1883 History of Hocking Valley, Contents

HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY

CONTENTS

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


CHAPTER IX.

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

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