The Varga Communications production of "Lancaster, Ohio The Birth of an American Culture" is available for purchase. The price is $30 plus $3 shipping. Make checks payable to Varga Communications and send to P.O. Box 842, Lancaster, OH 43130

A view of Lancaster, Ohio nestled in the Hocking River Valley.

The video is the original director's cut (the full hour and a half version) of the one hour special featured on WOSU-TV brings into focus the 200 year history of Lancaster, Ohio from the blazing of Zane's Trace to the Route 33 Bypass. The program was produced to commemorate Lancaster's bicentennial.

The partnership with WOSU TV began late last year when executive producer, Ed Clay, previewed the production and immediately began making plans to bring it to public television. Avid editor, Kenny McCoy, has been working for the past six months to trim the length of the original 90 minute program to an hour to appeal to a wider broadcast audience.

Bob Heft, designer of nation's 50 star flag.

"There are some scenes in the TV version that do not appear in the VHS home version produced last year," says McCoy.

Zane's Trace as it appears today -the primary migration route into the Ohio Country in 1799.

The Lancaster history video project was made possible by grants from the Ohio Humanities Council, the Ohio Arts Council, The Fox Foundation and Ameritech, along with contributions from many other individuals, companies and organizations.