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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AGQ_water-power-on-the-muskingum-river_Waterford-OH.html
Luke Chute is the site of an early mill that
harnessed river power. About 1815, Luke Emerson
and Samuel White built a dam part way across
the river. This created a rapid between the shore
and the end of the dam, the chute. Here they
construct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AG8_round-bottom-schoolhouse-round-bottom-cemetery_Beverly-OH.html
Round Bottom Schoolhouse. Settlement came to Round Bottom in early 1795
following the end of the Indians Wars in what
would become Ohio (1791-1795). Pioneers Allen
Devol, David Wilson, Nathaniel Cushing, Peter Shaw,
and Andrew Story came down …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TY_frontier-boat-launch_OH.html
Frontier Boat Launch
Partners in Action - Working together to serve people and care for the land of southeast Ohio
The Frontier Boat Launch opened in spring 2011. Ohio is in the top ten in the nation for boating, with 400,000 registered boaters.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TR_james-riggs-family_Matamoras-OH.html
Matamoras
Ohio
1846
James Riggs Family
First Settlers on the Site of
Matamoras in 1797
Founded in 1846 by
Stinson Burris, Adam Cline
and Henry Sheets
Incorporated in 1861
Named after Matamoros, Mexico
Industry — Farming
Riv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25TQ_matamoras-world-war-i-monument-a-war-memorial_Matamoras-OH.html
1917 — 1918
Alice Young · Carl Henkelman · Winton Newman · Raymond Jones · John L. Gorum · Edward Rush · Howard Mount · David Dunn · William Hanlon · Robert Ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25RA_sewah-studios_Marietta-OH.html
Sewah Studios
Sewah Studios was founded in 1927 by Mr. E. M. Hawes and began operations on Marietta's west side at the site of the former Stevens Organ Factory. That facility was destroyed by fire in 1932 and a new factory was built on the Millga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YHE_catherine-fay-ewing-frances-dana-gage_Marietta-OH.html
Catherine Fay Ewing. Catherine Fay Ewing is credited with starting the Children's Home System in Ohio. Born on July 12, 1822, in Westboro, Massachusetts,. her family moved to Marietta in 1835. At age sixteen, Catherine studied to be a teacher whil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YHC_christ-united-methodist-church_Marietta-OH.html
Methodism was brought to Marietta by Wesleyan circuit riders Robert Manley (1799) and Peter Cartwright (1806), and by German Methodist Carl Best (1839). Present building was dedicated 1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YGV_mound-square_Marietta-OH.html
A work of the Moundbuilders, reserved for the public use by the Founders of Marietta in 1788. Set aside as a cemetery in 1800. First burial was in 1801.
"I know many of the Ohio Company personally. Never were men better calculated to prom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YF5_house-of-seven-porches_Marietta-OH.html
Built in 1835 by Marietta College Professor Diarca H. Allen. Was long known as the Buell, then the Kelso House.