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Zanesville and Muskingum Count

Zanesville, United States

<center>This is a “rubbing” wall which depicts the proud history of Zanesville and Muskingum County. Historic images are surrounded by tiles depicting foliage from the Ohio Buckeye tree. The images are in order of their dates beginning with the image to your right and continuing around the wall. To make a rubbing, hold or tape a piece of medium or light weight paper over an image. Use a firm pencil or crayon to draw back and forth across the paper. This will transfer the image to the paper. Diagonal strokes work best. Please do not use pens or markers. Please remove tape when you remove your paper. To learn more about the history of Zanesville and Muskingum County, look for resources inside the library. DeBorah Goletz, 1999 [who made the tiles] [A.] 1700's The Delaware tribe lived here in the late 1700's and named the “Moos-kin-gung” (Muskingum) River. It means Elk Eye River. [B.] 1797 Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Jonathan Zane John McIntire and Tomepomehala cut “Zane's Trace” from Wheeling, WV, to Maysville, KY claiming 640 acres as the future site of Westbourne (renamed Zanesville) [C.] 1805 Zanesville's first school house was made from logs [D.] 1809 Zanesville built a two story brick courthouse to become Ohio's state capital for two years triumphing over Putnam's Stone Academy. Zanesville had already secured the Muskingum County seat in 1804 one year after Ohio became a state. [E.] 1814 Wooden flatboats floated with the current carrying people, livestock and goods to downstream markets as far away as New Orleans. The first Y Bridge was supported by one center stone pier and wooden trestles. [F.] Pottery was manufactured here as early as 1808 but Zanesville became best known for ceramic tiles in the late 1800's and art pottery in the early and mid 1900's. [G.] 1824 The first steamship to visit Zanesville on the Muskingum River was the “Rufus Putnam.” The 2nd Y Bridge replaced the first in 1819 and was supported on stone piers. [H.] 1832 The 3rd Y Bridge was a covered wooden structure on stone piers designed by Catherinus Buckingham. The National Road reached Zanesville in 1831 and continued across the bridge. The Ohio Canal, also completed in 1831 passed under the Y Bridge. [I.] 1835 Angry mobs from Zanesville disrupted (Anti-Slavery) meetings of the Muskingum County Abolition Society held at the Stone Academy in Putnam. The Zanesville men were originally from Virginia, and sympathized with Southern Pro-Slavery sentiments. [J.] 1852 The Central Ohio Railroad Company operated the 1st train to Zanesville in 1852. By the 1880's several train lines joined them including the Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinatti [sic] narrow guage [sic] train pictured. The BZ&C was nicknamed “Bent, Zigzag & Crooked” due to it's winding tracks. [K.] 1861 Many volunteers from Zanesville joined the Northern army to fight the Confederates in the Civil War. News of the war was quickly transmitted over telegraph wires (installed in 1847). [L.] 1860's Zanesville's many factories were producing iron, glass, beer and even soap (pictured is the Schultz Star Soap Factory). These goods were sent by steamships to be sold in other cities. [M.] 1872-1939 Zane Grey was the great-grandson of Colonel Ebenezer Zane. Born in Zanesville, he became well known for writing countless novels and short stories about the American West. [N.] 1876 This hydraulic tile press, patented in Zanesville, enabled the American Encaustic Tile Company of Zanesville to be the first mass producer of ceramic tile in the United States. [O.] 1877 Zanesville's first streetcar (pulled by horses) passes the new courthouse which was built on the site of the “Old 1809” courthouse. [P.] 1902 The 4th Y Bridge, made of concrete held tracks for the electric streetcars (which began serving Zanesville in 1890). [Q.] 1907 The John McIntire Library was built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. Books came from the Zanesville Athenaeum. In 1904, Samuel Weller owned the first (electric “Runabout”) car in Zanesville. Zanesville's police patrol wagon also served as an ambulance. [R.] 1913 The Muskingum River flooded the 4th Y Bridge and many streets in Zanesville. Chris Brownfield bought Zanesville's first (Wright-style) airplane. When he couldn't get this airplane to fly, he built another which he flew in 1915. [S.] 1917 Zanesville sent volunteers to fight in World War I and helped Muskingum County raise over $6,689,512 from the sale of Liberty Bonds to furnish munitions for the war. [T.] 1941-1945 World War II On Armistice Day 1942, the public funded a World War II Honor Roll Board surrounding the courthouse. Over the next four years, it grew to contain 7000 names of Muskingum residents who served in the war. [U.] 1997 Zanesville celebrated its 200th birthday as a thriving, charitable community, embracing its culture and industry while remembering its proud heritage.</center>

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