Side A:
The village of Bidwell, once known as Heatly, was surveyed in 1881 after the arrival of the Columbus, Hocking Valley, and Toledo Railroad. A depot (Porter Station) was soon built on this site for passenger and freight service. By . . . — — Map (db m30492) HM
The New Hope Baptist Church was organized around 1860, burned
in 1863, and was rebuilt in the fall of 1864. Once called the
Harris Colored Baptist Church, the edifice’s name “New Hope” was
chosen because it represented the hope of . . . — — Map (db m123142) HM
Grandma Gatewood. In 1953, at the age of 67, Emma Rowena “Grandma” Gatewood
became the first woman to hike the 2,050 mile Appalachian Trail
alone and in one season. The Gallia County, Ohio resident hiked
the Appalachian Trail . . . — — Map (db m122892) HM
The Ewington Citizens' Literary Institute purchased this site and sponsored the construction of Ewington Academy which opened in 1859. The building, designed by George Ewing, was financed by popular subscription with much labor and materials . . . — — Map (db m30466) HM
This tablet is dedicated
to commemorate the spirit of
Marquis de Lafayette
and the French people who assisted the
colonists in establishing American
independence and to perpetuate the
memory of the French Five-Hundred
who settled . . . — — Map (db m20827) HM
Side A:
The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1818 as the Bethel Church. In 1868 its present name, John Gee, was adopted when the church was erected and rededicated at this present site on land donated by Gee. Founders of . . . — — Map (db m30582) HM
Side A:
Dr. Charles Elmer Holzer came to Gallipolis in 1909, as a resident surgeon at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Recognizing the need for a community hospital, he returned in May 1910, after completing his training. With a local loan, . . . — — Map (db m30508) HM
The Ohio River, the southeast border of Gallia County, played a significant role in the development of Gallipolis and Gallia County. One of the state's first thoroughfares, this waterway enabled pioneers to settle in what was known as the Northwest . . . — — Map (db m30497) HM
Begun as a land speculation project of William Duer, the Scioto
Company had hoped to encourage European investors to purchase lands
in its grant in the Ohio country. The project proved especially attractive
to the French middle class, who were . . . — — Map (db m122995) HM
A soldier in the Indian Wars. And his wife, Elizabeth, 1771–1845, Daughter of Revolutionary Soldier James Whitaker and his wife, Catherine Petit. — — Map (db m85677) HM
A native of South Hadley, Massachusetts, he came to Gallipolis ca. 1818. An eminent lawyer and member of U.S. Congress 22 years, he was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the Mexican War, founding father of the U.S. Department of . . . — — Map (db m30494) HM
Here sleep many of the French Five Hundred
who founded Gallipolis in 1790 and hundreds
of their descendants and others who won
honors in the service of their city and
country. Their names are recorded in stone
and their deeds in the . . . — — Map (db m30612) HM
"Morning Dawn" was the first lodge to be chartered, on January 5, 1810, by the Grand Lodge of Ohio. Andrew Lewis was the first Worshipful Master. Meetings were originally held in J. B. Ferrard's house on the north corner of Locust and Third Streets. . . . — — Map (db m162111) HM
Side A:
This 4-acre plot, established ca. 1860 by John Gee, is a burial ground for local colored citizens. John Gee was a religious leader as well as a skilled carpenter who built houses in early Gallipolis. Some Gallipolis colored pioneers . . . — — Map (db m30493) HM
On December 15, 1967 at 4:58 pm, the 39-year-old silver bridge suddenly collapsed into the Ohio River during heavy rush hour and holiday season traffic. Forty-six lives were tragically lost. The cause of the collapse was a single hairline crack in a . . . — — Map (db m189706) HM
These three stone water towers were erected
by local craftsmen in 1892 and serviced the
Ohio Hospital for Epileptics until 1950. The
sandstone of the uncoursed masonry walls
was quarried from the surrounding hills. The
hospital facility, a . . . — — Map (db m122906) HM
[Front Side]
The Shawnee and Delaware Indians grew restless as numbers of Virginians encroached on their lands by settling along the Ohio River. On October 10, 1774, Lord Dunmore, of the Virginia Colony, ordered Colonel Andrew Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m20825) HM
On April 1, 1818, six families from the Cilcennin area of Mid-Wales sailed from Aberaeron, Wales to Baltimore. The group of 36 people was led by John Jones Tirbach. From Baltimore they traveled to Pittsburgh and then by flatboats down the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m30501) HM
At this location, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), a U.S
Army General Hospital was constructed on 29 acres of land over
looking Camp Carrington, a site used to recruit and train soldiers
for the Union Army. Built in the spring of 1862, . . . — — Map (db m122953) HM
Mrs. Margaret Beard • Eliza Beck and Infant
Mrs. Joseph J. Blazer • Richard Blazer
Wellington Blazer • Claudius J. Brothers
Mrs. Claudius J. Brothers • Mrs. Elizabeth Brothers
James Brown • Margaret Brown
William Buck • Clayton . . . — — Map (db m30625) HM
This eye-bar is similar to one that fractured causing the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the cause of the bridge collapse was the cleavage fracture in the lower limb of the eye . . . — — Map (db m39462) HM
On December 15, 1967, about one mile downstream from this historic marker, a national tragedy occured. Forty-six interstate travelers lost their lives when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River during five o'clock rush hour traffic. The . . . — — Map (db m39460) HM
Bob Evans was born on May 30, 1918 in Sugar Ridge, Ohio. He married Jewell Waters in 1940 and moved to Gallipolis, Ohio. In 1946 Bob took the first step in what would later become Bob Evans Farms, Inc., when he opened a 12-seat diner in Gallipolis. . . . — — Map (db m123070) HM
The Homestead was built in 1820 by Nehemiah Wood with an
addition completed in 1822 by his son, Harrison. The Wood family,
a pioneer family of Gallia County, arrived in 1805.The Homestead
remained in the Wood family for over 100 years. The . . . — — Map (db m158478) HM
The Village of Adamsville commemorates life in this area as it was
during the early to mid-19th century. The original Adamsville settlement was located on the banks of Raccoon Creek. roughly one-half
mile east of this site. Adam Rickabaugh . . . — — Map (db m123072) HM
This historic marker is on the western boundary
of the original 10 acre Rio Grande, College Campus,
founded and endowed by Nehemiah and Permelia
Atwood. The campus was located on the southeast
corner of the Atwood Farm. Construction of . . . — — Map (db m123087) HM
During the American Civil War 1860-1865, a Confederate cavalry, led by Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan, infiltrated the states of Kentucky, southern Indiana, and southeastern Ohio as a diversionary tactic to draw northern troops from eastern . . . — — Map (db m30472) HM
In November 1843 former slave Frank Lambert, along with 29 other former slaves, purchased 265.5 acres of land in Morgan Township. These African American settlers had once belonged to Charles Lambert Jr. of Bedford County, Virginia, but had been . . . — — Map (db m30490) HM
