You searched for City|State|Country: , oh us
Showing results 1 to 10 of 57
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z91_fox-creek-s-bridge-park_New-Concord-OH.html
The Fox Creek "S" Bridge is one of a series of such bridges which lined the path of the National Road. All but a handful were destroyed during the construction of U.S. Route 40. The National Road, completed here in 1828, "opened wid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEV_three-muskingum-county-courthouses-historical_Zanesville-OH.html
Three Muskingum
County Courthouses
have stood on this site.
the second (depicted
above) served as the
Ohio State Capitol
from 1810 to 1812
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VA0_y-bridge-historical_Zanesville-OH.html
On November 16, 1814, the Muskingum Messenger reported,
"Muskingum and Licking Bridge, This grand and important work
is now possible. Great credit is due to Mr. Rufus Scott, the architect.
Now the south and north sides of Licking Creek w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V9N_smith-house-farm-historical_Zanesville-OH.html
Edward Edison Smith was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and arrived in Muskingum
County about the same time as his neighbor, Uzal Headley. Smith was a farmer who built
a log house near this site and, after the National Road reached Zanesville i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V9M_headley-inn-historical_Zanesville-OH.html
One of the most beautiful and interesting of the old stopping places is the Headley Inn which provided lodging and refreshment for the westward tide of immigration for 30 years. The Headley Inn dreamed half a century away over rooms stored with fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V3W_warren-pony-truss-bridge-historical_Norwich-OH.html
This is among the oldest surviving rivet-connected
Warren Pony Truss bridges in Ohio and a good example
of a bridge type commonly used in the late nineteenth and
early twentieth century. It is typical of the quality of construction
by the Mou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V0T_zanesville-historical_Zanesville-OH.html
Zanesville, the county seat of Muskingum County, was
named for Colonel Ebenezer Zane. In 1796 Congress
commissioned Colonel Zane to build a road from
Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) to Limestone,
Kentucky (present Maysville, Kentucky)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V0J_motels-historical_Norwich-OH.html
As motorized transportation developed, motels of all sizes
became a fixture along the National Road. Automobile travel
in the early 1900s was often an adventure. Overnight
accommodations, in the form of hotels, were concentrated in
urban cente…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZO_john-glenn-historical_New-Concord-OH.html
John Glenn, Jr. is a retired U.S. Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and U.S. Senator. He was born in Cambridge, Ohio, on July 18, 1921, and moved to New Concord when he was two. On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew on the Friendship 7 space mission, beco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZN_new-concord-historical_New-Concord-OH.html
In 1827, construction of the National Road began through Muskingum County, and the Scotch-Irish settlement that became New Concord was laid out on March 24, 1828 by Judge David Findley. Judge Findley, born in Belfast, Ireland in 1762, and his six …