Centennial Atlas Athens County Oh - Softcover

Bush, Fred W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821411721 ISBN 13: 9780821411728

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1996

Synopsis

The original Centennial Atlas of Athens County Ohio was compiled and edited in 1905 by Fred W. Bush, then editor of The Athens Messenger and Herald. It was a history sponsored primarily by the people who were part of it: citizens and businesses paid to have their family stories, photographs of themselves, their homes or farms, and their business firms included in this volume. Residents of the towns of Nelsonville, Glouster, Trimble, Amesville, Chauncey, and Albany were also included, as were tables of statistics, a war record, lists of county officers, and lodge memberships. Early residents of Athens County described vast virgin forests, encounters with Native Americans, raising log cabins, early grist mills, roads, schools, and commerce. Separate, illustrated articles discuss the mounds of Athens County, the history of Ohio University, the Hocking Canal, and the county's coal industry. Nostalgia buffs and antique collectors will be intrigued by the photographs of furniture store interiors. Hardware and plumbing stores display wood stoves, lawnmowers, bicycles, and bathtubs. Also pictured are local places of interest: the Devil's Tea Table, the Shadow Rocks, the Stewart Mill and old South Bridge, among others. The 1905 Atlas was reprinted in 1975 as part of America's Bicentennial celebration. This first paperback edition (1996) will assure that this unique and invaluable portrait of a bustling turn-of-the-century community will continue to be availabe to a new generation of readers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0821411721
• ISBN 13: 9780821411728
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 166