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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21NX_wilkesville_Vinton-OH.html
Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his men arrived in Wilkesville just before dark on July 17, 1863. The local home guard offered very little resistance to the invaders. The raiders plundered the village office and local stores.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQ3_henry-duc-and-the-defenders-of-our-country_Wilkesville-OH.html
Henry DucFounder of WilkesvilleJune 10, 1810Born in FranceDeparted his life June 21, 1827Age 64Came to America an officerin the French Fleet ————— To the MemoryofHenry Duc[balance of bronze marker unknown]&mdash…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQ2_morgans-raid-in-vinton-county_Wilkesville-OH.html
During the summer of 1863, General John Hunt Morgan, a Confederate cavalry leader from Kentucky, invaded southern Ohio with 2,460 mounted men. Throughout the campaign Morgan's men plundered and looted before being captured by Union forces. On July…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLS_vinton-county-civil-war-memorial_McArthur-OH.html
In Memory ofthe Soldiers ofVinton County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLR_mc-arthur-well_McArthur-OH.html
Below this marker lies a legendary well. According to local lore, anyone who drank from this brick-lined well would someday pass this way again. The exact location of the well was unknown until uncovered by contractors on November 1, 2007
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLN_the-furnace-legacy_New-Plymouth-OH.html
Business in the Hanging Rock region blossomed in the 1850s, and the area became Ohio's first chief industrial center. Much of the iron produced here was used to build the nation's growing railroad system. The railroads, in turn, provided transport…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLM_from-forest-to-furnace_New-Plymouth-OH.html
Hundreds of men labored cutting timber, working the furnace and driving teams of oxen hauling iron ore to the furnace. To fuel the furnaces, the forests were repeatedly cut, and the wood converted to charcoal. Each furnace required cutting 300 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLL_the-hanging-rock-blast-furnace_New-Plymouth-OH.html
The Hanging Rock blast furnaces varied little in their design. They resembled flat-topped pyramids built of sandstone block. The narrow furnace top rose 35-40 feet from the broad base. Inside the sandstone blocks was a lining of bricks made of cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLJ_life-in-zaleski_New-Plymouth-OH.html
Although a small village today, Zaleski was once was [sic] a booming town of 1,500 people. With 15 saloons, seven general stores, three churches, two doctors, two newspapers, a schol, a Masonic lodge, two brickyards and a flour mill, it was the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLG_the-cox-covered-bridge_Creola-OH.html
The Cox Covered Bridge was built in 1884 by the Diltz and Steel Company and uses a variation of the Vinton County Queenpost truss system. In late August 1992, workers from the Vinton County Engineer's office used an innovative method to move the C…
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