This episode is all about the Athens Armory, covering everything from the National Guard's early days to the historic building itself and the people who passed through its walls. We learn about Black soldiers from southeast Ohio in World War I, go back to when the lot was part of the Athens Brick Company and hosted a few tent revivals before construction on the Armory began, and the connections of all of this to the First Christian Church which is now home to our friends at the Southeast Ohio History Center—lots to explore in this episode.

MUSIC:
Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring"
Bill MacKay - "Setting the Stage"
Bill MacKay - "Twilight"
Todd Jacops - "Country Reprise"
Disjointed Mike - "Equinox"
Todd Jacops - "Piece of Light"
Brian Harnetty - "Murray City"
Actual Maps - "Untitled 2"
Bill MacKay - "Lay of the Land"
Weedghost - "Live at NMF 2023"
Todd Jacops - "Solliloquoy"
Dead Winds of Summer - "(false memories)"
Weedghost - "Morning 04"

PRODUCTION:
Produced, mixed, and recorded by Brian Koscho
Assistant Producer - Aidan Neal
Audio Editing - Taylor Burnette, Tommy Stumpp, and Laccolith Media via Chad Reich

This episode's underwriters are WOUB Public Media and The Retreat at Willow Creek.

For this episode, we head to the village of Amesville in Athens County, where this small town boasts a significant history, including one of Ohio’s first libraries, the American Revolution, the Underground Railroad, and some fascinating stories of people, places, and events.

MUSIC:
Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring"
The Peel - "Sunset Circus"
Sportfishing USA - "Feeling So Strange"
Dead Winds of Summer - "Mud Sock Cemetery, Amesville Ohio January 5, 2025"
The Peel - "Creekside"
Nate Scheible - "Untitled"
The Peel - "Woods"
Weedghost - "Ghost of a Weed"
Natural Sway - "57"
Todd Jacops - "Soliloquy"

PRODUCTION:
Produced, mixed by Brian Koscho
Recorded by Brian Koscho and Nicole Musgrave
Assistant Producers - Nicole Musgrave and Aidan Neal
Audio Editing - Taylor Burnette, Tommy Stumpp, and Laccolith Media via Chad Reich

This episode's underwriters are WOUB Public Media and COAD's Energize Appalachia

This episode is part of a project (with Immersive Historic Sites) funded in part by the Mayors Partnership for Progress, the Revada Foundation of the Logan Family, Athens County, Visit Athens Ohio, along with all of the supporters and contributors to the Invisible Ground project. Special thanks to Gary and the Village of Amesville!

This episode is dedicated ot the memory of my father Ken Koscho.

In this episode of Invisible Ground we visit Rendville, a small town in Perrry County, Ohio a historic Black community. Hear about this community's story and the important people who called it home, and the work being done to preserve that legacy well into the future.

MUSIC:
Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring"
Brian Harnetty - "Rendville"
Daniel Bachman - "Blue Ridge Turnpike"
Brian Harnetty - "Corning"
Dead Winds of Summer - "Sunrise Carves Our Shadow Across the Face of Solaris"
Nate Scheible - "Untitled"
Dead Winds of Summer - "Untitled"
Brian Harnetty - "Adam Clayton Powell, Pastor"
Pete Fosco - "Ghost Loops One"
Disjointed Mike - "Invisible 1"

PRODUCTION:
Produced, mixed, and recorded by Brian Koscho
Assistant Producer - Aidan Neal
Audio Editing - Chad Reich, Tommy Stumpp

This episode's underwriters are WOUB Public Media and Casa Nueva and Cantina.

This episode is part of a project (with Immersive Historic Markers) funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Revada Foundation of the Logan Family, along with all of the supporters and contributors to the Invisible Ground project. Thank you.