Description: Fugitive slaves used these caves in Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio, to hide as they fled to freedom in Canada on the Underground Railroad. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03184
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Salem Township (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the J. H. Dunathan & Co drawing of the business located by the canal in Deep Cut, Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. This drawing was in the 1880 Atlas of Auglaize County, Ohio. This was a mercantile business, dealing mostly in grain and produce. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06123
Subjects: Canals Ohio; Auglaize County (Ohio)
Places: Salem Township (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the business of J. H. Dunathan & Co beside the canal in Deep Cut, Salem Township, Auglaize County, Ohio. The caption reads: "Dry goods, groceries, notions, boots and shoes, clothing, hats and caps, queens ware, hardware. Highest market prices paid for all kinds of grain" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06122
Subjects: Canals Ohio; Auglaize County (Ohio)
Places: Salem Township (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph illustrating various farming practices on a farm in Muskingum County. Muskingum County is located in eastern Ohio and is predominantly rural.The soil is a mixture of clay and sand, and is mostly fertile. Grain raising was formerly the leading occupation. Many farms relied on strip cropping to prevent all of a given field from being tilled at one time. Strip cropping is a method of growing crops in a systematic arrangement of strips across a field. Specifically, contour strip cropping shortens the length of land slopes, checks the movement of run-off water, helps to de-silt it and increases the absorption of rainwater by the soil. Reverse reads: “Land use on the farm of Floyd Lapp-Muskingum County Ohio-Salem Twp. Ohio Project #14. See 9.10. 1. Woods fenced out and protected from pasture. 2. Steep land retired to permanent meadow. 3. Strip cropping. 4. Wheat field to be stripped in 1936. 5. Strip cropping just visible through the trees. 6. Contour strip cropping. 7. New alfalfa-seeded spring 1935. 8. New lafalfa-seeded spring 1935. 9. Pasture treated spring 1935-very rank and luxuriant.” View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_009_001
Subjects: Agriculture--Ohio--History.; Farming; Muskingum (Ohio)
Places: Salem Township (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "The trap - the finished job of mine sealing near East Springfield, Jefferson County. Presented by Mr. S. M. Ripley." Air trap seals, also known as wet seals, were installed extensively through the Works Progress Administration's mining sealing project. Wet seals are usually made of concrete block, with either a hole, or a pipe to allow for water drainage. Long term effectiveness of these were limited however, due to debris clogging the exit, and/or collapse, so the design was changed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F03_031_001
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources--Ohio
Places: East Springfield (Ohio); Salem Township (Ohio); Springfield (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Josiah M. Doan, who served with Company G of the 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company G was recruited from Washington and Columbiana Counties, and was also known as the "Salem Light Guard." Doan was from Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f14_03
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 36th (1861-1865) Company G
Places: Washington County (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Edwin Coppock Memorial, errected by Daniel Howell Hise in Salem, Ohio. The engraving reads "Edwin Coppock 'A martyr to the cause of liberty' Born in Butler Township near Salem, Ohio. June 30, 1835. Was one of John Brown's Company in his attempt to liberate the slaves at Harpers Ferry, VA. October 1859. Was executed at Charleston, VA. December 16, 1859." John Brown was an abolitionists whose obsession with ending slavery led him to violence and his eventual death. Under the influence of his father, Brown decided to dedicate his life to destroying the institution of slavery, and he spent time serving as a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Brown gained national attention in 1859 when he led a group of twenty-one men on a raid of Harper's Ferry, Virginia (modern-day West Virginia). A federal arsenal was in the town, and Brown hoped to capture the buildings and the weapons stored inside of them. He then intended to distribute the guns and ammunition to slaves in the region, hoping to create an army of African Americans that would march through the South and force slave-owners to release their slaves. Brown and his men succeeded in capturing the arsenal, but local residents surrounded the buildings, trapping the abolitionists inside. A detachment of United States Marines arrived and stormed the arsenal on October 18, capturing seven men, including Brown. The court found Brown guilty and sentenced him to death, along with his comrades. John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid raised issues for the presidential election of 1860. It was also one of the events that led to the eventual dissolution of the United States and the Civil War that followed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06500
Subjects: Slavery; Abolition movement--1850-1860; Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) History John Brown's Raid, 1859; Memorials--Ohio
Places: Salem (Ohio); Columbiana County (Ohio)