Ruins of a concrete dam on Harbor Fork of Turkey Creek, located near the site of the Roosevelt Game Preserve Headquarters (Sky Ranch), Shawnee State Forest, Scioto County, Ohio

ID: 759 ~ Source: Scioto Historical Collection, Center for Public History, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight, Ph.D. ~ Date: 2021

This file appears in: Roosevelt Game Preserve Headquarters and "the Zoo": Ohio's First Nature Center in Hobey Hollow

This file appears in: Roosevelt Game Preserve Headquarters and "the Zoo": Ohio's First Nature Center in Hobey Hollow

Roosevelt Game Preserve Headquarters and "the Zoo": Ohio's First Nature Center in Hobey Hollow

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

The headquarters for Roosevelt Game Preserve and "Zoo," established in 1922, ought to be considered Ohio's first state-operated "nature center" in what is now Shawnee State Forest. Located up…