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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDK3_life-on-the-river-boats-on-the-ohio_Marietta-OH.html
(Left Side Panel):Life on the River"Wheel Coal - Sleep - Eat - Wheel Coal: If there was such a thing as a typical day in the life of a deckhand...that would be it." - W.V. Torner, recalling life as a deckhand.
Towboats are a twenty-four-hour op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAI_american-union-lodge-no-1-f-a-m_Marietta-OH.html
[Main Marker:]One of the six lodges which in1808 founded the Grand LodgeFree and Accepted Masons of Ohio.Erected May 10, 1958.[Second Marker:]Harmar Lodge No. 390Free & Accepted Masonsof OhioChartered October 17, 1867Laid cornerstone of templeOcto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAG_land-office_Marietta-OH.html
Oldest building in Northwest Territory. From 1788 Gen. Rufus Putnam recorded war veteran land grants and sales. Maintained Ohio Company surveys and maps.The Rotary Club of MariettaMarking a Place in History with Service Since 1921
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAF_the-holden-house-the-shipman-house_Marietta-OH.html
The Holden House408 Front Street Built in 1852, this house is located on Ministerial land leased to Edwin Putnam in 1809. The house was built for Joseph Holden, born in Massachusetts, in Dec. of 1767. It was later owned by William Holden, and his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAC_flood-heights_Marietta-OH.html
The adjacent poles show the heights of all floods at Marietta above 49.5 feet according to current flood gauge readings.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAB_flatboats_Marietta-OH.html
Flatboats were designed to carry cargo downstream, floating with the current. With flat bottoms, they were easily built to any size desired. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, they were a major method of transportation for settlers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA9_devols-floating-mill_Belpre-OH.html
In 1791, Captain Jonathan Devol, upon a proposal from Griffin Greene, designed and built a floating grain mill, which was erected on two boats and anchored within several yards of the Ohio River shore near this marker. Oak planks fastened the boat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA7_campus-martius_Marietta-OH.html
Ohio Company fortressprotected first settlersand NorthwestTerritory seat ofgovernment fromIndians. 1788-1795.The Rotary Club of MariettaMarking a Place in History with Service Since 1921
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA6_buckley-house_Marietta-OH.html
Built 1879, former residence of Maria M. Woodbridge, granddaughter of Dudley Woodbridge, first merchant and early judge.The Rotary Club of MariettaMarking a Place in History with Service since 1921
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD95_underground-railroad-crossings-near-border-war_Belpre-OH.html
Underground Railroad CrossingsUnderground Railroad crossings, agents, and conductors were common along the Ohio River between Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, Virginia. At Constitution, six miles upriver from Belpre, Judge Ephraim Cutler l…