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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOQT_the-hocking-valley-coal-strike_Nelsonville-OH.html
Side A: Following a wage reduction from 70 to 60 cents per ton after many Hocking Valley coal mines consolidated in 1883, the Ohio Miners' Amalgamated Association struck on June 23, 1884. The operators responded by offering an even smaller tonn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMV4_hocking-canal-site_Nelsonville-OH.html
This section of Route 33 in the City of Nelsonville is constructed on the site of the former Hocking Canal. This early waterway, a tremendous factor in the industrial development of the Hocking Coal District of Ohio, was completed to this poin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ4_snake-ridge-lookout-tower_Nelsonville-OH.html
Reconstructed on this site, this lookout tower once stood off S.R. 278 southwest of Nelsonville in Athens County. Known as the Snake Ridge Lookout Tower this tower was originally built in 1939. Many of the lookout towers were built by the Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA66_bicentennial-of-the-northwest-ordinance_Athens-OH.html
[Campus side of the marker]In commemoration of the Bicentennialof theNorthwest Ordinance of 1787Ohio University, the first public university established in the Old Northwest Territory, was founded on the principles of the ordinance. [Street sid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5M_millfield-mine-no-6-1205-disaster_Millfield-OH.html
In memory of the Millfield Mine No. 6 - 1205 disaster Nov. 5, 1930 Roy Andrews·J. H. Bergin·Delmar Bower·John Bower·George Brown·Sam Brown·William Brown·Paul Burgess·Alex Burmich·Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5J_millfield-coal-mine-disaster_Millfield-OH.html
Ohio's worst mine disaster occurred in this Sunday Creek Coal Company mine when an explosion killed 82 persons. Among the dead were the company's top executives who were in the mine inspecting new safety equipment. Nine hours after the explosion, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA5I_todd-and-tony-carr-memorial_Glouster-OH.html
Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Department In memory ofTodd CarrDied June 27, 1989andTony CarrDied March 21, 1989 Volunteer FiremenAlways there when needed
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA4L_trimble-township-war-memorial_Glouster-OH.html
In Memory of the men who made the Supreme Sacrifice1917 World War I 1918James Cox · Frank McCann · Roy Sampson1941 World War II 1945Virgil Brooks · Robert C. Brown · Ernest Burdiss · Paul Byers · Cloyd Cle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA4K_glouster-korea-vietnam-war-memorial_Glouster-OH.html
KoreaFor those who madethe Supreme Sacrifice VietnamFor those who madethe Supreme Sacrifice"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind"John F. Kennedy, United Nations, 1961.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA4J_hisylvania-coal-company-mine-no-22_Glouster-OH.html
Approximately 150 feet east stood the Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 tipple, in use from 1912 to 1925. The company name was derived from combining "Ohio" and "Pennsylvania," home states of its founders. Coal came from the mine portal in small…
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