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Bathsheba Rouse
Belpre, OH
Born on September 28, 1769 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bathsheba Rouse is recognized as the first woman to teach in the Northwest...
Belpre and The Ohio River
Belpre, OH
The history of Belpre and the Ohio River are inextricably linked.
C. William O’Neill (1916-1978)
Marietta, OH
Ohio’s fifty-ninth governor, Marietta native C. William O’Neill was the only Ohioan to head all three branches of state government.
Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene
Newport, OH
Captain Gordon C. Greene, a veteran riverman, was born in Newport, Ohio, on September 8, 1862.
Covered Bridges
Lowell, OH
Lowell was the site of one of ten wooden covered bridges, built from 1820 to 1887, that crossed the Muskingum River from Marietta to...
Devol’s Floating Mill
Belpre, OH
In 1791, Captain Jonathan Devol, upon a proposal from Griffin Greene, designed and built a floating grain mill, which was erected on two...
Early Ohio Artists
Belpre, OH
Born in Massachusetts in 1805, Sala Bosworth spent all but nineteen years of his eighty-five years in Washington County.
Ephraim Cutler
Ephraim Cutler (1767-1853) arrived in Marietta from Connecticut in 1795.
Frances Dana Gage / Catherine Fay Ewing
Marietta, OH
Frances Dana (Barker) Gage was born on October 12, 1808, in Marietta.
Hippodrome & Colony Theatres
Marietta, OH
The Peoples Bank Theatre, built in 1919 and called the Hippodrome, marks an age when movies transitioned from silent films and...
Lewis and Clark Expedition / Letter to the President
Marietta, OH
Meriwether Lewis arrived in Marietta on September 13, 1803.
Muskingum Academy, 1797 – Birth of Higher Education in Ohio / Marietta College, 1835
Marietta, OH
In April 1797, a committee of Marietta citizens, led by General Rufus Putnam, met to establish an academy suitable for preparatory...
Muskingum River Underground Railroad / Marietta Leaders of the Underground Railroad
Marietta, OH
People living in Marietta and along the Muskingum River shared a history of slavery opposition.
Ohio National Guard Armory
Marietta, OH
With a mission to protect citizens at home and aboard, the Ohio National Guard was originally established as the Northwest Territory...
Putnam Family Library/Belpre Farmers’ Library
Belpre, OH
As a shareholder of the United Library Association in Pomfret, Connecticut, General Israel Putnam amassed a large collection of books,...
Round Bottom Schoolhouse / Round Bottom Cemetery
Settlement came to Round Bottom in early 1795 following the end of the Indians Wars in what would become Ohio (1791-1795).
Shipbuilding, Commodore Abraham Whipple
Marietta, OH
One of the first industries in Marietta was shipbuilding.
The “Buckeye Belle” Explosion
Beverly, OH
On November 12, 1852, the riverboat “Buckeye Belle” exploded at this site.
The American Union Lodge No. 1 Free & Accepted Masons
Marietta, OH
The lodge was organized in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on February 10, 1776, by Connecticut soldiers in the Continental Army.
The Devola Lock
Devola, OH
The Devola Lock was one of eleven built on the Muskingum River from Marietta to Ellis, north of Zanesville, from 1836 to 1841.
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 / The Ohio Company Purchase
Marietta, OH
Following the establishment of the public land system in 1785, the Continental Congress appointed a committee, chaired by James Monroe,...
The Towboat W.P. Snyder Jr.
Marietta, OH
The W.P. SNYDER Jr. is one of the few links between the age of steam-powered, stern-wheeled towboats and the diesel-powered,...
Underground Railroad Crossings / Near Border War
Belpre, OH
Underground Railroad crossings, agents, and conductors were common along the Ohio River between Washington County, Ohio and Wood County,...
Water Power on the Muskingum River
Luke Chute is the site of an early mill that harnessed river power.