HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY |
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY, BUT STILL HISTORY. Indians and the White Man's Advent---The Owners of the Territory---The Government Secured It---Ordinance of 1787---The Dun- more War---Locating on Indian Lands---Dun- more's March up the Hocking Valley---The Indian Name and Why 17-26 CHAPTER II. EARLY SETTLEMENT AND MATERIAL PROGRESS. The Ohio Company---The Valley of Hocking ---Washington County---Generals Wash- ington and Putnam---Organization---Pur- chase of Land---Athens and Hocking Coun- ties---First Settlers---Adelphia---Marietta--- Indian War---Generals Harmer and St. Clair Defeated---Mad Anthony Victory---First Set- tlers of College Lands, or Athens County--- Making Salt---Pioneer Modes and Pioneer Progress 27-48 CHAPTER III. THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, CABINS AND COMFORTS OF EARLY DAYS. Pioneer Life---The Log Cabin---Cooking--- Dress---Family Worship---Hospitality---Trade and Barter---Hog Killing---Native Animals--- Wolf Hunts---Education---Spelling and Sing- ing Schools---On Their Guard---The Bright Side---A Touch of Pioneer Life---How the Pioneers Advanced Civilization---Women Pioneers 49-84 CHAPTER IV. SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF HOCKING VALLEY, PRE- LIMINARY THOUGHTS. Topography---Drainage or River System--- Geology---Stratigraphical Formation---Arch- aeology---Fauna---Flora---Meteorology---Sum mary---Conclusion 85-127 CHAPTER V. STATISTICS OF THE HOCKING VALLEY, BESIDES RAILROADS AND CANALS, SENATORS AND REP- RESENTATIVES. Lands and Valuation---County Buildings and Valuation---Miles of Railway---Area of Val- ley---Population and Wheat Growing---Cities and Villages and Population---Boundary of the Mineral Field---Coal Production---Hock- ing Valley---State Senators of the Hocking Valley and Representatives 128-145 CHAPTER VI. ATHENS COUNTY HISTORY---FROM THE WIL- DERNESS TO ADVANCED CIVILIZATION. Organic---Act of the Legislature---Organized Feb. 20, 1805---Area---First Session of Court |
---First Jail and Court-House---Taxation and
License---New Court-House, 1818---School
Districts and School Moneys---1840 to 1850---
Rise and Progress, 1850 to 1860---War and
Peace---County Officials--- Floods---Devasta-
tion and Ruin by the Rushing Waters---
Floods of 1847, 1858, and 1873---Destruction
of Thirteen Miles of the Hocking Canal---
The Swelling Waters of 1875 146-165
CHAPTER VII. MILITARY HISTORY---WAR OF 1812, MEXICAN WAR, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. Early Patriotism---War with Mexico---The Rebellion---Firing on Fort Sumter---News- papers Firing the Hearts of the People---Ath- ens County Meets All Demands---Camp Jew- ett---Mustering In---Camp Denison---Sanitary and Relief---Work---Morgan's Raid---Nelson- vllle Captured---Ladies Once More to the Front---Grand Encampment---War Ended--- President Lincoln's Assassination---The Ath- ens Soldiers by Townships---The Regiments In which they served 166-178 CHAPTER VIII. STATISTICS OF ATHENS COUNTY---POPULATION, AGRICULTURAL, POLITICAL. Population by Townships and by Decades--- The Value of Real and Personal Property In 1870,1880, 1881, and 1882---Assessed Valuation in 1846, 1853, and 1859---Record of Marriages and Deaths---Pauperism---Land Sales---Mort- gages---Dog and Sheep Statistics---Railroad and Telegraph---Political---Presidential Vote, 1836 to 1880---Governor's Vote, 1836 to 1880 ---Vote for Secretary of State---The County Vote by Townships 179-196
MELANGE---A SERIES OF ARTICLES WORTHY OF ATTENTION. Perusal---Educational---Normal Institute--- Statistical---Agricultural Society---Annual Fairs---Constitution and By-Laws---Pioneer Association---The Death Roll---Officers---Let- ter of General Thomas Ewing---Future Pros- pects---New Court-House---The Old Log, Court-House of 1807---The Ancient Brick Court-House of 1818---The Pride of Athens County, 1880---Its Cost---Jail---Children's Home---Infirmary---Defalcation 197-224 CHAPTER X. TOWNSHIP AND CITY OF ATHENS LINKED TO- GETHER---ONE AND INSEPARABLE. Interwoven---Metes and Bounds---1805, and 1851 to 1883---Items---First Poet Route---Pro- gressing Slowly---Population and Compari- son of Growth---Township Officers, 1806 to 1883---Trustees---Treasurers---Clerks---Jus- tices of the Peace 225-232 |