Perry
A Seed of Catholic Education in Ohio / The Cradle of Catholicity in Ohio
Somerset, OH
In April 1830 four Dominican sisters from St. Catherine’s, Kentucky, founded St. Mary’s Academy, the first Catholic school in Perry County.
First Catholic Church in Ohio
St. Joseph Catholic Church, called the cradle of the faith in Ohio, was the first Catholic church in the state.
First Lutheran Synod
Somerset, OH
Lutheran congregations formed in Perry County beginning in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth century.
General Philip Henry Sheridan
Somerset, OH
Philip Sheridan was most likely born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1831, but records do not indicate his actual birthplace.
Jacob Miller’s Tavern
Somerset, OH
In 1805, for $1.50 an acre, Jacob Miller purchased this property in the Congressional Land Office in Chillicothe, capital of the new...
Knights of Labor Opera House / Knights of Labor Opera House
Shawnee, OH
In 1869 a secret organization, The Knights of Labor, was founded in Philadelphia.
Mariah Storts Allen
Mariah Storts Allen was Ohio’s last surviving first generation daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier.
Milligan – Ohio’s Icebox
On February 10, 1899, a United States Weather Bureau Station, operated by Steve Eveland, in the small hamlet of Milligan, Ohio, now part...
Randolph Mitchell House / Reading Township, Perry County
Erected in 1828, the Randolph Mitchell House is a five-bay, Federal-style “I” house.
Rendville, Breaking the Color Barrier
Rendville, OH
Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans...
Richard L. Davis: The Sage of Rendville / Richard L. Davis: The Sage of Rendville
Rendville, OH
“I say white brother, because I believe that to be the proper phrase, inasmuch as I believe in the principle of the fatherhood of God and...
Robinson’s Cave
New Straitsville, OH
On a forested hillside south of New Straitsville, the spacious 1000 square foot Robinson’s Cave offered a secluded location with great...
The Sheridan Monument / 1829 Courthouse
Somerset, OH
The Sheridan monument was erected by and given to the Village of Somerset by the State of Ohio in 1905 to honor the memory of Somerset’s...
World’s Greatest Mine Fire / World’s Greatest Mine Fire
During the 9-month Hocking Valley Coal Strike beginning in June 1884, tensions between the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron Company and...
Zion Reformed Church
Zion (Ribel’s) Church was built on this site in 1808.