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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKT_zoar-town-hall-zoar-and-the-ohio-erie-canal_Dover-OH.html
Side A Zoar Town Hall The Society of Separatists of Zoar built the Zoar Town Hall in 1887 when the village was formally incorporated. Established in 1817 by German religious dissidents, Zoar became one of the most successful experiments in commu…
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Side A The Zoar Garden was the Separatist's most public manifestation of their faith, its religious symbolism masked by its lush beauty. It provided both residents and visitors with a place to relax and reflect. This "lustgarden," or pleasure gar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKN_uhrichs-mill-1806-clay-capital-1833-1980s_Uhrichsville-OH.html
Side A Uhrich's Mill 1806 Michael Uhrich, Sr. founded Uhrich's Mill on this site in 1806. Uhrich emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1804 and became one of the first County Commissioners upon the formation of Tuscarawas County in February 1808. In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKM_gnadenhutten-the-gnadenhutten-massacre-a-day-of-shame_Uhrichsville-OH.html
Side A Gnadenhutten The Moravian Church in America began missionary work among the Delaware and Mohican tribes of North America in the mid-18th century. David Zeisberger, one of the best-known Moravian missionaries, came to the Ohio country with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKG_dennison-yard-and-shops-dennison-depot_Dennison-OH.html
Side A Dennison Yard and Shops Panhandle Division, Pennsylvania Railroad The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway began construction of the Dennison Railroad Shops here in 1864. This rail line was chartered as the Steubenville and Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKE_dennison-railway-chapel-the-manse_Dennison-OH.html
Side A Dennison Railway Chapel From its founding in 1865, Dennison was a railroad town and became the second largest rail center for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rail presence was so strong that the industry dictated social and economic developmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JKB_dennison-high-school_Dennison-OH.html
Side A On October 23, 1927, ceremony was held for the laying of the cornerstone for the Dennison High School Building. It opened in the fall of 1928 and was called "Angel's Castle" in honor of school superintendent William Hiram Angel. The buildi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GRU_treaty-of-greene-ville_Bolivar-OH.html
Treaty of Greene Ville With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763, England lost the American Revolution and ceded to the former colonies land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River. By this time, pioneer settlers had reached the eas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1K_schoenbrunn-schoolhouse-1772-schoenbrunn-church-1772_New-Philadelphia-OH.html
Schoenbrunn Schoolhouse 1772In December 1772, Brother David Zeisberger and his followers began the construction of Schoenbrunn schoolhouse. The school was built in the Tuscarawas Valley on land given to Zeisberger in the spring of 1771 by the Dela…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOKF_zoarville-station_Mineral-City-OH.html
The Zoarville Station Bridge is a rare survivor of the earliest period of iron bridge construction in the United States, an era when unprecedented railroad expansion gave American bridge builders an international reputation for innovation. German …
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