Ephraim Cutler (1767-1853) arrived in Marietta from Connecticut in 1795. Prominent in southeast Ohio, Cutler was appointed judge of the court of common pleas and justice of the peace, surveyed land for the Ohio Company, and was a trustee of Ohio . . . — — Map (db m103728) HM
Beginning as a congregation in 1872 inside a private home, the first Mount Zion Baptist Church building in Athens was on Lancaster Street in 1876. Between 1905 and 1909, a thriving community of free-born and formerly enslaved Black Americans built . . . — — Map (db m248625) HM
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
Albany. 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 Albany's . . . — — Map (db m52872) HM
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
During the War of the Rebellion three young men from Chauncey traveled to Parkersburg and Clarksburg, VA., to enlist in what was then the 1st Virginia Cavalry (USA). These "Loyalist Regiments” became West Virginia regiments in June 1863 just . . . — — Map (db m242161) HM
The Adena Culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American Culture that existed from 1000 B.C. to 100 A.D. in a time known as the Early Woodland Period. The Adena People existed throughout present day Ohio and its neighboring states.
The Adena . . . — — Map (db m174985) HM
Department of the Ohio - Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside
Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Division XXIII Corps - Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah
5th Indiana Cavalry (2 companies) (Lt. John O'Neil)
11th Kentucky Cavalry (Maj. Milton Graham)
14th Illinois . . . — — Map (db m35744) HM
Ohio Forest Fire Management Through The Years
1885 - The Ohio General Assembly established the State Forestry Bureau.
1915 - The General Assembly appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of two forested areas in southern Ohio: Waterloo State . . . — — Map (db m269963) HM
1885 -
The Ohio General Assembly established the State Forestry Bureau.
1915 - The General Assembly appropriated $10,000 for the purchase of
two forested areas in southern Ohio: Waterloo State Forest in
Athens County and Dean State Forest in . . . — — Map (db m247892) HM
Medicinal value of springs promoted by Charles Matheny, 1840. First hotel built 1864 and resort named Sodaville. Under ownership of General Benjamin Coates, 1888–91, Smith Grimes 1891–08, and J. W. Rogers 1908–20. Mineral Springs Health Resort . . . — — Map (db m132963) HM
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Born a slave in Texas on August 1, 1844, Holland was brought to the integrated Albany Manual Labor University in 1851 by his friend and owner where he learned the trade of shoemaker. He acted as a servant to Colonel Nelson Van . . . — — Map (db m173925) HM
Silas Bingham arrived in Athens in 1797. His home, originally built on South College Street, is the oldest house in Athens and one of the few remaining examples of a two-story log building in the area.
Since the commissioners held meetings in . . . — — Map (db m10909) HM
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens (called stations) where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery (known as passengers) were sheltered, fed, clothed, and . . . — — Map (db m309383) HM
Eliza Brown was a slave on the Pierce farm several miles west of here. When Union Gen. George Armstrong Custer camped here in August 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg, he hired her to be his servant and cook. Custer's wife, Libbie, mentioned . . . — — Map (db m173058) HM
To honor and commemorate
the Revolutionary Soldiers
buried in Athens County, Ohio
Daniel Anderson •
Thomas Arnold •
Isaac Barker •
Ebenezer Barrows •
Hopson Beebe •
Alvan Bingham •
Silas Bingham, Sr. •
William Bodwell •
John Bowman . . . — — Map (db m15544) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
