Description: Photographic reproduction of a portrait depicting Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne (1798-1879), who kept a station on the Underground Railroad in his home at Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. 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: AL03098
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Washington (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of a home in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania where Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne (1798-1879) kept a station 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: AL03212
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Washington (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This is a photograph of West Middletown, Pennsylvania. The town was a noted station on the Underground Railroad and a hotbed of abolitionists in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It still has a large African American population. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. 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: AL03226
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Anti-Slavery--19th Century
Places: West Middletown (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of the home and barn of Thomas McKeever, a noted abolitionist and an operator on the Underground Railroad in West Middletown, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He concealed fugitive slaves in the barn. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. It 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: AL03227
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Barns
Places: West Middletown (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of the barn used by Thomas McKeever to conceal fugitive slaves. He was a noted abolitionist and an operator on the Underground Railroad in West Middletown, Washington County, Pennsylvania. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. 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: AL03228
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Barns
Places: West Middletown (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Photograph of a tavern at Coon Island in Washington County, Pennsylvania, that served as a hiding place for fugitive slaves that had escaped from Virginia. This photograph was taken by Earle R. Forrest. 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: AL03017
Subjects: Underground Railroad--Pennsylvania; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Coon Island, Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: This 8-ton explosion tested locomotive was built by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. This photograph was taken in a coal mine owned by Industrial Collieries, Ellsworth, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00923
Subjects: Mining machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Labor
Places: Ellsworth (Pennsylvania); Washington County (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Commissary Sgt. Benjamin F. Stackhouse, who served with Company B of the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Stackhouse was originally from Beverly, Washington County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f23_08
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865) Company B
Places: Beverly (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Pennsylvania
 

Description: Martha Latimer McCook, Daniel's wife, 1802-1879, carte-de-visite. Daniel McCook and eight sons fought in the American Civil War and along with his brother John and his sons became known as the Fighting McCook's. Martha was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania on March 8, 1802. She died on November 10, 1879 and is buried next to her husband in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08417
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; McCook family;
 

Description: Photograph of Charles Harris Wesley, a prominent African American scholar, artist, minister and civil rights figure. He received degrees from Fisk University, Yale University and Harvard University and taught at Howard University in Washington. He was a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Wilberforce University. He served as president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s, founded of Central State College in 1948 and served as the first director of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1970s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_VFM34_1
Subjects: Activists; Civil Liberties; Civil rights; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; African American men; African American authors; Wilberforce University; Howard University; Central State College
Places: Washington (District of Columbia); Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Charles Harris Wesley shaking hands with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shortly after receiving his honorary doctorate from Central State College in 1958. Charles Harris Wesley was a prominent African American scholar, artist, minister and civil rights figure. He received degrees from Fisk University, Yale University and Harvard University and taught at Howard University in Washington. He was a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was awarded the Doctor of Divinity degree by Wilberforce University. He served as president of Wilberforce University in the 1940s, founded of Central State College in 1948 and served as the first director of the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1970s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_VFM34_2_20.tif
Subjects: Activists; Civil Liberties; Civil rights; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century; African American men; African American authors; Wilberforce University; Howard University; Central State College
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Zane Grey, his wife Lina, and two of their three children. Grey was a popular and widely-read novelist of the American West. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, on January 31, 1872, to Lewis Grey and Alice Josephine Zane Grey. As a teenager, Grey was an excellent baseball player. He won a baseball scholarship to the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied to become a dentist. Once he left school and began his dental practice in New York, Grey realized that he was not happy. He decided to leave dentistry behind and become a writer. Grey's first novel, "Betty Zane," drew inspiration from the stories he had heard about frontier Ohio when he was growing up. He wrote "Betty Zane" in 1904 but was not able to find a publisher at first. Refusing to give up, Grey traveled west and continued writing. In 1910, he had his first success when Harper's Magazine published "The Heritage of the Desert." Two years later, Harper's published "Riders of the Purple Sage." Grey died unexpectedly of a heart attack on October 23, 1939. By the time of his death, he had written almost ninety books. Most of his books were Westerns, but he also wrote nine books that had a fishing theme. Grey also published many short stories, a biography of George Washington as a young man, and several stories for children. Some of Grey's other popular Western novels included "Spirit of the Border," "Desert Gold," "The Last Trail," "The Call of the Canyon," and "The Thundering Herd." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P49_5_2_1
Subjects: Authors; Books; Grey, Zane, 1872-1939; Education; Families
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio);