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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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD94_putnam-family-library-belpre-farmers-library_Belpre-OH.html
As a shareholder of the United Library Association in Pomfret, Connecticut, General Israel Putnam amassed a large collection of books, which was called the Putnam Family Library. The collection was divided among his heirs after his death in 1790. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD92_early-ohio-artists_Belpre-OH.html
[Side A:]Born in Massachusetts in 1805, Sala Bosworth spent all but nineteen years of his eighty-five years in Washington County. After studying at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, he returned to the county to paint many full size and miniat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD90_belpre-veterans-memorial_Belpre-OH.html
In Honor of All VeteransWho Served Their Country.
Presented by the people ofthe Belpre area.May 30, 1981
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8Y_cedarville-cemetery_Belpre-OH.html
The Cedarville (name of immediate area - changed to Rockland, later to Belpre) Cemetery contains graves of 14 Revolutionary War soldiers - some of the graves have washed over the Ohio River bank when the level rose and left graves underwater. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8U_belpre-and-the-ohio-river_Belpre-OH.html
Side A:The history of Belpre and the Ohio River are inextricably linked. Settlers from New England, including farmers and Revolutionary War veterans, arrived via flatboats at "Belle-Prairie" (beautiful prairie) in 1789. Lewis and Clark's Corps of …