Description: The Ross County Courthouse in the county seat of Chillicothe was built in 1858. It is located at 2 North Paint Street. By proclamation of Gov. Arthur St. Clair on August 20, 1789, Ross County was formed. It was named for James Ross of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, who was a friend of Gov St. Clair. The county covered most of the the state of Ohio. It has been its current size since 1803, In 1800, Chillicothe was named the capital of the Northwest Territory. Chillicothe also served as the capital of the State of Ohio from 1803 to 1809 when it was moved to Zanesville. Then in 1816, the capital was moved back to Chillicothe for one year. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_009_1
Subjects: Chillicothe (Ross County, Ohio); Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Court-houses
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Plowing in March". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F02_010_1
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Plows; Farming
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hopewell effigy pipe known as the "Squatting Owl" is long and cylindrical with the head at the stem end of the pipe. Carving is schematic with wings on the body deeply incised. Claws on the bottom are carved in low relief and are highly polished, probably from handling. The eyes are large, circular, flat-bottomed concavities which likely were inset or inlaid with shell or pearl. Beak is angular, high relief and somewhat damaged on the end. The bowl is a large, circular, cylindrical projection in the back on the owl; a portion of it has broken off. Artistic style is typical of the Copena Culture of Tennessee. It is made of steatite that is very dark grayish brown in color. Item was excavated from Seip Mound in Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07284
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Paxton Township (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Effigy of a dog with a long muzzle and pointed ears is depicted chewing on the remnant of human head, which he holds between his front paws. Paws are very blocky and stylized. Left front leg is broken, missing and restored. Part of right rear leg is broken and missing. Tail is tightly curved over the back and attached, forming a ring. Pipe bowl is a roughly rectangular projection in the middle of the dog's back. Hole for pipe stem is in the dog's posterior. Stylized human head is upside down. The nose is high relief. The lower jaw is missing. Dog is chewing on occipital region of the head. The artistic style is typical of the Copena Culture from Tennessee region. The effigy is made of dark grayish-brown steatite. Item was excavated from Seip Mound in Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07285
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1–400)
Places: Paxton Township (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pine Lake Spillway in Tar Hollow State Park, Ross County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00404
Subjects: Parks--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of Story Mound with visible erosion at the top of the mound, Chillicothe, Ohio, July 20, 1963. The mound, attributed to the Adena culture, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1973. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08601
Subjects: Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Side of the Renick House, also known as "Paint Hill", located at 17 Mead Drive on the western side of Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. In 1801, Thomas, George, and William Renick moved from Virginia to settle in Pickaway County, Ohio. In 1803, the Renick family bought a large plot of land in Harrison Township and divided it 3 ways. The Renicks are respected Pickaway and Ross County farmers and cattle breeders, and they were the first to bring imported cattle into Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B06F06_005_1
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio; Ross County (Ohio); Historic houses
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of Story Mound on the edge of the fair grounds in Chillicothe, Ohio. This image was published in Warren King Moorehead's "Report of Field Work in Various Portions of Ohio" published in the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society Publications, volume 7, 1899. Story Mound is a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in Chillicothe. This prehistoric burial mound stands 19.5 feet high, with a basal diameter of 95 feet. Erected by the Adena culture sometime between 800 B.C to A.D. 100, it was excavated in 1897 by Clarence Loveberry, who discovered the first example of a circular timber building used in Adena ceremonial and domestic architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state of Ohio acquired Story Mound in 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08633
Subjects: Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads, "Mead plant and wood for wood pulp." This is a photo of the Mead Corporation's wood plant and wood being weathered for pulp. The Mead Corporation was founded in Dayton in 1846. Colonel Daniel Mead bought out his partners over the span of the next twenty years, and in 1882 established Mead Paper Company. In 1890 Mead opened up the Chillicothe plant, seen in this photo. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F10_012_1
Subjects: Mead Pulp & Paper Co., Chillicothe, Ohio; Ross County (Ohio)--History; Wood-pulp industry; Industries--Ohio--History--Pictorial works; United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio)
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Artifacts excavated from Story Mound during field work conducted by Warren K. Moorehead, Curator in Charge of Explorations, ca. 1897. Story Mound is located on the edge of the fairgrounds in Chillicothe, Ohio. Story Mound is a large, rounded earthen mound located on slightly less than an acre of ground in Chillicothe. This prehistoric burial mound stands 19.5 feet high, with a basal diameter of 95 feet. Erected by the Adena culture sometime between 800 B.C to A.D. 100, it was excavated in 1897 by Clarence Loveberry, who discovered the first example of a circular timber building used in Adena ceremonial and domestic architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The state of Ohio acquired Story Mound in 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08634
Subjects: Adena Culture (800 B.C.–A.D. 100); Mounds--Ohio--Ross County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Front photo caption reads: "Tomlinson, Waverly, O. 'The Lake White City.'" Back caption reads: "Main & Mulberry Sts. Chillicothe, O. Headquarter of Gen. Arthur St. Clair." Historical marker on photograph reads: "Gen. Arthur St. Clair, first governor of the N. W. Territory had his headquarters here 1800-1802." Arthur St. Clair was a political and military leader in the Ohio country in the years of the American Revolution and the new nation. He was the first governor of the Northwest Territory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F02_021_1
Subjects: St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818; Memorials--Ohio; Ross County (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Engraving of Chillicothe, Ohio, printed in color with the caption &"Chillicothe, from the hill west. Beneath is shown the principal part of the town; on the left, the Scioto River, beyond which Mount Logan is seen rising to the height of nearly 600 feet." Drawn by Henry Howe in 1846. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00197
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)