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PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. - WHEN THE NEW WORLD WAS FIRST SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
- Verging on Ancient History - 17
- What the Ancients Knew - 17
- DeSoto, the Spirit of the Sixteenth Century - 18
- Marquette, Joliet and La Salle - 18
- 1776 and 1983 - 19
- Louisiana Territory - 19
- The Ground of Dispute - 20
- To Go Back a Little - 20
- Ownership of the Northwest - 21
- French and Indian War - 23
- The Dunmore War - 23
- Lord Dunmore's March - 25
- The Treaty of Paris, France - 26
- The Government owned it - 27
- Ordinance of 1787 - 27
- The Author of Ordinance of 1787 - 28
- Scioto Land Company - 30
- Judge Cutler's Letter - 30 - 32 |
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CHAPTER II - PROGRESS OF EVENTS - GROUPING OF
INTERESTED FACTS.
- The First Settlement - 33
- Governor Appointed - 34
- A Terrible Awakening - 34
- The Indian War - 35
- Wayne's Campaign - 35
- A Treaty - 37
- Indian Annuities - 37
- Progress of the New Northwest - 37
- The First Territorial Legislature - 37
- Location of Bounty Lands - 38
- Formation State Constitution - 40 |
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CHAPTER III - THEY FOUND A WILDERNESS AND LET IN THE
SUNLIGHT OF CIVILIZATION.
- Pioneer Life - 42
- Home of the Indians - 42
- From Whence They Came - 42
- The Log Cabin - 43
- Sleeping Accommodations - 44
- Cooking - 44
- Wild Game - Its uses - 45
- Dress and Manners - 46
- Market Prices - 47
- Country Stores - 48
- Raising Bee - 49
- Bringing in Stone - 49
- Hospitality - 49
- Bee Hunting - 50
- Milling - 50
- Native Animals - 50
- Big Wolf Hunt - 51
- Snakes - 51
- Agricultural Implements - 52
- Hog Killing - 52
- Money and Barter - 53
- Education - 53
- Spelling-School - 54
- Singing-School - 54
- The Bright Side - 55
- What The Pioneers Have Done - 55
- Women Pioneers - 56
- A Peaceful Life - 58 |
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CHAPTER IV - SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF SCIOTO VALLEY
- Preliminary - 60
- Its Topography - 60
- The Scioto River - 61
- The Drainage System - 62
- The Geology of Scioto Valley - 64
- Its Stratigraphical Feature - 64
- Fire-Clay, Etc. - 66
- Archaeology of the Scioto Vallley - 67
- The Mound-Builders - 68
- French Jesuits - 68
- Where the Mounds are Found - 68
- Piketon Walls - 69
- The Fauna of Scioto Valley - 71
- The Beasts of the Valley - 71
- Birds of the Valley - 72
- Fishes (Pisces) of Scioto Valley - 73
- The Reptiles of Scioto Valley - 73
- The Flora of the Scioto Valley - 75
- Its Forests - 75
- Meteorology of the Scioto Valley - 77
- Summary - 80
- Conclusion - The Future of the Scioto Valley - 81
- Its Mineral Resources - 81
- The Future Population of the Scioto Valley - 82 |
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CHAPTER V - MATERIAL WEALTH - OFFICIAL LIFE -
PATRIOTISM
- A Chapter of Material Wealth - 83
- Internal Improvements - 83
- The Ohio Canal - 84
- Miles of Railway in 1882 - 84
- Governors - 85
- Representatives - Scioto, Pike and Jackson Counties - 86
- The State of Ohio - 86
- Reappointment - 86
- State Senators - Scioto County - 87
- Pike County - 87
- Jackson County - 88
- Representatives - Scioto County
- Pike County - 88
- Jackson County - 89
- COMMON PLEAS COURT - 89
- Election of 1840 - 89
- Presidential Campaign - 89 |
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CHAPTER VI -
THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF THE SCIOTO - THE FERTILE BANKS OF THE OHIO |
92 - 110 |
- Before Organization -
92
- The Pioneer Settlement -
92
- Map of Scioto County
- "A Surprise Party - 93
- A Mistake and a Probability - 93
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The
First Surveys - 94
- Samuel Marshall, Sr. - 95
- Robert Lucas - 95
- David Gharky- 97
- Joseph Feurt - 97
- James Munn - 97
- John W. Millar- 97
- Phillip Salladay - 97
- John Lindsey - 97
- The Cadots- 97
- Martin Funk - 97
- Petre Chabot - 98
- Thomas Gilruth - 98
- Isaac Bonser- 98
- Colonel Thomas Parker - 98
- Dr. Thomas Waller - 98
- John Belli - 98
- William Lawson - 98
- Uriah Barber - 98
- Phillip Noel - 99
- Henry Utt - 99
- Wm. Montgomery - 99
- James Cochraine - 100
- William and Joseph Lucas - 100
- Captain William Lucas - 100
- John Lucas- 100
- Emanuel Traxler - 100
- Stephen Cary - 101
- Samuel G. Jones - 101
- William Jones - 101
- Additional names - 101 - 102
- Worthy of Historical Record - 102
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Scioto County Pioneer Life - 103
- What They Drank - 104
- A Short Bear Story - 104
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Other Names of Pioneers, 1796
to 1806 - 105
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The Settlement of the French
Grant - 106 |
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CHAPTER VII - ORGANIZATION, CHANGES, TOPOGRAPHY AND
PROGRESS. - NOT STARTED
- A Habitation and a Name - 111
- An Act to Establish the County of Scioto - 111
- Its Topography - 111
- PHOTO of ENOCH J. SALT - 112
- Water Supply - 114
- Mineral Resources - 114
- Iron Ore Deposits - 115
- Bituminous Coal - 116
- Boundaries of the Coal Field - 116
- Fine-Grained Sand-Rock - 117
- An Act for Altering the Boundary Line Between Scioto and Gallia Counties
- 117
- An Act to Erect the County of Lawrence - 117
- An Act to Attach Part of the County of Lawrence to the County of Scioto
- 118
- An Act to Attach a Part of Lawrence County to the County of Scioto - 118
- The Loss of the County Records - 118
- The Townships - 120
- Township and County Finances - 122
- Melange - 122
- Lawyers and Physicians, 1830 - 123
- Progress - 123
- Township and Changes - 124
- Court-House and Turnpike - 124
- Scioto River Navigation - 125
- Scioto River Bridges - 125
- Change in Township Lines - 126 |
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CHAPTER VIII - AGRICULTURAL RESOLUTION OF SCIOTO
COUNTY - HER RAILROADS AND POPULATION - NOT STARTED
- Introductory - 127
- Agriculture - 127
- Wheat and Corn Crop of 1853 - 128
- The Grape - 129
- Fruit and Berries - 130
- From 1814 - 130
- Tax of 1823, by Townships - 130
- Receipts and Expenditures of Scioto County - 131
- Valuation - 131
- Population of Scioto County - Area 640 Square Miles - 132
- Population since 1840 - 132
- Scioto & Hocking Valley Railroad - 132
- Portsmouth Branch of the M. & C. R. R. - 133
- Scioto Valley Railroad - 133
- Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad - 135
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad - 135 |
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CHAPTER IX - SOCIETIES - INFIRMARY - FLOODS - ITEMS - COUNTY
OFFICES.
- PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED 07/01/2014
- Agricultural Societies - 136
- First Organization - 136
- Grange - 138
- County Infirmary - 138
- The Waters and the Floors - 139
- The Flood of 1883 - 140
- Itemized - 140
- Oil Excitement, 1861 - 141
- "The Oil Wells of Scioto County - 141
- A Remarkable Tree - 142
- Common Pleas. - 142
- County Officers - 143 - 146 |
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CHAPTER X - THE MILITARY HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY FROM 1812 TO 1865
- NOT STARTED
- The War of 1812 - 147
- The March and Surrender - 148
- Captain Roop - 149
- The Mexican War - 150
- The Bugle Blast - 150
- Civil War, 1861 to 1865 - 151
- War's Alarm - 152
- Portsmouth Rifles - 153
- The First Battle - 154
- Home Relief - 159
- Relief for the Destitute - 159
- Distribution - 159
- Morgan's Raid - 161
- The Fifty-Sixth Regiment O. V. I. - 162
- The Organization - 162
- The Gallant Thirty-Third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry - 165
- The Ninety-First Regiment - 169
- The Fifty-Third Regiment, O. V. I. - 171
- The Twenty-Second Regiment - 172
- The Grosbeck Regiment - 173
- The Second Kentucky - 174
- Battery L. - 175
- The One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment - 176
- Eighty-First Regiment O. V. I. - 176
- Casualties of the Eighty-First Regiment - 176
- Thirtieth Regiment O. V. I. - 177
- The Scattered - 177 - 178 |
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CHAPTER XI -
THE CITY PF PORTSMOUTH - THE HOME OF BEAUTY, CULTURE,
REFINEMENT AND WEALTH - NOT STARTED |
179 |
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CHAPTER XII - EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND GENERAL PROGRESS
- NOT STARTED |
194 |
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CHAPTER XIII -
THE CHURCHES OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH
- NOT STARTED |
205 |
CHAPTER XIV - PRESS - CHILDREN'S HOME - LIBRARIES AND SOCIETIES
- NOT STARTED
- The Press - 221
- The Children's Home Association - 227
- Public Library - 228
- City Reading Rooms - 229
- Independent Order of Harugari - 230
- Masonry by John K. Lodwick - 230 |
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CHAPTER XV -
BANKS, TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE AND MANUFACTURES -
COMMERCIAL ARTERY OF THE CITY - NOT STARTED
- Banks - 234
- Portsmouth Street Railway - 235
- Canal Business - 235
- Telephone Exchange - 236
- Western Union Telegraph - 236
- Adams Express Company - 236
- Baltimore & Ohio Express - 236
- Manufacturers - 236 |
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CHAPTER XVI - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PORTSMOUTH
(included in the Biographical Index herein) |
221 |
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CHAPTER XVII -
PORTER, CLAY AND HARRISON TOWNSHIPS -
PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED 11/5/12 |
312 |
- PORTER TOWNSHIP
- The First Settled - 312
- Area and Valuation - 312
- When Formed - 313
- Early Settlers - 313
- Items of Interest - 313
- Another Change - 314
- SCIOTOVILLE - 314
- Its Business Interests - 315
- WHEELERSBURG - 316
- The Business of 1883. - 316
- The Societies - 317
- WAIT'S STATION - 317
- Schools - 318
- Churches - 318
- Township Officers - 319
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BIOGRAPHICAL - 320
- CLAY TOWNSHIP - 331
- The Metes and Bounds - 331
- Organization - 331
- Official - 331
- The Richest Township - 332
- Churches - 332
- Schools - 333
-
BIOGRAPHICAL - 333
- HARRISON TOWNSHIP - 340
- Over One-Fourth Century Later - 340
- Its Organization - 340
- Old Pioneers - 341
- Boundary Changes - 341
- The Dixon Mill - 342
- HARRISONVILLE - 342
- Business, etc. - 343
- Official - 343
- Churches - 343
- Schools - 344
- The Schools of 1883.
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BIOGRAPHICAL - 344 |
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CHAPTER XVIII -
GREEN, VERNON AND BLOOM TOWNSHIPS
- PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED
10/15/2024
- GREENE TOWNSHIP - 349
- French Grant, Valuation and Population - 349
- The Township and Changes - 350
- Old Settlers - 351
- Haverhill- 352
- Churches - 352
- POWELLSVILLE- 352
- Churches - 353
- Schools - 353
- Township Officers - 354
-
BIOGRAPHICAL - 354
- VERNON TOWNSHIP - 366
- Description and Area - 366
- Old Settlers - 367
- Churches - 367
- Schools - 368
- PHOTO of G. S. McCormack
- Official - 369
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BIOGRAPHICAL - 369
- BLOOM TOWNSHIP- 374
- Its Mineral Deposits - 374
- Area and Valuation - 374
- Its Early Settlement - 375
- Webster - 375
- School Districts - 376
- Churches - 377
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BIOGRAPHICAL - 378 - 388 |
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CHAPTER XIX -
MADISON, JEFFERSON AND VALLEY TOWNSHIPS -
FINISHED -
5/13/2018 |
389 |
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CHAPTER XX -
MORGAN, RUSH AND BRUSH CREEK TOWNSHIPS -
FINISHED - 6-25-2014 |
408 |
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CHAPTER XXI -
NILES, WASHINGTON AND UNION TOWNSHIP
- PARTIALLY TRANSCRIBED 6/25/2014 |
424 |
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CHAPTER XXII - (Starts) JACKSON COUNTY - SEE JACKSON COUNTY,
OHIO |
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