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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BPR_53rd-o-v-i-regiment-camp-diamond_Jackson-OH.html
53rd O.V.I. Regiment. The 53rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment was mustered into service at Camp Diamond, north of Jackson, during the first year of the
Civil War. Men recruited from the counties of Athens, Gallia,
Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Ross, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BOY_james-a-rhodes_Jackson-OH.html
· Established Ohio's System of Two-Year & Technical Colleges
· Former President of the American Athletic Union "AAU"
· Increased state support for medical education
· "Jim Rhodes is the fastes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLI_commercial-apple-orchards-in-jackson-county-the-jackson-county-apple-festival_Jackson-OH.html
Commercial Apple Orchards in Jackson County. The first commercial apple orchards were established in Jackson
County in the late nineteenth century, although legend has it that
Johnny Appleseed planted the first apple trees here around 1800.
By …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BBP_mckinley-park-william-mckinley_Jackson-OH.html
McKinley Park. William McKinley was the 25th President of the
United States. Following McKinley's assassination
in 1901, the Village of Jackson dedicated this
triangle of land as a park in his honor. Earlier
in the nineteenth century, a small …
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The advanced guard of Brigadier General John Hunt
Morgan's Confederate raiders arrived in Jackson about
9:30 pm on July 16, 1863, and found a tree barricade
near the Isham House on Main Street defended by old
men and boys. Local militia forces…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGG1_trails-the-kanawha-trail_Jackson-OH.html
Side A: TrailsPlunging herds of buffalo seeking salt licks and grazing lands wore trails through the Ohio Country when it was an Indian no-man's land. Later, Indians found the same trails suitable for their needs.
The tawny paths were highways…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGG0_the-scioto-salt-licks_Jackson-OH.html
Side A:The Scioto Salts Licks, located in and around Jackson, is an area where naturally occurring salt water, known as brine, flowed to the surface as a salt-water spring. It is known that the spring existed since the Pleistocene Ice Age because …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFV_john-wesley-powell-morgans-raid-in-jackson-1863_Jackson-OH.html
Side A: John Wesley Powell (1834-1902)Scientist and explorer of the American West, John Wesley Powell moved from New York to Jackson with his family in 1838 and lived here until 1846. He developed an early interest in geology from his tutor "Big" …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGFU_james-cemetery-major-john-james_Jackson-OH.html
Side A: James CemeteryMajor John James (1772-1854) established James Cemetery in 1828 on and around a Native American mound that is the only significant ancient mound remaining in the city of Jackson. The mound is about 70 feet in diameter and nea…