The village is southeast of Canton near where Stark, Carroll and Tuscarawas counties come together. I usually take state Route 43 south out of Canton, hit the edge of Waynesburg and turn westward on state Route 183 to Magnolia. Most people driving through Magnolia notice the huge red mill. It is a small-town event.
People stand around and talk or sit down and listen.
Last year I wandered around the grounds, through the sales booths, listened to music and chose enough food to constitute an early supper. Never met a soul I knew. As I walked over to the canal area, I remembered my introduction years ago to the canal's Lusk Lock by the late Mr. and Mrs. K.M. Wood of Richfield. She was the former Eletha Steepe and knew of the canal from her younger years. The canal, started in the 1830s, ran from Bolivar through Lisbon to East Liverpool.