Belmont
Bellaire High School Clock Tower / Central School Clock Tower and Bell
Bellaire, OH
The Bellaire High School Clock Tower was erected in 1925 as the second town clock to be mounted on Bellaire’s public schools.
Blaine Hill “S” Bridge / Blaine Hill Viaduct
Blaine, OH
The first Blaine Hill Bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road, the nation’s first federally funded highway.
Captain Thomas Drummond
St. Clairsville, OH
Here lies Thomas Drummond (1832-1865)- legislator, abolitionist and soldier.
Captina African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
This cemetery stands as evidence of a once thriving African American farming community established in the 1820s.
Cornelius D. Battelle, Methodist Circuit Rider / The First United Methodist Church, Bellaire
Bellaire, OH
Cornelius D. Battelle was born July 13, 1807 in Washington County, Ohio.
Governor Arthur St. Clair – 1734-1818
St. Clairsville, OH
Born in Scotland. From 1787-1802, was first governor of the Northwest Territory, which included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,...
Governor Wilson Shannon 1802-1877 / Barnesville’s Shannon Family
Barnesville, OH
Ohio, first native-born governor, Wilson Shannon was born in February 1802 in the Mt. Olivet area near Barnesville.
Groundbreaking Site of the National Road in Ohio / Belmont County
St. Clairsville, OH
Near this site on July 4, 1825 ground was broken in Ohio for the National Road.
Historic Bridgeport
Bridgeport, OH
Colonel Ebenezer Zane, one of the founders of Wheeling, laid out the village that became Bridgeport in 1806 on the site of Fort Kirkwood...
Imperial Glass – Gem of “The Glass City”
Bellaire, OH
With ready access to raw materials, fuel, skilled labor, and transportation, the Ohio Valley became the center of the American glass...
King Solomon White (1868-1955) / “Sol” White In His Own Words
Bellaire, OH
King Solomon “Sol” White was born in Bellaire on June 12, 1868.
Mile Marker
The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side...
Mile Marker
The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side...
Morristown
Morristown, OH
Platted in 1802 by John Zane and William Chapline along the old Wheeling Road, Morristown was named for Duncan Morrison, an early...
Powhatan Point
Powhatan Point, OH
First surveyed in 1849, Powhatan Point was laid out by Franklin Knox.
The Coal Industry at Powhatan Point / Powhatan Disaster 1944
Powhatan Point, OH
The Pittsburgh No. 8 coal seam, located 100 feet below river level at Powhatan Point, extends across much of eastern Ohio, western...
The Great Stone Viaduct
Bellaire, OH
Construction of this Great Stone Viaduct began in 1870 at Union Street as an Ohio approach to the railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River.
Union Square and Its Uses / The Question of Ownership
Bellaire, OH
Labeled “Union Square” on the first village maps, block 12 of the City of Bellaire was formed by joining portions of the Harris and...
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Martins Ferry, OH
The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of members of the Zane and Martin families.
Watt Car and Wheel Company
Barnesville, OH
Joseph Watt and son James H. started a small foundry in 1862 making plow points, window sash weights, and heating stoves.
William Dean Howells, “The Dean of American Letters” / Poet James Arlington Wright
Martins Ferry, OH
Author, editor, and social critic William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was born in Martins Ferry, the son of an itinerant printer and publisher.