Description: Back reads: "Landscape, Man photographing rock ledges, Conkle's Hollow, Hocking State Park (Ohio), Credit: J.O. Lord." Photograph showing a tiered cascade waterfall located in Conkle’s Hollow at the Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio. The trail was named for W.J. Conkle, who left his name carved in the sandstone on one wall of the gorge. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of Blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_011_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Geology; Natural features; Outdoor recreation; Waterfalls
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Cedar Falls at Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio. Cedar Falls is best known for its fanned waterfall and hemlock-lined trail. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of Blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. A note on the photograph's reverse reads "Landscape, Rocky Falls, Cedar Falls, Hocking State Park (Ohio), Credit: J.O. Lord." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_012_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Waterfalls; Outdoor recreation; Geology; Natural features
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows Cedar Falls at Hocking Hills State Park in Hocking County, Ohio. Cedar Falls is best known for its fanned waterfall and hemlock-lined trail. In 1924, the state of Ohio purchased 146 acres in the Hocking Hills that became Hocking Hills State Park in 1949. In 1972, the park added a dining lodge and cabins. Hocking Hills State Park is known for its geologic features of Blackhand sandstone, including Old Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, and Rock House. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_014_1
Subjects: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); State parks and reserves; Waterfalls; Outdoor recreation; Geology; Natural features
Places: Hocking Hills State Park (Ohio); South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Backyard in Haydenville, Hocking County, Ohio." Photograph looking across a row of backyards without fencing. Four girls are seen playing in the foreground. In the background another girl rides a bicycle, while a toddler, an older boy and an older girl play. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B07F04_026_1
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Recreation; Children; Sports and leisure; Daily life
Places: Haydenville (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Dist. 3, Hocking Co., near Logan." More information needed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F09_016_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: The pictured reproduction of a map illustrates charcoal furnaces once located in the Hanging Rock Iron Region of southeastern Ohio and the bordering region of Kentucky. While iron production originated in the northeastern corner of Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century, southern Ohioans soon dominated the industry. The most productive area was centered near Hanging Rock, along the Ohio River. By 1860, southern Ohioans had established sixty-nine iron furnaces, producing more than 100,000 tons of iron annually, across Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Scioto, and Vinton Counties. The manufacturers sent much of the iron up and down the Ohio River to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, allowing southern Ohioans to prosper. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01193
Subjects: Iron industry; Maps--Ohio; Hanging Rock Iron Region (Ohio)--History; Charcoal industry--United States
Places: Ross County (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio); Vinton County (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio); Athens County (Ohio); Meigs County (Ohio); Gallia County (Ohio);
 

Description: Emily Gregor and Ann Quadrano, members of the Buckeye Trail Association, shown standing at the memorial marking the entrance to the Grandma Gatewood Memorial Hiking Trail in Hocking County, Ohio. The photograph was taken during the Buckeye Trail Association's twenty-fifth annual meeting held April 27-29, 1984. Emma R. "Grandma" Gatewood was a long-time member of the Buckeye Trail Association and the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. The Buckeye Trail is 1,444 miles long and runs in a loop from Cleveland to Cincinnati along the eastern and western halves of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02615
Subjects: Hocking County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Buckeye Trail Association; Hiking
Places: Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Hocking Canal through Fairfield and Hocking Counties, between stations 878 and 990. The Hocking River is pictured, and railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction began on the Hocking Canal in 1831 and was completed in 1843, connecting Athens and Carroll and running roughly parallel in sections to the Hocking River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4921_008
Subjects: Hocking Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Fairfield County (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1854, this is a diploma awarded by the Hocking County Agricultural Society to Catherine C. Hopley for the best specimen of fancy drawing at the Annual Fair in Logan, Ohio, in Hocking County. The diploma is signed by R. Wright, president, presumably of the Fair Board. The text is surrounded by a detailed drawing which features agricultural tools and equipment at the top, and two women sitting on statue bases. Catherine was the elder sister of John P. Hopley of Bucyrus, Ohio. She authored one of the first popular books on snakes, titled "Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life" in 1882. She made a number of other important contributions to the study of herpetology and did fieldwork on snake populations in Ohio. Hopley authored a variety of other texts, including "Sketches of the Ophidians" (1873), "Life in the South" (1863), and "Adventures in the Wilds of the West" (1872). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS5553
Subjects: Hopley, Catherine Cooper, 1817-1911; Fairs--Ohio; Drawings (visual works); Awards
Places: Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Outdoor theater setting including bleachers for audience, Native American performers, teepees and a kettle over a fire. Caption reads "Part of Camp--Taken at Buena Vista, O. August 1889. E. E. E. Lecturer." Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E. E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E. V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement") were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts,” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E. E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07562
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Actors;
Places: Buena Vista (Ohio); Fayette County (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio); Van Wert County (Ohio)
 

Description: This monument, located on the town square in Logan, Ohio, commemorates the men from Hocking County who served in the Civil War. The granite monument includes a bronze statue of a soldier at parade rest. "In memory of the Boys in Blue of Hocking County 1861-1865" is inscribed on the monument. The photographs measure 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3019_3636480_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; Arts and Entertainment; Civil War; Sculpture; Soldiers; Monuments & memorials
Places: South Logan (Ohio); Hocking County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Hocking Canal through Hocking County, between stations 1887 and 1983. The Hocking River and Wolf's Basin are pictured, and railroads, stations, locks, and other landmarks along the route are also noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction began on the Hocking Canal in 1831 and was completed in 1843, connecting Athens and Carroll and running roughly parallel in sections to the Hocking River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4922_007
Subjects: Hocking Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Rivers--Ohio
Places: Hocking County (Ohio)