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(From interior)This book is dedicated to the people, businesses, churches and organizations of Gallia County as it celebrates, along with the great State of Ohio, the 200th anniversary of the year both became part of the United States of America.

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Publié par	Turner Publishing Company
Date de parution	01 janvier 2003
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781681624990
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	3 Mo

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Gallia County, Ohio

Harrington Mill and Northup Bridge - near Gallipolis, Ohio

McCarley Grain Mill

Flood April 1948

Flood - December 1937
GALLIA COUNTY OHIO
HISTORY VOL. II
Bicentennial Edition - 2003
Gallipolis Wharf 1870

Turner Publishing Company Publishers of America s History
Copyright 2003 Gallia County Historical Society
This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced without the written consent of the Gallia County Historical Society History Book Committee and the Publisher.
The materials were compiled and produced using available information; Turner Publishing Company and the Gallia County History Book Committee regret they cannot assume liability for errors or omissions.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2003103440 ISBN: 978-1-56311-874-6
Limited Edition of 1000 copies of which this book is number _________
Contents
Gallia County Historical Society
History
Churches
Clubs Organizations
Schools
Memorials Veterans
Businesses
Biographies

Aerial view of Gallipolis, Ohio
Gallia County 1803 - 2003
Gallia County Historical Society Board Of Trustees - 2002

1 st row - left to right - Alice Kay Giles, Frank Braxton - President, Harold Thompson, Gail Smith - Vice-President, Becky Scott, Nancy Hood 2 nd row - left to right - Doug Wetherholt, Robert Condee, Jerry Barnes, Charles Murray, Jim Clark - Treasurer, Marjorie Wood, Donald O Rourke - Secretary Not pictured - Thomas Moulton, Barbara Scott and Dene Pellegrinon
This book is dedicated to the people, businesses, churches and organizations of Gallia County as it celebrates, along with the great State of Ohio, the 200th anniversary of the year both became part of the United States of America. Our early history returns to a time of change for Ohio and this special part of Ohio playing a big role in the history of making it the great state it has become. The beautiful Ohio River and the ability to live with all the times it has brought us prosperity and, also, humbleness after floods and disaster, has made the citizens of this great county strong and resilient. It is the hope of this historical society for those that read this book now, and for generations to come, the realization of a great legacy we leave to future generations.
The following members of the Gallia County Historical Society have spent much time compiling this book. The board would like to acknowledge the following for their participation in preparing the book. Our Director, Mary Lee Marchi, was the catalyst behind this enormous task being completed. Many thanks to her typing committee partially composed of Alice Giles, Bobette Braxton, Margaret Myers, Christina Cogar, Maxie Oliver, Sonny Games, Marjorie Wood and Bertie Roush.
Proofreaders included Carolyn Cogar, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Myers, Myron and Barbara Jones, Vickie and Bob Powell, Wilma Brown, The Gallia County Genealogical Society, Doug and Janet Wetherholt, Jerry Barnes, Alice Giles, Nancy Hood, Annabelle Hagans, Annabelle Fellure, Irene Clark, Gail Smith, Christina Cogar, Marjorie Wood and others.
Gallia County History

Downtown, Gallipolis Ohio

Drugstore, Ewington Road, Ewington, OH ca. 1916

Introduction to Gallia County
By Charles A. Murray
Gallia County was established, in 1803. 500 French colonists had settled Gallipolis, its first major settlement, thirteen years earlier. They had left France because of the turmoil in that country. One of Gallipolis s earliest inns, The Our House still exists as a museum.
Early Pioneers
In addition to the French settlers, other ethnic groups began to arrive. In 1818, Welsh pioneers arrived. They settled in the Tyn Rhos, Nebo, and Peniel areas of western Gallia County. In 1859 German families migrated to Walnut Township. Many of these were excellent craftsmen.
Black American citizens have lived in Gallia County since 1803. During the 1850s many made their way northward from the South via of the Underground Railroad. Around 1900, a group of Italians settled in Gallipolis. Many of them and their offspring have become successful merchants. The latest ethnic group to reside in Gallia County is the Amish. This religious group settled in the Gage and Patriot communities. They have lived here since the 1990s.
Gallia County is sub-divided into 15 townships. Among these are the present-day communities of Mice, Ewington, Vinton, Morgan Center, Glenn Summit, Eno, Kygerville, Little Kyger, Cheshire, Harrisburg, Centerville Thurman, Rio Grande, Adamsville, Bidwell, Porter, Evergreen, Kerr, Bulaville, Addison, Gallia, Center Point, Patriot, Gage, Cora, Rodney, Centenary, Northup, Hanerville, Kanauga, Cadmus, Mudsoc, Little Bullskin, Leaper, Yellowtown, Eureka, Mercerville, Crown City, Swan Creek, Peniel, and Chambersburg.
Transportation
For many years Gallipolis was a major river port on the Ohio River. People traveled on steamboat packets to major river cities. From Gallipolis, ferryboats were used to transport vehicles across the Ohio River to West Virginia before the Silver Bridge was constructed in 1928. This bridge later collapsed on December 15, 1967, killing 46 people. The Silver Memorial Bridge replaced the ill-fated structure in 1969.
The earliest roadway in Gallia County was the Hannan Trace which connected present-day Charleston (WV) with Chillicothe, Ohio. It was not until 1818 that a road from Gallipolis to Chillicothe was built. At one time, covered bridges crossed the major streams. It was 1863, during the Civil War, when a rebel general named John Hunt Morgan and his men invaded Gallia County While in Vinton, these southern raiders burned the covered bridge over Raccoon Creek. Today State Route 35, a 4-lane highway, serves as the major transportation highway in the county.
Railway transportation arrived in 1880 when the first Hocking Valley Railway train began its operation. Because of the railway, several communities were developed including Mills Station, Kerr, Evergreen, Bidwell, Vinton, Glenn Summit and Alice. Passenger train service in Gallia County ended in 1949.
In 1934, the Holzer Airfield opened in Gallipolis along the strip of land between the Ohio River and State Route 7. Later this was discontinued, and presently a limited air-service at the Gallia-Meigs Regional Airport at Kanauga exists.
Communication
Mail service via canoe was established between Marietta, Ohio s and Gallipolis in 1794. At the present time, the county has U.S. Postal offices located at Bidwell, Cheshire, Crown City, Gallipolis, Kerr, Patriot, Rio Grande, and Vinton.
The Gallia Gazette became Gallia County s first newspaper in 1818. Today the Gallipolis Daily Tribune and The Sunday Times Sentinel provide coverage of local, state, national, and world news. The Central Union Telephone Company established telephone service in Gallipolis in 1882. Today Ameritech provides the area telephone service. In 1950, Gallipolis aired its first radio program on station WJEH-990.
Now, it, as well as WRYV (101.5) provides this communication service to the area.
Recreation
Kygerville, in Cheshire Township, once had a natural spa at Blue Sulfur Springs where people bathed and partook the medicinal effects of sulfur water. Around 1900, people in Gallipolis attended Lakewood Park, a resort where dancing, boating, and music were the main attractions. The Bidwell-Porter villages shared a park in the first half of the 1900s. During the days of steamboats on the Ohio River, showboats provided great entertainment. Gallipolis had several opera houses including the Betz Opera House, the Aleshire Hall, and the Ariel Theater, which still exists as the home of the Ohio Valley Symphony. Traveling circuses, Chatauqua meetings, spelling bees, pie socials and county fairs once provided great recreation for area residents. Today nature study can be enjoyed at the Raccoon Creek Park, Tycoon Lake, Wayne National Forest, Elizabeth Evans Bird Sanctuary and the American Electric Power Wildlife.
Education
By 1811, the seeds of education were planted in Gallipolis when Gallia Academy, then a private school, was established. Other private schools were established at Cheshire, Ewington and Porter during the 1800s. Gallia Academy, now a public school, has the largest enrollment of the local high schools. South Gallia and River Valley High Schools exist as well. The Buckeye Career Center serves a three county area. Public schools were established, first as one-room schools. Presently the Gallia County School System, the Gallipolis City Schools, and the Buckeye Hills School District exist. Among these are the following elementary schools: Addaville, Bidwell, Green, Hannan Trace, Kyger Creek Middle, Rio Grande, Southwestern, Vinton and Washington. The Ohio Valley Christian School, established in 1977, serves as a private educational institution K-12. The Rio Grande Community College joined the University of Rio Grande, first established as Rio Grande College in 1876, in 1974. Today s Rio Grande is a multi-faceted institution offering both undergraduate and graduate programs of learning. Its mission, since its beginning, is to provide high quality education to students and to serve all of the people who reside in Southern Ohio. The Gallipolis Career College is also another institution of higher learning located within the county.
Religion
Religious societies have been important elements of Gallia County history. Most of its religious institutions in Gallia County have been Protestant denominations; however the French 500 first introduced Roman Catholicism in 1790. Historians recorded that a Baptist Church was organized in Cheshire Township as early as 1805. Methodism began in Addison Township in 1806. The first Religious Society of Gallipolis (The Presbyterians) was formed in 1815.
Government
In 1808 the town of Gallipolis was incorporated. The first courthouse was built in the present-day public square just south of the Bandstand; consequently the nearest cross stree