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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDR_charles-e-holzer-sr-m-d_Gallipolis-OH.html
Side A:Dr. Charles Elmer Holzer came to Gallipolis in 1909, as a resident surgeon at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Recognizing the need for a community hospital, he returned in May 1910, after completing his training. With a local loan, he ope…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDL_the-landing-of-the-welsh-in-gallipolis_Gallipolis-OH.html
Side A:On April 1, 1818, six families from the Cilcennin area of Mid-Wales sailed from Aberaeron, Wales to Baltimore. The group of 36 people was led by John Jones Tirbach. From Baltimore they traveled to Pittsburgh and then by flatboats down the O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDI_gallia-county-gallipolis-and-the-ohio-river_Gallipolis-OH.html
The Ohio River, the southeast border of Gallia County, played a significant role in the development of Gallipolis and Gallia County. One of the state's first thoroughfares, this waterway enabled pioneers to settle in what was known as the Northwes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDF_hon-samuel-finley-vinton_Gallipolis-OH.html
A native of South Hadley, Massachusetts, he came to Gallipolis ca. 1818. An eminent lawyer and member of U.S. Congress 22 years, he was chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee during the Mexican War, founding father of the U.S. Department o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKDE_pine-street-colored-cemetery_Gallipolis-OH.html
Side A:This 4-acre plot, established ca. 1860 by John Gee, is a burial ground for local colored citizens. John Gee was a religious leader as well as a skilled carpenter who built houses in early Gallipolis. Some Gallipolis colored pioneers were ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDQ0_1790-gallipolis-1940_Gallipolis-OH.html
This tablet is dedicatedto commemorate the spirit ofMarquis de Lafayetteand the French people who assisted thecolonists in establishing Americanindependence and to perpetuate thememory of the French Five-Hundredwho settled Gallipolis 1790.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPY_the-dunmore-war-1774_Gallipolis-OH.html
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The Shawnee and Delaware Indians grew restless as numbers of Virginians encroached on their lands by settling along the Ohio River. On October 10, 1774, Lord Dunmore, of the Virginia Colony, ordered Colonel Andrew Lewis and his 110…