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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B6F_twin-arch-stone-culvert_Troy-OH.html
The Twin Arch stone culvert was constructed in 1837 as part of the "extension" of the original Miami and Erie Canal which ran from Dayton to Piqua. The purpose of the Twin Arch was to carry stream water from the Howell Ditch under the Mi…
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/HM2B4T_miami-and-erie-canal_Troy-OH.html
Construction of the Miami Extension of the Miami and Erie Canal, which included Troy, began around 1834. Lock 12 was built in 1836. General William Henry Harrison and other dignitaries officially opened the Troy section on July 4, 1837. The canal …
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/HM2B41_morgans-raid-route_Pomeroy-OH.html
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs County during a raid north of the Ohio River. More than 500,000 Union troops and militia pursued Morgan across Ohio. Colonel Basil Duke wrote that while passing nea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3Y_morgans-raid-route_Pomeroy-OH.html
General John Hunt Morgan led a force of 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen into Meigs County during a raid north of the Ohio River. More than 50,000 Union troops and militia had been in pursuit of Morgan across Ohio. Near this site on July 18. 1863,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B35_captain-joseph-c-mcelroy_Racine-OH.html
Born at Oak Grove, prospected in the California goldfields in 1849. During the Civil War he raised a militia company at Racine, and was later promoted Captain of Co. K. 18th O.V.I. After the war, he served on the Racine Village council, Sheri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2F_bashan_Long-Bottom-OH.html
On July 18, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders rode through Bashan on their way to Buffington Island. At the Old Bashan Church crossroads, they encountered a funeral party. Morgan stopped his column and, out of re…
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