produced a billion pounds of TNT during World War II and the Armstrong Test Facility that is now on the same property in Sandusky, Ohio (audio only)
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Thomas Edison’s birthplace in Milan, a village that was once the second-largest grain port in the world
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The America 250-Ohio Barn near Wooster
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The Wilderness Center, a 600-acre natural preserve in Wilmot, Ohio
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Fort Laurens, Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort
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Schoenbrunn Village, where Moravian missionaries and their Delaware (Lenape) followers lived from 1772 to 1777
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The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, the World War II canteen known as “Dreamsville, USA”
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The Underground Railroad routes that followed the same path to freedom (audio only)
The U.S. Route 250 Audio Tour is available here.
Visitors can download the free TravelStorys app from the App Store or Google Play. Listeners who can’t make the drive can take the tour online at the same link.
A full list of sites is available on the America 250-Ohio website.
