Description: This is a photographic reproduction of a handdrawn map of New Harmony, Indiana on the front, and Harmony, Pennsylvania on the reverse. Drawn by Eusebius Bohm ca. 1825, the maps include streets, buildings, a river, and notations written in German. The Harmony Society was a Lutheran, German separatist group from Wurttemberg which first settled in Butler County, Pennsylvania, in 1804, led by pietist Johann Georg Rapp. but then moved to Posey County, Indiana, and finally established a permanent settlement in Economy, Pennsylvania in 1824. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS0750_1
Subjects: Maps; Religious societies; Communal Societies; Religion in Ohio; Separatists
Places: New Harmony (Indiana); Harmony (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Colmol mining machine made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio in use at the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1950. The Colmol could cut and move up to 80 tons of coal per day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01601
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Indiana (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This image shows a Johnny Appleseed Memorial in Ashland, Ohio. John Chapman, more widely-known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774. He was well know in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for selling apple tree saplings and encouraging the settlers to build apple orchards. His territory is reported to be Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The date of his death is disputed, but may have been March 11, 1845. He is buried in Indiana. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06476
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Apples
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four images representing two postcards depict the interior of the Quaker Meeting House, also known as the Friends Yearly Meeting House, in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. The meeting house holds 2,000 worshippers and contains a mechanism that allowed a partition to be raised and lowered. The partition was used to separate men and women during some special meetings. The first postcard shows the partition partly raised. The second postcard shows the Spanish windlass and wheel that was used to raise and lower the partition. These postcards measure 3" by 5" (7.6 by 12.7 cm). The Quaker Meeting House in Mount Pleasant, Ohio was built in 1814 for the Ohio Yearly Meeting. This was the first yearly meeting house built west of the Alleghenies. This meeting was composed of quarterly meetings from Ohio as well as Pennsylvania and the Indiana Territory. The final yearly meeting was held at the meeting house in 1909. The Quakers of Mount Pleasant were well-known for their abolitionist activities. As early as the 1810s, there are reports that the Quakers were assisting escaped slaves. In 1817, Charles Osborn began publishing the Philanthropist, which is regarded as the first anti-slavery newspaper in the nation. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3242_3832061_001
Subjects: Civil Liberties; Religion in Ohio; Architecture; Quakers; Society of Friends; Religious facilities; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Johnny Appleseed planting seeds, from "Stories of Ohio" by William Dean Howells, 1897. John Chapman, more widely-known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774. He was well know in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois for selling apple tree saplings and encouraging the settlers to build apple orchards. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03928
Subjects: Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Apples; Agriculture--Ohio
 

Description: This image shows a blockhouse in Mansfield that stood when Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, 1704-1784) ran for reinforcements against a pending Indian attack during the War of 1812. Chapman immediately went to Mount Vernon for assistance. Chapman risked his own life to summon aid for his neighbors in Richland County. This willingness to suffer for others was a trait Chapman exhibited throughout his life. John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1802, Chapman wandered through Pennsylvania and eventually Ohio, planting apple nurseries. He spent most of his time in Ohio in Richland County near Mansfield. He was known as being somewhat of an eccentric. Chapman opposed violence of all sorts towards both humans and animals. He was a strict vegetarian. He also primarily wore discarded clothing or would barter some apple saplings for used clothes. Many of Ohio's first orchards began with saplings from Chapman's nurseries. His trees fed many of Ohio's early white settlers as they struggled to establish farms and homes on the frontier. Johnny Appleseed eventually owned more than 1,200 acres of land across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early 1840s. This image of the Mansfield blockhouse was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06391
Subjects: Chapman, John, 1704-1784; Mansfield (Ohio); Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Mansfield (Ohio); United States. Work Progress Administration; War of 1812
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a blockhouse in Mansfield that stood when Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, 1704-1784) ran for reinforcements against a pending Indian attack during the War of 1812. Chapman immediately went to Mount Vernon for assistance. At the time of Appleseed's run, the square in Mansfield was the site of two blockhouses erected during the War of 1812. One blockhouse, constructed of round logs by a Captain Schaeffer of Fairfield County, stood at the intersection of Main Street and Park Avenue West. (The description fits this image.) Chapman risked his own life to summon aid for his neighbors in Richland County. This willingness to suffer for others was a trait Chapman exhibited throughout his life. John Chapman was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Chapman is better known as Johnny Appleseed. Beginning in 1802, Chapman wandered through Pennsylvania and eventually Ohio, planting apple nurseries. He spent most of his time in Ohio in Richland County near Mansfield. Chapman was known as being somewhat of an eccentric. He opposed violence of all sorts towards both humans and animals. He was a strict vegetarian. He also primarily wore discarded clothing or would barter some apple saplings for used clothes. Many of Ohio's first orchards began with saplings from Chapman's nurseries. His trees fed many of Ohio's early white settlers as they struggled to establish farms and homes on the frontier. Johnny Appleseed eventually owned more than 1,200 acres of land across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early 1840s. This image of the Mansfield blockhouse was among the photographs produced by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1935 and 1943. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06392
Subjects: Chapman, John, 1704-1784; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Mansfield (Ohio); War of 1812; Mansfield (Ohio); United States. Work Progress Administration
Places: Mansfield (Ohio); Richland County (Ohio)
 

Description: Built in 1814, this was the first meeting house constructed west of the Allegheny Mountains by the small religious denomination known as the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The town of Mount Pleasant, where the meeting house is located, has a long history of Quaker settlement. The Friends here were staunch social reformers and abolitionists, many of whom were active participants in the Underground Railroad. The meeting house itself acted as a community gathering place and a center of faith not just for the Friends living in Mount Pleasant, but also for Quakers throughout Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. It was a massive structure that could accommodate up to 2000 people. From its inception until 1909, annual, quarterly, and monthly meetings were held here during which religious and business matters were discussed and debated. Men and women gathered separately from one another at meetings. During such occasions a wooden partition could be lowered from the center of the room to create two equally-sized spaces. This photograph displays the view of the Minister’s Gallery that can be seen from the women’s side of the building. In 1950, the structure was deeded to the State of Ohio and was later restored by the Ohio Historical Society and opened to the public. This picture was taken before restoration efforts had begun. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08202
Subjects: Quakers; Society of Friends; Quaker meeting houses
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Colmol mining machine made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio on display in the factory, 1950. The Colmol could cut and move up to 80 tons of coal per day. This machine was sold to the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company, Indiana, Pennsylvania. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01602
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Columbus (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows a Johnny Appleseed Memorial in Ashland, Ohio. John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774. He was know for selling apple saplings throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He encouraged the settlers to plant apple orchards. His date of death is disputed, but may have been March 11, 1845. He is buried in Indiana. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06477
Subjects: Ashland County (Ohio); Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845; Apples
Places: Ashland (Ohio); Ashland County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 7 by 5 inch (17.8 by 12.7) photograph, which was taken in 1890, shows the Friends Meeting House in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, the first yearly meeting house west of the Alleghenies. The three-story brick building was completed in 1814 for the Ohio Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, whose members are known as Friends or Quakers. Members of five quarterly meetings in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana came together to worship and conduct business. The building's interior is dominated by a large auditorium with extensive galleries above. A retractable wooden partition divided the 2000-seat auditorium so that men and women could meet separately during some meetings. The building was in active use until 1909. It is now a state memorial and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om712_1008529_001
Subjects: Religion in Ohio; Quakers; Society of Friends; Religious facilities; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Mount Pleasant (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of an unidentified Shaker woman, ca. 1880-1899. She is wearing the typical dress of women who were members of the religious sect. The Shakers were a religious group spread throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida. They believed in celibacy, community, equality of the sexes, simplicity, and humility. The men were referred to as "brothers" and the women "sisters." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02699
Subjects: Shakers--History; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio; Women and religion--United States; Shakers--Clothing
Places: Springfield (Massachusetts)