Description: Illustrated atlas of the upper Ohio River and Ohio River Valley region, covering the area from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cincinnati, Ohio., 1877. This atlas includes an index which explains the segments of the river mapped in the volume, as well as extensive illustrations depicting notable residences, sites and cities found along the Ohio River. Also includes several pages of "Patrons' Business Notices." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio River Valley--History; Ohio River; Cities and towns--Ohio;
Places: Ohio River; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania);
 

Description: Reverse reads: High (st?) dam from river bridge. New Phila Ohio. Tus Co. Kaderly- Campbell" The photo depicts a river with Dover Dam up the river. On the side of the dam is an advertisement for Eckert Shoes. The dam was built in 1935. The dam is 83 feet above the ground and 824 feet long. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_037_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Tuscarawas River (Ohio); Dams--Ohio--1930-1940; Dover (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Tuscarawas River Valley (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image of Harman Blennerhassett (1765-1831) is photographic reproduction of an engraving by Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895). The head-and-shoulders portrait depicts Blennerhassett as young man with wavy hair, large eyes, and a rather prominent nose. Just below the bottom of the oval image is the caption “Engd by A.H. Ritchie” and located further down is a reproduction of Blennerhassett’s signature. Ritchie’s engraving closely resembles a digital image that is in the collection of the New York Public Library (ID 113981). A typeset caption on that image reads: “Harman Blennerhassett, from a miniature taken in London in 1796.” If that information is correct, then the miniature was created when Blennerhassett was about 31 years old. Blennerhassett and his wife, Margaret, achieved notoriety for their association with Aaron Burr, former vice president of the United States, and for their involvement in the Burr Conspiracy. The Blennerhassetts’ surviving legacy and a symbol of their legendary hospitality is the mansion they built on Blennerhassett Island, located in the middle of the Ohio River near what is now Parkersburg, West Virginia Blennerhassett, a wealthy Irish aristocrat, and his niece, Margaret Agnew (ca. 1778-1842) created a scandal when they married. The exact date of their wedding is not known, but Margaret was likely in her late teens at the time of the nuptials. Margaret was the daughter of Robert Agnew, lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man. She was an intelligent, well-educated young woman with linguistic and literary talent. The closely related couple flouted legal, religious, and social conventions by marrying. The couple left England for the United States during the late 1790s and eventually moved to Marietta, Ohio. In 1797 they purchased 174 acres of land on an island in the Ohio River. The land formerly belonged to George Washington. During their first years on the island, the Blennerhassetts lived in a blockhouse until a permanent home was ready. In 1800 they moved into their new home, a mansion, where the couple lived the life of the wealthy. The Blennerhasetts were famous for their hospitality, and many travelers down the Ohio River stopped at the couple’s home. Their most famous guest was Burr, whom they met in 1805 when he visited the island. In 1805 and 1806, the Blennerhassetts assisted Burr in his scheme to break away the western part of the United States and form a new country that he would lead. The federal government heard rumors of the uprising and sent a detachment of Virginia militia to seize the Blennerhassetts' island. Harman Blennerhassett was in hiding; his wife was away in Marietta. When she returned, she discovered that the militiamen had ransacked the home, and she fled with her children. Her husband was arrested a few weeks later, but he quickly gained his release. The Blennerhassetts briefly returned to their mansion, but now destitute, they sought their fortunes in Mississippi, where Harman raised cotton to support the family. An embargo during the War of 1812 brought more financial hardship. In 1819 the family moved to Canada, where Harman tried unsuccessfully to establish a law firm. Margaret and their surviving children remained in Canada when Harman moved to Ireland in 1821 to pursue an old legal claim. He settled on the Isle of Guernsey. His family left the United States in 1825 to live with Harman on the Isle of Guernsey, where he died in 1831. Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822-1895) was an artist and engraver who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and studied under Scottish artist Sir William Allan. Ritchie moved to New York in 1841 and established a studio there. He specialized in mezzotints, engravings, and etchings. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05839
Subjects: Blennerhassett, Harman, 1765-1831; Blennerhassett, Margaret, ca. 1778-1842; Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807; Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836; Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.); Ohio River Valley--History; Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics
 

Description: The photograph was taken on a boat on the Maumee River. In the foreground is metal contraption with a pulley system. In the background is the Anthony Wayne Bridge and the Toledo skyline which includes several skyscrapers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_030_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--History, Local--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads in script: "Bow of S.S.-S.T. Crapo posing downtown Toledo - Maumee River." Photograph shows bow of the S.T. Crapo in the Maumee River. The ship's hull is dark in color and has two rows of portholes, on below the ship's name, and one above it. In the background of the photograph is the Toledo skyline including multiple skyscrapers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_029_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.; Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--History, Local--Pictorial works.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: A tag on the back reads in print: "Toledo, from Lake freighter," and in script, "Toledo Skyline from Maumee River." This photograph was taken from aboard a Lake freighter, otherwise known as as Laker. In the foreground is a metal contraption with a pulley system attached. In the middle ground, on the left hand side of the photograph is another boat sailing alongside of the Laker. In the background, the Anthony Wayne Bridge and the Toledo skyline can be seen. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F12_027_001
Subjects: Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project; Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--History--Periodicals.
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Abandoned Coal Tripple at Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio. Evening on Pomeroy Bend. Code: F15, Class: Industry. Ident: Abandonded Coal Tipple. Location: Pomeroy. District 3." View of Pomeroy Bend and an anabanadoned coal tipple, along the Ohio River. Pomeroy is located in southeastern Ohio, along the Ohio River. It was named for Samuel Pomeroy, a Boston merchant who in 1804 purchased 262 acres of land on the site of the city. As early as 1770 coal was discovered near by, but it was 1809 before Nicholas Roosevelt opened a mine along the river to provide fuel for the steamboats about to appear on the Ohio. In 1832 the coal seams on the Samuel Pomeroy tract were opened and 1,000 bushels of coal were shipped down the river. The next year Pomeroy formed a company which, having acquired four miles of the river front, began to mine and distribute coal on a large scale. Prior to 1850 Pomeroy was the only town in Ohio shipping large quantities of coal down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. By 1880, when Ohio was the Nation’s third-ranking bituminous coal Sate, Meigs County, of which Pomeroy is the seat, stood fifth among some 30 coal producing counties. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_001_1
Subjects: Ohio River; Coal trade--Ohio River Valley--History
Places: Pomeroy (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "On this site overlooking the Maumee River at Maumee, Ohio, was built the first white settlement in the Northwest Territory. In 1680, the French under Frontenac, erected a trading post there and a century later it was rebuilt as a British stronghold called Fort Miami. Fort Meigs, the "Gibralter of the Northwest" where the American forced made their stand was located almost directly opposite." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F20_002_1
Subjects: Maumee River Valley (Ind. and Ohio)--History--Periodicals
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucus County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraved print titled "Ohio River from the Summit of Grave Creek Mound." The print is based on artwork by Seth Eastman. The mound was built by the Adena people between 250 and 150 B.C. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01155
Subjects: Ohio River Valley--Antiquities; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Moundsville (West Virginia)
 

Description: Corroded copper breast plate is roughly rectangular in shape with rounded corners and slightly inwardly-curving side edges. Top and bottom edges are fairly straight. There are two perforations 32 mm from top edge and centrally located, evenly spaced, 89 mm apart. There are possible textile fragments adhering to the reverse face. The corroded copper is dusky green in color. Item was found in Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07140
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Hopewell culture--Ohio--Scioto River Valley; American Indian history and society
Places: Paxton Township (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Postcard showing a curve in the Muskingum River, likely near Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1934. The Muskingum River has been an important pathway for both trade and communication throughout much of Ohio's history. The original founders of Marietta chose to build their community where the Muskingum River met the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04146
Subjects: Muskingum River (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio River Valley--History
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a map showing the Newark Earthworks in Licking County, Ohio. The Newark Earthworks were the largest set of geometric earthworks ever built in what is now the state of Ohio. They were constructed by the Hopewell culture (100 B.C. to 500 A.D.), an ancient American Indian culture. Originally the earthworks included a great circular enclosure (the Great Circle Earthworks), another slightly smaller circle that was linked to an octagon (Octagon Earthworks), and a large, nearly perfect square enclosure (Wright Earthworks), in addition to an oval earthwork surrounded a dozen conical and loaf-shaped mounds. All of these structures were connected by a series of parallel walls. There were many smaller circular enclosures and a scattering of other mounds and pits. On the opposite bank of the Licking River's South Fork, another square enclosure and an oval earthwork encircled the top of a hill that overlooked the vast maze of geometric enclosures. Over the years, the growth of the city of Newark destroyed many of the Newark Earthworks, but the Great Circle and the Octagon earthworks are major elements preserved by the efforts of interested local citizens. The surviving parts of the Newark Earthworks are recognized as a National Historic Landmark. In 2006, Governor Bob Taft formally declared the Newark Earthworks to be Ohio's state prehistoric monument, honoring the early American Indian builders of this site. Archaeologists E.G. Squier and E.H. Davis, with the help of surveyor and geologist Charles Whittlesey, systematically documented the American Indian works and compiled them into an 1847 book called "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley: Comprising the Results of Extensive Original Surveys and Explorations." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07257
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Earthworks (Archaeology); Mounds--Ohio River Valley; American Indian history and society
Places: Newark (Ohio); Licking County (Ohio)