Every town has its oddities. Ashland, Ohio is no exception. We have two big ones.
The first is a man who, as far as I know, is like any other Ashlander, with one exception: he regularly wears a skirt. Now, this fact alone doesn't make him an oddity, but the fact that he has been doing this in a very conservative area of Ohio without being shot is.
The second is the Mountain Man, an extremely eccentric man who has taken on this persona of an old Appalachian mountain climber who preachers his own (very) odd brand of Christianity.
These are the folks that the people of the city talk about, try not to look at, and in many cases, try to avoid. Every city has them.
What I noticed, however, is that both of these men (as far as I know) still showed up for each night of the Chautauqua presentations this week. They listened and enjoyed the performers, just like the other citizens of Ashland who were present there.
Just goes to show that, despite their oddities, they still have the same interest in history and their community as everyone else.
-Matt
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