HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER XI. THE CITY OF ATHENS---THE HOME OF CULTURE, REFINEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE. What She Was and Is---Advance of Civili- zation---When Settled and by Whom---Act for the Laying-out of the Town of Athens, 1799---Inception and Growth---Sale of Lots and Purchasers---Incorporation---Growth--- Schools---Churches---Cemeteries---Bible So- ciety---Lodges---The Press of Athens---With Biographical Notes 233-258 CHAPTER XII. OHIO UNIVERSITY---ITS INCEPTION, RISE AND PROGRESS. The Wisdom of Its Conception---The Uni- versity and Dr. Cutler---Acts of 1802 and 1804 ---Steps taken for Organization---The Act to Increase Rents---Beginning Active Work--- The First Graduate---Pressing Forward---Lit- erary Societies---Beautiful Location---The College Buildings---Biographical Sketches--- Presidents of the Faculty---Professors---Pre- ceptors and Principals---Trustees---The Of- ficials 259-283 CHAPTER XIII. INCIDENTS OF TWENTY YEARS---A GROUPING OF FACTS AND A BUSINESS STATEMENT. Insane Asylum---Light Guards---City Hall--- Temperance Movements---From 1829 to 1883 ---A Challenge---The Whisky Insurrection, 1861---Lynching at Athens---Athens Business Interests---Business Houses and Enterprises ---Banks---Gas Light Company---Telegraph--- Officers of Athens, 1825 to 1883 284-307 CHAPTER XIV. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES IN THE CITY OF ATH- ENS AND ATHENS TOWNSHIP 308-403 CHAPTER XV. YORK TOWNSHIP---A TOWNSHIP OF INEXHAUST- IBLE MINERAL WEALTH. Taken from Ames in 1811, Six Miles Square--- It is Bounded by--- Population and Transpor- tation---Canal and Railroad---Mining its Principal Industry---Some Rich Valley Lands ---The Hills Good Sheep Pasture---Develop- ment---Official Statistics 404-411 CHAPTER XVI. CITY OF NELSONVILLE, THE MINERAL CITY OF THE HOCKING VALLEY. The Mineral City---Hills of Coal and Iron--- Where Located---Some Account of its Early Settlers---First Bridge Over the Hocking River---First Library and Society---Some Old Papers of Value---Settlers in 1827---James Knight's Prophecy---Letter to Dr. Hildreth--- The Completion of the Canal---Coal Opera- tors---Manufactures---City Officers---Churches ---Public Schools---Lodges and Societies--- Business Interests---1866 to 1883 412-436 CHAPTER XVII. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF YORK TOWNSHIP INCLUDING THE CITY OF NELSONVILLE. 437-493 CHAPTER XVIII. AMES TOWNSHIP---A TOWNSHIP THAT HAD A HISTORY TO RECORD. The Arrival of the Pale-faces---Who They Were---The Area in 1805---A Few Items---Re- ligious Whisky---Population---Area and Pro- duction---Boundary and Valuation---Western Library Association---Township Officers---	1802 to 1803---Amesville---Somewhat Historic ---When Founded---Growth and Business In- terests---Postoffice---Academy---Presbyterian Church---Methodist Church---Biographical 494-548 CHAPTER XIX. ALEXANDER TOWNSHIP---A GIANT IN ITS YOUTH, NOW SHORN OF MOST OF ITS TERRITORY. As it Was and Now Is---Its Boundary Lines Topography---Early Settlers---Whisky Trans- portation---Township Officers---Justices of the Peace---Hebbardsville---Pleasanton---Wood- yard P. O.---Churches, Schools, and Religious and Educational Interests---Biographical 549-565 CHAPTER XX. ROME TOWNSHIP---THE RISE OF ROME AND THE PROGRESS OF THE ROMANS. Location---Metes and Bounds---Topography ---Organization---Population from 1820 to 1880---Schools---Bridges and Mills---Settlers and Progress---Early Historical Facts---The War of 1812---Township Officers---Guysville ---Lodges---Stewart Village and Its History--- New England, Frost and Big Run---Biograph- ical 566-601 CHAPTER XXI. LEE TOWNSHIP---SOMETHING OF OLDEN TIMES, AND THE NEGRO'S MECCA. Organization---Some of the Old Settlers--- Population---Elections---Township Officers--- Albany, the Negro's Mecca---Postoffice and Postmasters---Mayors of Albany---Atwood Institute, Its History---Gifts and Donations ---Enterprise Institute---Its Rise and Prog- ress---Schools and Churches---The Wells Li- brary---Lodges and Societies---The Under- ground Railway Run by a few Citizens of Albany---Biographical 602-625 CHAPTER XXII. CANAAN TOWNSHIP---THE LAND OF CANAAN AS SEEN TO-DAY. Location and Description---When Settled--- The Hocking River---Population---Rough and Broken---Grazing for Stock Good---Churches and Schools---Township Officers from 1819 to 1883---Canaanville---Its History---A few Clos- ing Remarks---Biographical 626-649 CHAPTER XXIII. TROY TOWNSHIP---SOME HISTORY OF COLONIAL TIMES. Historic---Lord Dunmore's March---His Camp---1774 to 1798---Advance In Population ---Dismembered Early Settlers---Township Officers---Coolvillle---Its Rise and Progress ---Its Surroundings---Churches, Schools and Mills---Business Interests---Lodges and So- cieties---Hockingport---Its Local History--- Torch Condensed---Biographical 650-684 CHAPTER XXIV. WATERLOO TOWNSHIP---AGRICULTURAL, MIN- ERAL, AND STOCK. When Settled---When Organized---Metes and Bounds and Area---Old Settlers---Agriculture and Population---Organization and First Election---Who Elected and Who Voted---All Other Town Officers---Marshfield---Churches ---Carbondale---Mineral City---Biographical 685-700 CHAPTER XXV. BERN TOWNSHIP---FERTILE SOIL, MINERAL WEALTH, MATERIAL PROGRESS. Location and Extent of Domain---Metes and
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