Description: Photograph showing a storefront with the caption "McCook Property Carrollton Ohio." Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and his five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." Daniel McCook, the patriarch of the Tribe of Dan, lived in Carrolton, Ohio, before the Civil War. He received a commission as major and lost his life in the Battle of Buffington Island in 1863. George McCook, Dan's son, was a brigadier-general and served as an Ohio Attorney -General before the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of Dan included Latimer, Robert, Alexander, Daniel, Jr., Edwin Stanton, Charles Morris, and John James. The Tribe of John included the family patriarch, John McCook. A doctor in Steubenville before the war, he served as a volunteer surgeon during the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of John included Edward, Anson, Henry, John James, and Roderick. All members of the Tribe of John survived the Civil War. Fourteen of the McCooks became officers. Four of them died in service to their country. The Fighting McCooks' dedication to the Union war effort made them well-known in the North. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P27_B01F25_001
Subjects: McCook family; Civil War; Families--Ohio; Portrait photography; Stores & shops; Houses;
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a building that is identified in a similar photograph as "McCook Property Carrollton Ohio." Although scholars disagree on the exact number of McCooks who fought in the Civil War, it appears that Daniel McCook and eight of his nine sons took up arms for the North, as did his brother, John McCook, and his five sons. Individually, the two families were known as the Tribe of Dan and the Tribe of John. Together, they came to be referred to as the "Fighting McCooks." Daniel McCook, the patriarch of the Tribe of Dan, lived in Carrolton, Ohio, before the Civil War. He received a commission as major and lost his life in the Battle of Buffington Island in 1863. George McCook, Dan's son, was a brigadier-general and served as an Ohio Attorney -General before the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of Dan included Latimer, Robert, Alexander, Daniel, Jr., Edwin Stanton, Charles Morris, and John James. The Tribe of John included the family patriarch, John McCook. A doctor in Steubenville before the war, he served as a volunteer surgeon during the Civil War. Other members of the Tribe of John included Edward, Anson, Henry, John James, and Roderick. All members of the Tribe of John survived the Civil War. Fourteen of the McCooks became officers. Four of them died in service to their country. The Fighting McCooks' dedication to the Union war effort made them well-known in the North. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P27_B01F25_002
Subjects: McCook family; Civil War; Families--Ohio; Portrait photography; Houses;
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio);
 

Description: Dated September 9, 1937, this photograph shows Camp Carroll in Carrollton, Ohio, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. The photograph's caption reads "Works Progress Administration in Ohio Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) Camps Federal Writers' Project Akron, Ohio District #5 September 9, 1937 C.C.C. Camp Carroll, Carrollton, Ohio Soil Conservation. Another view of the McIntire farm, it is typical of Carroll County's rolling farmland now being restored to fertility and productiveness through soil conservation work." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_032_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; New Deal; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Farm of Ralph McIntire. This shows the four sod waterways preventing possible gullies in natural "draws" or depressions." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F02_024_1
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio; Crops; Farm life
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 9, 1937, this photograph shows men working on soil conservation from the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) at Camp Carroll in Carrollton in Carroll County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Showing the effects of erosion on land denuded of trees. The structure designed to retard the destructive flow of water are already in place. This area will be planted in trees." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_001_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil conservation; Tree planting
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 9, 1937, this photograph shows workers from the Soil Conservation Service of the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) from Camp Carroll in Carrollton in Carroll County, Ohio. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Stone in the process of being crushed by the C.C.C. This limestone will be applied on farms whose owners are cooperating with the S.C.S." The Civilian Conservation Corps was a work relief program established as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that employed young men, ages 18-25 and later expanded to ages 17-28, with jobs in the natural resources field. This 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_B12F11_002_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil Conservation Service; Federal Writers' Project; New Deal
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1936, this photograph shows the construction of the athletic field at Carrollton High School in West Carrollton, Ohio. This construction was most likely a part of the Works Progress Administration project, a government office that hired unemployed Americans to work on various government projects from April 8, 1935 to June 30, 1943. In the first six months that the WPA existed, more than 173,000 Ohioans, including both men and women, found employment through this program. More than 1, 500 unemployed teachers in Ohio found work through the WPA teaching illiterate adults how to read. In twelve separate counties, primarily in southeastern Ohio, more than twenty-five percent of families had at least one member working for the WPA during the late 1930s. By the end of 1938, these various workers had built or improved 12,300 miles of roads and streets and constructed 636 public buildings, several hundred bridges, hundreds of athletic fields, and five fish hatcheries. WPA employees made improvements to thousands of more buildings, roads, and parks within Ohio. WPA artists also painted a number of murals in Ohio post offices. 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_B13F04_019_001
Subjects: Construction; Sports and recreation facilities; Education; Athletic fields; Schools--Ohio
Places: West Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated September 9, 1937, this photograph shows four farmers from Carroll County, Ohio, discussing soil conservation techniques practiced at Camp Carroll. 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_B12F11_039_001
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); Soil conservation; Farmers; Agriculture
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Montgomery Co., W. Carrolton, O., Jan. 1938. State Wasteway from Paper Mill to River passing under the Hydraulic." The paper mills of West Carrollton have been the most important source of jobs for residents of this town from the late 1800s until the present. The river mentioned in the above caption refers to the Miami River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_029_1
Subjects: Hydraulic structures--Ohio--West Carrollton
Places: West Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Carrollton in Montgomery County, between stations 9706 and 9912. Roads, properties, bridges, railways and other landmarks along the route are noted, including the Miami River. 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). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4928_007
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Bridges; Railroads; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph documents a World War II scrap file in Carroll, Ohio. Recycling and scrap metal drives were one of the ways Americans supported the war effort during the Second World War. As steel and other materials were needed to make ships, weapons, and other tools for the war effort, Americans were called upon to recycle goods that were not deemed essential. Government-produced posters, radio commercials and advertisements encouraged scrap drives, which were often sponsored by schools or community groups. The photograph measures 4.5" x 3" (11.43 x 7.62 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3313_4586102_001
Subjects: Daily Life; Military Ohio; World War II; Scrap metal industry
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Carroll County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles T. Webber created this oil painting in 1871. It depicts ten members of the Fighting McCooks, an Ohio family that sent fifteen men to serve in the Civil War. Daniel McCook, Sr. and his eight sons, together with his brother John McCook and his five sons, all fought for the Union in the Civil War. Daniel (1798-1863) and John (1806-1865) were born in Pennsylvania, and moved to Lisbon in Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1826. Daniel subsequently moved to Carrollton, where he served as Carroll County's first clerk of the court of common pleas. John settled in Steubenville, where he practiced medicine. When President Lincoln made the first call for volunteers, 63-year-old Daniel Sr. answered and his sons and relatives followed. Daniel Sr., Daniel Jr., Robert Latimer, and Charles Morris McCook were killed in the war. Charles T. Webber was a native of New York state. He lived in Cincinnati from 1860 until his death in 1911, and created hundreds of works, including portraits, landscapes, genre subjects, and historical scenes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04237
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Families
Places: Carrollton (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio); Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)