Description: Plat map showing a portion of Buckeye Lake labeled SE Quarter, Section 14, T. 17, R. 18. Also shown on the map are adjacent properties and roads, as well as the wasteweir run. Located at the intersection of Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties, Buckeye Lake was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was drawn by A.H. Sawyer in 1920 from an 1891 survey, presumably under the direction of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio. In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23163_003
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plat map showing a portion of Buckeye Lake labeled SE Quarter, Section 4, T. 18, R. 17. Also shown on the map are the community of Thornport, as well as features of the lakeshore and nearby rail lines. Located at the intersection of Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties, Buckeye Lake was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was drawn by Eugene Blake in 1922, presumably under the direction of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio. In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23163_025
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Thornport (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plat map showing a portion of Buckeye Lake labeled Section 17, T. 19, R. 17 (SE and SW quarters). Also shown on the map are features of the lakeshore and several numbered islands. Located at the intersection of Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties, Buckeye Lake was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was drawn by Eugene Blake in 1922, presumably under the direction of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio. In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23163_021
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plat map showing a portion of Buckeye Lake labeled Section 17, T. 19, R. 17 (NW and SW quarters). Shown on the map are features of the lakeshore. Located at the intersection of Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties, Buckeye Lake was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was drawn by Eugene Blake in 1922, presumably under the direction of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio. In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23163_030
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Plat map showing a portion of Buckeye Lake labeled NE Quarter, Section 18, T. 19, R. 17. Shown on the map are features of the lakeshore. Located at the intersection of Licking, Perry and Fairfield Counties, Buckeye Lake was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was drawn by Eugene Blake in 1922, presumably under the direction of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio. In the 1820s, the state began construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal, and workers built a dike that diverted water from the south fork of the Licking River into the pond, which then became known as the Licking Reservoir or Licking Summit Reservoir. As canals declined in use in the second half of the 19th century, the Ohio and Erie Canal was abandoned and began to deteriorate, but the canal's decline did not mean an end to the Licking Reservoir. Instead, the state legislature renamed it Buckeye Lake and made it a public park in 1894. In 1949, the state of Ohio designated Buckeye Lake as a state park. The amusement park began to decline in popularity by the late 1950s and continued to deteriorate in the 1960s. Although the amusement park no longer exists, Buckeye Lake State Park still attracts a number of visitors to the area each year, in addition to the many people who own vacation homes near the lake or live in the area year-round. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23163_032
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a blockhouse in Mansfield that stood when Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, 1704-1784) ran for reinforcements against a pending Indian attack during the War of 1812. Chapman immediately went to Mount Vernon for assistance. At the time of Appleseed's run, the square in Mansfield was the site of two blockhouses erected during the War of 1812. One blockhouse, constructed of round logs by a Captain Schaeffer of Fairfield County, stood at the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue West. (The description fits this image.) Chapman risked his own life to summon aid for his neighbors in Richland County. This willingness to suffer for others was a trait Chapman exhibited throughout his life. John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman is better known as Johnny Appleseed. Beginning in 1802, Chapman wandered through Pennsylvania and eventually Ohio, planting apple nurseries. He spent most of his time in Ohio in Richland County near Mansfield. Chapman was known as being somewhat of an eccentric. He opposed violence of all sorts towards both humans and animals. He was a strict vegetarian. He also primarily wore discarded clothing or would barter some apple saplings for used clothes. Many of Ohio's first orchards began with saplings from Chapman's nurseries. His trees fed many of Ohio's early white settlers as they struggled to establish farms and homes on the frontier. Johnny Appleseed eventually owned more than 1,200 acres of land across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early 1840s. This image of the Mansfield blockhouse was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06392
Subjects: Chapman, John, 1704-1784; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Mansfield (Ohio); War of 1812; Mansfield (Ohio); United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of the regimental officers of the 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, taken in Huntsville, Alabama, 1865. The regiment was stationed at their winter quarters just east of Huntsville for the first three months of 1865, before removing to Tennessee for the remainder of the war. The 90th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was organized at Camp Circleville (near Lancaster, Ohio) by Colonel Isaac N. Ross in 1862. The regiment, composed of recruits from Fairfield, Fayette, Hocking, Perry, Pickaway, and Vinton counties, was mustered into service on August 29, 1862, to serve for three years. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02726
Subjects: Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio History--Military Ohio; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 90th (1862-1865)
Places: Huntsville (Alabama)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1943, this photograph shows the Auto Skooter ride at the Buckeye Lake amusement park in Fairfield and Licking Counties. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Fun Buckeye Lake State Park Buckeye Lake, Ohio." The amusement park boasted a roller coaster, roller skating rink, a nightclub, and the Crystal Ballroom and Pool. The ballroom attracted a number of famous performers including Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, among others. The amusement park attracted as many as fifty thousand people each day. This photograph 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_B13F03_004_001
Subjects: Buckeye Lake State Park (Ohio); Amusement parks--Ohio; Amusement rides; Summer; Works Progress Administration
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a boy fishing on a pier at Buckeye Lake in Fairfield and Licking Counties. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Buckeye Lake- Sheet piling, Buckeye Lake State Park - repairing of old wall." This photograph 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_B10F05_028_001
Subjects: Buckeye Lake State Park (Ohio); Recreation; Lakes; Natural Resources; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The old Somerset Courthouse, in Somerset, is built in the federal style. It was one of 5 courthouses ever used in Perry County. Although it is no longer the county court house, it is used as the meeting place for the Village Council and the Mayor's Court. The building was built in 1918 when Perry County was formed from parts of Fairfield, Muskingum and Washington Counties. The inscription above the door reads: "Let Justice be Done. If the Heavens should fall." The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 1975. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06550
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio); Courthouses--Ohio--History; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Joseph Ferris home was at one time located at 5801 Wooster Pike (US 50) in Cincinnati, Ohio on a 700 acre farm in the village of Mariemont in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Federal and Greek Revival style house, designed by Joseph Ferris himself, now has the address of 5729 Dragon Way, Fairfax, Ohio, due to the expansion of the roads going through the property. The home was originally built either in 1815 or 1820 of red brick with white trim and a large porch. The home was improved upon many times. First, a narrow offset two story addition, which may have been later connected to the main house, with the result being a grand three story home with Ionic columns supporting a portico, which today stands on .9 acres of land. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places June 30, 1975 and is now occupied by the Eisele Gallery of Fine Art. Joseph Ferris, son of Jedathan Ferris, was born in Fairfield County, Connecticut on September 20, 1776 and died May 16, 1831. He moved to the Cincinnati area with his two brothers, Andrew and Eliphalet Ferris. They were one of only a dozen or so families in what was then Spencer Township. He married Pricilla Knapp, with whom he had eight children; Phoebe, Andrew, Charles, Joseph, Sally (Sarah), Mary, James and Ruth. Joseph built a frame house school on his farm, the first in the area, and hired teachers, whom he paid himself, to educate not only his children, but any others who wanted to attend. He was a prominent member of the community, a Whig and a member of the Masonic Lodge of Cincinnati. His children Joseph (died December 22, 1891), Andrew (died May 8, 1890), Charles (died September 2, 1883), and Phoebe (died December 18, 1896) never married and remained living together in the family home until their deaths. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology of Cambridge, Massachusetts explored the area in 1880 and found many important Indian relics including earthwork remains of three forts, about 1400 skeletons, weapons such as jasper spearheads, bone and stone implements and cooking vessels. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F05_030_001
Subjects: Architecture; Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc; May Department Store Company; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Mariemont (Ohio); Fairfax (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Construction of the Dover Dam on the Tuscarawas River in Tuscarawas County. The dam was erected from limestone and shale, and the elevation is 850. The cost of $7,755,300 includes levees at Zoar, Somerdale, three industrial levees to protect the Corundite Refractory at Zoar, the Fairfield Brick Company at Zoarville, the Norton Chemicals Company at Mineral City and associated study costs. The date of completion for the dam is November 29, 1937. Reverse reads: “Muskingum Conservancy District Dover Reservoir and Dam #1.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_003_001
Subjects: Dam construction--1930-1940; Tuscarawas River (Ohio)
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)