Description: A mural of the "Spirit of the Telegraph" as painted by Archibald M. Willard in the Fayette County Court House. For many years, the creator of this work of art remained completely anonymous. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06795
Subjects: Telegraphs; Courthouses--Ohio; Fayette County (Ohio)
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: A mural of the "Spirit of U.S. Mail" as painted by Archibald M. Willard in the Fayette County Court House. For many years, the creator of this work of art remained completely anonymous. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06796
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio; Fayette County (Ohio); Art, American--Ohio
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: Small Lake Erie Bifurcate-type projectile point has a triangular blade with resharpened inwardly-curving edges. The long stem has straight sides and a deep V-shaped indentation (bifurcation). The projectile point is made of black flint. Item was found in Ohio, possibly in Fairfield County or Fayette County. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07100
Subjects: Fayette County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Fairfield County (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is photograph of a map of the town of Washington Courthouse, drawn in 1867. It was for possible use for the Ohio Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration. Washington Courthouse is the county seat of Fayette County. The area was originally settled by Virginia Revolutionary War veterans on land they received from the Federal Government for their service. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F03_053_001
Subjects: Books; Chapter headings; Works Progress Administration; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Maps; Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
Places: Washington Courthouse (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows armed soldiers standing guard outside the Fayette County Court House, Washington Court House, Ohio, in mid-October 1894. A crowd of onlookers is facing the soldiers; inside the court house, dozens of people are standing the windows observing the activity outside. Rioting erupted at the Fayette County Courthouse following the trial of William Dolby, a biracial man accused of raping a white woman in Washington Court House, Ohio. Dolby pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty years at the Ohio Penitentiary. The crowd, however, demanded that Dolby be lynched for the crime. Governor William McKinley, who later became president of the United States, sent out the National Guard to protect Dolby. On the morning of October 17, 1894, the National Guard troops, led by Colonel Alonzo B. Coit, ordered the crowd to disperse. The crowd continued to shout and began ramming the courthouse doors. Coit and his troops fired at the crowd through the doors of the courthouse, killing six men and wounding a dozen others. Bullet holes are still visible in the wooden doors of the courthouse. Colonel Coit was indicted for manslaughter but was acquitted at trial. After the trial, Governor McKinley stated, "The law was upheld as it should have been...but in this case at fearful cost.... Lynching cannot be tolerated in Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06618
Subjects: Riots; Lynching; McKinley, William, 1843- 1901; Fayette County (Ohio); Courthouses
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: Interior of a one room school house in Octa, Fayette County, Ohio, ca. 1909-1910. Students of varying ages are seated at their desks. A stove in the center of the classroom is the only source of heat and the windows are the main source of light. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01110
Subjects: Fayette County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education
Places: Octa (Ohio)
 

Description: Group portrait of a baseball team that was possibly company sponsored, ca. 1890-1910. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07880
Subjects: Fayette County (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Baseball teams
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph is a south view of Fayette County Court House. Fayette County was established as an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana on December 18, 1818, and the act took effect on January 1, 1819. The city of Connersville dates back to 1813. Connersville was established as the county seat on February 17, 1819. The name Fayette was chosen in honor of General Lafayette. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06613
Subjects: Washington Court House (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio); Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law
Places: Washington Court House (Ohio)