Hands-on history: Fossil Park offers chance to take home relics of northwest Ohio's ancient past

Can you think of the oldest item you've ever held in your hands?

20, 30, 50 years old?

Well, how about something nearly 400 MILLION years old?

In our constant search for local history, we traveled to an inconspicuous former quarry off of Centennial Road in Sylvania, where ancient history is right at your feet.

"The more you look into the stone, particularly the shale, you start to see lots of brachiopods," said Rajiv Mahajan, visiting from Chicago with his family.

Opened in 2000, the Olander Park System's Fossil Park offers kids and adults a chance to uncover and identify fossils about 375 million years old from the Devonian Era.

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