Historic Marietta, Ohio

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In this video I interview Marietta historian Harley Noland who probably knows more about the city than anyone else alive. I spent two days with Harley as he gave me a private tour of the beautiful historic river town following up with this video interview on top of an ancient Indian burial mound where we talk about why Marietta is the most historic city in the state of Ohio.

GPS Location: 39°25'13.3"N 81°27'05.4"W

Video Release Date: March 6, 2023

[kylekesselring]

Nice video. Grew up in Marietta. Learned a few things today.

[indy]

Great history, great questions, Harley is so informative.

[tombrown]

We moved to Marietta in 1963, 31:46 when I was 10, and I thought I'd gone to Heaven! It was a great place to be a kid back then. It was good to see Harley; he was a year ahead of me in highschool, as was Mayor Shlicher's mother. Excellent presentation!

[Avrdatasme]

My family and I lived in Marietta for five years. A wonderful town to raise a family, or even to visit on a weekend when they host one of their many festivals. The downtown has many excellent dining and entertainment options as well.

[ettaplace]

Nice interview and music … photography and information are great !!

[samuelh]

I’ve been to over 800 zip codes in the state of Ohio in 83/88 counties and Marietta is one of my FAVORITE cities in the entire state! I really enjoyed the recollection of the history presented in this video

[susiewithrow]

Great Information. I lived in Marietta 1957-1967 and visit often . Beautiful town !

[musclecarmitch]

Beautiful city with such great history! Great interview with Mr.Noland, thanks for sharing Marietta and its history with us!

[NinerLife]

Love the history! I would have to check out this town.👍

[chuckg]

This was an extremely well done, very informative video. Harley did a wonderful job taking us through the history of this awesome town. Thanks to you both for bringing us this video.

[kevinlewallen]

When I read David McCullough's book The Pioneers (2019), he mentioned all the brick in Marietta early on, and I wondered whether it was locally made or floated down from Pittsburgh. Your interview with Harley answered that question at 20:49. Thanks.

[RetMadOrganist]

This was wonderful! Thank you so much. I can hardly wait to visit Marietta myself.

[danielmorrow]

As a descendant of one of Marietta’s 48 pioneers, I want to commend you on the fantastic job you’ve done telling the Marietta story. Thank you for keeping Her history alive.

[a.kayeford]

What a wonderful interview! I learned a lot and hope to learn more and visit Marietta. I have early ancestors who lived in Marietta for a time, DeVores/Carpenters. Thanks for sharing such a wealth of information!

[kathysyphrit]

We visit Marietta often because there are so many things to see and do. We bike around on the river trail, eat at local restaurants, walking is shopping is nice, and educational things for the grandchildren. Lovely city that holds onto their history due to the good work of this man. The Trolley ride is great.

[SpudRunGolf]

Commenting from the beautiful Lafayette Hotel. Our visit was inspired by this video.

[Funsho]

Really cool interview and nice town. I live in the small town of Opelika, Alabama which has a rich history and I enjoy hearing about the history of other cities and towns. Good job!!! 👍👍👍

[jeffs]

Great video, very interesting and informative. Marietta is beautiful, interesting city. We have spent many weekends down there for festivals and river events in the area. Thank you for a great video

[TeasLouise]

Love, love love this town. Winter or summer.

[camlong]

Very informative video. I'm a Pennsylvanian, currently living in Maine. For some reason I've always been drawn to Marietta. Hopefully i can convince my fiance to move here some day.