Early days in Belmont County, OH, and its various communities -- Bellaire, St. Clairsville, Martin's Ferry, Bridgeport and Barnesville -- are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 35 Page Booklet reprinted from the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Guide (a 1940 WPA Writers Project) and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged 10% for easier reading. Among the many and diverse topics covered in the booklet are: the Battle of Captina, the adventures of Indian hunter Lewis Wetzel, the life of Arthur St. Clair, Benjamin Lundy, early abolitionist, Indian attacks, a treatise entitled "Our Cabin, or Life in the Woods", Jake Heatherington and his mule Jack, the birthplace of William Dean Howells, etc. GENEALOGY BUFFS will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history of newspapers in the county, brief pieces on Lewis Wetzel, Benjamin Lundy, Ebenezer Martin, the grave of Ebenezer Zane, and the Narrow Guage Railroad, a tour guide's highlights in 1940, and maps showing the 88 Ohio counties and 1805 Ohio are also included.
Belmont County, OH
only $8.50
Sources: Historical Collections of Ohio/ History of Belmont County Ohio
Authors: Henry Howe
Original Publication Year: 1892
Original Publisher: F.A. Bailey and Co.
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