Tuscarawas
Bouquet’s Trail, 1764 / Port Washington Road
Baltic, OH
Unsatisfied by the terms of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, Ottawa chief Pontiac led a confederacy of Native American...
Camp Meigs
Dover, OH
Camp Meigs was established in 1861 at what later became the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds.
Cy Young
Newcomerstown, OH
Baseball’s most successful pitcher, Denton True “Cy” Young (1867-1955) won 511 games during his 22-year career, and compiled a record of...
Dennison High School
Dennison, OH
An October 23, 1927, ceremony was held for the laying of the cornerstone for the Dennison High School Building.
Dennison Railway Chapel
Dennison, OH
From its founding in 1865, Dennison was a railroad town and became the second largest rail center for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Dennison Yard and Shops / Dennison Depot
Dennison, OH
The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis Railway began construction of the Dennison Railroad Shops here in 1864.
Dover Public Library / Dover Public Library
Dover, OH
The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company founded the first Dover Public Library for the benefit of its employees at the corner of Front...
Ernest “Mooney” Warther
Dover, OH
Ernest “Mooney” Warther was born October 30, 1885, near Dover, Ohio.
Fort Laurens Continental Outpost of the Ohio Frontier / Survival on the Frontier November 1778-August 1779
During the American Revolution, Fort Laurens became the only Continental military fort in what would later be Ohio.
Giant Cuckoo Clock / Giant Cuckoo Clock
Sugarcreek, OH
The Alpine Alpa restaurant in Wilmot, Ohio commissioned clockmaker Karl Schleutermann to build the world’s largest cuckoo clock in 1963.
Gnadenhutten / The Gnadenhutten Masacre, “A Day of Shame”
Gnadenhutten, OH
The Moravian Church in America began missionary work among the Delaware and Mohican tribes of North America in the mid-18th century.
Jeremiah E. Reeves / The J.E. Reeves Victorian Home
Dover, OH
Jeremiah Reeves was born in England in 1845 and began his career in the mills of Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of ten.
Ohio and Erie Canal
Construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, beginning in Cleveland and running south to Portsmouth, began in 1825.
Sandyville: The Town that Moved
Sandyville, OH
Sandyville was founded in 1815 by future State Senator Henry Laffer.
Schoenbrunn Schoolhouse 1772 / Schoenbrunn Church 1772
New Philadelphia, OH
In December 1772, Brother David Zeisberger and his followers began the construction of Schoenbrunn schoolhouse.
The Bouquet Expedition -Camp 14 / Henry Bouquet 1719-1765
Desperately trying to protect their homeland, the Delaware Indian Nation who lived here in the Tuscarawas Valley, joined the French...
The Cascade and Hardesty Mills / The Ohio & Erie Canal and Industry in Dover
Dover, OH
Christian Deardorff (1781-1851) with his brother-in-law Jesse Slingluff (1775-1836) platted and founded Dover and built the area’s first...
The Dover Light Plant / Northern Ohio Traction & Light
Dover, OH
Electric lighting became practical after Thomas Edison patented his light bulb in 1880.
The History of Tuscarawas County Courthouses / Tuscarawas County Boundary Changes
New Philadelphia, OH
When David Knisely, the founder of New Philadelphia, first arrived in the Tuscarawas Valley on August 27, 1803, he found a sparsely...
The New Schoenbrunn Mission / David Zeisberger 1721-1808
New Philadelphia, OH
Here, on April 10, 1779 during the Revolutionary War, David Zeisberger founded one of the five Delaware Christian missions to occupy the...
The Ohio-Erie Canal 1825-1913 / The Ohio-Erie Canal In Tuscarawas County 1825-1913
Seeking an alternative transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River...
The Ohio-Erie Canal, Canal Dover Toll House / The Ohio-Erie Canal in Tuscarawas County 1825-1913
Dover, OH
Strategically located along the entire length of the Ohio-Erie Canal were eleven toll houses at Cleveland, Akron, Massillon, Canal Dover,...
The Salem Mission / John Gottlieb, Ernestus Heckwelder 1743-1823
Here, on April 6, 1780 during the American Revolutionary War, a contingent of Delaware Christian Indians, led by John Heckwelder, an...
The Zoar Hotel
Zoar, OH
Zoar Separatists built the hotel in 1833 to accommodate overflow travelers from their original Ohio & Erie Canal inn.
Treaty of Greene Ville / 1804 – First Official State Map
With the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, England lost the American Revolution and ceded to its former colonies land from the...
Tuscora Park
Tuscora Park, on land once owned by Jeremiah Reeves, opened as a private amusement park on June 1, 1907.
Uhrich’s Mill 1806 / Clay Capital 1833-1980s
Uhrichsville, OH
Michael Uhrich, Sr. founded Uhrich’s Mill on this site in 1806.
Upper Trenton Lock / The Ohio & Erie Canal in Warwick Township
The Upper Trenton Lock (Lock 15 South) of the Ohio & Erie Canal was built between 1828 and 1829.
Zoar Meeting House
Zoar, OH
Designed by their leader, Joseph M. Bimeler, the Meeting House is the second house of worship used by the Society of Separatists of Zoar.
Zoar Town Hall / Zoar and The Ohio & Erie Canal
Zoar, OH
The Society of Separatists of Zoar built the Zoar Town Hall in 1887 when the village was formally incorporated.
Zoarville Station, Fink Through Truss Bridge
The Zoarville Station Bridge is a rare survivor of the earliest period of iron bridge construction in the United States, an era when...