HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY
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---Population---Schools---Township Officials ---Postoffices---Churches---Ilesboro, Ewing Postoffice---New Mt. Pleasant---Point Pleas- ant---Cemeteries---Biographical---Benton--- Metes and Bounds---Area---The Wonders of Queer Creek---Agricultural Resources---Min- eral Wealth---Silver and Lead Mines---De- scription of the Weird Valley---458 Acres Excess---The Road to H__l---Cedar and Black Jack Falls---Ash Cave---Bloomingville---Busi- ness Interests---Township Officers---Popula- tion---Biographical 1071-1097 CHAPTER XL. SALT CREEK AND PERRY TOWNSHIPS---VARIED SCENERY, FERTILE SOIL, A WEALTHY AND PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE. Salt Creek---What It Comprises---Metes and Bounds---Area, Six Miles by Seven---Popula- tion---Pioneers, Schools and Churches---Post- office and Stores---Township Officers, 1883--- Biographical---Perry---Area---Boundary--- Scenery---Early Settlers---Mills---Township Officers---South Perry---Laurelville---Buena Vista---Churches---Schools---Population--- Valuation---Present Officials---Biographical 1098-1130 CHAPTER XLI. LAUREL, GOOD HOPE AND MARION TOWNSHIPS ---A LAUREL WREATH OF HISTORY BEAUTI- FULLY BLENDED. Laurel---The Laurel Bush---Topography--- Boundary---Early Settlement--First Preacher ---Churches---School-House--Official Record--- Gibsonville---Population---Biographical--- Good Hope---Its Bounds---Valleys Produc- tive---Official Record---Rock Bridge Village--- Rock Bridge---Churches and Schools---Trans- portation---Population and Stock---Biographi- cal---Marion---Topography and Boundary--- Area---Pioneer Settlers---Population---Valu- ation---Real and Personal---Churches--- Schools---Biographical 1131-1157 CHAPTER XLII. HISTORY OF VINTON COUNTY---A COUNTY WHICH CAME INTO BEING READY MADE BY TOWNSHIP. A County Which Had No Pioneer History--- Labor---Its Organization, 1850---Boundary and Area---Early Arrivals---An Interesting Letter---Names of Early Settlers---Political Movements---First Convention---Jail and Contract---Court-House---Mineral Interests ---Coal---Iron Ore---Geological Report---Burr- Stone---Agricultural and Stock Statistics--- Valuation---Miles of Railroad---County In- firmary---Buildings and Cost---Officials 1158-1174 CHAPTER XLIII. THE PRESS AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST--- The Vinton County Press---McArthur, Za- leski and Hamden---Agricultural Society of Ante-Bellum Days---Safe Burglary---Con- tents, $40,000---No Convictions 1175-1184 CHAPTER XLIV. VINTON COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELL- ION. Introductory---Eighteenth Ohio, Three Years' Service---Second West Virginia Cavalry--- Seventy fifth Ohio Infantry---Ninetieth Ohio Infantry---One Hundred and Fourteenth Ohio Infantry---Twelfth Ohio Cavalry---One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Ohio Infantry 1185-1207 CHAPTER XLV. ELK TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING CITY OF MCAR- THUR---THE PIONEER ORGANIZATION OF VIN- TON COUNTY. The Pioneer Township---The Pioneers of	Elk---Personal Recollections of Mrs. C. E. Bothwell---Schools---Church---Population by Decades---McArthur---Location---Incorpora- tion---Village Officers---Fires---Postoffice--- McArthur in 1883---Churches---Societies--- Schools---Vinton County Bank---Town Hall ---Railroad Statistics---Mills---Biographical 1208-1280 CHAPTER XLVI. MADISON, KNOX AND BROWN TOWNSHIPS, CON- TAINING ZALESKI, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTY. Madison Township---Original Organization ---Surface and Drainage---The Pioneers---Pop- ulation---Mineral---Schools and Churches--- Assessor's Returns, 1888---Zaleski---Its Re- ligious, Educational and Business Interests ---Lodges---Manufactories---Knox Township ---Identical with Madison---Name and its Or- igin---Soil and Topography---The First Arri- vals---Stock and its Assessment---Only Post- office---Schools and Churches---Mills---Popu- lation---Brown Township---How it Became a Township---Metes and Bounds---The First Settlers---Its Water Supply---What Usually Happens---Religious Denominations---Popu- lation---Transportation---New Plymouth---Its Stock Returns for 1883---Agricultural and Mineral---Value as a Stock Township---Bi- ographical 1281-1305 CHAPTER XLVII. SWAN AND JACKSON TOWNSHIPS---WHAT HOCK- ING LOST WAS VINTON'S GAIN. Swan Township---Boundary---Early Settlers ---First Events---Postoffices---Business---Min- erals---Township Officers---Assessment and Stock---Jackson Township---When Changed from Eagle to Jackson---Its Water Courses--- Early Settlers---County Honors---Population from 1840 to 1880---Postoffices---Schools--- Stock Returns, 1888---Assessed Valuation--- Biographical 1306-1382 CHAPTER XLVIII. EAGLE, HARRISON AND RICHLAND TOWNSHIPS ---IN AGRICULTURE, POOR; IN MINERAL DE- POSITS, FAIR. Eagle---When Organized---Divided by Hock- ing---First Election, May 9, 1818, and in 1850 Gave Remainder to Vinton---Area and Loca- tion---The Old Pioneer---Religion and Edu- cation---Stock and Valuation---Harrison Township---A part of Ross Township in 1798 ---Topography---Well Watered---A Part of Jackson in 1818---Then Again to Ross---Pop- ulation---Rapid Gain---Churches---Schools--- Stock and Valuation---Richland Township--- The Largest Township---Some Good Land--- Its Assessed Valuation---Stock Report--- North Part Good Farming Land---South Part Minerals, Iron Ore and Coal---A Partial List of Settlers---Churches, Schools and Mili- tary---Biographical 1333-1344 CHAPTER XLIX. WILKESVILLE, VINTON AND CLINTON TOWN- SHIPS---A TRIO THAT CONTAINS IMMENSE MINERAL DEPOSITS. Wilkesville Township---Iron Ore and Coal--- Wilkesville Village---Churches---Schools--- Hawk Station---Minerton---Valuation of Stocks---Vinton Township---Name---Early Settlement---Schools---Population---Radcliff Station---Mineral Development---Personal Property---Valuation---Clinton Township--- Of Athens County, then of Jackson---Once Part of Elk Township---Local History---Post- office---Lodges---Churches---Dundas---Educa- tional---Population---Valuation---Stock Re- ports---Biographical 1345-1379 APPENDIX 1380
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