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History of Hocking County Ohio

History of Hocking County Ohio

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    Description

    HOCKING COUNTY
    ,
    OHIO
    Early days in Hocking County, OH, and the communities of Logan, Haydenville, Carbon Hill, Laurelville, Murray City, Millville, and South Bloomingville, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
    NEW
    17 Page Booklet
    of excerpts reproduced from the 1892
    Centennial edition of Henry Howe's
    Historical Collections of Ohio
    ,
    The Ohio Guide
    (a WPA Writers project) and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet
    is printed single-sided on quality paper with the fine print enlarged for easier reading. A sheet of clear vinyl has been added to protect the front cover.
    Illustrations include
    Logan's Main Street as it looked in 1891, a view of Logan drawn in 1846, and an 1889 photo of Rock Bridge.
    Among the many and diverse topics
    covered in the booklet:
    origin of the name Hocking; early settlers; settling disputes; picturesque areas, including Ash Cave, Rock House, Dead Man's Cave, Cedar Falls, Rock Bridge and Saltpetre Cave, and Thieve's Cave; a shelter for stolen horses; memoirs of a 104-year-old veteran who served with Napoleon; and a trip to the Hocking Valley Coal Mines.
    The history of newspapers in the county, an "updated" 1940 view of the area in the WPA guide, a map showing all 88 Ohio counties and a map of Ohio as it appeared in 1805 are also included.
    Genealogy buffs
    will find a list of 1888 county officers and businesses.
    Wouldn't this make a unique gift?