Description: An aerial view of Dawes Arboretum in Licking County. Dawes Arboretum is home to the gravesite of Benjamin Green and family, first settlers of in Licking County. Dawes Arboretum was founded in 1929 by Beman and Bertie Dawes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06886
Subjects: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Gardens--Ohio
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of the Licking County Courthouse in Newark, Ohio. It was built in 1876 after a fire destroyed the former courthouse. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_032_01
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Newark (Ohio); Courthouses; Government buildings
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph from the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is of 32-year-old Harold Shackleford. His formal attire suggests that the photograph was taken during his trial or sentencing. Shackleford, convicted of beating and murdering a woman who was walking to church, was the 301st individual to be executed via the electric chair in Ohio. The caption at the bottom reads: “No. 301 Harold E. Shackleford Licking County, Ohio, Legally Electrocuted June 24, 1957, for the Murder of Mary T. Dunn” In 1885 the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio, became the location for all executions, which previously took place in the various county seats. In 1896 the Ohio General Assembly mandated that electrocution replace hanging as the form of capital punishment. The Ohio Penitentiary regularly offered tours as well as souvenir photographs and postcards of the building and prisoners on death row. A total of 315 prisoners, both men and women, were executed in the electric chair known as “Old Sparky” between 1897 and 1963. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08353
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio--History; Death row; Electrocution; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Prisons--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1924, Swasey Chapel on the Denison University Campus was the first building in the 1917 plan for Greater Denison. The chapel was named after Cleveland trustee and amateur astronomer Dr. Ambrose Swasey, founder of the Warner and Swasey Company. The chimes in the chapel tower are a memorial for Swasey’s wife. Today the chapel is used for religious services. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_010_1
Subjects: Granville (Ohio). Denison University; Licking County (Ohio);
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Beard-Green Cemetery in the Dawes Arboretum, including the Ohio Historical Marker and tombstones. The Ohio Historical Marker reads as follows: "Spring, 1800, Benjamin Green and family become the first legal settlers in Licking County, followed by the Stadden family; Col. John Stadden marries Elizabeth Green on Christmas Day. Spring, 1801, clearings cut for cabins on Hog Run; Johnny Appleseed plants his orchards. 1808, John Beard family settles. 1810, first burial. 1811-41, these families bury six Revolutionary War veterans." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06862
Subjects: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Gardens--Ohio
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Beard-Green Cemetery in the Dawes Arboretum, including the Ohio Historical Marker and tombstones. The Ohio Historical Society marker reads as follows: "Spring, 1800, Benjamin Green and family become the first legal settlers in Licking County, followed by the Stadden family; Col. John Stadden marries Elizabeth Green on Christmas Day. Spring, 1801, clearings cut for cabins on Hog Run; Johnny Appleseed plants his orchards. 1808, John Beard family settles. 1810, first burial. 1811-41, these families bury six Revolutionary War veterans." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06863
Subjects: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio); Gardens--Ohio
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Aerial view of the Ohio State Fairgrounds, 1854. The Ohio State Fair is an annual exhibition that showcases Ohio farming and commercial products and achievements. The first fair was held in 1850, and after moving to various locations around the state for several decades, the event settled at its permanent location at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus in 1886. From September 19 through 22, 1854, the fair was held at Newark's Great Circle Mound (now known as Moundbuilders Park). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04155
Subjects: Ohio State Fair (Newark, Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Fairs--Ohio; Mounds--Ohio--Licking County
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Class, - Industry, Indent. - Fiberglass products, Location - Newark." This photograph shows several items of fiberglass from the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Company in Newark, Ohio View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_026_1
Subjects: Industry; Fiberglass; Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Licking County between stations 272 and 445. The Ohio Turnpike, the south fork of Licking Creek, bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4914_005
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Denison University Observatory, Granville, Licking County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00366
Subjects: Astronomical observatories; Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of Buckeye Lake in Licking County, Ohio. Although this map is affixed in a volume of plat maps for the Miami and Erie Canal, Buckeye Lake (formerly known as Licking Reservoir) was a part of the Ohio and Erie Canal system. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). 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: BV23165_017
Subjects: Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History; Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Reservoirs
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal through Licking County between stations 132 and 272. The Ohio Turnpike, bridges, railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). The Ohio and Erie Canal was constructed between 1825 and 1832, eventually connecting Cleveland and Lake Erie with Portsmouth and the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4914_004
Subjects: Ohio and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Bridges--Ohio
Places: Licking County (Ohio)