Historical Markers in Amesville, Ohio

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Historical Markers in Amesville, Ohio

1 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — Ames Academy Bell — 1852 - 1955 —

On State Street (Ohio Route 550) at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on State Street.

Over a century its clear tone carried from valley to hill beckoning all to learn — — Map (db m15536) HM

2 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — Amesville —

On Ohio Route 550 south of Jago Valley Road (County Road 478), on the right when traveling east.

Sale of pelts financed the founding of the famed Coonskin Library here, 1804 — — Map (db m247093) HM

3 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — Federal Valley Trains —

On State Street (Ohio Route 550) 0.1 miles south of Main Street (Ohio 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

4 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — Frank Henry Gifford — 1880 - 1963 — Farmer, Merchant, A Civic Minded Citizen of Our Community —

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

5 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — Historic Amesville —

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

6 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — The Coonskin Library —

On Brawley Alley, 2 miles west of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south.

This tablet commemorates The Coonskin Library housed in the home of Ephraim Cutler two miles north in 1804 Athens, Ohio — — Map (db m247095) HM

7 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — The Underground Railroad — Amesville —

On State Street (Ohio Route 550) at Main Street (Ohio 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

8 ► Ohio, Athens County, Amesville — 5-5 — Western Library Association — 1804 — The Coonskin Library —

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

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