Description: A photograph of a rocky edge along a river bank in Ohio. Along th edge of the rocks are barren trees, indicating the picture was taken during the autumn or winter. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_020_001
Subjects: Bodies of water--United States--History--20th century; Rocks--Ohio.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: A river flowing along an icy and rocky river bank in Ohio. The photograph looks like it was taken in the winter time because ice sickles have formed on the rocks. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_035_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Rocks--Ohio.
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Six adults and a child sitting on a rock in a stream with baskets that appear to be a picnic. There is a small waterfall behind the group. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08509
Subjects: Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Rocks; Waterfalls
 

Description: Caption reads: "Slanting Rock near Fresno Coshocton Co." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F05_006_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Rocks; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Fresno (Ohio); Coshocton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a photograph of woods in an unknown location in Ohio. More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B10F11_005_001
Subjects: Woods; Trees--Ohio; Geography and Natural Resources; Rocks; Parks--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Caption reads; "Boulder marking grave of Wilson children, Patsy and Anna, murdered by Indians 1812. Greenville Cemetery." The modern city of Greenville stands on the site of Greene Ville Fort, built in 1793 by Anthony Wayne as a staging point for his 1794 campaigns against hostile Native Americans in the area. The modern city was founded in 1808 and by the turn of the twentieth century it was the main metropolitan center of Darke County. Most of the residents in Darke County, however, were farmers in the countryside surrounding Greenville. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F05_017_001
Subjects: Cemeteries; Rocks; Monuments and memorials
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: This portrait of a young man reclining on a large boulder was taken by traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing, ca. 1896-1912. Like most of Ewing's work, it was likely taken in southeastern Ohio or central West Virginia. Born in 1870 in Washington County, Ohio, near Marietta, Ewing most likely began his photography career in the 1890s. The 1910 US Census and a 1912-1913 directory list him as a photographer. A negative signed "Ewing Brothers" and a picture with his younger brother, Frank, indicate that Frank may have joined the business. After 1916, directories list Albert as a salesman. He died in 1934. The Ewing Collection consists of 5,055 glass plate negatives, each individually housed and numbered. Additionally, the collection includes approximately 450 modern contact prints made from the glass plate negatives. Subjects include infants and young children, elderly people, families, school and religious groups, animals and rural scenes. In 1982, the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) received the collection, still housed in the original dry plate negative boxes purchased by Ewing. A selection of the original glass plate negatives were exhibited for the first time in 2013 at the Ohio History Center. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV71_B19_F1400
Subjects: Ewing, Albert J. (1870-1934); Photographers--Ohio; Portrait photography--United States--History; Young men; Rocks; Natural features
Places: Ohio; West Virginia
 

Description: Caption reads: "Granite Boulder, near Sunbury (Delaware Co)." Delaware County is home to the state's largest verified crystalline erratic, which was a popular tourist attraction in the 1930's. The large granite boulder is 22 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 8 feet high, with a circumference of 72 feet. The portion that is visible above ground weighs around 200 tons, while the area below ground is undetermined. The boulder is located one mile east of Sunbury, along Croton Road. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F10_001_1
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Boulders; Rocks
Places: Sunbury (Ohio); Delaware 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: Midget City constructed outdoors in Milan, Ohio, was an attraction in the 1940's visited annually by thousands of people. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F01A_014_1
Subjects: Expositions and fairs; Geography and Natural Resources; Rocks; Gardens
Places: Milan (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm) photograph of the Cleveland Quarries in Amherst, Ohio, was taken in the 1960s. Amherst is known for its large formation of high-quality sandstone, which runs roughly from Berea, Ohio to Amherst. The area has been labeled the "Sandstone Center of the World." John Baldwin, founder of what is now Baldwin-Wallace College, is credited with discovering the sandstone formation in 1842. Several quarries were already operating in the area. The Cleveland Stone Company bought out several of the smaller ventures in July 1886. The Ohio Quarries, owned by John R. Walsh, organized in 1903 in competition with Cleveland Stone Company. In 1929, Cleveland Stone purchased the Ohio Quarries and became the Cleveland Quarries Company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3028_3645077_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Quarries and quarrying; Excavation; Rocks
Places: Amherst (Ohio); Lorain 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)