History of Belmont County Ohio

Description

BELMONT COUNTY
,
OHIO
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 quality paper, with the print enlarged 10% for easier reading.
Illustrations include an 1846 sketch of St. Clairsville, a view of Bellaire in 1887, and Martin's Ferry in 1887.
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.
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