Description: A building at the site of a coal mine in Athens County. Coal mining was once a major part of the economy in Athens County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06847
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Athens County (Ohio)
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: A creek running along side a coal mining site in Athens County. Coal mining was once a major part of the economy of Athens County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06846
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Streams; Coal mines and mining--Ohio
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a sundial at Ohio Uniuversity in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06482
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a park close to where the Hisylvania Coal Company Mine No. 22 used to operate until it went defunct in the 1920s. The name Hisylvania came from the owners each putting together the names of their respective states of birth, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Unfortunately despite it's historical value, what was left of the mine was eventually destroyed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06746
Subjects: Coal mines and mining--Ohio; Coal-mining machinery; Athens County (Ohio)
Places: Glouster (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of a drawing by Henry Howe depicting Ohio University at Athens, Ohio in 1846. Ohio University, founded in 1804, was the first institution of higher education established west of the Allegheny Mountains. This photographic reproduction of Howe's drawing dates ca. 1970-1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00219
Subjects: Athens County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two women surveying a monument to the Coonskin Library in Amesville. The library was founded in 1803 and books were bought with proceeds from animal skins, hence the name "Coonskin Library." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06873
Subjects: Libraries--Ohio--History; Athens County (Ohio); Books and reading
Places: Amesville (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: A monument to the Coonskin Library in Amesville. The library was founded in 1803 and books were bought with proceeds from animal skins, hence the name "Coonskin Library." The inscription on the monument reads: "This tablet commemorates the Coonskin Library housed in the home of Ephraim Culter - two miles north - in 1804. Placed by the Nabby Lee Ames chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Athens Ohio 1929" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06874
Subjects: Libraries--Ohio--History; Athens County (Ohio); Books and reading
Places: Amesville (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption on reverse reads: "Rim of the world - Glouster. Athens Co." Glouster was named after Gloucester, United Kingdom, but was misspelled by a clerk when the name was telegraphed to Washington, and the misspelling stuck. The community was one of a number of area villages established to serve the coal-mining industry, and once featured several active deep mines. A wave of immigration at end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries brought men and then their families from the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe to the villages in the area. Glouster had a very active train station in the "downtown" area which was closed and now serves as a community center. Significantly, area schools were consolidated in the 1960's into the Trimble Local School district View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F02_004_001
Subjects: Dwellings; Housing; Geography and Natural Resources; Trees; Landscapes--Ohio--Pictorial works; Athens County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Glouster (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the facade of a building and trees at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded in 1804 as a public research university. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06483
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows an aerial view of the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06485
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the McGuffey Elms at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. The elms were planted by William Holmes McGuffey, the 4th President of Ohio University. They were planted during his tenure as President, between 1839 and 1842. Seven of the trees were removed in 1954, a victim of the Dutch elm disease. The parts that could be salvaged were made into plaques, gavels and other mementos. Some of the logs were made into benches which sat in the portico of the University Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06486
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image depicts one of the greens on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Ohio University was founded as a public research university in 1804. It is located on 1,850 acres in Athens, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06487
Subjects: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Ohio University; Cultural Ohio--Education; Universities and colleges; Education, Higher
Places: Athens (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio)