Description: A young boy and girl sitting on a log in Conkle's Hollow in Hocking County, Ohio. Conkle's Hollow is located in what is today Hocking Hills State Park. The hollow was created by water carving out the sandstone over the course of years. The area gets its name from one of the men who found it in the late 18th century, W.J. Conkle who carved his name into the cliff face. It is rumored that there is a spot in the cliff face where Native Americans hid money stolen from settlers. Though they supposedly left a mark to show where the money was hidden, the mark is no longer visible and the money has never been found. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06683
Subjects: Hocking County (Ohio); Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); Natural monuments; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Hocking County (Ohio); Hocking Hills (Ohio); Logan (Ohio)
 

Description: The Logan Elm in Pickaway County, Ohio, was the location of a speech on Indian and white relations given by Chief Logan of the Ohio Iroquois in 1774. Originally an ally of white settlers in the Ohio country, Logan began to oppose their settlement after a contingent of Virginia settlers killed 12 members of Logan's family and tribe. At the time the tree died in 1964, it was estimated to be between 200 to 300 years old, and was approximately 24 feet in circumference. In its place, the Ohio History Connection (then the Ohio Historical Society) and Pickaway Country placed a plaque, and, recently, planted a pin oak tree in honor of Chief Logan and the legendary elm tree. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00395
Subjects: Natural monuments; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Seneca-Cayuga Tribe; American Indians in Ohio
Places: Pickaway County (Ohio)
 

Description: Path leading to the Rock House formation at Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County (Ohio). The Rock House is a cave that got its name due to the fact inside it resembled a house with natural windows. The cave is formed from sandstone which has been slowly eroded. At one time the cave was even inhabited by several groups of native people over time. The site has also been and remains popular for tourists in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06682
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); Geology--Ohio; Caves--Ohio; Natural monuments
Places: Hocking County (Ohio); Hocking Hills (Ohio)
 

Description: Path leading to the Rock House formation at Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County (Ohio). The Rock House is a cave that got its name due to the fact inside it resembled a house with natural windows. The cave is formed from sandstone which has been slowly eroded. At one time the cave was even inhabited by several groups of native people over time. The site has also been and remains popular for tourists in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06685
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); Geology--Ohio; Caves--Ohio; Natural monuments
Places: Hocking county (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the monument to White Woman's Village, home of Chief Eagle Feather of the Lenape (Delaware) Nation whose wife, Mary Harris, was the first Anglo-American woman in Ohio. The monument is east of Warsaw, Coshocton County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00327
Subjects: Monuments; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Warsaw (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A memorial in Jackson, Ohio to John Wesley Powell. Powell was a member of the Union Army during the Civil War and a founder of U.S. Geological Survey. Powell was born on March 24. 1834 in Mount Morris, New York and moved to Jackson, Ohio when he was about 4. He became interested in natural history as a young boy. He served on the Union side in the Civil War, where he lost a part of his right arm. After the war, he became an explorer. He died on September 23, 1902 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He was married to his cousin, Emma Dean. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06875
Subjects: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Geography and Natural Resources; Monuments & memorials
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs of the Johnny Appleseed monument near Dexter City in Noble County, Ohio were taken in the 1960s. The monument is constructed of stones donated by people in areas where John Chapman is believed to have planted apple seeds. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). John Chapman (1774-1836), also known as "Johnny Appleseed," was born in Massachusetts and planted his first apple seeds in western Pennsylvania around 1798. He then began traveling throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania planting apple seeds and helping settlers establish orchards. Chapman was a follower of Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist and theologian, and shared his religious views along with his apple seeds. He died in Fort Wayne, Indiana. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3041_3655506_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Geography and Natural Resources; Monuments & memorials; Rocks; Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845
Places: Dexter City (Ohio); Noble County (Ohio)
 

Description: This memorial to explorer John Wesley Powell is located near the county courthouse in Jackson, Ohio. Completed in 1938, the monument is built of stones donated by the Improved Order of Red Men. The image measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). Powell (1834-1902) was born in New York, but moved to Jackson with his family when he was four years old. He became interested in natural history as a boy and pursued a career in the field, becoming a curator at the Illinois State Natural History Society in 1858. He served in the Civil War, sustaining a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh that required the amputation of his right forearm. In 1869, he took a team to explore the southwestern United States and became one of the first white men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. From 1880 to 1894 Powell served as director of the United States Geological Survey and as director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology from 1880 to 1902. The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the United States. It is supposedly descended from the Sons of Liberty, which during the colonial period worked secretly to achieve independence from England. The Ohio Council was organized in 1853, six years after the national organization, the Great Council of the United States, was founded in Maryland. Freedom, friendship, and charity were its main concerns. Its rituals and terminology were borrowed from American Indians, who were excluded from membership. Prominent members claimed by the order include Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was adopted in 1930 at the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3022_3636510_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Monuments & memorials; Explorers; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Rocks; Fraternal orders
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)