Introduction: Forgotten Ohio
Part One: Big Dreams
1 The Life and Times of Fizzleville
2 Death of the Patriarch
3 Venice Times Two
4 Footville Is Where the Worlds Meet
5 Sodaville or Bust
Part Two: Lost Legends
6 Journey to the Center of Obscurity
7 Separate Spirits
8 The Song of Mount Nebo
9 A View from the Tower
10 Louisa’s Legacy
11 Travels in the Great Black Swamp
12 The Marrying Kind
13 The King of Ashville
Part Three: Vanishing Ohio
14 A Little Good News
15 The Riders of Bentonville
16 Satisfying an Agrarian Myth
17 Harry and the Midway
18 By Any Other Name: Ghost Towns and Fabled Obscurities
Bibliography
Index