John Glenn's New Concord

From Zane's Trace to John Glenn, the 200 year history of this quintessential Midwestern town is presented in photographs. "I've always believed that New Concord and Muskingum College are the center of the universe, because if you get your start here, you can go anywhere." This quote from John Herschel Glenn Jr. is the perfect summation of a wonderfully Midwestern town that produced one of the great American citizens of all time. The Village of New Concord, founded in 1828, had humble enough begi