Morgan
Big Bottom Massacre
Following the American Revolution, the new Federal government, in need of operating funds, sold millions of acres of western lands to...
Brick Church and Cemetery
The Windsor Township Baptist Association was organized January 11, 1818 by Elder William Davis with 35 members who met in homes, barns...
Evelyn True Button House
McConnelsville, OH
This brick, Federal-style house was built in 1836.
First Mc Connelsville Christmas Tree
McConnelsville, OH
This former Universalist Church, which held a strong conviction for education and the pursuit of knowledge, was built in 1852 at a cost...
First Presbyterian Church
McConnelsville, OH
Many early settlers of Morgan County were of Scot-Irish heritage and brought the Presbyterian faith with them.
Frances Dana Gage / Mount Airy Mansion
McConnelsville, OH
One of Ohio’s earliest proponents of women’s rights, Frances Dana Gage (1808-1884) was born in Marietta and married McConnelsville...
General Otho French Strahl, CSA
Malta, OH
Born in 1832, Otho French Strahl grew up in Malta Township, Morgan County, Ohio.
Howard Chandler Christy (1872-1952)
McConnelsville, OH
A prominent early 20th century illustrator and artist, Howard Chandler Christy was born on a farm in Morgan Township.
Lelia Morris & Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
McConnelsville, OH
Many well-known hymns, including “Sweeter As the Years Go By,” “Nearer, Still Nearer,” and “Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart,” were...
Maple Grove Farm
Rufus P. Stone, grandson of General Rufus Putnam, settled on this 1,000 acre farm and built a wooden farmhouse here in 1818.
Miner’s Memorial Park
Agriculture dominated the economy of southeastern Ohio’s Morgan County until the 1940s when harvests dwindled, the population declined,...
Morgan County
McConnelsville, OH
Morgan County was created in 1817 from parts of Washington, Muskingum, and Guernsey counties, with McConnelsville established as the seat...
Morgan’s Raid
In July 1863, Confederate General John H. Morgan led a force of 2,000 cavalrymen across southern Ohio.
Quaker Meeting House
Chesterhill, OH
Despite the fugitive slave laws that prohibited harboring runaway slaves, fugitives found refuge in the Quaker village of Chesterfield,...
The Stockport Mill
Stockport, OH
The Stockport Mill, the third on this site since 1842, was built in 1906 by the Dover brothers.
Two River Towns: Mc Connelsville and Malta
McConnelsville, OH
McConnelsville and Malta are two towns that prospered because of the locks and dams built on the Muskingum River from 1836 to 1841.
Two Riverboat Pilots
In the heyday of steamboating on the Muskingum, many people made their livelihood on the river.
Underground Railroad / Underground Railroad in Morgan County
Stockport, OH
Some of the main Ohio Underground Railroad lines that fugitive slaves used on their way from the Ohio River toward Canada and freedom...