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: 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: Willard Warner (1826-1906) was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867 when he moved to Alabama and upon its readmission to the Union he served as a US Senator for Alabama (1868-1871). He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04081
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories; Military Ohio
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows Willard Warner (1826-1906). Warner was born in Granville, Ohio, and served as a officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, leading troops from his native Ohio. After the war he served as a US Senator from Ohio until 1867, when he moved to Alabama. Upon that state's re-admission to the Union, he served as a US Senator from Alabama between 1868 and 1871. He died in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is buried in Newark, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04082
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: Granville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street, Kirkersville, Ohio, ca. 1905-1915. Photographic postcards are photographs developed on postcard paper. Whedon S. Harriman, who operated a wholesale postcard business in Columbus between 1905 and 1915, produced this photographic postcard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03754
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Kirkersville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photographic postcard of the residence of Wilham Larimore, Kirkersville, Ohio, ca. 1905-1915. Photographic postcards are photographs developed on postcard paper. Whedon S. Harriman, who operated a wholesale postcard business in Columbus between 1905 and 1915, produced this photographic postcard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03756
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio History; Houses
Places: Kirkersville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard on Third Street looking north, in Kirkersville, Ohio, ca. 1905-1915. Photographic postcards are photographs developed on postcard paper. Whedon S. Harriman, who operated a wholesale postcard business in Columbus between 1905 and 1915, produced this photographic postcard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03757
Subjects: Licking County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Kirkersville (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)