Qualla: Jackson https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/n/jackson-ohio-wk/hero-small.webp Qualla: Jackson https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio Jackson: Introduction https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio/ Photo credit Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0. The water tower gives the town away. Driving in from any direction, you see what looks at first like a giant red apple suspended above the trees - a shape so out of place against the Appalachian foothills that it makes a passing motorist do a double take. Jackson, Ohio claims the apple. The county fair built around it draws tens of thousands every fall, and the orchards in the surrounding hills supply enough fruit each year to justify the cheerful audacity of painting a steel tank to look like the most famous crop.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/n/jackson-ohio-wk/dnvn-jackson-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Jackson: Foothill Town https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio/ Photo credit Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Jackson sits at the southern edge of the Western Allegheny Plateau, about midway between Columbus to the north and the Ohio River to the south. The terrain is hilly, dissected by small creeks that once powered grist mills and now feed reservoirs like Hammertown Lake just outside ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/n/jackson-ohio-wk/dnvn-jackson-foothill-town.mp3 0:06 2 full Jackson: The Apple Festival https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio/ Photo credit Spongefan, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Jackson Apple Festival has been the town's signature event for decades, taking over downtown for several days each September with parades, livestock shows, a pageant, midway rides, and the apples themselves - in pies, in dumplings, in cider, in turnovers eaten on hot afternoo...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/n/jackson-ohio-wk/dnvn-jackson-the-apple-festival.mp3 0:06 3 full Jackson: Connections https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio/ Photo credit Don O'Brien from Piketon, Ohio, United States, CC BY 2.0. Jackson sits at the intersection of OH-32 and US-35, which makes it a natural stopover for travel between the river cities and the state capital. Columbus is about 90 minutes north via U.S. 23 through Circleville and Chillicothe. Cincinnati lies two hours west on OH-32. Portsmout...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/v/n/jackson-ohio-wk/dnvn-jackson-connections.mp3 0:06 4 full Jackson: What Stays https://qualla.com/jackson-ohio/ Photo credit Nyttend, Public domain. Small county seats in southern Ohio have not had an easy century. Manufacturing left, populations have aged, and many towns now lean heavily on a single anchor event for visibility. Jackson's anchor is its apples. The annual festival, the iconic water tower, the orchards in the h...

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