Belmont County Revolutionary War Veterans

This memorial plaque was placed by the Zane's Trace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in grateful memory of those buried in the soil of Belmont County who loved country more than life and served in the American ...

McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins / "Friendship Nine"

McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins

This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory's lunch counter ...

Swampscott Honor Roll

Swampscott

Honor Roll

Dedicated To The

Memory Of Those

Who Served In

World War II

Dedicated November 11, 1968

[ 1440 names are listed. The following names have a star indicating they did not return ]

Addison, Charles D., Jr. • Beatrice, Armand F. • Bjorkman, Alan L. ...

A Night of “Savage Cruelty”

September 28, 1778

The evening of September 27, 1778, found Baylor’s Dragoons settling for the night near this site. The neighborhood’s name, Overkill, came from the small bridge “Over de kill”, a kill being a creek or river to the Jersey ...

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.

Cleburne's Division - Breckinridge's Corps.

Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne.

Liddell's Brigade - Col. Daniel C. Govan.

Smith's Brigade - Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.

Smith's Brigade - Col. Henry B. Granbury.

Polk's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk.

Lowrey's Brigade ...

Quaker Meeting House

Despite the fugitive slave laws that prohibited harboring runaway slaves, fugitives found refuge in the Quaker village of Chesterfield, now Chesterhill. Legend tells that no runaway slaves were ever captured here, although many were hidden and helped on their way ...

Ranch House

Considered by some to be the oldest dwelling in Lake County, the Ranch House was built in the 1850’s to 1860’s. It was associated with the earliest settlement of High Valley and beginnings of agriculture in Lake County. It is ...

Captured English Cannon

This English cannon cast in 1798 captured during the War of 1812 by the Salem privateer "Grand Turk" bought by Swampscott fisherem in 1835 for use as a fog signal and last discharged on July 4, 1857 is now ...

Windlass or Crab Winch

The earliest North American mechanism used to open miter gates on steamboat locks were muscle powered, geared winches (windlass, crabs), which quickly replaced balance beams when lock widths exceeded about 25 feet. This 3,360 pound windlass miraculously survived and is ...

Two River Towns: McConnelsville and Malta

McConnelsville and Malta are two towns that prospered because of the locks and dams built on the Muskingum River from 1836 to 1841. Settlers came to both towns in 1817. In the 1820s and 1830s, flatboats carried grain, lumber, and ...