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| CHAPTER I. - |
PREHISTORIC (Archer
B. Hulbert) |
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- The Old West
- Its Primeval Rivers, Forests and Animals
- The Mound-Builders
- Mounds of Marietta
- The Great Battle Ground of America
- The Hunting-Grounds of the Iroquois
- Weakening of the Iroquois Confederacy
- The Story of the Delawares, Shawanese and Wyandots
- Notes |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
THREE FLAGS IN THE WEST
(Archer B. Hulbert) |
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- French Explorations
and Establishment of Frontier Forts
- Arms of the King of France
- French and English Character Contrasted
- French and Indian War
- Pontiac's Rebellion
- The Revolutionary War in the West
- Massacre of Gnadenhutten
- Note |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
MOVEMENTS OF HTE
PIONEERS |
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- Depreciated Currency
and Impoverished Public Credit
- Boundy Lands
- Ohio Company of Associates
- Work of General Rufus Putnam and Rev. Manasseh
Cutler
- Ordinance of 1787
- Landing at the Mouth of the Muskingum
- Industry and Courage of the Pioneers
- Other Near by Settlements
- Notes |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
WAR WITH THE INDIANS |
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- St. Clair's Defeat
- Massacre at Big Bottom
- Belpre and Beverly
- Forts at Marietta and Harmar
- Farmers' Castle and Fort Frye
- Ohio Company Affairs at Low Ebb
- Joseph Kelley
- General Wayne's Successful Campaign
- Dawning of a Brighter Era for Ohio Colonists
- Capture and Escape
- Reminiscences of War Times and of Later Years
- The Indians in Ohio
- Letters of General Putnam
- List of Pioneer at the Forts During the Indian
Troubles
- Pioneers Killed by the Indians. |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
POLITICS IN EARLY TIMES |
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- Washington County
Created
- Governor St. Clair with a Legislature on His Hands
- Chillicothe vs. Marietta
- A State Constitution
- Slavery
- Despair of the Federalists and Exultation of the
Republicans
- Harman Blennerhassett
- Local Questions Cease to be the Point of
Difference Between Political Parties
- The Era of Good Feeling
- New Questions |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
POLITICS FROM 1829 TO
1860 |
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- Democrats and Whigs
Slavery
- Underground Railroad Campaign of 1840
- Newspaper Extracts Pertaining to the Politics of
the Period
- Celebration in Marietta
- Rotation in Office
- Contests of 1836 and 1840
- Campaign Songs of 1840
- Washington County Colonization Society
- Anti-Abolition and Anti-Slavery Meetings
- Public Sentiment in 1837
- The Ohio Kidnaping Case
- Later Views of the Ohio Kidnaping Case. |
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| CHAPTER VII. - |
EDUCATION |
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- Education Teachers
and Schools
- The First School Houses
- Improvements in School Houses
- Agitation for Better Educational Facilities
- The First Schools
- Examiners of Common Schools
- Educational Notices
- Schools Directors
- Teachers' Institutes
- Washington County School Association Minutes
- William Slocomb
- Township High Schools
- Other Means of Education
- Washington County Bible Society
- The Marietta Library Association
- The Marietta Lyceum
- First Mechanics' Lyceum
- A Hint on Home-Training
- Sabbath-Schools
- Society for the Promotion of Temperance
- Marietta Female Seminary
- Art
- Schemes for the Betterment of Mankind
- Edward Postlethwayt Page
- Washington County Children's Home
- History of Children's Homes |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
HIGHER EDUCATION |
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- Early Academies
- The Marietta Infant School
- Institute of Education
- Manual Labor Associatoin
- The Marietta Collegiate Institute
- Marietta Female Seminary
- Marietta College
- Historical Sketch of Marietta College
- Teachers and Educators
- Artists |
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| CHAPTER IX. - |
ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL
PROGRESS, 1788-1830 |
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- Mills
- Clothing
- Salts
- Boats-building
- Marietta in 1809
- Imports from the East
- Steam Mill
- Indians
- Trade Stimulated by the War of 1812
- Withdrawal of Specie to the East
- Hard Times
- Search for Silver
- The Scotch Immigration
- Change of Method in Taxing Land
- Improvements
- Temperance Movement
- A Change in the Population of the County
- Humane Society
- Agricultural Society
- Grand Circus Hunt
- Wool and Wolves
- Phenomena
- General LaFayette
- Steamboat Building
- The First Steamboat up the Muskingum
- Navigation of the Muskingum
- Navigation of the Ohio
- The Town in 1826
- Marketing
- Ministerial Lands
- Washington County Agricultural Society
- Marietta Fair
- Railroad to Ohio
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Health of Marietta
- Silk Culture
- The German Immigration. |
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| CHAPTER X. - |
FORTY YEARS OF
ADVERTISEMENTS |
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| CHAPTER XI. - |
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT |
270 |
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- Improvement of the
Muskingum
- Railroad History
- Navigation of Duck Creek
- County Court House
- Old Established Business Houses
- Marietta Post Office
- City Hall
- Marietta Township in 1833
- Washington County in 1834
- Wolves
- Emigrant Association
- Public Spirit Roads and Turnpikes
- Improvement in Horses
- Rapid Transit in 1839
- Passing of the Stage Coach |
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| CHAPTER XII. -
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TOWNS AND TOWNSHIPS OF
THE COUNTY - Started
3/6/2016 |
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-
Adams Township
- 292
- The Town of Lowell
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Aurelius Township
- 293
-
Barlow Township
- 294
- Belpre Township - 296
- The Town of Belpre - 297
-
Decatur Township
- 298
-
Dunham Township
- 298
-
Fairfield Township
- 299
-
Fearing Township
- 300
- Grandview Township - 301
- The Town of New Matamoras - 302
- Independence Township - 302
- Lawrence Township - 303
- Liberty Township - 305
- Ludlow Township - 305
- Marietta Township - 306
- Town of Harmar - 313
- Muskingum Township - 314
-
Newport Township
- 317
-
Palmer Township
- 319
-
Salem Township
- 320
-
Warren Township
- 321
-
Waterford Township
- 322
- The Town of Beverly - 322
- Watertown Township - 344
-
Wesley Township
- 346 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - |
TOWN AND COUNTY
SOCIETIES |
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- Historical Societies
- Agricultural Societies
- Fraternal and Secret Organizations
- Civic and Industrial Societies |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - |
HISTORY OF THE CHURCHES |
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- Report to the
Ministerial Trustees
- Baptist Churches
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
- The Central Christian Church
- The Christian Union Church
- Congregational Churches
- St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
- St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Methodist Episcopal Churches
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Wesleyan Methodist Church
- The First Presbyterian Church
- The First Unitarian Society in Marietta
- The Universalist Society
- The First United Brethren Church. |
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| CHAPTER XV. - |
THE PRESS (George M.
Cooke) |
398 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
BANKS AND BANKING |
410 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
THE OIL INDUSTRY (H.
E. Smith) |
415 |
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- The History since Cow
Run
- Operations in Each Township
- Drilling
- Shooting
- Pumping Accidents
- Operation
- Leasing Capital Invested in Washington County
- The Future Prospects |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. |
CIVIL HISTORY OF THE
COUNTY |
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- Establishment
- Statistics of the Population
- Changes in Extent
- County Seat
- Court House
- Infirmary
- Our Early Judiciary
- Roster of County Officials |
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| CHAPTER XIX. - |
BENCH AND BAR
- Started
5/24/2020 |
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| CHAPTER XX. - |
PHYSICIANS OF
WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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- Attempts to Control
the Practice of Medicine
- The Twelfth Medical Society
- Personal Sketches |
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| CHAPTER XXI. - |
LATER HISTORY OF THE
OHIO COMPANY |
474 |
| CHAPTER XXII. - |
REMINISCENCES BY COL.
JOSEPH BARKER - Started
10-18-14 |
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- Sketch of Colonel
Barker's Life
- The Early Courts
- Store Supplies
- Ship-building
- The French Emigrants
- Indians Dissatisfied
- Scarcity of Food
- Why the Indians did not Keep the Treaty of Harmar
- Building of the Block-houses
- Big Bottom Massacre
- Wolf Creek Mills
- Provisions for Defense
- Indian Alarm
- The Garrison at "The Point"
- Indian Troubles
- First Enlistment of Men for the Indian War
- Cultivation of Land Encouraged
- Belpre
- Upper and Lower Settlements
- Reminiscences of Prominent Persons of the Early
Settlements |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - |
REMINISCENCES BY HON.
GEORGE M. WOODBRIDGE |
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- A Sketch of Mr.
Woodbridge's Life
- A Watch Night Meeting of Fifty Years Ago.
- Early Floods in the "Ohio Basin"
- Revolutionary Record
- A Report of the Early Burials in Waterford
Township
- Some Distinguished Visitors During the Past
Century
- Recollections of Some Men of Former Years
- Some Early Recollections
- Mound Cemetery
- Monument to Mark the First Landing of the Pioneers
- The Old Court House
- Corn Husking Times
- A Hunt in 1832
- The Past
- The First Sunday school
- A Genuine Pioneer
- Defense of the Pioneers and Their Successors |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. - |
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
OF MARIETTA IN THE PAST TWO DECADES (John W.
Lansley) |
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- Commercial
Growth Prior to 1880
- The Awakening
- Annexation of Harmar
- Water Works
- Paid Fire Department
- Electric Light Plant
- Street Paving and Sanitary Sewers
- Electric Street Railway
- Telephone Companies
- Railroads
- Natural Gas
- Increased Activity in the Oil Industry
- Building Operations Enlivened
- Growth in the City's Business
- Suburbs
- New Public Buildings
- Bridge Across the Ohio
- New Projects
- Improvement of the Ohio
- Tax Levies and Valuations in Marietta for the Past
Decade
- Roster or City Officials |
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| CHAPTER XXV.- |
THE WAR OF 1812
(Seymour J. Hathaway) |
551 |
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- Cause of the War
- Attitude of the Federalists
- Situation in Washington County
- Why the Draft was Resorted to
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Expedition of General Hull
- Surrender of Hull
- Call for Troops
- Expedition of Gen. Edward W. Tupper
- Companies from Washington County
- Siege of Fort Erie
- Perry's Victory
- Proctor and Tecumseh Defeated by Harrison
- Battle of New Orleans and Treaty of Peace
- Rolls of Washington County Companies
- Biographical Sketches of Officers |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. - |
THE CIVIL WAR
(Seymour J. Hathaway) |
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- Causes of the War
- Leaders, North and South
- Political Campaign of 1860
- Position of the People of Washington County as to
the War
- The Union Blues Respond to the Call for Troops
- The Militia System of Ohio
- Appeal to the Governor for Aid
- Camp Putnam Established
- Governor Dennison's Plan of a Campaign Successful
- M. & C. Railroad Guarded
- Grim-visaged War
- The First Great Call of Arms
- First Three Years' Ccompany from the County
- Camp Tupper Established
- Military Committee Appointed
- Beginning of Governor Tod's Administratrion
- First Volunteer Killed in Battle
- Shiloh
- Washington City in Danger
- Parkersburg Threatened
- The Draft
- Camp Marietta Established
- Corinth, Antietam and South Mountain
- Department of West Virginia Established at
Marietta
- Emancipation
- Union League
- Chancellorsville
- Gettysburg
- Vicksburg
- The Morgan Raid
- Buffington's Island
- The Militia
- Chickamauga
- Ohio National Guard
- Atlanta Campaign
- March to the Sea
- Shenandoah Valley
- Battle Year, 1864-1865
- Celebration of the Fall of the Rebellion |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. - |
THE CIVIL WAR
(Seymour J. Hathaway) |
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- Women's Work in the
War
- Union Soldiers' Relief Association
- Soldiers' Aid Society of Harmar
- The Marietta Military Hospital
- Short Sketches of the Military Organizations from
the County
- Battery C, First West Virginia Light Artillery
- Battery H, First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery
- Battery K, First Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery
- Battery K, Second Ohio Heavy Artillery
- Company L, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
- Company H, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
- Company B, Ninth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
- Company F, Second Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
- Company F, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- Companies A, F. and G, Thirty-sixth Ohio
Volunteers
- Companies B and F, Thirty-ninth Ohio Volunteers,
- Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- Company F, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteers
- Seventy-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry
- The Silver Grays
- Pony Section"
- One Hundred and 'Forty-eighth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry
- Biographies of Officers of the War of the
Rebellion. |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. - |
THE CIVIL WAR -
Continued (Seymour J. Hathaway)
- Started 12/11/2017 |
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- Roll of Honor
- The Soldier's Monument |
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| CHAPTER XXIX.- |
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
AND PHILIPPINE WARS (Seymour J. Hathawa) |
853 |
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- Spanish-American War
- Philippine War
- Gen. Harrison Gray Otis |
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| CHAPTER
XXX. - |
SKETCHES OF PIONEERS
- Started 3/6/2016 |
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- The First White
People in Ohio
- Gen. Rufus Putnam
- Rev. Manasseh Cutler, LL., D.
- Gen. Benjamin Tupper
- Commodore Abraham Whittle
- Col. Robert Oliver
- Maj. Haffield White
- Col. Ebenezer Sproat
- Col. Return Jonathan Meigs
- Arthur St. Clair
- Ichabod Nye
- Mrs. Rebecca Ives Gillman
- Mrs. Mary Lake
- Isaac and Rebecca Williams
- Col. William Stacy
- Maj. Anselm Tupper
- Col. Benjamin Tupper
- Gen. Joseph Buell
- Rev. Daniel Story
- John Mathews
- Ephraim Cutler
- David Putnam
- Nahum Ward. |
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BIOGRAPHICAL |
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