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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BPR_53rd-o-v-i-regiment-camp-diamond_Jackson-OH.html
53rd O.V.I. Regiment. The 53rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment was mustered into service at Camp Diamond, north of Jackson, during the first year of the
Civil War. Men recruited from the counties of Athens, Gallia,
Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOY_james-a-rhodes_Jackson-OH.html
· Established Ohio's System of Two-Year & Technical Colleges
· Former President of the American Athletic Union "AAU"
· Increased state support for medical education
· "Jim Rhodes is the fastes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLI_commercial-apple-orchards-in-jackson-county-the-jackson-county-apple-festival_Jackson-OH.html
Commercial Apple Orchards in Jackson County. The first commercial apple orchards were established in Jackson
County in the late nineteenth century, although legend has it that
Johnny Appleseed planted the first apple trees here around 1800.
By …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BCY_stage-coach-inn_North-Georgetown-OH.html
Built in 1822 by Samuel Long Sturgeon as
"Western Inn." A favorite stop for stage
coaches enroute from Pittsburg to
Massillon, where travelers continued
by boat on the old Ohio Canal or by
other coaches to the west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBP_mckinley-park-william-mckinley_Jackson-OH.html
McKinley Park. William McKinley was the 25th President of the
United States. Following McKinley's assassination
in 1901, the Village of Jackson dedicated this
triangle of land as a park in his honor. Earlier
in the nineteenth century, a small …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BA2_new-hope-baptist-church_Bidwell-OH.html
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 peo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8T_university-of-rio-grande_Rio-Grande-OH.html
This historic marker is on the western boundary
of the original 10 acre Rio Grande, College Campus,
founded and endowed by Nehemiah and Permelia
Atwood. The campus was located on the southeast
corner of the Atwood Farm. Construction of Atwood
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8K_robert-l-bob-evans_Rio-Grande-OH.html
Bob Evans was born on May 30, 1918 in Sugar Ridge, Ohio. He married Jewell Waters in 1940 and moved to Gallipolis, Ohio. In 1946 Bob took the first step in what would later become Bob Evans Farms, Inc., when he opened a 12-seat diner in Gallipolis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8F_the-village-of-adamsville_Bidwell-OH.html
The Village of Adamsville commemorates life in this area as it was
during the early to mid-19th century. The original Adamsville settlement was located on the banks of Raccoon Creek. roughly one-half
mile east of this site. Adam Rickabaugh (1761…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B70_the-homestead_Bidwell-OH.html
The Homestead was built in 1820 by Nehemiah Wood with an
addition completed in 1822 by his son, Harrison. The Wood family,
a pioneer family of Gallia County, arrived in 1805.The Homestead
remained in the Wood family for over 100 years. The two-…