Odyssey

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Odyssey is the fictional setting for the Christian-themed radio program Adventures in Odyssey. Though its exact size is never specified, it can be inferred from numerous Adventures in Odyssey episodes that Odyssey has a population between 40,000 and 55,000 (it was published as 34,770 circa 1990). Though its location is never specified on the AIO show, the first and third episodes of "Family Portraits" stated that it is located in Ohio. It is located in Campbell County (the seat of which is Connelsville), a fictionalized county bearing no known connection to any of the five counties bearing that name in the United States.

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[edit] History

The first full account of the history of Odyssey was presented in episode 92, "The Ill-Gotten Deed", which concerns a book of the same name written by John Whittaker. According to Whittaker's The Ill-Gotten Deed, much of the land Odyssey occupies was originally owned by the father of twin brothers Horace and Grover McCalister, who left it to his sons in his will in the early 1800s.

The land was located in the Weyakatal-ah-Neetee Valley, which, when translated from a fictional Native American language, means "Land-that-stinks-like-swamp." In reality, the valley was not a swamp, but simply suffered poor drainage during the rainy season from a large lake at the top of the large hill surrounding the valley. Horace McCalister competed with his brother for the land. Grover beat Horace to the land and learned that it was worthless because of the swamp like rainy season and tricked Horace into taking the land as a gesture of good will after Horace saved Grover's life from a group of attacking Indians. However, Horace was a learned outdoorsman and fixed the drainage problem with the help of other farmers by digging several irrigation ditches.

In the future the townsfolk all gathered to give the town a name. After much debating it was Ol' Doc McCalister who stated, "It's in a beautiful valley. A place everybody oughta see!"

[edit] Discrepancy

Though the town has been referenced as being in the midwest and confirmed to be in Ohio by the original Family Portraits series, the radio station operating within Whit's End is given the call letters KYDS. and KODY In actuality, call letters prefixed with the letter K are reserved for stations based on the west side of the Mississippi River.

[edit] Locations in Odyssey

The majority of Adventures in Odyssey episodes take place in the town of Odyssey, most commonly at the popular ice cream shop "Whit's End". The following places and organizations also form important settings for the episodes.

[edit] Places

[edit] Schools

[edit] Churches

  • Odyssey Community Church

[edit] Restaurants

[edit] Stores

  • The Electric Palace (built on the land formerly occupied by Blackgaard's Castle)Phone # is 555-3122
  • King's Appliance Cave
  • Big Ed's Appliance City
  • Finneman's Market, a grocery owned by Connie Kendall's great uncle, Joe Finneman
  • J and J Antiques, managed by Jack Allen and his wife, Joanne
  • Pete's Gas and Chow
  • Holstein's Book Store
  • Greenblatt's Department Store
  • Osborne's Department Store
  • Surveillance City
  • Mr. Casey's Corner Store

[edit] Misc.

[edit] Neighborhoods

  • Forest Creek
  • McCalister Park
  • Chadwick Hill
  • Sycamore
  • Yorktown
  • Potter's Park

[edit] Organizations in Odyssey

In addition to the places of Odyssey, a number of organizations influence goings-on in the town.

[edit] Locations near Odyssey

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