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COLUMBIANA COUNTY,
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History & Genealogy

Source:
History of Columbiana County, Ohio
  and Representative Citizens
edited and compiled by William B. McCord, Salem, Ohio
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. , Chicago, Illinois -
1905
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CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I.  Prehistoric Conditions 17
 - Geology of Columbiana County
 - Course of the Moraine in the Glacial Period
 - Reading of the Rocks
 - Man and Beast in the Glacial Era.		  
CHAPTER II. - Surface and Sub-Surface 21
 - Topography
 - Elevated Points and Highlands
 - Nature and Productiveness of the Soil
 - Character of the Soil Dependant up Geological and Geographical Conditions
 - Forestry
 - Climate, Crops and Water-Courses
 - The Coal and Clay Bearing Strata		  
CHAPTER III. - Fundamental Principles 33
 - While the Land was yet a Wilderness
 - Declining Sway of the Red Man
 - Down of Ohio's Civilization
 - Wanderings and Good Work of "Johnny Appleseed"
 - "The Old Northwest" and the Ordinance of 1787		  
CHAPTER IV. - CIVIL HISTORY 38
 - Columbiana in the Earliest Galaxy of Counties
 - Date of Organization
 - County Deprived of Territory in Formation of Others
 - Location of County Seat
 - The Old Log Court House and Jail and Their Successors
 - The Goal. Sixty-five Years in Service, Repeatedly Condemned.		  
CHAPTER V. - Early Settlement 48
 - Privations of Early Settlers
 - Rapid Growth of the County and Its Resources
 - Incidents of Pioneer Life
 - Poe's Memorable Fight with Big Foot
 - Bloody Deeds on the Historic Ohio.		  
CHAPTER VI. - Indian Trail and Modern Roadway 57
 - Colonel Bouquet's Expedition
 - He Tracks the Indians Through Columbiana County
 - Old Camp Bouquet
 - Old National and State Highways
 - Passing of the Stage Coach
 - Road Improvement in the County
 - Much Needed Work Which the State Will Help Along.		  
CHAPTER VII. - From Stage Coach to Trolley 71
 - Days of Horseback Mails
 - Stage Lines
 - The River the Great Highway
 - Steamboating on the Ohio
 - River Floods and Disasters
 - Sandy and Beaver Canal; the Story of Great Expectations
 - Pioneer Railroad Projects
 - Fight for the Erie & Ohio Route
 - Railroad an  Canal Men Clash
 - Collapse of the East Liverpool & Ashtabula Railroad Scheme
 - Work of Wellsville Men for the Cleveland & Pittsburg Road
 - Telephone and Trolley
 - Rural Free Delivery		  
CHAPTER VIII. - Helping Slaves to Freedom. 98
 - Stories About the Great Anti-Slavery Movement and the "Underground Railroad"
 - Salem a Station of the Mysterious Thoroughfare
 - Effects of the War of the Rebellion.		  
CHAPTER IX. - The Mills of the Pioneer 111
 - The Early Grist-Mills and Sawmills Went Hand in Hand
 - Small Streams in County Furnished Much Water Power
 - Advent of Steam Power
 - Decimation of the Virgin Forest
 - Many Woolen-Mills in the Past
 - Tanneries Were Numerous in the Early Days
 - The First Paper-Mill in Ohio
 - Attempt at Cotton Manufacture Abortive
 - Distilleries Furnished "Old Rye" to Retail at 25 Cents a Gallon
 - "Old Gauge's" Daily Ration
 - Some Statistics		  
CHAPTER X. - The Earth's Hidden Treasurers - Salt, Coal, Oil and Gas 123
 - Early Salt Wells Along Little Yellow Creek a Source of Wealth
 - Advent of the Railroad Makes Coal Mining Profitable
 - Pioneer Miners of Salineville
 - Coke Industry
 - Increase in Coal Production
 - Oil Booms of Early and Later Years
Wellsville and Homeworth oil Fields
 - Natural Gas First Used as Fuel in America at East Liverpool
 - Waste of the Gas During the '80's
 - Great Pipe Lines Laid
 - Fortunes Made and Lost.		  
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CHAPTER XI. - Iron and the Metal Trades 133
 - Gideon Hughes' Blast Furnace the First of Ohio
 - Curious Processes of the Pioneer Manufacturers
 - Struggling Foundries of Eighty Years Ago
 - New Lisbon an Iron Center in the Early Days
 - "Shipping Iron to Pittsburg"
 - Gloomy Years of Failure at Leetonia
 - Foundries at Wellsville
 - Early Engine-Builders at Salem and Wellsville
 - Varied Finished Product Industries at Salem
 - First Tin Plat Ventures Prove Failures
 - Era of "Trust" Domination
 - Columbiana County a Battle Ground in the Great Labor Struggle of 1901
 - Statistics on Production.		  
CHAPTER XII. - Growth of Clay Manufactures 148
 - Twelve Miles of Pottery and Fire-Clay Works Along the County's Southern Front
 - Sixty Years of the Earthenware Industry
 - Dismal Days of teh 50's, When Pottery Manufacturers Peddled Their Own Product.
 - Birth of the White Ware Industry
 - "Hard Times" and Years of High Tariff
 - Two Great Labor Struggles
 - Clear Skies and Expansion
 - Output Grows to $8,000,000 a year
 - The Allied Clay Products.		  
CHAPTER XIII. - The Centennial Period 180
 - Lisbon's the First Centennial Celebration
 - Outlook at the Opening of the New Century
 - Population and Other Statistics
 - Production of Grain, Fruits, Live Stock, Etc., in the County		  
CHAPTER XIV - The County in Four Wars 195
 - The Organizations Which Marched from Old Columbiana in 1812, 1846, 1861 and 1898
 - The Morgan Raid Through Three Loyal States
 - The Final Capture of the Raiders in Columbiana County
 - An eye-Witness Tells the story of the surrender of the Desperate Rebel Band.		  
CHAPTER XV. - The press of Columbiana County 220
 - History of  a Century's Progress in News Gathering and News Dissemination
 - Some of the Men Who Have Wielded the Quill and Pencil
 - The County Prolific in Newspaper Enterprises
 - Some Workers in the Field Acquired Fame, But None Great Fortunes		  
CHAPTER XVI. - Galaxy of Statesmen 234
 - Men Who Have Represented Columbiana County in Congress, in the Legislature and in State Offices
 - Famous Campaigns and Campainers
 - Rise of McKinley, Hanna and Others
 - Epoch-Making County Politics.		  
CHAPTER XVII. - The Bench and the Bar of Columbiana County 250
 - Famous Jurists
 - Lawyers Who Have Made Brilliant Records Without the Field of Politics
 - Roster of Practicing Attorneys		  
CHAPTER XVIII. - The Towns and Townships - I 267
 - Some of Columbiana County's Municipalities
 - Small Beginnings
 - Growth and Rapid Development of Cities, Towns and Hamlets of the County
 - Something About the Townships and Their Early Settlement
 - Butler, Center, Elkrun, Fairfield, Hanover and Knox Townships
 - Lisbon the County Capital 		 
CHAPTER XIX. - The Towns and Townships II 286
 - East Liverpool, the County's Metropolis
 - Madison Township and the "Scotch Settlement"
 - Middleton, St. Clair, Franklin and West Townships
 - A Quintette of Thrifty Rural Communities		  
CHAPTER XX. - The Towns and Townships - III 316
 - Perry Township and the Good Old Quaker Town on the North
 - Salem Township and Leetonia
 - Unity Township and the Villages of East Palestine, Unity and New Waterford
 - Washington Township and the Mining Town of Saleville
 - Wayne Township
 - Yellow Creek Township and Wellsville.		  
APPENDIX 351
 - Annual Meeting of the Pioneers
 - County Fairs
 - Yellow Creek Township and Wellsville		  
BIOGRAPHICAL 357

 

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