Description: View of the damaged bath house at Buckeye Lake, Ohio, after a cyclone hit in June 1922. Buckeye Lake began as a small pond that Ohio's American Indians called "Big Swamp" or "Big Pond." 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. By the early 20th century, the reservoir had become an attractive location for recreational activities, including through the construction of Buckeye Lake Amusement Park, and the Columbus, Buckeye Lake and Newark Interurban Electric Railway, an electric trolley system, connected the park to nearby urban areas. 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: AL05316
Subjects: Tornadoes--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Buckeye Lake (Ohio)--History
Places: Buckeye Lake (Ohio); Fairfield County (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Drawing of Inscription Rock, located on the south shore of Kelleys Island in Erie County, Ohio. The rock is marked with prehistoric American Indian pictographs. The flat-topped limestone slab displays carvings of animals and human figures. Discovered partly buried in the shoreline in 1833, the 32 foot by 21 foot rock is now entirely exposed. Much eroded by the elements, it is now protected by a roof and viewing platform. Archaeologists believe the inscriptions date from sometime between AD 1200 and the present. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02962
Subjects: Erie County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Kelleys Island (Ohio)--History
Places: Kelleys Island (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph looking down an unidentified rural road in Ohio, taken by historian Henry Howe (1816-1893). In the foreground is a rutted dirt road leading towards several homes and a small town in the distance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P15_B1_F12
Subjects: Rural Life; Landscape photography; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: Miami County (Ohio); Monroe County (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio);
 

Description: William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873) was a famous botanist who studied and cataloged the plant life of central Ohio. In 1840, he published his findings in "A Catalogue of Plants, Native and Naturalized, in the Vicinity of Columbus, Ohio." At the time of his death, he was recognized as the foremost bryologist, an expert on mosses, in the United States. He was posthumously elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1872, and has a moss, “Sullivantia Ohioensis,” named in his honor. He was also the son of Lucas Sullivant, a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. Lucas Sullivant originally laid out the town of Franklinton, which is now part of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04186
Subjects: Scientists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Plants and Animals; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Franklinton (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This reproduction shows a portrait of William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873), a famous botanist who studied and cataloged the plant life of central Ohio. In 1840, he published his findings in "A Catalogue of Plants, Native and Naturalized, in the Vicinity of Columbus, Ohio." At the time of his death, he was recognized as the foremost bryologist, an expert on mosses, in the United States. He was posthumously elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1872, and has a moss, “Sullivantia Ohioensis,” named in his honor. He was also the son of Lucas Sullivant, a surveyor, soldier and settler in central Ohio in the years after the American Revolution. Lucas Sullivant originally laid out the town of Franklinton, which is now part of Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04187
Subjects: Scientists; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Plants and Animals; Columbus (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood;
Places: Franklinton (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Table Rock in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00414
Subjects: Geology--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Natural Bridge, Washington County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00422
Subjects: Natural bridges--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The unidentified man is touching a famous crystal known as "Crystal King." The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns is the Crystal King, one of the biggest and most perfectly formed stalactites ever known. The caverns are the largest in the state, with over two miles of surveyed passageways ranging in depth from thirty feet to the deepest point of one hundred and three feet. The exact age of the caverns is unknown. The Columbus Grey Limestone in which the caverns are carved is some 400 million years old, and the oldest crystal is estimated to be 250,000 years old. The Ohio Caverns serve as a major tourist attraction in Logan County, along with the Zane Caverns and the Lake State Park. On the side of the photo in small print it reads: "Weber Photo." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06493
Subjects: Caves--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The focus of the photo is a crystal known as "Crystal King." The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns, Crystal King is one of the biggest and most perfectly-formed stalactites ever known. The caverns are the largest in the state, with over two miles of surveyed passageways ranging in depth from thirty feet to the deepest point of one hundred and three feet. The exact age of the caverns is unknown. The Columbus Grey Limestone in which the caverns are carved is some 400 million years old, and the oldest crystal is estimated to be 250,000 years old. The Ohio Caverns serve as a major tourist attraction in Logan County, along with the Zane Caverns and the Lake State Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06495
Subjects: Caves--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the inside of the Ohio Caverns near West Liberty, Ohio. The caverns were formed thousands of years ago when an underground river cut through ancient limestone and created rooms and passageways that later filled with a vast quantity of crystal stalactites. The most famous formation in the Ohio Caverns is the Crystal King, one of the biggest and most perfectly-formed stalactites ever known. The caverns are the largest in the state, with over two miles of surveyed passageways ranging in depth from thirty feet to the deepest point of one hundred and three feet. The exact age of the caverns is unknown. The Columbus Grey Limestone in which the caverns are carved is some 400 million years old, and the oldest crystal is estimated to be 250,000 years old. The Ohio Caverns serve as a major tourist attraction in Logan County, along with the Zane Caverns and the Lake State Park. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06497
Subjects: Caves--Ohio; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Crystals; Tourism; Geology--Ohio
Places: West Liberty (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River, described as being taken from the summit of Grave Creek Mound, which is along the West Virginia bank of the river in the city of Moundsville. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04020
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Grave Creek Mound (West Virginia)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River seen from below Cincinnati. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word, "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04021
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)