Ohio Byway’s historic view

By Rebecca Bratten Weiss Harrison News-Herald Staff Writer

For county residents as well as visitors to the area who are interested in sightseeing, the Tappan-Moravian Trail Ohio Byway provides both scenic vistas and a look at local history.

This 55-mile route, designated an Ohio Byway in 1998, passes by Tappan and Clendening lakes, as well as the memorial to General George Armstrong Custer, in New Rumley.

According to Dee Ann Horstman, the Tappan-Moravian Trail was organized by the late Richard Zeimer, a civil engineer who had retired to the village of Deersville. Zeimer, Horstman said, “recognized the value of area historic