Athens

9 historical markers in Ohio

Albany / Enterprise Academy

Albany, OH

The village of Albany was established in 1838 as a market center for the surrounding agricultural area, which saw its first white...

Athens County Infirmary

In the first quarter of the nineteenth century, when the general public believed that the insane and paupers could be rehabilitated into...

Athens National Guard Armory

Athens, OH

In the first years of the twentieth century, Athens’ citizens formed a new National Guard company.

Dow Finsterwald Day September 25, 1958

Golfing greats Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus first met on the golf course at the Athens Country Club in Athens, Ohio.

Hocking Valley Railway

Nelsonville, OH

The arrival of the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in 1869 led to the decline of the Hocking Canal and assured Nelsonville’s...

Ohio University

Athens, OH

Manasseh Cutler, Rufus Putnam, Winthrop Sargeant, and Benjamin Tupper of the Ohio Company conceived Ohio University, which was encouraged...

Ohio University Peden Stadium

Athens, OH

Ohio University’s Peden Stadium is the oldest of the Mid-American Conference stadiums and one of the oldest of its type in the country.

The Hocking Valley Coal Strike 1884-1885

Nelsonville, OH

Following a wage reduction from 70 to 60 cents per ton after many Hocking Valley coal mines consolidated in 1883, the Ohio Miners’...

Western Library Association 1804 The Coonskin Library

Amesville, OH

In the years leading to Ohio statehood in 1803, Ames Township citizens decided to establish a stock-owned circulating library.

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