Description: Main Street in New Straitsville, Perry County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F12_001_001
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio); New Straitsville (Ohio)--Photographs
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is a view of Main St and Bridge in Crooksville, Ohio. Crooksville is a village of about 1.5 square miles in Perry County. It is the home of the well know Hull Pottery. In July, Crooksville, along with neighboring Roseville, host the Crooksville-Roseville Pottery Festival View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F12_003_001
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio)
Places: Crooksville (Ohio) Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an exterior image of St. Joseph's Church and Priory, Somerset, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. St. Joseph's Church, a log cabin erected in 1818, was the first Catholic church built in Ohio. This Gothic structure, which dates from 1843, is the third St. Joseph's Church erected on the site. The attached priority was dedicated in 1882. The church and priority are situated at the top of a gradual incline, behind an expanse of lawn and trees. Father Edward Fenwick (1768-1832), a member of the Order of Friars Preachers (commonly known as the Dominicans), traveled from Kentucky to Ohio as a missionary in 1808. A year later Jacob and Catharine Dittoe deeded 320 acres of land to Father Fenwick for the site of a church. The first church was a small log cabin dedicated on December 6, 1818, by Father Fenwick and his nephew, Father Nicholas Dominic Young. It had a dirt floor and measured only 18 feet by 22 feet. In 1821 Father Fenwick became the first Bishop of Cincinnati, a new diocese. Membership in St. Joseph's Church continued to grow, as did the number of priestly vocations. In 1828 a brick church replaced the log cabin, and a priory for resident friars was completed in 1837. A college for the education of future priests was completed in 1854. In 1843 the current Gothic structure was dedicated, four years after its construction began. In 1864 fire destroyed the priority and left only the church's brick shell. The church was rebuilt three years later, and the college was demolished to make way for the 1882 priory. St. Joseph's Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06172
Subjects: Church buildings--Ohio; Perry County (Ohio); Fenwick, Edward D. (Edward Dominic), 1768-1832; Dominicans; Somerset (Ohio); Cultural Ohio--Education; National Register of Historic Places
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard with a distant view of Junction City in Perry County, Ohio, 1911. Junction City was established in 1872 by the merger of the towns of Trio City and Damascus. George Wolf and John Edmiston owned adjoining farms that became the towns of Damascus and Trio City in Perry County, Ohio. As the towns grew closer together, problems ensued between Wolf and Edmiston. They agreed to submit their claims to arbitration and it was recommended that the two towns be disbanded in favor of one, named Junction City. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03710
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development
Places: Junction City (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 5.25" x 3.25" (13.34 x 8.26 cm) postcard features a photograph of Junction City, Ohio. Dozens of oil rigs dot the landscape of the town. Junction City was established in 1872 by the merger of the towns of Trio City and Damascus. George Wolf and John Edmiston owned adjoining farms that became the towns of Damascus and Trio City in Perry County, Ohio. As the towns grew closer together, problems ensued between Wolf and Edmiston. They agreed to submit their claims to arbitration and it was recommended that the two towns be disbanded in favor of one, named Junction City. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1540_1507477_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Ohio Government; Oil well drilling rigs; Oil wells; Petroleum industry
Places: Junction City (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing the Old Stone Fort Dining Room restaurant, believed to be near Glenford Fort in Perry County, Ohio. Glenford Fort is located on a high bluff-like hill just south of the village of Glenford in Perry County, Ohio. The “fort’ is outlined by a mile long wall that follows the edge of the hilltop, enclosing about 40 acres. Located within the fort was a large stone mound that measured about 100 feet in diameter and 12-15 feet high. Unlike the earthen walls comprising other hilltop enclosures in Ohio, portions of the walls at Glenford Fort are made up almost entirely of stone cobbles gathered from exposed bedrock strata occurring at that elevation. At other locations the perimeter of the fort is defined by massive sections of bedrock split into long vertical gaps parallel with the bluff edge. These were further widened by glacial action, seeming to form natural passageways within the bedrock. Glenford Fort survives much as it looked to early surveyors thanks to the longtime ownership of a local family. The interior stone mound did not fare as well. In the 1980s it was excavated using less-than-professional standards, although work there did produce artifacts diagnostic of the Adena culture. This was backed by a radiocarbon date of 2220 +/- 50 bp or 270 B.C. As with other hilltop enclosures in Ohio, it more likely served as a ceremonial precinct than a defensive position. Glenford Fort is now owned and managed by the Perry County Soil & Water Conservation District with the support of the Arc of Appalachia and the Heartland Earthwork Conservancy View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_004_002
Subjects: Restaurants--Ohio--History; Glenford Fort (Ohio); Adena culture--Ohio; Earthworks (Archaeology)
Places: Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the Old Stone Fort Dining Room, believed to be near the Glenford Fort earthwork site in Perry County, Ohio. Glenford Fort is located on a high bluff-like hill just south of the village of Glenford in Perry County, Ohio. The “fort’ is outlined by a mile long wall that follows the edge of the hilltop, enclosing about 40 acres. Located within the fort was a large stone mound that measured about 100 feet in diameter and 12-15 feet high. Unlike the earthen walls comprising other hilltop enclosures in Ohio, portions of the walls at Glenford Fort are made up almost entirely of stone cobbles gathered from exposed bedrock strata occurring at that elevation. At other locations the perimeter of the fort is defined by massive sections of bedrock split into long vertical gaps parallel with the bluff edge. These were further widened by glacial action, seeming to form natural passageways within the bedrock. Glenford Fort survives much as it looked to early surveyors thanks to the longtime ownership of a local family. The interior stone mound did not fare as well. In the 1980s it was excavated using less-than-professional standards, although work there did produce artifacts diagnostic of the Adena culture. This was backed by a radiocarbon date of 2220 +/- 50 bp or 270 B.C. As with other hilltop enclosures in Ohio, it more likely served as a ceremonial precinct than a defensive position. Glenford Fort is now owned and managed by the Perry County Soil & Water Conservation District with the support of the Arc of Appalachia and the Heartland Earthwork Conservancy View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_004_001
Subjects: Restaurants--Ohio--History; Glenford Fort (Ohio); Adena culture--Ohio; Earthworks (Archaeology)
Places: Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Home of Philip H. Sheridan in Somerset, Ohio. Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census. General Sheridan is memorialized by Ohio's only equestrian Civil War statue, which stands in the center square in a small park in the middle of the traffic circle. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the rank of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2855_E1_02_01
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military officers--Union
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Major General Philip H. Sheridan from Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, ca. 1861-1865. Sheridan (1831-1888) was born to Irish immigrants John and Mary Sheridan, who settled in Somerset, Ohio. As a young man, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. When the Civil War broke out, Sheridan was a captain in the army; by the end of the war, he had been promoted to major general. Just before his death he became the fourth man to receive the grade of full general, following George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman. Over the course of his career he held numerous important positions, including Commander of the Army of the Shenandoah, military governor of Texas and Louisiana, and commander in chief of the U.S. Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00541
Subjects: Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Sugar Creek Coal Mine, mine # 6 shaft and coal tipple, Perry County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00394
Subjects: Perry County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is of the entrance of the Somerset courthouse in Perry County, Ohio. Above the entrance reads the inscription "Let justice be done, if the heavens should fall." The courthouse was built in 1829 and is indicative of first generation courthouses in Ohio with its square shape and attached tower. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F08_004
Subjects: Courthouses--Ohio--History. Ohio
Places: Somerset (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)
 

Description: Four 2" x 2" (5.08 x 5.08 cm) photographs document floats in the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival Parade in Perry County, Ohio. Held over Memorial Day weekend, the New Straitsville Moonshine Festival began in 1971. The year before, a homecoming celebration was held in honor of the town's centennial. The event was a success, and residents decided to hold the event every year. It was named the Moonshine Festival in honor of New Straitsville's history as a producer of bootleg moonshine during the Great Depression, when many of the region's coal mines were closed. The Moonshine Festival includes a parade, crowning of "Miss Moonshine," and the distilling of moonshine. While the sale of moonshine is illegal in Ohio, moonshine is made for demonstration purposes at the festival and later dumped. Moonshine is a type of whiskey distilled from corn mash (a mixture of corn, sugar, water, and yeast). The result is a high-proof whiskey, which was often made at night "by light of the moon" to avoid prosecution by law enforcement agencies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3113_3737134_003
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Parades & processions; Stills (Distilleries); Floats (Parades); Festivals; Alcoholic beverages
Places: New Straitsville (Ohio); Perry County (Ohio)