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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8NA_new-concord-war-memorial_New-Concord-OH.html
For God and Country we dedicate this memorial in loving memory of our veterans of all wars who have served their country so we may continue to enjoy freedom and democracy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8N9_zanes-trace_New-Concord-OH.html
Side AFulfilling President George Washington's desire to "open wide the gates of the West," in 1796 Congress authorized the Zane brothers of Fort Henry (at present day Wheeling) to clear a path through the dense woods of Appalachian Ohio. Zane's T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8N8_s-bridge_New-Concord-OH.html
Coaches, Conestoga wagons, herds of livestock, pioneers on foot or horseback, peddlers, soldiers, beggers - these and many others have crossed this bridge on the National Road since 1830. Escaping slaves sought shelter beneath it. Like many others…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8N7_the-muskingum-river-locks_Zanesville-OH.html
The Zanesville lock, canal, and dam were part of a series of eleven such built on the Muskingum River from Marietta to Ellis, north of Zanesville, from 1836 to 1841. The improvements made the shallow river navigable by steamboats. The State of Ohi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8N6_first-traffic-fatality-in-ohio-the-national-road_Norwich-OH.html
First Traffic Fatality in OhioAs he traveled the National Road on August 20, 1835, the last diary entry by Christopher C. Baldwin, librarian for the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, was, "Start by stage on the Cumberland R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8N2_salt-creek-bridge-timber-covered-bridges_Zanesville-OH.html
Side A: Salt Creek BridgeThis covered bridge, spanning Salt Creek in Perry Township, Muskingum County was erected in the 1870s. It is a splendid example of an Ohio covered bridge built with Warren type trusses. It is being preserved as an importan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MU_the-muskingum-river-flows-north_Philo-OH.html
Thirty-thousand years ago, the streams and rivers in this area flowed north. A ridge extended across what is today the Muskingum-Morgan County line about seven miles south of the Philo Lock. When the Wisconsin Glacier moved down from Canada 25,000…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8MR_union-veteran-legion-no-118_Zanesville-OH.html
Dedicated to the Union Veteran Legion No. 118 Long Service Soldiers of the Civil War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GX_zane-grey_Zanesville-OH.html
Born Pearl Zane Grey in 1872 at this site and raised in Zanesville, author Zane Grey established the western novel as a twentieth century American literary genre. Trained as a dentist and practicing in New York City, Grey began writing full time f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GW_roseville-pottery-company_Zanesville-OH.html
Founded in 1890 in Roseville, Ohio, Roseville Pottery Company was incorporated in 1892 with George Young as general manager. At the time, Roseville produced commercial pottery such as stoneware, flowerpots, and cuspidors. The company moved to this…
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