When its first covered bridge was constructed on the Ashtabula-TrumbullTurnpike in 1832, Ashtabula County was closer to frontier than a a newConnecticut.a
Its rutted roads promised adventure and suggested prosperity butalso great hardship. Covered bridges, made mostly of local timber, wouldeventually soften the brutality of travel, isolation and a well-wateredlandscape. Their proliferation and preservation gave Ashtabula County thenickname a Covered Bridge Capital of the Western Reserve.a
Admire both famousand forgotten crossings with Carl E. Feather, who has spent over a quartercentury mired in muddy creek beds, camera in hand, waiting for the perfectlight.