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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B5R_gallipolis_Gallipolis-OH.html
Begun as a land speculation project of William Duer, the Scioto
Company had hoped to encourage European investors to purchase lands
in its grant in the Ohio country. The project proved especially attractive
to the French middle class, who were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4Z_u-s-army-general-hospital_Gallipolis-OH.html
At this location, during the American Civil War (1861-1865), a U.S
Army General Hospital was constructed on 29 acres of land over
looking Camp Carrington, a site used to recruit and train soldiers
for the Union Army. Built in the spring of 1362…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B4C_stone-water-towers_Gallipolis-OH.html
These three stone water towers were erected
by local craftsmen in 1892 and serviced the
Ohio Hospital for Epileptics until 1950. The
sandstone of the uncoursed masonry walls
was quarried from the surrounding hills. The
hospital facility, a fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LXG_here-lies-james-jeffers_Gallipolis-OH.html
A soldier in the Indian Wars. And his wife, Elizabeth, 1771-1845, Daughter of Revolutionary Soldier James Whitaker and his wife, Catherine Petit.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDN_silver-bridge-eye-bar_Gallipolis-OH.html
This eye-bar is similar to one that fractured causing the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the cause of the bridge collapse was the cleavage fracture in the lower limb of the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQDL_the-silver-bridge-disaster_Gallipolis-OH.html
On December 15, 1967, about one mile downstream from this historic marker, a national tragedy occured. Forty-six interstate travelers lost their lives when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River during five o'clock rush hour traffic. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGS_yellow-fever-victims_Gallipolis-OH.html
Mrs. Margaret Beard · Eliza Beck and InfantMrs. Joseph J. Blazer · Richard BlazerWellington Blazer · Claudius J. BrothersMrs. Claudius J. Brothers · Mrs. Elizabeth BrothersJames Brown · Margaret BrownWilliam Buck…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKGF_in-memoriam_Gallipolis-OH.html
Here sleep many of the French Five Hundredwho founded Gallipolis in 1790 and hundredsof their descendants and others who wonhonors in the service of their city andcountry. Their names are recorded in stoneand their deeds in the hearts of theirappr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKFO_african-methodist-episcopal-church_Gallipolis-OH.html
Side A:The African Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1818 as the Bethel Church. In 1868 its present name, John Gee, was adopted when the church was erected and rededicated at this present site on land donated by Gee. Founders of this chu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKEH_our-house_Gallipolis-OH.html
Hostelry in whichLafayetteAmerica's Friendwas entertained in1825