First County Courthouse. Named for General Zebulon Pike, killed in the War of 1812, Pike County
was organized in February 1815. Commissioners were charged with
establishing a county seat and on May 12, 1815
accepted a conveyance
of . . . — — Map (db m132467) HM
An Elm Grove abolitionist maintained a lonely Underground Railroad station where he provided safety for escaping enslaved persons. These fugitives were attempting to travel the unfriendly route from Houston Hollow in Scioto County to safe places . . . — — Map (db m59368) HM
The Ohio and Erie Canal, built between 1825 and 1832, had a significant influence on Ohio's economy. In the early 19th century Ohio was largely rural and dependent on subsistence agriculture as the primary business. The canal, which cost nearly . . . — — Map (db m25371) HM
Side A: The Emmitt House
Built for Waverly industrialist James Emmitt in 1861, The Emmitt House was partly the work of carpenter Madison Hemings, who claimed parentage by President Thomas Jefferson. It served as a tavern and store for . . . — — Map (db m25326) HM
The Emmitt-Greenbaum Building. The Emmitt-Greenbaum Building, 200 North Market Street, was built around 1878 by businessman and politician James Emmitt (1806-1893) to replace his 1837 wooden warehouse. The brick three-story Italianate . . . — — Map (db m280786) HM
In December 1861, Col. James A. Garfield, 42nd Ohio Infantry, was selected by General Don Carlos Buell to take a force to the Big Sandy Valley of Kentucky to clean the region of the Rebels. The previous month, Union General William “Bull” Nelson had . . . — — Map (db m146170) HM
German Evangelical Church.
Construction of Waverly's third church, built with locally produced brick, began in 1859 and was completed in 1860. The original deed, recorded on October 31, 1859, listed the value of the lot as $180. With the . . . — — Map (db m235639) HM
The Pike County Courthouse was at Piketon from 1815-1861 when county residents voted to move the county seat to Waverly. The Waverly Public Square was donated to the county by the Meschech Downing family in September, 1861. A committee was . . . — — Map (db m235638) HM
Ohio Forest Fire Management Through The Years
1885 - The Ohio General Assembly established the State Forestry Bureau.
1915 - The General Assembly appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of two forested areas in southern Ohio: Waterloo State . . . — — Map (db m269963) HM
1885 -
The Ohio General Assembly established the State Forestry Bureau.
1915 - The General Assembly appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of
two forested areas in southern Ohio: Waterloo State Forest in
Athens County and Dean State Forest in . . . — — Map (db m247892) HM
Built in 1934 at 73 feet tall, this tower overlooks Tar Hollow
State Forest, which is Ohio's third-largest state forest,
containing more than 16,370 acres. This forest originated
from the Ross-Hocking Land Utilization program of the 1930s.
The . . . — — Map (db m304844) HM
Pike's Past by Jim Henry
This week's sketch shows the old Kilgore Bridge which was over the Ohio Erie Canal at the intersection of Columbia Drive near Cherry Street at the north end of Waverly.
Let's think back. Place yourself at Cherry . . . — — Map (db m281500) HM
Locomotive #2542 — a mountain type locomotive — was originally manufactured as locomotive
#2906 in 1921 in Lima Ohio. In 1942 the wheel arrangement was reconfigured from a 2-10-2 to a
4-8-2 arrangement, and it was then designated as locomotive . . . — — Map (db m202251) HM
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders crossed
southern Ohio, Governor David Tod called out ax brigades to fell trees across
the raiders' anticipated route. Downed trees were not a major problem for mounted
troops, but . . . — — Map (db m108263) HM
Such relationships ranged from acknowledged affairs that...were familial in every sense but a legally recognized one to brutal acts of rape and sexual assault where slave owners showed the inhumanity for which slavery was notorious. . . . — — Map (db m231159) HM
