Steubenville, Ohio – I can smell the east coast from here!

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Steubenville, Ohio, population 19,000, is separated from Pennsylvania by a few miles and a sliver of the top of West Virginia. It has a distinctly more east-coast feel than all the other places I've visited.

The population has staggered a bit in recent years with the slowing of the steel industry. But the town has a pretty cool feel. It's hilly and green, with some 'birth-of-America' era history.

The fort you see below was originally built in 1776.

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This bell replicates one from 1873.

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A bridge in the distance is being retrofitted to allow cars again.

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And despite whispers of past political corruption here, Justice hangs her scales above it all.

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There are 25 murals painted on walls downtown, including this one in a courtyard park that once served as a cultural center for Steubenville's black community.

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