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
