CITY OF JACKSON - ITS RUGGED FEATURES IN 1823 - ITS CULTURE REFINEMENT AND WEALTH IN 1883.
 

CAPITAL CITY OF THE SALT CREEK VALLEY.
 

WHEN LAID OUT.
 

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miles from Waverly and thirty-two miles from Chillicothe, by present railroad route.  The first Director of the town was Joseph Armstrong and he was succeeded by A. Miller, David Hoffman, and he again succeeded the latter in 1832 and '33.

PROGRESSIVE.
 

"ACT INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF JACKSON.
 

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SEVERAL ITEMS.

     The Jackson Union was printed in 1848 by Alonzo Hard. He sold the office Feb. 24, 1849, to Jacob Westfall and Martin Owens, to be delivered Apr. 29, 1849, the end of his first year.  The price paid was $225.  It was not heard of afterward.

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NEWSPAPERS.

     Jackson Standard -

     Davis Mackley, editor of the Jackson Standard, was born Dec. 11, 1818, in Gallia County, Ohio.  His early educational advantages were very much limited, both by the character of the schools at that time and the lack of means in the family to enable him to

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     Jackson Herald. -

     William C. Gould,

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     Jackson Journal. -

     John L. Davis,

     In 1848 Owens & Westfall started a paper under the name of the Jackson Union.  It was Democratic in politics, and was discontinued in about two years from the time it was started.

BANKS.

     The First National Bank of Jackson

     Iron Bank of Jackson. -

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TELEPHONE SYSTEM.
 

READING ROOM.
 

SILVER CORNET BAND.
 

FIRE DEPARTMENT.
 

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EXPRESS COMPANIES.

     The Hamden Express Company began doing business here soon after the completion of the Portsmouth branch of the M. & C. in 1853.  E. D. Meacham was appointed agent of this company in May, 1864, and continued until its consideration with another.

     The American Express Company also had an office here for a few months in 1865.  But in that year, soon after the latter had started, the business of both companies was bought out by the

     Adams Express Company, whose office had been established here some years, and was taken charge of by W. C. Evans.  E. D. Meacham had been the agent of the company from June, 1862, to May, 1864.

     The M. & C. Express Company established an office as soon as their company was organized, and as theirs was the only railroad here they took charge of all the express business to the exclusion of the Adams Company.  W. C. Evans was made the first agent of this company also.  When the Ohio Southern Road was completed in 1878, the Adams Company again established an office here and took all of the business on that road.  The office was kept at first at the depot by the ticket agent, but is now kept in town by W. A. Steele, special agent.

     The M. & C. Express Company was changed to the C. W. & B. Express Company in the spring of 1883, and is now kept at their station by D. L. Pickrel.

MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.

     The manufacturing interests of Jackson are yet in their infancy, if we except the pig iron.  Jackson not being surrounded by an agricultural country, and being very rich in minerals and timber, her progress will be measured in the future as she shall struggle to become a great manufacturing town.  With coal, from ore, timber, fire-clay, sandstone and limestone, there is nothing needed but brains, energy and capital to concentrate here, to build up a large and extensive manufacturing town.  Her manufacturing interests are now represented as follows:

     The Old Jackson Foundry

     Mitchell's Foundry and Machine Shop

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JACKSON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP.

     This establishment, situated near Fulton Furnace, was founded in 1874 by Mr. B. Gray, the present owner.  The building is a three-story brick, 26 x 60 feet, with an L 35 x 70 feet, only one story high, sheds, etc.  Total cost of construction about $9,000.  The motive power is a twenty-five horse-power engine constructed by Mr. Gray himself.  An average of five hands are employed the year around.  The products are hot-blast car wheels and all kinds of castings.

     Eagle Mills. -

     Franklin Mills. -

     Jackson Planing Mill Company. -

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     Furniture Manufactory. -

     Carriage and Wagon Manufactory. -

     Carriage Manufactory. -

     Laird's Brickyard. - The brick-yard of J. W. Laird in Jackson was established in 1880, and is one of the leading business enterprises of Jackson.  The total cost of the establishment in its present condition was about $6,000.  It has all the modern improvements, continues to operate the year round, turning out annually about 5,000,000 building brick.  All things considered, it is one of the most successful brick manufacturing establishments in the State.
 

JACKSON IN 1883.

     Jackson is divided into two wards, and has about 4,000 inhabitants.  Two railroads pass through it, and the city is surrounded by lands exceptionally rich in coal and iron ore.  It has seven churches, one large school building in each ward for white children and one colored school, a telephone system, telegraph offices, three newspapers and job offices, three hotels, two banks and one opera-house.  Jackson has also the following business interests:

     Mercantile. -

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     Miscellaneous. - Four iron furnaces, two flouring mills, one planing mill, one woolen mill, two foundry and machine shops, one marble works, three livery stables, two photograph galleries, three brick-yards, one tannery, five wagon and carriage shops, two merchant tailoring establishments, two undertaking establishments, one marble yard, six blacksmith shops, one gunsmith shop and five barber shops.

     Professional. - Sixteen attorneys, eight physicians, two dentists, seven ministers and three editors.

     Agencies. - Ten coal, four iron, one leather, three real estate, three insurance, one Singer sewing machine, one powder, one Adams express, one C., W. & B. express, one M. & C. telegraph, one W. U. telegraph and one telephone exchange.