| Ohio (Athens County), Amesville — Ames Academy Bell — 1852 - 1955 |
| | Over a century its clear tone carried from valley to hill beckoning all to learn — Map (db m15536) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Amesville — Frank Henry Gifford — 1880 - 1963 — Farmer, Merchant, A Civic Minded Citizen of Our Community |
| | Over the years he contributed generously for the betterment of the village. His last bequest of land, building and money made the creation of this park possible. — Map (db m15538) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Amesville — Historic Amesville |
| | Pioneers began arriving in Ames Township in 1797, making it one of the earliest settlements in the Northwest Territory. As early as 1804, the village purchased enough books to create a library. It is known today as the Coonskin Library because it was financed through the sale of animal pelts. Amesville was a center for commerce and education and was also an important stop on the Underground Railroad, as residents assisted countless slaves from the South on their way to freedom. — Map (db m15537) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Amesville — 5-5 — Western Library Association — 1804 — The Coonskin Library |
| | In the years leading to Ohio statehood in 1803, Ames Township citizens decided to establish a stock-owned circulating library. Since cash was scarce during Ohio's frontier era, some citizens paid for their $2.50 shares by the sale of animal pelts, which were taken to Boston for sale in the spring of 1804 by merchant Samuel Brown. There he acquired fifty-one volumes, primarily books on history, religion, travel, and biography, as the first accessions for the Western Library Association. Senator . . . — Map (db m15540) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Athens County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial |
| | . . . — Map (db m15558) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Athens County Revolutionary Soldiers Memorial |
| | To honor and commemorate
the Revolutionary Soldiers
buried in Athens County, Ohio
Daniel Anderson •
Thomas Arnold •
Isaac Barker •
Ebenezer Barrows •
Hopson Beebe •
Alvan Bingham •
Silas Bingham, Sr. •
William Bodwell •
John Bowman •
Abraham Bowers •
James Brice •
Isaac Brooks •
Benjamin Brown •
Samuel Brown •
Ebenezer Buckingham •
Jeremiah Burnham •
Nathaniel Burrell •
Robert Calvert •
Jesse Camp •
Samuel Collins •
Ashahel Cooley •
Louis de la Colombe •
Bezaliel . . . — Map (db m15544) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Athens County Vietnam War Memorial |
| | Dedicated to the memory of
the Athens County residents
who lost their lives in Vietnam
November 1990
Richard A. Anders … 23
Joseph A. Bodnar … 22
Charles L Boling … 22
John W. Boyer … 27
Ronald L. Calentine … 20
Virgil L. Castle … 19
Michael A. Deeter … 23
Richard A. Dotson … 29
Dennis K. Erdos … 22
Baxter R. Erwin … 19
Gary L. Fuller … 21
Lowell R. Groves … 18
Orville W. Heightland, Jr. … 20
Larry. E. Herbert … 19
Danny J. Huddy … 21
Charles W. Jackson . . . — Map (db m15546) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance — Ohio University |
| | [Campus side of the marker]
In commemoration of the Bicentennial
of the
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Ohio University, the first public university established in the Old Northwest Territory, was founded on the principles of the ordinance.
[Street side of the marker]
Ohio University 1804
Class Gateway
Religion morality and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. — Map (db m15635) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Cutler Botanic Gardens — 1823–1973 |
| | On August 20, 1823, the Board of Trustees of Ohio University, of which Judge Ephraim Cutler was a leading member, set aside 300 acres “west of the College green” for a botanical garden and the site of a medical college, in memory of the co-founder of the University, Rev. Dr. Menasseh Cutler, who died July 26, 1823. The great Ginkgo Biloba nearby is a relic of these gardens, which are being commemorated this day August 20, 1973 by the planting of Franklinia Alatamaha by . . . — Map (db m10908) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — First Settlers in Athens County |
| | In Memoriam
Honoring the first settlers in Athens Co.
from the New England States
Alvan Bingman •
Silas Bingman •
Isaac Barker •
William Harper •
John Wilkins •
Robert Linzee •
Edmond Dorr •
William Dorr •
Barak Dorr •
John Chandler •
Jonathan Watkins — Map (db m15545) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — 4-5 — Ohio University |
| | [Marker front]
Manasseh Cutler, Rufus Putnam, Winthrop Sargeant, and Benjamin Tupper of the Ohio Company conceived Ohio University, which was encouraged by the Ordinance of 1787 and the Northwest Territorial Legislature in 1799, incorporated as the American Western University in 1802, and chartered by the Ohio State Legislature on February 18, 1804. The university is the first institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory, second west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the . . . — Map (db m15564) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Ohio University 1915 Alumni Gateway |
| | The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class. The largest contribution, however, came from Edward C. Berry, a black man who owned Athens' largest and grandest hotel - the Hotel Berry on North Court Street. He wanted to honor John Newton Templeton, the first black graduate and a member of the class of 1828. Other major contributions came from Mary Boise Hurt of . . . — Map (db m15562) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — Student Voices |
| | College Green has served as a forum for the voices of Ohio University's students throughout its history. Whether supporting civil rights, advocating for the abolishment of women's curfews, or in protest, students have and will continue to play a vital role in shaping Ohio University. — Map (db m15570) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — The Elms |
| | The elm trees President McGuffey planted near this path in the 1840s stood for over 100 years. Their beauty is recalled each year when the community members gather for the Concerts under the Elms.
Dedicated by the Class of 2005 — Map (db m15571) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Athens — The Silas Bingham House — Circa 1805 |
| | Silas Bingham arrived in Athens in 1797. His home, originally built on South College Street, is the oldest house in Athens and one of the few remaining examples of a two-story log building in the area.
Since the commissioners held meetings in the home as early as 1806, the Bingham House is recognized as the county’s first courthouse.
Ohio University’s third president, R. G. Wilson (1824–39), and his family lived here; John Templeton, the University’s first black graduate, . . . — Map (db m10909) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Glouster — Glouster Korea-Vietnam War Memorial |
| | Korea
For those who made
the Supreme Sacrifice
Vietnam
For those who made
the Supreme Sacrifice
“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind”
John F. Kennedy, United Nations, 1961. — Map (db m15574) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Glouster — 3-5 — Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 |
| | Approximately 150 feet east stood the Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 tipple, in use from 1912 to 1925. The company name was derived from combining “Ohio” and “Pennsylvania,” home states of its founders. Coal came from the mine portal in small railcars, was cleaned and sized in the tipple, and loaded into gondolas for shipment. The Mine No. 22 tipple had a brick and concrete frame, likely the only one of this type in Ohio. When demolished in 2000, it was one of the . . . — Map (db m15573) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Glouster — Trimble Township War Memorial |
| | In Memory of the men who made the Supreme Sacrifice
1917 World War I 1918
James Cox •
Frank McCann •
Roy Sampson
1941 World War II 1945
Virgil Brooks •
Robert C. Brown •
Ernest Burdiss •
Paul Byers •
Cloyd Clemons •
Andrew E. Covella •
Joseph Dalton •
Lawrence Frederick •
Dillon Gill •
Ernest Hawkins •
Charles W. Hebert •
Joseph Hooper •
Lewis Jennice •
Robert S. Jones •
Torrine Kamento •
Herman H. Kloh •
Clyde L. Lowery •
Donald Matyskella •
Ernest Meeks . . . — Map (db m15575) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Jacksonville — Todd and Tony Carr Memorial |
| | Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department
In memory of
Todd Carr
Died June 27, 1989
and
Tony Carr
Died March 21, 1989
Volunteer Firemen
Always there when needed — Map (db m15610) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Millfield — Millfield Coal Mine Disaster — November 5, 1930 |
| | Ohio's worst mine disaster occurred in this Sunday Creek Coal Company mine when an explosion killed 82 persons. Among the dead were the company's top executives who were in the mine inspecting new safety equipment. Nine hours after the explosion, rescuers discovered 19 miners alive underground, three miles from the main shaft. The disaster attracted national press coverage and international attention, and it prompted improvement of Ohio's mine safety laws in 1931. — Map (db m15611) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Millfield — Millfield Mine No. 6 - 1205 Disaster |
| | In memory of the Millfield Mine No. 6 - 1205 disaster Nov. 5, 1930
Roy Andrews•
J. H. Bergin•
Delmar Bower•
John Bower•
George Brown•
Sam Brown•
William Brown•
Paul Burgess•
Alex Burmich•
Joe Butsko•
John Butsko
Michael Clancy•
William Clancy•
Pr. R. Coen•
Andy Cuba Bycofski•
Frank Davis•
Clyde Dean•
Paul Erwin•
Phil Erwin•
Silas Erwin•
Ben Fielder•
James Genise•
John Green•
Charles Grimm•
Miles Grimm•
Thomas Harley•
Walter Hayden•
John Hillen•
Charles . . . — Map (db m15614) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Nelsonville — Camp Site of Lord Dunmore — 1774 |
| | Rock weights were in drawbridge at Harper Street crossing of Hocking Canal. — Map (db m10892) |
| Ohio (Athens County), Nelsonville — Hocking Canal Site — 1840–1940 |
| | This section of Route 33 in the City of Nelsonville is constructed on the site of the former Hocking Canal.
This early waterway, a tremendous factor in the industrial development of the Hocking Coal District of Ohio, was completed to this point in September, 1840, when the first boatload of “stone coal” was shipped by canal to market. Although succeeded by the railroad in 1869, the canal served a full half-century of usefulness before abandonment.
This section of the . . . — Map (db m10888) |
Subscribe
— Privacy Policy
— Terms of Use
— About Us
— Contact Us
HMdb.org