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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8UG_prehistoric-circular-earthworks-the-squaring-of-circleville_Circleville-OH.html
Side A: Prehistoric Circular EarthworksEstablished as the county seat of Pickaway County in 1810, Circleville derives its name from the circular portion of a large Hopewell-era earthwork upon which it was built. The Circleville earthworks, describ…
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Side A:90th Ohio Volunteer InfantryAcross the road was the site of Camp Circleville, where members of the 90th and 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) were mustered into service during the Civil War. Pickaway Township farmer Jacob Ludwig donate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8UE_political-meeting-at-second-baptist-church_Circleville-OH.html
In 1870, African American men in Circleville attempted to vote in municipal elections. Despite the recent ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, pollsters refused their votes on the basis that state law forbade them from receiving the ballots. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8QS_camp-charlotte_Circleville-OH.html
Near this spot the famous treaty was made between Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia and Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnees and Allied Tribes in October 1774. This camp was named "Charlotte" after the Queen of England.
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Side A:In an effort to maintain peace with Native Americans, the British imposed the Proclamation Line of 1763, which prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. Some settlers did not recognize British authority and continued…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8LH_zieger-house_Circleville-OH.html
On this site stood the Zieger House, in which the first session of court in Circleville was held on April 26, 1811, the sessions continuing until April, 1814. The first meetings of Pickaway Lodge No. 23 Free and Accepted Masons were held here, beg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8LG_ted-lewis-1890-1971-circlevilles-ted-lewis_Circleville-OH.html
Ted Lewis, 1890-1971"Is Everybody Happy?"One of the outstanding American showmen of the twentieth century, Ted Lewis was born Theodore Leopold Friedman in Circleville to a prominent business family. Stagestruck at an early age, Lewis began perform…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8JY_caleb-atwater_Circleville-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Born in North Adams, Massachusetts on December 23, 1778, Caleb Atwater graduated from Williams College in 1804. He moved to Circleville in about 1814 where he organized the city's first school board and served as postmaster and pros…
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