Description: Original description reads: "General Nathaniel Massie." The plaque on this marker reads: "Home of General Nathaniel Massie Built 1800, One Fourth Mile South Nathaniel Massie, Born Goochland County Virginia, December 28, 1763. 1800 Married Sarah Everard Mead. Died November 13, 1813. Revolutionary Soldier, Surveyor of wilderness then known as Northwest Territory and location of Revolutionary War land grants. 1786-87 Cut road Lexington, Kentucky to Great Kanawha River 1791 Founded Manchester, Ohio 1790-94 Explored Little Miami and Scioto Rivers to their sources April 1796 Founded Chillicothe, Ohio Massie was member of convention framing first Ohio constitution, was first speaker of state legislature 1799 organized first militia Northwest Territory, Commissioned Major General 1805 Founded Bainbridge Ohio, one of fourteen towns founded by him. Erected: Sept. 23, 1938" Nathaniel Massie was a frontier surveyor in the Ohio Country who became a prominent land owner, politician, and soldier. He founded fifteen early towns in what became the State of Ohio, including its first capital, Chillicothe. In 1807, the Ohio General Assembly declared him the winner of the election for governor, but he refused the office. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_026_1
Subjects: Historical markers--Ohio; Massie, Nathaniel (1763-1813)
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four photographs document the 1966 Paint Valley Jamboree. The oldest country music show in Ohio, the Jamboree has been a Bainbridge staple since 1965. The photographs are 2" x 2" (5.08 cm x 5.08 cm) slides. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3266_6642585_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Festivals
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); Chillicothe (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is an aerial view of Bainbridge, Ohio, in 1949. Despite being somewhat out of focus, the image nevertheless provides good view of the town's layout and major landmarks. Founded in 1817, Bainbridge Township was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, commander of the USS Constitution during the War of 1812. The unincorporated hamlet of Bainbridge Center is both the geographic and historic center of Bainbridge Township. The town hall, churches, stores, shops, a school, and post office were established in Bainbridge Center. The architecture of houses in the area, most notably those built during the Greek Revival period, reflects the agricultural past of the community and its development in the twentieth century. Citizens gathered in The Center to attend church and school, shop, and participate in social and political functions. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07010
Subjects: Aerial photographs; Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); Cities and towns--Ohio
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial to the last battle between the forces of General Nathaniel Massie and the Shawnee Indians in 1795. Located in Bainbridge, Ross County, Ohio, 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00296
Subjects: Shawnee Indians--History; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of a group of children fishing was taken at Pike Lake in the 1960s. Located in Bainbridge, Pike County, Pike Lake was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression in the 1930s. It became a state park in 1949, offering camping, fishing, and hiking for visitors. The photograph measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3044_3655532_001
Subjects: Sports; Arts and Entertainment; Fishing; Children; Lakes & ponds
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Probably dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows an area that has been cleared by Civilian Conservation Corps members from Camp Pike. Camp Pike was a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp, possibly on the site of what is today Lake White State Park in Waverly in Pike County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Tomlinson." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_034_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Federal Writers' Project; New Deal; Construction
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Probably dated to the 1930s, this photograph shows a dirt road and grassy area at Camp Pike, a Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) camp, possibly on the site of what is today Lake White State Park in Waverly in Pike County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Tomlinson." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F11_035_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Federal Writers' Project; New Deal; State parks and reserves
Places: Bainbridge (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Serpent Mound is a spectacular effigy earthwork of a serpent uncoiling along a prominent ridgetop in northern Adams County, Ohio. From the tip of its nose to the end of its tail, the effigy is 1,348 feet long. When it was originally described in 1848, the body of the serpent was five feet high and 30 feet wide. Excavations between 1887 and 1889 by Frederic Putnam, of Harvard University's Peabody Museum, revealed the structure of the earthwork, but Putnam did not find any artifacts that revealed the age or cultural affiliation of the mound. Until recently, archaeologists assumed that Serpent Mound was built by the Adena culture (800 B.C. to 100 A.D.) since two Adena burial mounds are located nearby. Yet Putnam also discovered traces of a village of the Fort Ancient culture (1000 A.D. to 1650 A.D.) near the Serpent. Excavations conducted in 1991 recovered charcoal that returned radiocarbon dates suggesting that the Fort Ancient people built the mound between about 1025 A.D. and 1215 A.D. Serpents are a common feature in the art of the Late Prehistoric Period (900 A.D. to 1650 A.D.). Many American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands believed the Great Serpent was a powerful spirit of the Underworld, and it is believed that Serpent Mound may be a representation of these beliefs. The head of Serpent Mound is aligned with the setting sun on the summer solstice and the coils may be aligned to the summer and winter solstice and equinox sunrises. These alignments support the idea that Serpent Mound had a ceremonial purpose for its creators. Frederic Putnam saved Serpent Mound from destruction. On his urging, funds were raised for Harvard University to purchase the site. Later, the ownership was transferred to the Ohio Historical Society. Serpent Mound is now recognized as a National Historic Landmark. Serpent Mound State Memorial is located 20 miles south of Bainbridge in Adams County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC804_SerpentMound_01
Subjects: Great Serpent Mound (Ohio); Earthworks (Art)--United States; American Indian history; Earthworks (Archaeology); Mounds--Ohio--Adams County; Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Fort Ancient Culture (A.D. 1000–1650)
Places: Adams County (Ohio);
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Ohio of Ohio's many tree lined highways. US Route 50 near Chillicothe, Ohio." and also handwritten is "Bainbridge Drive", though this seems unlikely to be true. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F10_004_1
Subjects: Roads--Ohio
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Home of Captain William B. Miller, graduate of Grand River Institute and captain, owner and pilot of Mississippi River packets for 30 years. Carried supplies for the Union in Civil War; house was a station on Underground Railroad. Son of Gen. Travis Ayres Miller". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_005_001
Subjects: Ashtabula (Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Austinburg (Ohio); Ashtabula County (Ohio)