On State Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
It was all meant to be a joke. Alonzo Weed was unfit for the job, village citizens complained. He drank too much and had no respect for the office. But once the dust settled and the votes were counted, few were laughing: Amesville had just . . . — — Map (db m271190) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 550) 0.1 miles south of Main Street ( Route 329), on the right when traveling east.
Ohio was an incredibly important state to railroads; one of the nation's first opened in 1839, the Mad River & Lake Erie (a future component of the New York Central), and key cities were located there offering substantial business for the . . . — — Map (db m247090) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 550) at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street.
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) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 550), on the left when traveling east on State Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m15537) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 550) at Main Street ( Route 329), on the right when traveling east on State Street.
When Congress established the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, one of the provisions forbid slavery in any new future state admitted to the Union, north of the Ohio River. Later, Congress added to that ordinance, a law that made it a federal crime to . . . — — Map (db m247089) HM
On State Street (Ohio Route 550), on the right when traveling east.
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, . . . — — Map (db m15540) HM
