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
This is one of the cabins built to house the 100 freed slaves who came to the Farm with Nehemiah Wood and his family in 1805.
It is noted that, "Uncle Albert Hurt first lived in the cabin near a sweet spring on Granny's Branch Fork." At one . . . — — Map (db m242632) 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
