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| INTRODUCTION |
iii - iv |
| CHAPTER I - NATURE'S
HANDIWORK |
1 |
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- The Old Scioto
Company
- Drainage
- Geology
- Drift Deposits
- Soils
- Beasts, Birds, Fish and Snakes
- Its Forests
- Flora of the Scioto Valley
- Fresh from Nature's Hand |
| CHAPTER II - STORY OF THE
RACES |
16 |
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- Prehistoric Remains
Near Chillicothe
- Mound City
- Walled Towns
- Liberty Township Inclosures
- Big Head of Prehistoric Man
- Racial Conflicts
- French Colonization
- Claim Louisiana
- Clash Between French and English Traders
- The Scioto Delawares in 1751
- French and Indians Capture English Traders
- The Scioto Shawnees
- Commingling of Ohio Indian Tribes
- Bouquet's Expedition
- Lord Dunmore's War
- Battle of Point Pleasant
- Cornstalk and Logan
- Shawnees Last Ohio Indians to Surrender
- First Whites to Attempt Home-Making in the Scioto Valley |
| CHAPTER III - EXTENSION
OF LAW AND ORDER |
36 |
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- Acquiring National
Title to Ohio Soil
- Dunmore's Squatters Evicted
- American System of Land Surveys
- The Ordinance of 1787
- Ohio Company's Purchase
- Military and Civil Friction
- Surveys of Ohio Public Lands
- The Virginia Military Lands
- Congress Lands
- Chillicothe Land District
- Survey of the Military Lands
- First Settlement in the Scioto Country
- Settlements Extend Northward from Manchester
- Chillicothe of the Whites Founded
- Washington County Organized
- First Judiciary
- Indians at Last Subdued
- More Pioneer Counties of the Northwest Territory
- The Original Ross County of 1798
- Processes of Division and Reduction
- Chillicothe Natural Seat of Early Government
- First Territorial Representatives
- Looking Toward Statehood
- Commonwealth Born at Chillicothe
- Shifting of Population Center Makes Columbus the Capital |
| CHAPTER IV - THE SIMPLE
LIFE |
58 |
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- Pioneer Journeying
to the Scioto Valley
- Preparing for the Home
- Something More Than a Shack
- Sleeping, Eating and Drinking
- Wild Game
- Dress and Manners
- Food Prices and Business
- The Scioto Country Stores
- Bringing in Stock
- Hospitality and Sociability
- Bee Hunting
- Milling
- Primitive Implements, But Earlier Seasons
- Hog Sticking and Pork Packing
- Money and Barter
- Education
- Spelling and Singing Schools
- The Woman Pioneer
- General Picture of the Simple Life |
| CHAPTER V -
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION |
77 |
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- Zane's and Tod's
Traces
- Postoffices and Mails
- The Flat Boat Trade
- Famous Stage Lines
- Alleges Bad Stage Service
- Worse and Worse
- Pioneer Turnpikes
- The Portsmouth & Columbus Turnpike
- Building of the Grand Canal
- Of Special Benefit to Chillicothe
- Flat Boats, Tolls and Crews
- Changing the Route
- Commercially Opened
- Grand Collection of Worn-out Nags
- Wages and Freights
- A Jonah Mud Hole
- Canal Rules
- Railroad vs. Canal
- Odd Accidents
- Famous Old Boats
- Garfield Gets In First
- Rockefeller's Wages Raised
- Good Old Canal Days
- Destructive Floods in the Scioto Valley
- The Great Flood of 1913
- Work of the Militia at Chillicothe
- Railroad Relief
- The Belpre & Cincinnati Railroad
- Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Organized
- Rival Routs
- The Actual Building
- The Road Embarrassed
- Receiver Appointed
- Company Reorganized
- The Scioto & Hocking Valley Absorbed
- The Line Opened to Cincinnati
- Connection With Baltimore & Ohio
- General Repair Shops at Chillicothe
- Receiver for Reorganized Company
- The Dayton & Southeastern Railroad
- Scioto & Hocking Valley Railroad
- The Iron Railroad
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
- The Scioto Valley Road Awakens
- Norfolk & Western Lines |
| CHAPTER VI - GENERAL
COUNTY MATTERS |
123 |
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- St. Clair Conspires
Against Statehood and Ross County
- Worthington and Baldwin to the Rescue
- The Ross County of 1798
- Proposed Counties to be Carved
- The First Court House
- The Board of Commissioners Meets
- The Old Court House and Statehouse
- "Prison Bounds" in Chillicothe
- The Public Square Early in the Nineteenth Century
- The Courthouse of the Present
- Creation of the Townships
- Public Schools of the County
- The Latest Statistics
- Study of Elementary Agriculture
- Gentleman Farmers
- First Agricultural Society and Early Fairs
- The Second Society
- The Agricultural Society of the Present
- Ross County Medical Society
- County's Population by Decades |
| CHAPTER VII - BENCH AND
BAR |
140 |
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- First Territorial
Court At Marietta
- Era of Justice of the Peace
- Justice as Doled Out by 'Square Smith
- Only One Citizen Had His Whisky Barrels "Tomahawked"
- Doubtful Choice of Penalties
- First Court Held in Ross County
- First Ohio Divorce
- Territorial Fees of Court Officers, Attorneys and Jurors
- State Changes in the Judiciary
- First Term of the Court of Common Pleas
- First Attorneys' Licenses by the State
- Suits for Debt
- The Whipping Post, Busy Institution
- Branded With Red Hot Iron
- Executions of Murderers
- Probate Judges
- Personnel of the Bench and Bar
- 'Allen G. Thurman
- William Allen, Governor
- The Flattering Book Agent
- Thomas Scott
- William Creighton, Jr.
- Jessup M. Couch
- William K. Bond
- Michael Baldwin
- Benjamin G. Leonard
- William S. Murphy
- Frederick Grimke
- John H. Keith
- William H. Safford
- A Citizen Judge
- Edward King
- Richard Douglas
- Levin Belt
- John Thompson
- Joseph Sill
- Charles W. Gilmore
- Joseph Miller
- Thaddeus a. Minshall |
| CHAPTER VIII - ROSS
COUNTY IN WAR |
180 |
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- Pioneer Ohio
Soldiers Always Prepared
- The War of 1812
- No Parlor Soldiers
- Old Camp Bull
- Four Deserters Shot at Camp
- Innocent Youth Shot as Deserter
- Ladies Present Major Croghan with Sword
- Roster of Officers and Privates
- The State Militia
- The Chillicothe Independent Blues
- The German Grenadier Guards
- Looked Down on "Corn Stalk Militia"
- Military Gathering of 1844
- Troops for the Mexican War
- The Chillicothe Greys
- The Civil War
- First Events in Ross County
- Put Up the Flag
- Colored Troops
- The Morgan Raid
- Burning the Bridge
- The Fighting Seventy-third
- The Seventy-third in the Field
- Seventy-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- Gen. Samuel H. Hurst
- The Sixty-third Ohio Infantry
- Company B, Twenty-sixth Infantry
- Company H, Thirty-third
- Gen. Joshua W. Sill
- The German Company E, Thirty-seventh
- Many Were Prisoners of War
- One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment, Ohio National Guard
- The Colored Troops
- Other Commands from Ross County
- Part in the Spanish-American War
- Watchful Waiting in Camp
- Other Citizen Soldiers
- In the Philippines
- Killed in the Service
- The Home Relief
- Company H, Ohio National Guard
- Miscellaneous Chillicothe Companies
- A. L. Brown Post No. 162, Grand Army of the Republic. |
| CHAPTER IX - PIONEER
HISTORY OF CHILLICOTHE |
219 |
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- The Founders of
Chillicothe
- Massie Lays Out Chillicothe
- First Settlement in Virginia Military District
- Surveys Along the Scioto
- Rev. J. B. Finley
- Dr. and Governor Edward Tiffin
- Governor Worthington and Adena
- Duncan McArthur and Fruit Farm
- Col. John McDonald
- Felix Renick and Early Stock Raising
- Barring Out Slavery from Ohio
- Tiffin and Baldwin on Slavery
- General Massie's Letter
- Ohio the First Free Soil State
- Noted Centers of Government
- Abrams' Big House
- Savage Surgical Treatment
- Whites Gather at Abrams
- Religious and Military Center
- New Hope Church Organized
- Pioneer Historical Events
- Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church
- St. Mary's Catholic Church
- Competitor for the Western Theological Seminary
- Pioneer Schools and Teachers
- Chillicothe in 1807
- Tecumseh and the Chillicothe Council
- Politics and Earthquake Shock
- Dr. Samuel McAdow
- Dr. Joseph Scott
- Other Early Physicians
- The Famous Madeira Hotel
- The Earlier Chillicothe Inns
- First Bridge over the Scioto
- Industrial Uprising
- The Hydraulic Association
- First Town Corporation
- The Second Town Corporation |
| CHAPTER X - CORPORATE AND
PUBLIC MATTERS |
275 |
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- When Chillicothe
Became a City
- Passing from Town to City Markets
- Chillicothe's Free Public Library
- First Steps Toward Public School System
- Completion of Eastern and Western Schools
- Organization of Schools and Educational Board
- School Library Formed
- Male Teachers Off for the War
- Changes in School Buildings
- Building Erected for Colored Pupils
- System Reorganized (1874)
- Present Status of Public Schools
- Police Protection
- Fire Department and Water Supply
- The Bucket Brigade
- Water Basins and Cisterns
- Department in 1845
- Improved Side-Brake Engines
- Organization of Nos. 3, 4 and 5
- First Uniformed Company
- Work at the Great Fire of 1852
- Details of the Conflagration
- Initial Steps Toward Water Works
- First Steam Fire Engine
- Organization of Paid Department (1879-80)
- Present Department
- Construction of Present Water Works
- The City Park
- The Driving Park
_ Grand View and Green Lawn Cemeteries
- The City Hospital
- The Postoffice
- Electric Transportation, Light and Power
- Home Telephone Company
- Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company
- Important Events Connected with the City
- The 1840 Campaign
- Chillicothe's Semi-Centennial
- Coming of the Railway, the Telegraph and the Telephone
- The New Courthouse under Way
- First Strike at Chillicothe
- The Railway Shops of the B. & O.
- Passing of the Old Bridge
- Historical Society and City Centennial
- The State Centennial
- Why Mr. Massie Did Not Speak
- The Centennial Loan Exhibit |
| CHAPTER XI - CHURCHES AND
SOCIETIES |
314 |
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- Presbyterians and
Methodists Found Churches
- The First Presbyterian Church
- Early Methodism
- The Walnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church
- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
- The third Presbyterian Church
- Episcopal Churches
- The First Evangelical Church
- The Evangelical Salem Church
- Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church
- The Catholic Churches
- Plymouth Congregational Church
- Bridge Street Church of Christ
- Watts Street United Brethren Church
- Quinn Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Other Religious Bodies
- Chillicothe Historic in American Masonry
- Pioneer Ohio Lodges
- Grand Lodge of Ohio Organized
- Notable Early Membership
- Indian Masons
- Other Interesting Items
- Past Masters and Other Distinguished Members
- Chillicothe Chapter No. 4
- Royal Arch Masons
- Chillicothe Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters
- Chillicothe Commandery No. 8, Knights Templar
- The Masonic Temple
- The Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Improved Order of Red Men
- Modern Woodmen of America
- Chillicothe Aerie No. 600, Fraternal Order of Eagles
- Eintracht
- The Richard Enderlin Welfare House
- Associated Charities and Anti-Tuberculosis Society
- Labor Organizations
- Women's Clubs
- Literary
- Reputations Abroad |
| CHAPTER XII - NEWSPAPERS,
INDUSTRIES AND BANKS |
354 |
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- The Scioto Gazette
- The First Editor
- Maxwell's Centinel
- Its First Home
- Distinguished Men
- An Enterprising Paper
- The Gazette from First to Last
- First Religious Paper in America
- Predecessors of the Advertiser
- The News-Advertiser
- The German Press and Unsere Zeit
- Chillicothean Industries
- Industrial Development
- Tanneries
- Flour Mills
- Rise and Fall of Pork Packing
- Wood, Stone and Brick Manufacturing
- The Manufacture of Paper
- Foundry and Machine Shops
- Other Present Day Industries
- The Chamber of Commerce
- Early Banking at Chillicothe
- Historical Relics Revealed
- The First National Bank
- The Ross County National Bank
- The Savings Bank
- Valley Savings Bank and Trust Company
- Building and Loan Association |
| CHAPTER XIII - THE
TOWNSHIP OUTSIDE THE CITY |
378 |
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- Scioto Township
Organized
- Shrinking to Its Present Township
- The Wallaces
- The Reynolds and the Haynes Families
- Other Pioneers of the Township
- Nature's Industries |
| CHAPTER XIV - CONCORD
TOWNSHIP AND FRANKFORT |
386 |
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- Bird's Eye View of
the Township
- Old Chillicothe of the Shawnees
- Only Break with the Shawnees
- Popejoy's Place and the Indian Queen
- First Mill and General Store
- Settlers Previous to 1812
- Frankfort Village
- Its Schools and Public Library
- Municipal Light and Water Plants
- The Baptists Formed First Church
- The Methodist Churches
- Presbyterian Organizations
- The Catholics
- Secret and Benevolent Lodges
- Industries, Finances and the Sun |
| CHAPTER XV - PAXTON
TOWNSHIP AND BAINBRIDGE |
399 |
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- Picturesque and
Fertile
- Paper Town of New Amsterdam
- Two Historic Skirmishes with the Shawnees
- Nathan Reeves and His Lands
- Massie's Mansion in the Wilderness
- The township Under Territory and State
- Massie Founds Bainbridge
- Merchants and Bankers
- The Village of Today
- Masons and Odd Fellows
- The Methodists
- The Presbyterians |
| CHAPTER XVI - GREEN
TOWNSHIP AND KINGSTON |
410 |
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- In a State of Nature
- The First Generation of Pioneers
- William McCoy
- Col. John Entrekin
- John Crouse, Miller, Distiller and Musician
- Abraham Eyestone
- John Goodman
- The Reedys
- Samuel Whitsel
- The Military Fredericks
- A Chrnoic Gunner After Indians
- The Mays
- The Bitzer Brothers
- The Miller Families
- John Hayes
- Hugh Little
- The Thomas, Durham and Entrekin Properties
- James Downs
- Thomas Wright, The Literary Weaver
- Abraham Jones
- Township Reduced to Present Area
- Kingston Founded as Ingtown
- The First Lot Sold (29)
- Early Merchants and Professional Men
- Postoffice and Corporation
- Village of the Present
- Societies and Churches
- The Old Mount Pleasant Academy
- Second Generation of Township Pioneers
- Flour and Grist Mills
- Early Distilleries
- Cotton, Woolen and Paper Mills
- Tanneries |
| CHAPTER XVII - COLERAIN
TOWNSHIP AND ADELPHI |
432 |
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- Varied Natural
Features
- Origin of the Name
- Set Off as Coldrain
- Logan and Captain Johnnie
- A Fighting Township
- Pioneers of 1796 - 1815
- Adelphi Founded by the Abrams Brothers
- Early Events and Adelphi Pioneers
- Village Incorporation
- Adelphi of the Present
- Mineral Waters
- The Adelphi Bank
- Societies
- Adelphi Border News
- The Churches
- Adelphi's Old Cemeteries
- Hallsville
- Early Mills Near Adelphi and Hallsville
- Only One Gunpowder Factory |
| CHAPTER XVIII - TOWNSHIPS
AND MINOR TOWNS |
477 |
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- Deerfield Township
and Clarksburg
- Twin Township and Bourneville
- Old Bourneville Cemetery
- Springfield Township and Hopetown
- Union Township
- Liberty Township and Londonderry
- Old Burial Places
- Buckskin Township
- South Salem
- Salem Presbyterian Church
- Jefferson Township and Richmondale
- Franklin Township
- The Hermit of the Scioto-Huntington and Harrison Townships |
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