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Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection Historical Markers
Markers of the more than 1,800 Ohio Historical Markers Program administered by the Ohio Historical Society, now called The Ohio History Connection, and formerly known as the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
By John Swank, September 15, 2012
Bentonville Anti-Horse Thief Society Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On U.S. 41 at Leedem Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 41. |
| | Originally a vigilante group, the Anti-Horse Thief Society was formed here in March 1853 by area landowners to recover stolen horses and prosecute the thieves. Horse theft was a serious offense in the antebellum era. Trustees nominated a captain and . . . — — Map (db m59584) HM |
| On Ohio Route 138 south of 2nd Street (U.S. 137), on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1804, a group of Scotch-Irish Covenanters
from Rockbridge County, Virginia, erected a
log church on this location. In 1805, they
organized the Cherry Fork Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church. Two brick churches were
also built on this . . . — — Map (db m133853) HM |
| On 2nd Street (U.S. 52) west of Jack Roush Way, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Israel Donalson, member of the First Constitutional Convention of Ohio.
In May 1800, Congress passed an act building the Northwest
Territory, with the western division becoming Indiana
Territory and the eastern called the Territory of the . . . — — Map (db m136539) HM |
| On East Front Street at Pike Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Front Street. |
| | Manchester was founded in 1791 by Nathaniel Massie as a base to
survey the land warrants of American Revolutionary War soldiers in
the Virginia Military District. This bank of the Ohio River provided
a secure site for the last civilian stockade . . . — — Map (db m136536) HM |
| On 2nd Street (U.S. 52) east of Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Massie’s Station, built in 1791, was the fourth
permanent settlement center in Ohio and the
last stockade settlement built in Ohio.
It
provided protection from the Indians
for
Manchester’s settlers until 1794.
Manchester was . . . — — Map (db m136537) HM |
| On North Main Street (Ohio Route 41) near Elliott Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Platted in 1881 by Isaiah Custer on the junction of old Zane's Trace (1796-97) and the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881). Incorporated 1886. Named after John G. Peebles, Portsmouth, Ohio businessman. David Nixon constructed the first house in town . . . — — Map (db m108198) HM |
| Near Ohio Route 73 west of Horner Chapel Road (Local Route 116), on the right when traveling west. |
| | One of North America’s most spectacular effigy
mounds, Serpent Mound is
a gigantic
earthen
sculpture representative of a snake.
Built on a
spur of rock overlooking Ohio Brush Creek around
1000 A.D. by the Fort Ancient culture, the earthwork . . . — — Map (db m135289) HM |
| On Ohio Route 41 at Adkins Rd, on the right when traveling north on State Route 41. |
| | The inn was built 1800-01 by Peter Wickerham,
a Revolutionary War veteran. It was used as
an overnight stagecoach stop and tavern on
Zane's Trace until ca. 1850. Runaway slaves were
hidden here when the "Underground Railroad" was
in operation. . . . — — Map (db m108129) HM |
| On Ohio River Scenic Byway (U.S. 52) 0.3 miles west of Blue Creek Road (County Highway 18), on the right when traveling west. |
| | A thriving riverport in the 19th Century founded in 1835 by William Stout. Elisha Stout, son of William, born and raised here, was one of the founding fathers of Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. Former site of Adamsville which served as the . . . — — Map (db m73138) HM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 247) south of Tri County Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Founded 1887 by John Q. Roads on the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881) and the Old West Union Road (1807). Incorporated 1911. Named after Franklin Seaman who donated land to the railroad for a station. Home of Will Rogers, "The Black King of the . . . — — Map (db m108200) HM |
| On West Main Street (Ohio Route 41) at North Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | The Bradford Tavern, West Union’s first inn built circa 1804,
served the Maysville-Zanesville stagecoach route and such travelers as Andrew
Jackson, Henry Clay, and Santa Anna. After 1840,
it was continued as the Marlatt House and,
later, the . . . — — Map (db m135307) HM |
| On North Cross Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling north on North Cross Street. |
| | Country music writer and recording star
Lloyd Estel Copas was born on July 15,
1913 on Moon Hollow near Blue Creek in
Adams County, Ohio. Reared by musical
parents, he learned to play the guitar
and fiddle at an early age and began
a singing . . . — — Map (db m135306) HM |
| On Second Street (Ohio Route 247) at East Walnut, on the left when traveling south on Second Street. |
| | side A
First Presbyterian Church
The First Presbyterian Church of West Union, built in 1810, is known as the "Church of the Governors." Although the date is uncertain, the congregation was organized circa 1800 on Thomas Kirker's land on . . . — — Map (db m122227) HM |
| Near South Cherry Street south of West South Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The William Lafferty Memorial Funeral and Carriage Collection shows the development of the
funeral business since the mid-1800s through an
exhibit of caskets, funeral clothing, and hearses
collected and preserved by James William . . . — — Map (db m135347) HM |
| On West South Street at South West Street, on the left when traveling west on West South Street. |
| | A short distance south of Zane’s Trace, West
Union was established by an act of the Ohio
Legislature on April 13, 1803, as the seat of
Adams County. West Union was surveyed in the
spring of the following year, and became
important stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m135312) HM |
| On North Cherry Street west of North Cross Street (Ohio Route 247), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church settled in Adams County as early as 1797.
The West Union congregation was organized in 1812,
and a lot was purchased for the construction of a
public house of worship. This brick church, . . . — — Map (db m135303) HM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 136) at Dorsey Road (Local Route 48) on Main Street. |
| | Winchester, Ohio. Founded November 8, 1815 by General Joseph
Darlinton and named for his Virginia birthplace.
Winchester was incorporated in 1864 and later
became the eastern terminus of the Cincinnati and
Eastern Railway (1877-1880). The . . . — — Map (db m133890) HM |
| On Lafayette Road 0.8 miles north of Ada Road (Ohio Route 81), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Following the American Revolution, the British Crown sought to retain possession of the Ohio Country by sending chief British Indian Agent Alexander McKee and others to establish trading posts with Native Americans and resist American settlement. In . . . — — Map (db m28686) HM |
| On North McClure Road 1 mile south of Ohio Route 81, on the left when traveling south. |
| |
On March 18, 1942, four U.S. Army Air Corps pilots lost their lives within a quarter mile of this marker. Three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, these pilots left Wayne County Airport near Detroit flying P-39F Airacobra pursuit planes. . . . — — Map (db m156914) HM |
| On North Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1885, 800 feet north of this marker, Benjamin Faurot struck oil after drilling into the Trenton Rock Limestone formation at a depth of 1,251 feet. This event marked the beginning of the great Oil Boom of northwest Ohio. The ensuing rush brought . . . — — Map (db m22931) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | One of America's largest steam locomotive builders, the Lima Locomotive Works, built 7,752 locomotives between 1879 and 1951. It rose to success building the patented Shay geared locomotive, an innovative design that became the standard for . . . — — Map (db m22935) HM |
| On Central Avenue, in the median. |
| | The Lima Chapter of the American Women's Voluntary Services Organization established a community-based, free canteen during World War II for troops traveling on the Pennsylvania Railroad and adjacent Baltimore & Ohio-Nickel Plate Railroads. Meeting . . . — — Map (db m22951) HM |
| On Metcalf Street at Paul Street, on the right when traveling south on Metcalf Street. |
| | Oil became a valuable resource in Ohio when significant quantities were discovered in Lima in 1885. The discovery brought an economic boom to Lima and northwest Ohio. News of the Lima oil field spread, attracting the attention of John D. . . . — — Map (db m22961) HM |
| On Market Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1910, the Ohio Electric Railway Company opened this terminal, formerly the Interurban Building, which served interurban passengers until 1937. Along with offices, it contained space for express and baggage handling, ticket windows, a newsstand, . . . — — Map (db m22934) HM |
| | Founding of Ashland College
The dream of establishing a college was born in the hearts of members of the German Brethren Church. In March 1877, a meeting was held at the Maple Grove Brethren Church to discuss the establishment of a college in . . . — — Map (db m97072) HM |
| On Mechanic Street (Ohio Route 60) at Main Street (Ohio Route 179), on the left when traveling south on Mechanic Street. |
| | This building was a center of community life from the time of its construction in 1886 to the late 1930s. Once common, such combinations of governmental offices and commercial and entertainment space are today rare. The second floor opera house . . . — — Map (db m24286) HM |
| On East Main Street at South Pleasant Street on East Main Street. |
| | A pioneer in automotive innovation. Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) was born three miles north of Loudonville. He attended local schools and graduated from Ohio State University in 1904. He organizaed the Dayton Engineering Laboratories . . . — — Map (db m157069) HM |
| | Clear Fork Gorge was formed when glacial meltwater cut through the sandstone bedrock that forms its steep walls fourteen to twenty-four thousand years ago. The gorge is one thousand feet wide and over three hundred feet deep. Its seclusion has . . . — — Map (db m24285) HM |
| On Ohio Route 603, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Tensions between Native Americans and Euro-American settlers remained high on the Ohio frontier during the War of 1812. Grievances mounted rapidly following the removal of the Greentown Delawares to Piqua in the late summer of 1812. On September 10, . . . — — Map (db m28800) HM |
| On Lincoln Highway (County Route 30A) at Iowa Street, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway. |
| | Side A
Mifflin was founded in 1816. Originally known as Petersburg, the name was changed in 1827 in honor of the settlers that moved here from Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The first village jailhouse and crossroad . . . — — Map (db m97113) HM |
| On Ohio Route 39, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A migration of Indians throughout Ohio began due to unstable conditions created by the American Revolution. The massacre of Christian Indians at the Moravian mission of Gnadenhutten in 1782 and Colonel William Crawford’s expedition against Wyandot . . . — — Map (db m1340) HM |
| On Ohio Route 39 1 mile north of Ohio Route 95, on the left when traveling north. |
| | John “Appleseed” Chapman (b. September 26, 1774—d. March 18, 1845) was the first lessee of this 160 acre tract (NW ¼, S 20, T 20, R 16), when he secured it for 99 years from the Virginia Military District School Lands on April 10, . . . — — Map (db m46337) HM |
| On Pymatuning Lake Road (County Route 274) 1.2 miles north of Martin Road (County Route 269), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Pymatuning Wetlands The advancing and retreating mile-high glacial sheet of ice and snow shaped the countryside around this area. As the last of the ice masses melted, a great swamp developed, punctuated by towering white pines, bogs, and . . . — — Map (db m107661) HM |
| On Bridge Street at Morton Street, on the right when traveling west on Bridge Street. |
| | Side A
When the Pittsburgh, Youngstown and Ashtabula Railroad was finished in 1873, Ashtabula's harbor became a direct route to ship iron ore to the booming steel mills of Youngstown and Pittsburgh. On the west side of the Ashtabula River, . . . — — Map (db m121521) HM |
| On Lake Avenue at West 27th Street, on the right when traveling north on Lake Avenue. |
| | Near this site, an iron truss bridge collapsed into the Ashtabula River during a blizzard, plunging a passenger train with 160 on board into the gulf below. Nearly 100 people were killed in this, one of the worst train disasters in American history. . . . — — Map (db m121524) HM |
| On Main Avenue 0.1 miles north of West 48th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side A
The Hotel Ashtabula was built in 1920 during an economic boom that lasted most of that decade. Architecturally, it represents a combination of Second Renaissance Revival and Georgian Revival styles. The H.L. Stevens and Company of . . . — — Map (db m121527) HM |
| On Lakeshore Drive 0.5 miles from Ohio Route 531, on the right when traveling west. |
| | At 440 feet in length, the Lakeshore Park Main Pavilion, now known as the Ashtabula Township Park Lakefront Pavilion, is thought to be the longest and oldest lakefront pavilion in continuous use on the Great Lakes. Built in 1919, the pavilion, with . . . — — Map (db m121509) HM |
| On Walnut Boulevard at West 1st Street, on the right when traveling west on Walnut Boulevard. |
| | Built in the 1840s by William and Catharine Hubbard and known as "Mother Hubbard's Cupboard" or "The Great Emporium" by fugitive slaves, the Hubbard House was an important terminus on the fabled Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil . . . — — Map (db m121522) HM |
| On Center Road (Ohio Route 45) 0.1 miles north of Lampson Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Betsey Mix Cowles dedicated her life to fighting slavery and improving the status of women. Her desire for a formal education led her to Oberlin College, where she completed two years of study in 1840. An advocate of immediate abolition, Cowles . . . — — Map (db m121528) HM |
| Near Main Street at Broad Street. |
| | On July 4, 1796, Moses Cleaveland and his survey party landed at the mouth of Conneaut Creek on the southern shore of Lake Erie in what is today Conneaut, Ohio. The Connecticut Land Company, a private land speculation enterprise, had hired General . . . — — Map (db m121508) HM |
| On Harpersfield Road at State Road, on the left when traveling north on Harpersfield Road. |
| | Replacing an earlier bridge that was carried away in a spring flood, the Harpersfield Covered Bridge was built in 1868 and spans the Grand River, a state-designated wild, and scenic river. This bridge, which currently carries County Road #154 . . . — — Map (db m121531) HM |
| On U.S. 20 0.1 miles west of North Eagle Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Side A
Ransom E. Olds was born on this property on June 3, 1864. Olds co-founded the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, forerunner of the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors in Lansing, Michigan, on August 21, 1897. The curved dash model, built . . . — — Map (db m121529) HM |
| On East Jefferson Avenue 0.1 miles east of Market Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported damaged. |
| | Side A
This building served as the law office to Joshua Reed Giddings, a Whig congressman who advocated for the abolition of slavery and an end to the domestic slave trade. Born in 1795, much of Giddings' young life was occupied by working . . . — — Map (db m122053) HM |
| On South Maple Street (Ohio Route 45) at U.S. 322, on the right when traveling north on South Maple Street. |
| | Adna R. Chaffee was born in Orwell on April 14, 1842, and grew up on the family farm. He left home in 1861 to pursue a career in the military, enlisting first in the 6th U.S. Cavalry for service in the Civil War. Distinguishing himself in many . . . — — Map (db m7238) HM |
| On Clinton Street at Washington Road, on the right when traveling west on Clinton Street. |
| | Albany (Side A)
The village of Albany was established in 1838 as a market center for the surrounding agricultural area, which saw its first white settlement in the early years of the nineteenth century. Education was always a major concern of . . . — — Map (db m52872) 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 |
| On Carpenter Street at North Court Street, on the left when traveling east on Carpenter Street. |
| | In the first years of the twentieth century. Athens’ citizens formed
a new National Guard company. The guardsmen initially held drill
at the Campbell Block on Court Street, but soon the Athens
Commercial Club began advocating for an armory from . . . — — Map (db m122452) HM |
| On Country Club Road (Local Road 559) south of State Route 56, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Golfing greats Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus first
met on the golf course at the Athens Country Club
in Athens, Ohio. The event was a celebration for
native son Dow Finsterwald, winner of the 1958
PGA Championship. Due to the significance of . . . — — Map (db m122477) HM |
| On Union Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Union Street. |
| | [Marker front]
Manasseh Cutler, Rufus Putnam, Winthrop Sargeant, and Benjamin Tupper of the Ohio Company conceived Ohio University, which was encouraged by the Ordinance of 1787 and the Northwest Territorial Legislature in 1799, . . . — — Map (db m15564) HM |
| On South Green Drive 0.1 miles east of Richland Avenue (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Ohio University’s Peden Stadium is the oldest of the Mid-American Conference stadiums and one of the oldest of its type in the country. It was dedicated in 1929 with a victory over Miami University. The stadium served as housing for the influx of . . . — — Map (db m42162) HM |
| On Ohio Route 13 south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, when the general public
believed that the insane and paupers could be rehabilitated into productive
citizens, the Ohio Legislature gave authorization to county commissioners
to establish county . . . — — Map (db m122758) HM |
| On High Street (Ohio Route 13), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Approximately 150 feet east stood the Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 tipple, in use from 1912 to 1925. The company name was derived from combining “Ohio” and “Pennsylvania,” home states of its founders. Coal came from . . . — — Map (db m15573) HM |
| On Hocking Parkway near West Canal Street (U.S. 33), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The arrival of the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in 1869 led to the decline of the Hocking Canal and assured Nelsonville's prominence as a major shipping point of coal and industrial products. The portion of the railway from Logan in . . . — — Map (db m43240) HM |
| On Fort Street 0 miles south of East Washington Street, in the median. |
| | Side A:
Following a wage reduction from 70 to 60 cents per ton after many Hocking Valley coal mines consolidated in 1883, the Ohio Miners' Amalgamated Association struck on June 23, 1884. The operators responded by offering an even smaller . . . — — Map (db m37019) HM |
| On Main Street at the CSX railroad tracks, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Side A:
The Village of Cridersville was founded in 1856. With the discovery of oil in 1885 the village prospered and grew quickly. Its business district developed along Main Street in the first block east of the railroad. The Town Pond . . . — — Map (db m28668) HM |
| On West Monroe Street (Ohio Route 274) at South Washington Street (Route 66), on the right when traveling east on West Monroe Street. |
| | The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen
Begun in 1833, the Miami Extension linked the Miami Canal in Dayton to the Wabash & Erie Canal at Junction. Engineering difficulties, epidemics and the Panic of 1837 delayed completion of the Extension . . . — — Map (db m20023) HM |
| On North Main Street at East Bremen Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | Side 1 The history of New Knoxville provides one of the best examples of chain migration to America. After the Shawnee were removed from what would become Auglaize County, James Knox Lytle, cousin to James Knox Polk, purchased land in . . . — — Map (db m92310) HM |
| Near Ohio Route 198 0.2 miles south of Deep Cut Road. |
| | [Marker Front]
After Gen. William Hull's surrender at Detroit early in the War of 1812, most of Michigan Territory came under British and Indian control. To prevent a possible invasion of Ohio, Gen. William Henry Harrison, commander of . . . — — Map (db m19826) HM |
| On Auglaize Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling east on Auglaize Street. |
| | Side A The Dayton and Michigan Railroad provided the single most important impetus to the growth and development of Wapakoneta. Although Wapakoneta had been platted in 1833, at the time of incorporation (1848), "the town was still without any . . . — — Map (db m12406) HM |
| On West Benton Street at Buchanan Street, on the left when traveling west on West Benton Street. |
| | Side A Stephen and Viola Armstrong moved their family, including 13-year-old Neil and his younger siblings, June and Dean, to the house at 601 West Benton Street in 1944. Here, Neil explored his fascination with flying by reading aviation . . . — — Map (db m126824) HM |
| On Auglaize Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Side A:
The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon's Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until the Great Depression. Founded by Harry Shannon, the group included his wife Adelaide, their . . . — — Map (db m29924) HM |
| On Oakes Place 0.2 miles from Flat Rock Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This cemetery stands as evidence of a once thriving African American farming community established in the 1820s. With the aid of community leader, Alexander "Sandy" Harper (c.1804-1889), Captina, originally called Guinea, became a stop on the . . . — — Map (db m79263) HM |
| On North Chestnut Street (Ohio Route 800) at Walton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Chestnut Street. |
| | Governor Wilson Shannon (1802–1877),
Ohio, first native-born governor, Wilson Shannon was born in February 1802 in the Mt. Olivet area near Barnesville. After attending Ohio University and studying law in Kentucky, he returned to Belmont . . . — — Map (db m21055) HM |
| On Watt Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Joseph Watt and son James H. started a small foundry in 1862 making plow points, window sash weights, and heating stoves. Later, brothers Stewart, Ross, and John W. joined and the name became J.H. Watt and Brothers. Securing a patent for a . . . — — Map (db m26750) HM |
| On 35th Street at Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east on 35th Street. |
| | Side 1
Bellaire High School Clock Tower
The Bellaire High School Clock Tower was erected in 1925 as the second town clock to be mounted on Bellaire’s public schools. C.W. Bates of Wheeling designed this tower, built by C.D. Keyser & . . . — — Map (db m78492) HM |
| On Guernsey Street 0.1 miles north of 34th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Side 1
Cornelius D. Battelle, Methodist Circuit Rider
Cornelius D. Battelle was born July 13, 1807 in Washington County, Ohio. He entered the Methodist Episcopal Church on October 30, 1825 and the Pittsburgh Methodist Conference in . . . — — Map (db m78493) HM |
| On Belmont Street (Ohio Route 149) at 32nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Belmont Street. |
| | With ready access to raw materials, fuel, skilled labor, and transportation, the Ohio Valley became the center of the American glass industry during the late 1800s. Among dozens of local manufacturers, the Imperial Glass Company, founded in 1901 by . . . — — Map (db m28439) HM |
| On Union Street at 31st Street, on the left when traveling south on Union Street. |
| | Construction of this Great Stone Viaduct began in 1870 at Union Street as an Ohio approach to the railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River. It was completed to Rose Hill in April 1871, and the entire bridge span connecting Ohio to West Virginia, of . . . — — Map (db m28436) HM |
| On Belmont Street 0.1 miles north of 34th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Side 1
Union Square and Its Uses
Labeled "Union Square" on the first village maps, block 12 of the City of Bellaire was formed by joining portions of the Harris and Rodefer Farms in 1857. Used for tent shows, circuses, political . . . — — Map (db m78494) HM |
| On Brown Street near 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The last barn painter for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Harley Warrick painted thousands of barns with the familiar Mail Pouch Tobacco logo over his 48-year career. Mail Pouch transcended advertising to become a . . . — — Map (db m1035) HM |
| On Interstate 70, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side of the roadway. Each stone indicated the distance to Cumberland, Maryland, the eastern terminus of the National . . . — — Map (db m78496) HM |
| On Pasko Road west of Barton-Blaine Road. |
| | Blaine Hill "S" Bridge
The first Blaine Hill Bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road, the nation's first federally funded highway. This three-arch S-shaped structure, 345 feet in length, spans Wheeling Creek (a tributary of . . . — — Map (db m12618) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 40) at Lincoln Avenue (Ohio Route 7), on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | Colonel Ebenezer Zane, one of the founders of Wheeling, laid out the village that became Bridgeport in 1806 on the site of Fort Kirkwood (1789). Originally named Canton, it acquired its present name after the bridge to Wheeling Island was built. The . . . — — Map (db m515) HM |
| On Interstate 70 at milepost 189, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side of the roadway. Each stone indicated the distance to Cumberland, Maryland, the eastern terminus of the National . . . — — Map (db m21058) HM |
| On 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of members of the Zane and Martin families. Their graves lie within the brick enclosure. The cemetery is also the resting-place of many early Martins Ferry residents, including veterans of the . . . — — Map (db m28444) HM |
| On 5th Street (James Wright Way) at Hanover Street (Ohio Route 647), on the left when traveling south on 5th Street (James Wright Way). |
| | Side A: William Dean Howells
"The Dean of American Letters"
Author, editor, and social critic William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was born in Martins Ferry, the son of an itinerant printer and publisher. Self-educated, Howells learned the . . . — — Map (db m28477) HM |
| On National Road (U.S. 40) at Old National Road, on the right when traveling west on National Road. |
| | Platted in 1802 by John Zane and William Chapline along the old Wheeling Road. Morristown was named for Duncan Morrison, an early settler, innkeeper, and Justice of the Peace. Older than the state itself. Morristown prospered into the mid-1800s, . . . — — Map (db m287) HM |
| Near Mellot Street 0.1 miles south of Main Street. |
| | First surveyed in 1849, Powhatan Point was laid out by Franklin Knox. The "point" is the confluence of Captina Creek and the Ohio River. The small but thriving river and farming community served York Township and the rich Captina Valley as a . . . — — Map (db m78499) HM |
| Near Allen Avenue at Philip Street. |
| | Side 1
The Coal Industry at Powhatan Point
The Pittsburgh No. 8 coal seam, located 100 feet below river level at Powhatan Point, extends across much of eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. The Cleveland and . . . — — Map (db m78501) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 40) west of Market Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Scotland. From 1787-1802, was first governor of the Northwest Territory, which included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. St. Clair established territorial court system and Ohio’s first nine counties . . . — — Map (db m76511) HM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 125) at Eagle Street (County Route 102), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Historic Decatur
Originally called St. Clairsville and platted in 1801, Decatur was named for early 19th century naval hero Stephen Decatur. It is among the oldest villages in Brown County, which before 1817 was a part of Adams County. Among . . . — — Map (db m121885) HM |
| Near West Alley Street at Effluent Drive. |
| | This house originally stood at Logan’s Gap, Union Township. By tradition, it was constructed in 1783 by Indian scouts William Dixon and Cornelius Washburn who became residents of Brown County. Dixon lived in this house until 1800. — — Map (db m135937) HM |
| On East Grant Avenue west of North Water Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Master Mason (1824), Georgetown Lodge No. 72, Free and Accepted Masons.
"...Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced. I have always believed that had his life been spared, he would have been President of the United States..." . . . — — Map (db m70909) HM WM |
| On Wahlsburg East Road (County Route 81) east of South High Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Through the terms of his will,
absentee British
landowner Samuel Gist
freed his 350 slaves in Virginia.
Gist (c.1723-1815)
intended
that these freed people would
remain on
the land and
receive
instruction in Christianity and that schools . . . — — Map (db m136037) HM |
| On East Grant Avenue west of North Water Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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U.S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States, 18th president and first native Ohioan to be elected chief executive, lived in this house from 1824 to 1839. Jesse R. Grant, his father, built the original part fronting Water . . . — — Map (db m70910) HM WM |
| On South Second Street (U.S. 62), on the left when traveling west. |
| | With news of hostilities at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Ripley men formed one of Ohio’s first military units and established Camp Ripley on what was the 12-acre Ripley Fairgrounds. Chosen as Captain was West Point graduate Jacob Ammen. His unit . . . — — Map (db m135348) HM |
| On North Front Street south of Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ripley was incorporated as the village of Staunton in 1812. Its name
was changed in 1816 to honor General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a hero
of the War of 1812. In the years before railroads. Ripley was
principal Ohio River shipping center. Also . . . — — Map (db m135431) HM |
| On North Front Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A part of the Virginia Military District, Ripley was founded in 1812 by Colonel James Poage, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Originally named Staunton, after Poage’s home town in Virginia, the village comprised 1,000 acres along the Ohio river. . . . — — Map (db m135427) HM |
| On Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The American Civil War was in its second year, and Confederate forces were advancing in the east and in the west. Confederates led by General Edward Kirby Smith had defeated a Union Force at Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. Word was received . . . — — Map (db m135372) HM |
| | Side A: First Jain Temple in Ohio
"Souls render service to one another"
The Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton was established on April 22, 1979 as a non-profit tax-exempt organization under the laws of the United States and the State of . . . — — Map (db m24073) HM |
| On Hamilton-Trenton Road at Busenbark Road, on the right when traveling north on Hamilton-Trenton Road. |
| | Side A: Busenbark
In 1833, Robert Busenbark deeded land to the directors of School District No. 6 for Busenbark School. Twenty years later, Robert and son David granted a right-of-way on their property for a station on the Cincinnati, . . . — — Map (db m28533) HM |
| On River Road at Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north on River Road. |
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Miami Chapel Cemetery. Around 1843, local Methodists organized a new Methodist Episcopal church at Fair Play and later erected a brick chapel. The congregation was short-lived, however, and fell into decline after one of its leading members, . . . — — Map (db m158422) HM |
| On North Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 127) at High Street, on the left when traveling north on North Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. |
| | Abraham Lincoln spoke from the rear of a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad passenger train on Saturday September 17, 1859, to about 1000 people at South Fourth and Ludlow streets (about 785 feet south of here). Lincoln, elected president of the . . . — — Map (db m122279) HM |
| On Reilly Millville Road (County Route 29), on the right when traveling west. |
| | William Holmes McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Series of Readers, was ordained a Presbyterian minister in a log meeting house on this site in 1829. The ordination was performed by Robert Bishop, President of Miami University, and other ministers . . . — — Map (db m107745) HM |
| On Reily Millville Rd (County Route 29), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Bunker Hill The Millville, Reilly and Milton Turnpike brought prosperity to the
village now renamed Bunker Hill. School House No. 10 stood nearby
from 1849-1857. By 1860 clothing manufacturing was the major
business here. A Post Office was . . . — — Map (db m107801) HM |
| On South D Street at Home Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South D Street. |
| | Side A The Civil War created orphaned and impoverished children across the nation. To establish a home for area children, a group of Hamilton women met with Reverends Thane Miller and Benjamin W. Chidlaw in January 1869. By May, the women . . . — — Map (db m137852) HM |
| On High Street (Ohio Route 129/177), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side A:
Butler County was created on March 24, 1803, about three weeks after Ohio became a state. Hamilton won the competition for the county seat, thanks to Israel Ludlow, Hamilton's founder. Ludlow's donation of the public square secured . . . — — Map (db m28546) HM |
| On B Street at Black Street, on the left when traveling north on B Street. |
| | Side A:
The Champion Coated Paper Company began production here April 15, 1894, with nine employees under the direction of Peter G. Thomson (1851-1931), a Cincinnati businessman, who had incorporated the firm in November 1893. Thomson, . . . — — Map (db m28547) HM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 129) at South "D" Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
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Author Side Raised and educated in St. Louis, author Fannie Hurst (1885-1968) was born in Hamilton at 918 Central Avenue, the home of her maternal grandparents. She was the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst. Already a writer as a student . . . — — Map (db m122411) HM |
| On Riverfront Plaza at Buckeye Street, on the right on Riverfront Plaza. |
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John Stewart Black (1891-1936) was a Vaudeville performer and songwriter who penned the classic "Paper Doll." He is also remembered for "Dardanella," which he called his "gift to the musical world." "Dardanella", recorded by the Ben Selvin . . . — — Map (db m158421) HM |
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