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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
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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-…
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/HM2B44_grandma-gatewood_Cheshire-OH.html
Grandma Gatewood. In 1953, at the age of 67, Emma Rowena "Grandma" Gatewood
became the first woman to hike the 2,050 mile Appalachian Trail
alone and in one season. The Gallia County, Ohio resident hiked
the Appalachian Trail again in…
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.