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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Washington County, Ohio
Marietta is the county seat for Washington County
Adjacent to Washington County, Ohio
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The Mill Branch Covered Bridge spanned the Mill Branch of the Little Hocking River, 0.3 mile East of Ohio 339 in Belpre Twp. This 19th Century "multiple king post" truss bridge
consisted of one span of 59', with 5' overhang at each end, 12' of . . . — — Map (db m149733) HM
On Washington Boulevard (Ohio Route 618) at Putnam Howe Drive, on the left when traveling east on Washington Boulevard.
Born on September 28, 1769 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bathsheba Rouse is recognized as the first woman to teach in the Northwest Territory. Rouse arrived in the region along with other pioneers in 1788. The following year, the Belpre community . . . — — Map (db m20083) HM
On Blennerhassett Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Side A:
The history of Belpre and the Ohio River are inextricably linked. Settlers from New England, including farmers and Revolutionary War veterans, arrived via flatboats at “Belle-Prairie” (beautiful prairie) in 1789. Lewis . . . — — Map (db m20119) HM
On Cemetery Drive just east of West Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Cedarville (name of immediate area - changed to Rockland, later to Belpre) Cemetery contains graves of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers - some of the graves have washed over the Ohio River bank when the level rose and left graves underwater. The . . . — — Map (db m20123) HM
On Blennerhassett Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
In 1791, Captain Jonathan Devol, upon a proposal from Griffin Greene, designed and built a floating grain mill, which was erected on two boats and anchored within several yards of the Ohio River shore near this marker. Oak planks fastened the boats . . . — — Map (db m20176) HM
[Side A:]
Born in Massachusetts in 1805, Sala Bosworth spent all but nineteen years of his eighty-five years in Washington County. After studying at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, he returned to the county to paint many full size . . . — — Map (db m20127) HM
On Washington Boulevard (Ohio Route 618), on the left when traveling east.
As a shareholder of the United Library Association in Pomfret, Connecticut, General Israel Putnam amassed a large collection of books, which was called the Putnam Family Library. The collection was divided among his heirs after his death in 1790. . . . — — Map (db m20129) HM
On Ridge Street at Locust Street, on the left when traveling west on Ridge Street.
Underground Railroad Crossings
Underground Railroad crossings, agents, and conductors were common along the Ohio River between Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, Virginia. At Constitution, six miles upriver from Belpre, Judge Ephraim . . . — — Map (db m20130) HM
On 5th Street (Ohio Route 60) west of Rose Lane Drive, on the left when traveling west.
About 600 feet south of this site and near the river stood Fort Fry occupied during the Indian War 1791–1795.
This fort protected the Waterford settlers during the period of the war. Waterford was founded by the Second Association of . . . — — Map (db m103732) HM
Here lie buried thirteen unknown persons,
killed by the bursting of the boiler of the
Steamer Buckeye Belle
November 12, 1852, near the guard gates of the
Beverly Canal. Twenty persons were killed
and forty injured in this, the only . . . — — Map (db m228522) HM
On Ohio Street at 5th Street (Ohio Route 60), on the left when traveling west on Ohio Street.
On November 12, 1852, the riverboat Buckeye Belle
exploded at this site. Twenty-four people died
and a dozen were injured in the worst steamboat
disaster on the Muskingum River. An eyewitness
described the scene: “The bank of the canal . . . — — Map (db m103735) HM
On Luke Chute Road (Local Route 649) south of Milner Road (Route 102), on the right when traveling south.
Luke Chute is the site of an early mill that
harnessed river power. About 1815, Luke Emerson
and Samuel White built a dam part way across
the river. This created a rapid between the shore
and the end of the dam, the chute. Here they
constructed . . . — — Map (db m121906) HM
On Ohio Route 60 south of Coal Run Drive (Local Route 393), on the right.
Round Bottom Schoolhouse. Settlement came to Round Bottom in early 1795
following the end of the Indians Wars in what
would become Ohio (1791-1795). Pioneers Allen
Devol, David Wilson, Nathaniel Cushing, Peter Shaw,
and Andrew Story came . . . — — Map (db m121904) HM
The Devola Lock was one of eleven built on the Muskingum River from Marietta to Ellis, north of Zanesville, from 1836 to 1841. The locks are approximately thirty-five feet wide and 160 feet long. The State of Ohio funded the project as part of the . . . — — Map (db m18015) HM
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (Ohio Route 7) 0.2 miles north of Morrison Lane, on the right when traveling north.
On his trip to the Ohio River country noted, Oct. 25, 1770 "Incamped in Long Reach abt. 30 miles from our last lodge opposite to the beginning of a large bottom on the east side of the river." This marker near the campsite. — — Map (db m79269) HM
Lowell was the site of one of ten wooden covered bridges, built from 1820 to 1887, that crossed the Muskingum River from Marietta to Coshocton. The Lowell bridge was built in 1881. Bridges were built out of wood because there was plenty of lumber . . . — — Map (db m18016) HM
On Main Street (Ohio Route 60) at Lock Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
About 800 feet south of this point, on the south bank of the Muskingum River is the site of the
Fortified Settlement
Erected in April, 1799, by Nicholas Coburn, Robert Allison, Nathan Kinney, William Davis and their families, and Oliver . . . — — Map (db m18020) HM
This non-condensing engine with a 12” diameter cylinder and four-foot stroke is one of two first installed on the sternwheel packet CARRIE BROWN (built at Harmar in 1890), which worked the trade between Huntington and Gallipolis. When this . . . — — Map (db m20656) HM
On Butler Street east of Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
Flooded Front Street - January 1937
Ferdinand Kasek, Marietta College Rower - 1933
Front Street - January 1925
Marietta Rowig & Cycling - C. 1900
Celebrating Our Community since 1788
Northwest Territory . . . — — Map (db m209352) HM
[Main Marker:]
One of the six lodges which in
1808 founded the Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio.
Erected May 10, 1958.
[Second Marker:]
Harmar Lodge No. 390
Free & Accepted Masons
of Ohio . . . — — Map (db m20185) HM
On Maple Street at Fort Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Street.
Built on the existing piers as a covered bridge in 1856, converted to railroad use in 1873, back to foot traffic in 1962, it was rebuilt after floods four times. — — Map (db m210090) HM
On Putnam Street east of 4th Street when traveling east.
By first connecting and enclosing two early homes in brick in 1927, philanthropist W. W. Mills built the Betsey Mills complex as a memorial to his wife, Betsey. — — Map (db m103473) HM
On West Ohio Street, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated on July 13, 1987, to commemorate the Bicentennial
of the Ordinance of 1787, and the 200th birthday of Marietta,
the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. — — Map (db m209368) HM
On Greene Street at Front Street and West Ohio Street, on the left when traveling west on Greene Street.
Named for this cylinder here on the area once known as Flat Iron Square. The boiler, now largely underground, was ordered by Major John Lawrence Lewis circa 1814, sent by boat from Pittsburgh, PA, in care of Dudley Woodbridge, Jr., whose store stood . . . — — Map (db m178133) HM
On 3rd Street (Ohio Route 7) 0.1 miles Scammel Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built 1868 for M.P. Wells, in the name of D.P. Bosworth in 1870, the house was purchased in 1897 by oilman F.B. Biszantz whose family occupied it for 85 years. Marietta Area C. of C. purchased it in 1983. — — Map (db m149690) HM
On 4th Street at Scammel Street, on the right when traveling south on 4th Street.
Ohio's fifty-ninth governor, Marietta native C. William O'Neill was the only Ohioan to head all three branches of state government. An honor graduate of both Marietta High School and Marietta College, O'Neill won election to the Ohio House of . . . — — Map (db m143561) HM
On Washington Street (Ohio Route 7) west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
S. W. Corner Campus Martius. the “Stockade” occupied by the First Governor of the N.W. Territory and by Pioneers of Ohio, during The Indian War, 1791-95. Erected by the New Century Historical Society Jan. . . . — — Map (db m169649) HM
On Colegate Drive just east of Muskingum Drive (Ohio Route 60), on the right when traveling east.
Catherine Fay Ewing. Catherine Fay Ewing is credited with starting the Children’s Home System in Ohio. Born on July 12, 1822, in Westboro, Massachusetts,. her family moved to Marietta in 1835. At age sixteen, Catherine studied to be a teacher . . . — — Map (db m103673) HM
On Virginia Street at Gilman Street, on the right when traveling east on Virginia Street.
[Main Top Plaque]
The inscription appearing below
Is a replica of the one engraved on a lead plaque
Buried on this spot on August 15th, 1749 by
CELORON De BLAINVILLE
And of which a fragment recovered in 1798
Is preserved by . . . — — Map (db m189761) HM
On Greene Street / Ohio River Scenic Byway (Ohio Route 7) at North 7th Street and Pike Street, on the right when traveling west on Greene Street / Ohio River Scenic Byway.
Built in 1992 by local businesses. Planted and maintained each year by the Rotary Club of Marietta-Morning. Named in honor of our first president, mentor, friend and caretaker of this garden William Charles Schob. — — Map (db m172108) HM
On West Ohio Street, on the left when traveling west.
Ohio Society
Children Of The American Revolution
Honors
Children Of American Revolutionary Soldiers
Who Were
First Settlers
Of
Marietta
1788-1988 — — Map (db m209366) WM
On Muskingum Drive (Ohio Route 60) north of Davis Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Washington County Children’s Home, Ohio’s first, and in 1867 the nation’s first supported by taxes, was founded in 1858 by Catherine Fay Ewing at her farm home in Moss Run, Ohio. — — Map (db m103721) HM
On 3rd Street (Ohio Route 60) at Wooster Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street.
Methodism was brought to Marietta by Wesleyan circuit riders Robert Manley (1799) and Peter Cartwright (1806), and by German Methodist Carl Best (1839). Present building was dedicated 1885. — — Map (db m103671) HM
On Ephraim Cutler Street at North 7th Street, on the right when traveling west on Ephraim Cutler Street.
Home of Thomas Cisler, which
overlooked the Thomas Cisler and Son
brickyard. He and son Thomas H.
Cisler were business, civic, and
religious leaders. First house in
Marietta with indoor plumbing and a
bathroom. Occupied by Lillian E.
Cisler, . . . — — Map (db m171991) HM
On 3rd Street (Ohio Route 7) at Putnam Street, on the right when traveling north on 3rd Street.
Completed in time for Marietta's 1938 Sesquicentennial Celebration, this building_replaced the imposing 1872 City Hall with top floor auditorium, destroyed by fire in 1935. — — Map (db m149705) HM
On Front Street at Monroe Street, on the left when traveling north on Front Street.
Hildebrand was born on May 29, 1800
near Cold Springs, PA and moved tó
Washington County, OH in 1814. Here
he joined the local militia as drummer
boy. In 1828 he was commissioned a
Maj. Gen. in the State Militia. At the
outbreak of the Civil . . . — — Map (db m178137) HM
On Front Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars
My stone is red for
the blood they shed,
the medal I bear
is my country's way
to show they care,
if I could be seen
by all mankind
maybe peace will
come in my . . . — — Map (db m209324) WM
Built as his residence in 1805.
David Putnam was the grandson of
General Israel Putnam and nephew
of General Rufus Putnam. In 1807
the first banking corporation in the
Northwest Territory and Ohio
was located in the house.
David Putnam . . . — — Map (db m209303) HM
Established in 1992 by the Marietta Tourist and Convention Bureau to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of America. Maintained with care by the Rotary Club of Marietta-Morning. — — Map (db m172117) HM
On Putnam Street at Fourth Street on Putnam Street.
Organized September 5th, 1818, under name of “First Baptist Church of Marietta Township,” the first record on the church book is “On Saturday, the fifth day of September, 1818 A.D., we, Ephraim Emerson, Wm. Churchill, John . . . — — Map (db m103479) HM
On Front Street, on the left when traveling south.
First Congregational Church, chartered in 1796, was the N.W. Territory's first organized church. Dedicated 1809 using Rufus Putnam's “Two Horn” plan, the first building burned in 1905. This church built 1906. — — Map (db m20649) HM
On Front Street, on the left when traveling south.
Sunday School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:00 a.m. The first church in Marietta, organized Dec. 6, 1796. The present building is patterned after the original church, familiarly known to settlers as the “Two Horned Church.” Visitors are . . . — — Map (db m20650) HM
Flatboats were designed to carry cargo downstream, floating with the current. With flat bottoms, they were easily built to any size desired. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they were a major method of transportation for settlers . . . — — Map (db m20178) HM
On Fort Street at Fort Square, on the left when traveling north on Fort Street.
Built 1785 by U.S. Major John Doughty's federal troops. Named for General Josiah Harmar. Troops twice battled Indians in western Ohio. — — Map (db m20726) HM
On Putnam Bridge east of Gilman Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Fort Harmar, a military outpost, was built on the west side of the Muskingum River, in 1785. Pentagonal in shape, it enclosed 3/4 of an acre with 12' to 15' timber walls. Inside were soldier barracks and officer quarters with gardens and orchards . . . — — Map (db m209280) HM
On Maple Street at Crawford Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Street.
Was chartered on Oct. 16, 1867 by the Grand Lodge Of Ohio in response to the petition of 13 Freemasons of Harmar, Ohio. The first officers were Elijah Locker, Wor. Master; A. S. Curtis, Sr. Warden: Samuel H. Tidd, Jr. W.
Its first home was a . . . — — Map (db m149716) HM
On Gilman Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
Lydia Young was postmaster in this, her notary shop,
1864-1885. Harmar postal service and civil government returned to Marietta 1890. — — Map (db m149720) HM
Near Putnam Street at Ohio River Scenic Byway (Ohio Route 7).
The Peoples Bank Theatre, built in 1919 and called the Hippodrome, marks an age when movies transitioned from silent films and nickelodeons into a major national industry and pastime. Designed by Columbus architect Fred Elliott for the C&M . . . — — Map (db m225351) HM
Near Front Street, 0.1 miles south of Union Street.
Marietta and the Mid Ohio Valley area have always known that the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers will at times flow through the streets of our communities. On September 17,2004, we once again prepared ourselves and our belongings to be moved to higher and . . . — — Map (db m149712) HM
On West Ohio Street at Front Street, on the left when traveling west on West Ohio Street.
Lafayette
Landed at this point, May 25, 1825
——— • • • ———
Returning in 1824 to the young Nation he had greatly assisted during the Revolutionary War, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du . . . — — Map (db m20736) HM
Oldest building in Northwest Territory. From 1788 Gen. Rufus Putnam recorded war veteran land grants and sales. Maintained Ohio Company surveys and maps.
The Rotary Club of Marietta
Marking a Place in History with Service Since . . . — — Map (db m20183) HM
On Fort Street, 0 miles north of Fort Square, on the right when traveling north.
[Marker Front]:
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis arrived in Marietta on September 13, 1803. His descent of the Ohio River aboard a keelboat began his expedition to explore the West. Included among his crew was 18-year . . . — — Map (db m20741) HM
Near St. Clair Street at Front Street, on the right when traveling east.
(Left Side Panel): Life on the River “Wheel Coal - Sleep - Eat - Wheel Coal: If there was such a thing as a typical day in the life of a deckhand...that would be it.” - W.V. Torner, recalling life as a deckhand.
Towboats . . . — — Map (db m20578) HM
On Front Street north of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south.
Local Lodge History
The Marietta Moose Lodge was officially chartered on June 1, 1957. The Lodge has been located in four different locations over this time including the basement of Willard School (this building has since been . . . — — Map (db m209673) HM
On Front Street south of Putnam Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built 1899 to serve adjacent locks which replaced those of 1840’s on Harmar side. Locks and dam removed 1968. Muskingum was first canalized U.S. river — — Map (db m103279) HM
On Bellevue Street, on the right when traveling north.
This hilltop was included in the tract of
land designated as "commons ground” by an
act of the Ohio Company of Associates on
July 9. 1788.
About 1882, the Strecker family began
maintenance of the historic site. In March,
1927 it became a . . . — — Map (db m221028) HM
On Bellevue Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Kiwanis Club of Marietta
has provided this Lookout Point
so that you who visit here might
better view, understand, and
appreciate the scenic panorama.
of this beautiful and historic
community.
To our guests we extend a most
cordial . . . — — Map (db m209380) HM
This community bus stop was originally built by Rotarians as a service
project. In 2014 this larger and more open building was erected by
Rotarians to provide safe shelter for the residents of Marietta and
Washington County. The Rotary Club of . . . — — Map (db m209241) HM
On Putnam Bridge, on the right when traveling west.
The Ohio and Muskingum Rivers have always
flooded but floods have usually come slowly and
predictably. Flood stage here is 535 feet: that
is when the river level is 20 feet above normal.
Since 1810, floods have come an average of once
every 3 . . . — — Map (db m209249) HM
On Front Street at Greene and West Ohio Streets, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Directly across from this spot was Picketed Point, a fortification erected for the protection of the early settlers from hostile Indians. Within the stockade were dwellings, the first store and the first tavern in the Northwest Territory. Marquis de . . . — — Map (db m103236) HM
Near 4th Street, 0.1 miles north of Wooster Street.
The Presbyterian Church was built here in 1865. The new First Presbyterian Church, to the left, was built in 1897. In 2014, the original church was removed for the 2016 creation of the Memorial Garden. Elements of the original church include the . . . — — Map (db m143560) HM
On Front Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sculpted for Marietta's Sesquicentennial by Gutzon Borglum
——————————
Dedicated July 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a tribute to those farsighted pioneers who journeyed here . . . — — Map (db m20674) HM
On 5th Street at Scammel Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
Erected by the Marietta Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, as a memorial to the revolutionary soldiers buried in Marietta and to honor the heroic men and women who faced the wilderness with courage and hope to create the Great Northwest. . . . — — Map (db m103515) WM
On Front Street, on the right when traveling south.
This group of Revolutionary and Pioneer figures represents the start of American government west of the thirteen original states. Mt. Rushmore's Gutzon Borglum sculptured, from native sandstone, the memorial which was dedicated at the . . . — — Map (db m209289) HM
MIGHTY RIVER
Although it remains an unpredictable force of nature, the Ohio River was far more volatile a century ago. Thirty-foot floods could wash away everything along the river's edge, only to be followed by dry spells that would lower the . . . — — Map (db m21676) HM
On 5th Street, 0.1 miles north of Putnam Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built 1822 for H.P. Wilcox. Home of Col. John Mills and sons, William and John, 1836-1936 Marietta College president's home since 1937. — — Map (db m143589) HM
On 5th Street at Cutter Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
A work of the Moundbuilders, reserved for the public use by the Founders of Marietta in 1788. Set aside as a cemetery in 1800. First burial was in 1801.
“I know many of the Ohio Company personally. Never were men better calculated to . . . — — Map (db m103642) HM
On Putnam Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Putnam Street.
Muskingum Academy 1797 Birth of Higher Education in Ohio
In April 1797, a committee of Marietta citizens, led by General Rufus Putnam, met to establish an academy suitable for preparatory instruction for their youth. Muskingdum Academy, . . . — — Map (db m224970) HM
On Putnam Bridge, on the right when traveling east.
In 1878 the Corps of Engineers found that the
Muskingum River above Dam No. I could provide
shelter from river ice for Ohio River steamboats.
This Ice harbor needed access through Dam
No. 1 but the old Harmar lock was too small.
In 1891 a . . . — — Map (db m209285) HM
On Front Street, on the right when traveling south.
President Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft spoke here in 1912. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the “Start Westward” sesquicentennial monument in 1938. — — Map (db m20603) HM
The Muskingum River played a starring
role in Northwest Territory
history, traveled by native tribesmen,
traders, hunters, and missionaries, as
well as early settlers and their
families. Homes and farms were established,
mills built, and the . . . — — Map (db m209286) HM
Muskingtum River Underground Railroad
People living in Marietta and along the Muskingum River shared a history of slavery opposition. Manasseh Cutler, from Massachusetts and an Ohio Land Company agent, helped draft the Ordinance of 1787 that . . . — — Map (db m21653) HM
On Putnam Bridge, on the right when traveling west.
The name "Muskingum" comes from Indian
words meaning "elk's eye. In pioneer times, elk.
deer, bear, wolves. mountain lions, and small
herds of American bison roamed the area.
Flocks of passenger pigeons nested in hardwood
forests. Dense paw paw . . . — — Map (db m209251) HM
On Front Street at Putnam Street, on the left when traveling north on Front Street.
Here the new United States of America found, through Northwest territory, the first and common offspring of thirteen discordant and disputatious states, her formula to eminence among all the governments of mankind.
To those unfamed citizens who . . . — — Map (db m20654) HM
On Fort Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Douglas P. Pattin Home was built
1896-97 with sandstone from the same
Constitution, Ohio quarry as the adjacent
David Putnam House. Characterized by
the rusticated or facet - cut stone,
brick and stone chimneys, and steel
columns, the . . . — — Map (db m209299) HM
On Front Street north of Butler Street, on the left when traveling north.
With a mission to protect citizens at home and abroad, the Ohio National Guard was originally established as the Northwest Territory Militia in Marietta on July 25, 1788 and has fought in every war since the War of 1812. Built in 1914, this Ohio . . . — — Map (db m224966) HM
On Ohio Street west of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Ohio River Sternwheel Festival was the brainchild of Harry J. Robinson and Captains Gene Fitch
and Bob Limle. The first Ohio River Sternwheel
Festival took place in 1976, the weekend after
Labor Day. This festival was held to . . . — — Map (db m178134) HM
On Putnam Bridge, 0.1 miles east of Gilman Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The Harmar Lock, located on the west side of the Muskingum River, was constructed in 1841 as Lock No. 1 of the lock and dam system. which was essential to navigation on this river. Its location was of great economic importance to Harmar. The . . . — — Map (db m209284) HM
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