HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 875 nance stores. They skirmished with the enemy at Greenville, Miss., fought them at Bolivar Landing and again returned to Helena on the 27th day of August. From Helena, Oct. 6, the regiment embarked for St. Genevieve, Mo.; arriving there they marched to Pilot Knob, but returned to St. Genevieve in November, and embarked for Camp Steel, State of Mississippi; thence in December to Johnston's Landing, Yazoo River. Dec. 27 the regiment took part in a heavy skirmish, losing several men, and on the next day they were ordered to charge the enemy's works, the Fifty-eighth being the first regiment in the works. Not being able to hold what they had so nobly gained the troops were ordered to fall back, which was done. The regiment lost heavily both in officers and men in this fight. In January, 1863, the regiment embarked on transports for Arkansas Post, where it arrived Jan. 9, and took part in the capture of the place; from thence to Young's Point, La., and there into camp. The Fifty eighth at this time received orders to serve as marines on board the iron-clads of the Mississippi flotilla, and was distributed by companies to the different steamers. On the 16th of April the iron clads and transports ran the gauntlet of the Vicksburg batteries, losing but one man belonging to the Fifty-eighth. On the 29th of April the battle of Grand Gulf was fought, the Fifty-eighth participating and losing heavily. In September the Fifty-eighth was ordered to join the land forces at Vicksburg. The regiment remained at Vicksburg until Dec. 24, 1864, when it was ordered to report at Columbus, Ohio, for discharge and muster out. ITS WORK AND ITS TERRIBLE LOSS. The Fifty-eighth Regiment saw work from the day they were ordered to the front, passed through almost all kinds of disaster and hardships that at this day would appall the strongest heart, yet they faltered not, but always did their duty as true soldiers and patriots. The following is the list of the killed and those that died during the war in Companys F, H and K, Hocking County soldiers. COMPANY F-KILLED. John W. Coffin, private; Joseph Wiseiver, private, Dec. 29, 1862, Chickasaw Bayou; Henry Harning, Sergeant, Henry Bashen, Sergeant, Jacob Wooly, Sergeant, Riley Suttels, private, April 29, 1863, Grand Gulf. 876 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. DIED. "Sergeant Samuel Kepler, April, 1862, near Shiloh, wounds; Private Kennedy Linn, June 22, 1862, Logan, Ohio, disease; Private Jacob Burgoon, Dec. 17, 1863, Vicksburg, disease; William Chapman, April 13, 1863, Cramp's Landing, disease; Private Jor- den Conn, Sept. 6, 1862, disease, Private Michael Conkle, Nov. 22, 1862, disease, St. Louis, Mo.; Private Amos Coakley, Oct. 2, 1862, disease, Vicksburg; Private George Cupp, Dec. 8, 1862, disease, St. Louis; Private Thomas Dillon, July 30, 1862, disease, Logan, 0.; Private Samuel Chehire, June .15, 1862, disease, Union Station, Tenn.; Private Elijah Grimes, April 26, 1862, wounds, William Krentz, May 21, 1862, wounds, Pittsburg Landing; Henry Kulp, Nov. 24, 1862, disease, William Kitchen, Nov. 19, 1862, disease, Abraham Lindsey, April 1, 1862, disease, St. Louis, Mo.; Alex McDonald, Feb. 22, 1863, disease, Steamer Red Rover; Robert Redinan, Oat. 28, 1863, disease, Logan, 0.; John Statger, Aug. 12, 1863, disease, Vicksburg; James Taylor, May 11, 1862, disease, Camp Dennison, George Taylor, July 3, 1862, disease, Logan, 0. ; Thomas Whitcraft, April 2, 1862, disease; Isaac Whitcraft, Nov. 25, 1862, disease, St. Louis, Mo.; Luman Warner, May 5, 1862, wounds, Pittsburg Landing. COMPANY H-KILLED. Captain Christopher Kinser, Sergeant Elias L. Dodd, Corporal Amos L. Borden, Private George W. Moss, Private Samuel Sleiner, Dec. 29, 1862, Fort Morgan; Private Absalom Leffler, Gottleib Stinger, William Stringer, April 29, 1863, Grand Gulf; John Mowry, Christ Kinser, Jr., John Hawken, blew up with Steamer Sultana. DIED. George Agner, Feb. 13, 1863, disease, Paducah, Ky.; Robert Burgoon, no record, 1863, disease, home, Olio; Joseph A. Fartig, April 29, 1863, wounds, Grand Gulf; Daniel A. Gordon, November, 1862, disease, St. Louis; Joseph Geiser, May 8, 1862, disease, Shiloh; Charles Hansen, Dec. 29, 1863, wounds, Fort Morgan; Samuel Klinger, July 21, 1862, disease, Memphis; John Kregg, no record, 1862, disease, Sugar Grove, 0.; Isaiah F. Norris, July HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 877 7, 1862, disease, Monterey, Tenn.; John H. Peterson, Nov. 16, 1864, disease, Vicksburg; Asa E. Scoville, -, 1862, disease, hospital; Charles Strocke, June 12, 1862, disease, Memphis; Thomas B. Smith, Feb. 26, 1864, disease, William Seibert, Aug. 27, 1864, disease, Vicksburg; Joseph White, April 16, 1862, wounds, Jeremiah Westenburger, May 12, 1862, wounds, Shiloh; Wm. J. Wooden, May 5, 1863, disease, St. Louis. COMPANY K-KILLED. Private Leonard Bond, April 7, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. DIED. Sergeant David Hamilton, May 13, 1862, Corporal Joseph W. Parish, April 9, 1862, Private Abraham H. Shirk, May 4, 1862, Private Baltzler Zeigler, Aug. 22, 1862, Abram Lecrone, Aug. 23, 1862, disease, no place named; Samuel Brown, June 16, 1862, disease, Bolivar; Private John S. Bryan, May 9, 1862, disease, Pittsburg Landing; Private Bennoni Blosser, Dec. 16, 1864, di sease,Vick sbu rg; Private Isaac Cane, Oct. 20, 1862, Private Jacob Cofflan, Oct. 14, 1862; disease, St. Louis; Private John Gilpin, Feb. 2, 1863, wounds, Memphis; Private Fred Helber, May 21, 1862, disease, Pittsburg Landing; Private Caleb F. Heisen, March 16, 1863, disease, U. S. gunboat; Private Robert A. Jones, March 22, disease, Evansville; Private Jacob McFadden, May 10,1864, disease, Vicksburg; Private Frank Red, Oct. 24, 1862, disease, St. Louis; Private Aaron Roby, Feb. 10, 1863, disease, Helena; Private G.W. Sanderson, April 26, 1862, disease, Pittsburg Landing; Private John L. Shultz, no date, disease, home; Private David Stroble, Oct. 23, 1862, disease, St. Louis; Private William Stallen, no report of date or place; Private Fred Stallen; May 13, 1863, disease, Memphis; Private John Woltz, Oct. 26, 1862, disease, St. Louis. THE BRAVE SIXTY-THIRD REGIMENT. The consolidation of two battalions formed the Sixty-third Regiment Ohio, Volunteer Infantry, in which was one company from Hocking County, Company H, and was officered as follows: Captain, Oscar L. Jackson; First Lieutenant, Francis A. Gibbons; Second Lieutenant, William Picket; Orderly, Joseph Chaney; Sergeants, Joseph S. Fling, Samuel S. Price, Robert Terry, John A. Stephenson; eight Corporals and seventy-seven privates. The regimental organization was as follows: Colonel, John W. Sprague; Lieutenant-Colonel, Chas.E. Brown ; Major, Alex. Haskins; Surgeon, Isaac L. Crane; Assistant Surgeon, Arthur B. Monohan ; 878 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Chaplain, Benjamin St. James Fry; ninety-three men, rank and file. The history of the Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry is but a repetition of beroisms, bravery, and battles. The regiment moved from Marietta, Feb. 18, 1862, and reported at Paducah, Ky.; thence to New Madrid, via Commerce, Mo., and reported to Major-General John Pope, and took part in the reconnaissance March 3, being brought under fire for the first time. At New Madrid they were brigaded with the Twenty-seventh, Thirty-ninth and Forty-third Ohio regiments, under command of Brigadier-General David S. Stanley, and was known as the Ohio Brigade. The Sixty-third partook in all the movements resulting in the surrender of Island No. 10; afterward joined Halleek's forces at Hamburg, Tenn.; was in the siege of Corinth, and the engagement at Farmington, sustaining severe loss; was in the reserves at the battle of Iuka, and engaged in the battle of Corinth, again losing heavily. The regiment left Corinth and joined Grant in Mississippi, near Grand Junction, thence marched to Oxford, to Jackson, Tenn., and at Parker's Cross Roads engaged in battle; repulsed the enemy and returned to Corinth, Jan. 9, 1863, going into winter quarters. In May it marched to Memphis, and did garrison duty with the brigade. From Memphis it marched to Eastport on to Elk River. The regiment veteranized in January, 1864, and returned North on a thirty days' furlough. Recruited, returned South and reported to General Dodge at Decatur Junction, Ala.; marched from Decatur via Huntsville to Woodville; thence to Chattanooga; thence through Rossville across Mission Ridge and Chickamauga Creek to Snake Creek Gap; took part in the battle of Resaca, afterward at Dallas, losing heavily again, and thence to Jonesboro, participating in the engagement at that place. The regiment moved with the grand army across and through the Southern Confederacy to the sea. From Savannah the regiment embarked for Beanford, S. C. ; thence north through Bentonville and Goldsboro to Petersburg, and marched through Richmond on to Washington, passing in review with the grand army before the President and General Grant; moved west, and on the 17th and 18th days of July, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, were paid off and discharged. THE NOBLE DEAD. The list of killed and those dying while in service belonging to Company H (Hocking County Company), Sixty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as found on record (the records of many HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 879 companies, detachments, etc., seem to be quite incomplete, but it is all that can be had from the Adjutant-General's office of the State of Ohio): KILLED. Private Weston Ray, Private George Milligan, July 22, 1864, Decatur. DIED. Samuel S. Alexander, March 23, 1864, disease, Decatur; Wesley Biggins, Dec. 16, 1864, disease, Hospital near Savannah; Wm. T. Duffle, March 11, 1864, disease, Hospital Decatur Junction; Shad-rack O'Connor, Aug. 5, 1864, disease, Hospital Marietta; Solomon Spilter, Aug. 9, 1864, wounds, Decatur; John Frost, Aug. 26, 1864, wounds, Decatur; Henry Zeigler, July, 1865, drowned in the Ohio River near Madison. THE GLORIOUS SEVENTY-FIFTH. Hocking County sent to the front Company H, Seventy-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, officered as follows: Captain, Thomas M. D. Pilcher; First Lieutenant, Abram W. Thomas; Second Lieutenant, James W. Whaley; Orderly, Richard L. Sullivan; Sergeant, Allen T. Garretson, David A. Miller, Benj. E. Cave, Conrad Brian; eight Corporals and eighty-five privates, in all 101 men, rank and file. The regimental organization was as follows : Colonel, Nat. C McLean; Lieutenant-Colonel, R. A. Constable; Major, Robert Reily; Surgeon, Samuel Hart; Assistant Surgeon, Charles L. Wilson; Chaplain, John W. Weakley. This regiment first saw service in the mountains of West Virginia under General Milroy, joining the brigade at Huttonsville at the foot of Cheat Mountain, thence over the Cheat and Allegheny mountains, toward Staunton, Va., sustained the brunt of the enemy's attack at Monterey C.-H., clearing the rebels out in two hours' fighting, thus establishing the character of the regiment for pluck and staying qualities. From here the army crossed over the Shenandoah Mountains, and at Buffalo Gap was met by the rebel General Stonewall Jackson, with a large force and compelled to fall back over the mountains to McDowell. May 8, 1862, Jackson appeared in force on the highland overlooking the Union camp with a much superior force. Milroy brought about the battle by advancing the Seventy-fifth and Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry. The fight lasted from three o'clock, P. M. until dark, the Union forces holding their ground. When under cover of night 880 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. Milroy retreated in the direction of Franklin. In this battle the Seventy-fifth added new laurels to its already hard-earned good name. From Franklin, under command of General Fremont, crossed the Shenandoah at Strasburg, on to Cross Keys, where a battle was fought June 10, 1862, the Seventy-fifth being in reserve. THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DEATH. The next affair was at Cedar Mountain, Va., and at Freeman's Ford, where it lost heavily; then at Groveton, near the old Bull Run battle-field, Aug. 28, 1862, where the regiment lost twenty-one men killed and ninety-one wounded; the killed and wounded falling into the hands of the enemy; from thence back to Washington City. It was present at the battle of Fredericksburg, then Chancellorsville, here losing 150 men killed and wounded; again at Gettysburg, where out of 292 enlisted men 63 were killed and 106 wounded; from here down South, at the siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg; thence to Faly Island, where the regiment remained until the 22d of February, 1864. It then went to Jacksonville, Fla., and shortly thereafter mounted and called the Seventy-fifth mounted Infantry, and operated along the Indian River. Returning to Jacksonville, on the 17th of August fought the enemy at Gainesville, Fla., tried to cut their way through a superior force of the enemy, but only partially succeeded, losing in the affair fourteen men killed and two commissioned officers, about thirty men wounded and sixty men and twelve officers taken prisoners, nearly all of whom were held by the enemy until the spring of 1865. THE CLOSING ACT. In August, 1865, the regiment was mustered out. We cannot give the names and number of men killed and died during the war of Company H, from the fact that. they have not been kept distinct and separate on the regimental books. We have, however, from Lieutenant David A. Miller, the following killed of his knowledge, while with the army; he being severely wounded was retired after the battle of Gettysburg: Private Simon Pierson, Private W. Isler, April 12, 1862, at Monterey Court-House; Private George Parker, Aug. 28, 1862, second Bull Run fight. Also from another comrade: Private Elias Thompson, August, 1864, Gainesville, Fla. ; Privates William Phillips, David Alexander,-- Reddick, George Murphy, May, 1863, Chancellorsville. Private Charles Kruger, died Florence Prison; Privates Felix McBride, John Armstrong, killed, May, 1863, Chancellorsville, Private Sol. Jones, Aug. 8, second Bull Run. HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 881 NEARING THE END - THE GALLANT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIRST. Under the call by the President, April 22, 1864, for 100 days' men, Hocking County formed the Fifty-seventh Battalion, Ohio National Guards, Volunteer Infantry, consisting of six companies, but by a consolidation with the Thirty-third Regiment, 0. N. G., Volunteer Infantry, numbering eight companies, they formed what was known as the One Hundred and Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, N. G., reducing the Fifty-seventh Battalion to four companies and the Thirty-third to six companies, making a regiment of ten companies numbering 846 men, rank and file. The One Hundred and Fifty-first was mustered into service May 13, 1864. The regiment left Camp Chase for Washington City May 14, and arrived there on the 21st, where it reported for duty to General Augur, and was assigned to the Second Brigade, General Haskins's Division, Twenty-second Army Corps. The brigade was afterward made the First Brigade of General Hardin's division, in which it continued during its term of service. The regiment was stationed in forts defending the city of Washington, and during the operations of the rebels on the 11th and 12th of July a large part of these troops were under fire. The picket lines were kept up by details from the One Hundred and Fifty-first. On the 17th of August the regiment concentrated at Fort Simmons, and from this place they moved by way of Baltimore to Camp Chase, at Columbus, Ohio, arriving on the 23d, and was mustered out. The Hocking boys lost but one man, William. Collins, who died in hospital at Washington. The regimental organization of the One Hundred and Fifty-first was as follows: Colonel, John M. C. Marble; Lieutenant-Colonel, Richard S. Hughes; Major, John L. Williams; Surgeon, William H. Harper; Assistant Surgeon, Augustus G. Halloway. The companies from Hocking County were G, H, I, K, and officered as follows: Company G.—Captain, Uriah Guess; First Lieutenant, Manchester H. Duval; Second Lieutenant, George G. Moore. Company H.—Captain, John Oaks; First Lieutenant, James Johnson; Second Lieutenant, Joshua Chilcote. Company I.—Captain, Joseph Chaney; First Lieutenant, G. W. Wiggins; Second Lieutenant, E. B. Clowe. Company K—Captain, G. M. Webb; First Lieutenant, ;Anthony B. Walker; Second Lieutenant, Edward P. Strong. - 56 - 882 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. “LITTLE HOCKING " DID HER DUTY. Hocking County not only furnished the foregoing organizations for service .during the war, but was constantly sending men forward to replenish the Tanks as battles and disease reduced the strength of the army. She also furnished troops in Squads of from five to twenty-five men for the Ninetieth, the Sixty-first, the Sixty-second, the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the Eighteenth Regulars, the Fifth and Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, two West Virginia organizations, the navy and other departments of the army. From the ranks were furnished Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, Captains and all minor officers. The Morgan raiders, as they passed through the south corner of our county, were promptly followed by our citizen soldiery and prevented from taking the back track when they had reached the Muskingum River, not, however, without the loss of life. Henry Kelley, a citizen of Logan, was killed at Eagleport on the Muskingum while reconnoitering the enemy's position. Although recruiting was constantly going on, yet in September, 18E4, an exhibit of the number of men in the service failed to show up enough to exempt Hocking entirely from the draft. THE RECORD IN BLACK AND WHITE. The following is the table furnished by the Marshal:

HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 883 The number here shown to be in the service is undoubtedly incorrect, owing to the impossibility to get at the true inwardness of those who had actually enlisted and that should have been credited to the county; yet the number of men claimed was gracefully accepted, and nearly all the townships filled their quota by paying increased local bounties, as was the practice all over the State. The various enactments of the Ohio Legislature, providing for the levying of taxes for the relief of soldiers' families, passed 1862, '63 and '64, were observed, taxes collected and distributed according to law without cost. The ladies of the county formed relief and aid societies with an earnest purpose to do whatsoever a woman's hands might find to do in furtherance of our country's cause; and after the war was ended, the last shot fired, and those that survived the ravages of war returned to their homes, they were,' proudly welcomed, feasted and honored; and with a promise to ever revere and cherish the memory of the martyrs, those who died that their country might live, the heroes resumed their places in society, beat their swords into plowshares, and peace and plenty once more reigned, and our community of States became as one nation again. CHAPTER XXXIII. FALLS TOWNSHIP—THE PIONEER TOWNSHIP AND ITS STEADY GROWTH.   FROM 1798—SOMETHING OF ITS IMPORTANT CHANGES OF TERRITORY– RAILROAD, CANAL AND RIVER—TIMBER, COAL AND IRON ORE -ASSESSED VALUATION—SCHOOLS—STREAMS—THE FALLS OF THE GREAT HOCKHOCKING—UNDER THE SURFACE—CHURCHES—WHEN LOCATED-- CEMETERIES --Porn A TIO N—FALLS-GORE—RAILROAD AND FURNACES— CHURCH—SCHOOLS—SOCIETIES—TOWNS—INDUSTRIES —BUSINESS—LAND—WATER—BOUNDARY—NAME. FROM 1798. Falls is the oldest settled township in the county, the first settler, Mr. Westenhaver, having located within its limits. The early history of Hocking County and Logan comprises to a great extent the history of the township. Falls Township was settled the year made memorable as the first in which any permanent settlement was made in Ohio outside of the river cities. The year 17981 the first that any record can be found of a settlement in the State, but that year Athens County, including Hocking as now formed, and Ross, were formed. CHANGE OF TERRITORY. Falls Township once included Green, Falls-Gore as now, and a mile on the east side of Marion to the Fairfield County line on the north. It also included Washington. Its several boundaries as changed at different times by the County Commissioners will be found in the county history. The present size of Falls Township is six miles square, generally speaking hilly, but some splendid bottom lands in the Hocking Valley and on Clear Fork and Scott Creek. These latter valleys are not so large or extended as the Hocking, neither are the hills so bluff and rugged, but half way up their side or more, with here and there a shelf or plateau, cereals of all kinds can be grown, yielding bountifully, while to their crest the grasses have luxuriant growth. It is an excellent stock township - (884) - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 885 as water is abundant, and it is one of the best for cereals as it has more rich, alluvial bottom lands than any other township in the county. In addition to this area of six miles square Falls-Gore, a strip lying on the north border of Green Township, two miles wide by six long, the latter east and west, is a portion of Falls Township, and has twelve sections of land. Including this strip, Falls has double the amount of miles of railroads of any township in the county. The Straitsville road runs in a zigzag course through the entire length from east to west of the two-mile strip and starts from Logan, just touching the northwest corner of Green Township. The Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad enters the township near the corner of sections 5 and 6, and, running, like the river and canal, diagonally across the township, manages to give about six miles of transportation by rail and canal each, so that with the Straitsville branch there are nearly, if not quite, fifteen miles of railroad within the township. Its transportation facilities can not be surpassed, which adds another incentive to the farmers to locate within its limits. TIMBER, COAL AND IRON ORE. The township was abundantly supplied with timber, and there are many hundreds of acres of forests left yet; oak, hickory, elm, maple, etc., constitute the bulk of its timber. Coal and iron ore are found in abundance, and sections 1 and 2 in the northeast corner of the township are full of ore and fire-clay. Coal, is found in various parts of the township, as well as fire-clay and ore. The river, which passes through the township, is spanned by several fine bridges, which gives easy and convenient intercourse with the county seat. The assessed valuation of Falls Township for 1882 was : Real estate, $433,403; personal property, $363,621—total, $797,024; adding city of Logan, real and personal, $312,929, makes a total of $1,609,953. SCHOOLS. At this time Falls Township and the Falls-Gore boasts of twelve school-houses outside of the city of Logan. The first school-house is located on the west side of section 1; another on the northwest quarter of section 4; the third on the northeast corner of section 7; the fourth on the northwest corner of section 15; one on section 20; another on the northeast corner of 25, and one on the southeast corner of 26; others on sections 27, 29 and 886 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. 31, which gives the location of ten of the twelve school districts in the township. The other two sub-districts are placed convenient to the school population within the Gore part of the township. The twelve sub-districts are all provided with a good frame schoolhouse and the necessary paraphernalia for school purposes. The pupils of school age are well advanced, and the average daily attendance for the township has proved of full average, though in some districts the attendance has been better than in others. The school fund for 1882 was $2,819.29. STREAMS. The Hocking River entered the township at the northeast corner of section 6, and thence running south and southeast it passes through section 5, the northeast corner of section 8, through the entire sections of 9 and 10, touches section 11, and the north and northeast portion of section 14, and finally enters Green Township after passing entirely through section 3. Scott's Creek rises in Washington Township, passes through section 34, and running in a northeasterly direction passes through sections 27, 22, 23 and 14, flowing into the Hocking River within the last-named section. A branch of Scott's Creek rises in Washington Township, enters Falls on section 32, and in its meandering course passes through sections 32, 29, 21 and 27, joins the first-named stream above described. It waters quite an extent of country through the southern and central portions of the township passing, as it does, through no less than Seven full sections, and touching two others. Clear Forks, which takes its name from its pure and crystal waters, also waters quite an extent of territory. It rises on the west side of section 30, running due north for two miles on the west central border of the township, then .in a meandering course northeast and east it joins its waters with Scott's Creek within about one-fourth mile of where the latter flows into the Hocking. In addition to this are a few small wet-weather branches, and some fine springs. THE FALLS. One mile west of the city of Logan are what was once called the falls of the great Hockhocking, but now called " The Falls." Just above the falls, and probably where the water became more rapid, a dam was built many years ago, half-moon shape, the back being up stream. The water rushes over a rocky bed for several hundred feet, and HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 887 at one place a fall of six or eight feet is male and a rapid descent over rocks, as above described. When the heavy rains swell the turbid waters of the Hocking and it becomes a raging flood, then the citizens of Logan make it their Mecca for an evening walk, and the " Falls " are greeted with a spontaneous exclamation, of pleasure. Then the waters recede and the falls of the great Hock-hocking show only small streams of water gliding over the rocks below, exhibiting nothing of the turbulent and seething waters of a few days previous. UNDER THE SURFACE. There has undoubtedly been several convulsions of nature in this valley ages ago, for besides finding in several places the bones of a mastodon, and relics of a prehistoric age, there have been two cases within the county where there have been found large trees many feet below the surface. The first that is recorded was a tree found on section 16, on the farm of Captain C. W. Clowes, about one and one-quarter miles from the Hocking River. In digging a well they came upon a large tree fully two feet in diameter and twenty-six feet below the surface. This tree was imbedded in a gravel and sand formation, and just above the sand and gravel was yellow clay for several feet. The place was on the dividing ridge where the waters flow south into Brushy Fork and north to Clear Fork of Scott's Creek. The other tree was in precisely the same formation of sand and gravel, something like the bed of a river, on the farm of Samuel Stivison. This was not so large a tree, but was thirty-five feet below the surface. The first thirty feet was of a sandy nature, then came the yellow clay, and then again the sand and gravel. This latter tree was imbedded in the yellow clay lying on a gravel bed. This was also on section 16, about one-half mile from the Hocking River, on a ridge that shed its waters into that stream. The township ,has one postoffice besides Logan—Enterprise-located on section 6, near the northeast corner of the southeast quarter. The Falls Flouring Mills are at the falls of the Hocking, and a fine fair-ground is located southeast of the city of Logan about three quarters of a mile. CHURCHES. Some few years since there was a Catholic church in the northeast corner of the east half of the southwest quarter of section 2, but it has since been closed,. 888 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. The United Brethren have three churches .within the township, as follows: The Antioch Church, located on the southwest quarter of section 5, with a cemetery in connection; another on section 20, called the Union Church, and Mt. Zion Church, on the south half of the southeast quarter of section 28. Morris Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church is located on the east half of southwest quarter of section 33. The Baptist Church, on the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 27. This also has a cemetery attached. The Lutheran Church is the last one to be mentioned, and is located on the west half of southeast quarter of section 27. There are two other cemeteries in the township, not large, one located on the west half of northwest quarter of 7, and the other in the northwest corner of section 19. These are all frame church buildings, plainly but comfortably finished. POPULATION. The following is the population of Falls Township, including the city of Logan, by decades, since 1840: Population in 1840, 4625; 1850, 2,570; 1860, 3,476; 1870, 3,760; 1880, 5,195. The gain shows that the progress of the township has been one of uninterrupted prosperity. FALLS-GORE. This territory is six miles long by two miles wide, is bounded on the north and east by Perry. County, on the south by Green Township, on the west by Marion Township, and contains 7,680 acres of land. It was formerly a part of Perry County, and was added to Hocking County when the latter was organized in 1818, so as to secure, as was required by the old law, a certain amount of territory to make a new county. It was at that time a part of Falls Township. On the second day of June, 1823, Green Township was cut off of Falls, and then included this strip, and in 1825, on June 7, in the new arrangement, it was still a part of Green. By petition of the voters it was again added to Falls, March 4, 1828. There is a voting place in Hatnlin, or New Gore, for the accommodation of the eastern part of the district, while those in the western part still go to Logan. They have no separate township officers except an assessor. Burgessville and Ham- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 889 lin are separated from each other only by railroad tracks and a strip of ground owned by the railroad company, so that lately the two towns, in name, if nothing else, are united and called New Gore. Then further on east Oreville has a local habitation and a name. The first mill built in this strip was on section 34, by Moses Starr, in the year 1822, on Little Monday Creek. It ground both wheat and corn, but has been abandoned since 1870. STREAMS. The largest stream is Monday Creek; it enters on the northwest quarter of section 25, takes a meandering course across the township and passes into Ward Township from the southeast quarter of section 36. The next in size is Little Monday Creek. It is a branch of Monday Creek, enters Gore on the northeast quarter of section 29, flows southeast to its point of exit, on the southeast quarter of section 34. Scrub Monday is the name of a small creek that originates in the vicinity of Webb Summit, flows northeast and empties into Little Monday at Winona Furnace. Oldtown Creek rises on sections 30 and 31, flows southwest, leaving the precinct on the southwest quarter of section 31, and empties into the Hocking River on the southwest quarter of section 34, in Green Township. Sugar Run enters on the northeast quarter of section 25, and flows into Monday Creek near Oreville. SURFACE. The surface is broken and hilly, but contains rich deposits of mineral, both in coal and iron ore. Quantities of fire and plastic clay are also found. BURGESSVILLE. This village constitutes the southern part of what is now known as New Gore, and comprises all that part of the village south of the railroad. It was laid out and platted by Colonel Levi Davis in January, 1871, for Henson Burgess, proprietor, for whom the town was named. HAMLIN is located on the southwest quarter of section 26, and comprises all that part of New Gore which lies on the north side of the State road. It was laid out and platted in February, 1871, by W. H. Jennings, for the Straitsville and Monday Creek Coal Mining Company, and named for George F. Hamlin, their Superintendent, who was present and superintended the laying out of the village. 890 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. NEW GORE. The two towns of Hamlin and Burgessville lie on opposite sides of the railroad, and being contiguous are considered by the casual observer as one town, but such is not the case. The village of Gore is near by, and after the erection of the furnace at the former place, in January, 1880, the Gore postoffice was removed to Hamlin, still retaining its old name. Since that time Gore has been known as Old Gore, and Hamlin with its neighbor Burgessville have been known as New Gore. The land lying between the railroad and the State road, and between the two villages, a few rods wide, belongs to neither town, but is the property of the Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Company, on which is situated their furnace. The business houses, three in number, are all on the north side of the State road, and consequently are in Hamlin. This place has two blacksmith shops, one car and repair shop, one saloon, one physician, a telegraph office, express and freight office, and a telephone. There are 700 inhabitants in the two towns. HAMLIN LODGE. Hamlin Lodge, No. 714, I. O. O. F., was established in June, 1882, with sixteen charter members. They elected John Claypool, N. G. The present membership numbers fifty, and the officers for 1883 are: B. J. Holt, N. G.; Charles D. Brown, Secretary, and George Dyson, Treasurer. The lodge has erected a handsome frame building, two stories high, 45 x 18 feet, using the upper story as their hall, which is handsomely furnished. OREVILLE. This little village was surveyed and platted in November and December, 1872, by James Davis, Deputy County Surveyor, for William H. Woodruff, proprietor, and received its name from the abundance of iron ore in this locality. GORE. Gore (or Old Gore) is not a regularly laid-out town. It was settled in 1852 by Cromwell B. Culver, who built a store there at HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 891 that time. There was a school-house built here in 1851. The postoffice of Gore was established in 1852 with Mr. Culver as Postmaster, but was removed to Hamlin in January, 1880. This village is on the Straitsville Branch .of the Hocking Valley Railroad, on the northeast quarter of section 34, and contains about sixty inhabitants. WEBB SUMMIT. A store and postoffice were established on the southeast quarter of section 30, on the Straitsville Branch in 1871, with James Hall, Postmaster. James Hall and Henry Adcock built the store and put in a stock of goods. The store and postoffice are now in the hands of L. F. Keller. WEBB'S CHAPEL. The Methodist Episcopal church known by the above name is the oldest church in Hocking County, without much doubt. It was organized in 1818, by Rev. Benjamin Webb, at his residence. They first built a log cabin on section 29. This was used nearly a quarter of a century, when, in 1851, they erected a neat and substantial frame church. It is plainly, though comfortably, finished inside, and is 36 x 40 feet in size. The membership now numbers sixty. Rev. A. B. Shaw is the present Pastor, holding services each alternate Sabbath; class-meeting is held every alternate Sabbath, and a Sunday-school is kept up six months in the year. Prayer-meetings are held every Thursday night. FURNACES. Gore Furnace was built in 1876 by General Samuel Thomas. It works both native and Lake Superior ores, employing 300 men in the various departments. This furnace is located on the strip of ground lying between the railroad and State road at Hamlin and Burgessville. The furnace and appurtenances were purchased, March, 1883, by the Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron Company. The coal for fuel is drawn from their mines about one mile distant by a small pony engine on a narrow-gauge railway. The buildings are of brick and very extensive. Mr. Vint Ferguson is the superintendent, and it is kept in full blast night and day. The Winona Furnace was built on the northeast quarter of sec- 892 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. tion 29, at the junction of Scrub Monday with Little Monday Creek, in 1877, by the Winona Iron Company. It is now the property of the Columbus and Hocking Iron and Coal Company, purchased March 1, 1883. The superintendent and general manager is E. B. Greene, of Portsmouth, Ohio. The company also owns a general store here and twenty-two dwellings, in which reside about 150 people when the furnace is running. Work was suspended in the fall of 1882, owing to the depreciation in the price of iron. A postoffice was established here in the fall of 1877, and named Winona Furnace, with E. B. Greene as Postmaster. Winona has a telegraph office and a neat frame school-house on the south side of the railroad. It is situated on the Straitsville Branch of the Hocking Valley Railroad. RELIGIOUS. The first resident minister of the gospel in this part of Falls Township was Rev. Benjamin Webb, a Methodist minister, who settled here in 1816. Gore Chapel M. E. Church was established many years ago, but just when is not certainly known, as no records have been kept of its organization. A log house was built on the southeast quarter of section 27, the ground where it stood is now used for a Cemetery. The present house, a frame structure 45 x 32 feet, was erected in 1868, on the northeast quarter of section 34. It was refitted in 1883, and presents an attractive appearance. Services each alternate Sabbath by Rev. A. B. Shaw, Pastor. Sabbath-school each Sabbath throughout the year.. Class-meeting each alternate Sabbath. Prayer-meeting every Thursday night. There are now seventy-five communicants. Audubon United Brethren Church, at Hamlin, was organized about the year 1869, by Rev. Mr. Robison. The house of worship, a large frame structure, was erected in 1869. The Trustees are: Charles Gabeline, Asa Arnold, and John Tucker. Services each alternate Sabbath by Rev. James Dixon, Pastor. Class-meeting and Sabbath-school, each Sabbath throughout the year. Their Sabbath-school is the largest in this part of the country. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday night. Predestinarian Baptist Church was organized in 1832 or 1833 in Perry County. The church organization was removed to Oreville HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 893 in 1875, where it holds service once a month in the Oreville schoolhouse. There is an actual membership of sixteen, and its Pastor is the Rev. Wm. Newton . STARR'S SAW-MILL. This may be considered one of the valuable adjuncts to the mineral interests of Falls-Gore. It was first erected in 1877, on section 34, by Noah W. Starr. In 1882 Mr. Starr put the mill in good repair, with new machinery, and added a burr to crack or grind corn, and a saw-mill. Cemeteries.—There are two cemeteries in Gore district, one is on the northeast quarter of section 29, and the other on the southeast quarter of section 27. Schools.—Falls-Gore is divided into four school districts, and contains four school-houses, and received State money for 1882, amounting to $1,139.06. The buildings are all comfortable frame ones, with the necessary furniture. The assessed valuation of Gore scho91 district for 1882 was: For real estate, $74,200; personal property, $88,523, total $162,723. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CITY OF LOGAN-THE PRIDE OF THE VALLEY OF THE HOCKHOCKING. TO THE MEMORY OF THE MINGO CHIEF LOGAN-THE BEAUTY OF ITS LOCATION AND SURROUNDINGS-FROM 1825 TO 1830—INCORPORATION OF LOGAN- W HAT SHE WAS - BRIDGES - THE CULVER PROPERTY-PURCHASE AND PRICE-LOGAN POSTOFFICE-MAYORS OF LOGAN-LOGAN GRADED SCHOOL-BUSINESS INTERESTS IN 1859 AND 1883—PROFESSIONAL. A MONUMENT TO THE MINGO CHIEF LOGAN. The City of the Hocking Valley, whose growth has been most firm and steady, is the one whose name commemorates the famous Mingo Chief Logan. Aside from its rich surroundings, both in soil and mineral, which look toward Logan for an outlet, a more favorable location for a city could hardly be conceived. The site is an extended plateau, over two miles long and from a half to three quarters of a mile wide, lying north of the river, which at this point runs nearly east. At the west end of this plateau, just above a slight bend in the river, is the Great Hock-hocking Fall, well-known from the earliest history of the valley,o and whose name designated the locality long before the invasion of civilization disturbed these haunts of savage life. In the rear of this little plain and in front of it, rising from the opposite river bank, is a chain of bluffs, not rugged in their contour, which almost completely surrounds the spot. At intervals in this environment are hills, whose grim brows are raised above their neighbors, and who look steadily down at the scene before them, like faithful lone sentinels standing guard over the beautiful city below. Even from the savage the natural beauties of this place brought forth a recognition, their charm impressing upon his rude mind that this, hall the boundless forest, was one of the spots most favorable to the habitation of man. So far back as the scratch of p.m or traditiono of the pale-face leads the search for history an Indian village stood upon the site of the present city, within the sound of the great fall. - (894)- HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 895 But how far back this predecessor of Logan occupied the spot can never be known, probably through countless generations. It was the home of a portion of the Wyandot tribe, and was abandoned by them near the time of Lord Duninore's war against the Indians in 1774. This settlement of the Wyandots extended to Oldtown Creek. Logan lies within a mile of the eastern border of Falls Township, and within two miles of its northern border. The mineral feature of the surrounding country, and the fact of its being the junction of three railroads, as well as lying on the Hocking Canal, makes Logan a center of considerable interest to the future development of the valley. It is one of the most important stations on the C., H. V. & T. R. R., and is the point of intersection with it of the Straitsville Branch and the River Division of the same road. Through this point the Straitsville Branch and the main line from Nelsonville bring nearly all the coal mined in this part of the State, an average, perhaps, of 7,500 tons per day. Already the smoke and noise of the engines and machinery in the manufactories give Logan the appearance of active industry. Most of these establishments have started within the last few years, but long before the excellent situation and its wide and level streets had made Logan attractive. It is laid out in regular squares, the streets running exactly north and south and east and west. Some of the streets running east and west are already a mite long, and most of them are well improved. FROM 1825 TO 1830. In 1825 Logan claimed a population of 250. Several more new frame buildings had been added to the town as well as log cabins. It took its first start as a manufacturing town that year, having put up a carding machine propelled by oxen. From 1825 to 1830 quite a number of new arrivals made their homes in Logan—men who gave it prominence, and who stood as prominent citizens for many years thereafter, until they were called hence. Their names were: Horatio Hatch, James Crook, John Rochester, Dr. Joseph Whipple, William Alexander, and others. The first named opened a large general store—large for the town at that time—and Mr. Rochester took a clerkship with him, and remained until he finally became proprietor of one of the most noted stores in the Hocking Valley. His sons are now carrying on 896 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. the business established over a half century ago. Dr. Whipple above spoken of was the first resident practicing physician. Among the early justices was Squire Finheart, who, finding his peace-talk could not quell an incipient riot, proposed to do it. with his fists. He was a large, muscular man, and when he threw off his coat and declared he would have peace if he had to whip the whole crowd, the row ended. Logan was blessed at an early day with a mill. The water-power of the Hocking at the falls was utilized by Governor Worthington in 1818 to the extent of a saw-mill and a run of corn burrs. Then the buildings, especially the frame ones, were well put up, as there were few better carpenters than Jonas and Bowen. So, all things taken together, Logan progressed solidly, if slowly. The first newspaper established was called the News, and was first issued in 1838, but did not live long, closing out on the election of Harrison in 1840. The first resident attorney was Lucius Chase; at least the first one whose name is known. The law business was generally done in the early days by attorneys from the cities or towns large enough to support them, who made it their business to ride the circuit and attend court. MOVING FORWARD. The prospect of building the Hocking Canal in 1838 gave hope to the people of Logan, but it did not start her growth materially until this means of transportation became an accomplished fact in 1840. This was to the people of the valley at that day of great importance, and was at least an outlet for their products, and a way to bring in their necessities. It was well patronized until the advent of the railroads, and is yet doing a small business as far down as Nelsonville, the canal below that point being abandoned. INCORPORATED. At the session of the General Assembly in the winter of 1838'39, the town of Logan was incorporated by an act of the Legislature, passed March 5, 1839. Section 1 of this act reads as follows: " An Act to incorporate the town of Logan in Hocking County. " SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio: That so much of the township of Falls in Hocking County, as is included in the original recorded plat of in and out lots of the town of Logan, together with all additions that have HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 897 been or may hereafter be laid out and recorded, and also so much of the Hocking Valley Canal as lies south of and adjoins to. or passes through said original plat or additions, be, and the same are, hereby created a town corporate, and shall be known by the name of the town of Logan." WHAT SHE WAS. At the time of incorporation Logan had about fifty houses, and the census the following year gave her a population of 436. The population of 1830 had been 322. This was a very small increase. There were at that time about one dozen log cabins; the rest were frame buildings, except five of brick. In 1840 the present courthouse was built by Wm. Montgomery, contractor. It has since had an addition and bids fair to stand a quarter of a century. Previous to the erection of this building, court had been held in an old frame house on Second street. The professional brotherhood in Logan, in 1840, comprised the following: Lawyers, Lucius Case and E. C. Cusack; physicians, Reuben Culver, Wm. Albers, C. B. Guthrie, E. L. Brown, John Holland, S. Chapin and Joseph Whipple. Logan had at that time two hotels, the American House and the Zimmerman House, and three saloons. Business began to improve as the canal was finished and boats started. The first boat to come down the canal, the A. McCaw, in October, 1840, brought down a large number of visitors to hear a speech in Logan by Hon. Thos. Corwin, in the celebrated log cabin and hard-cider campaign in 1840. The opening of the canal also stimulated the farmers, who, finding they could now get their produce to market, began to enlarge their farming operations and raise a large supply above home consumption. Trade began to improve and the merchant enlarged his stock and met the increased demand. In a few years the business of Logan needed better and larger shipping facilities, and in 1846 John Rochester, Sr., erected the warehouse at the foot of Mulberry street and became a purchaser for grain and produce, giving the farmers of Hocking County a home market for their surplus products. A very important and convenient public improvement was the building of a bridge across the canal on Mulberry street, in 1848. The bridge was a joint affair, some $300 being appropriated by the county, and the balance of the money needed was raised by sub- - 57 - 898 - HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY. scription, quite a large portion of tie latter being paid by labor toward the building of it. This bridge was about twenty feet wide and remained standing until 1859, when the canal was bridged by a new one, single span, which in its turn was removed and the present double track covered bridge took its place in 1865. The bridge across the Hocking River at Hunter street was erected in 1855, but about one year later, being deemed unsafe, it was taken down and a new one put up in its place. The upper canal bridge was first built in 1868, and replaced by the one now standing in 1879. THE CULVER PROPERTY. In April, 1869, an important addition to Logan was made by the purchase of the lot known as the Culver property. This was a lot containing about seven acres lying just east of the corporation limit, and from its relative position and excellent building room it was deemed very important that it should become part of the city and the streets extended through it. It was especially a matter of great convenience that Main street should extend through this property instead of passing around it, as before, and the council thinking it would be more profitable to buy the land and sell it in lots than to enforce the street through it did so in accordance with an act of the State Legislature, and by an ordinance passed by the council provided for the payment of the same by issuing city bonds to the amount of $8,000. The bonds were made payable to L. A. Culver, or bearer, and $2,000 of the same made due at the end of each year following the date of issuance, April 17, 1869, until the whole amount should be paid. This lot now forms the' eastern part of the city and contains some of the most eligible building lots within its limits. The churches and schools of Logan and other social institutions have, during this long period of the city's growth, fully kept pace with her business and manufacturing interests. The excellent system of graded schools, under the care of Professor McCray, is a most valuable institution. There are five well-patronized churches within the city, some of which have parochial schools attached. Besides the social features of the churches and schools, several very commendable literary and musical organizations have, in latter years, contributed much to social advancement. The James Block, the most important business building in the city, was built in 1860. Rempel's Opera House was built in 187—. The growth of the city from its first existence, as shown by the following figures, will be seen to have been constant and tolerably HISTORY OF HOCKING VALLEY - 899 regular. Its population in 1820 was 100; in 1830, 322; in 1840, 436; in 1850, 825; in 1860, 1,489; in 1870, 1,827; in 1830, 2,666. It will be seen that the periods of slowest growth were the decades following 1830 and 1860; and the period of most rapid growth, between 1870 and 1880, the increase for this decade being nearly five and one-half times as large as for the decade immediately preceding. THE LOGAN POSTOFFICE The postoffice was established in Logan in 1817, when Dutton Lane was appointed Postmaster by President Monroe. The office did but a small business until after the completion of the C. & H. V. R. R., in 1869, and then it began to be an office of considerable importance as a central and distributing office for the smaller ones of the surrounding country. After the building of the Straitsville Branch and the River Division of the C., H. V. & T. R. R. the business of the office was still further increased so that now it ranks among the most important offices in Southern Ohio. Especially has the business increased in the last few years as is shown by the following figures: In 1879 the sale of stamps amounted to $2,872, 97, while in 1882 the sales increased to $3,963.61. The number of pieces sent out from the office (estimated by counting the pieces for seven successive days) in 1879 was 3,685; and for 1880, 5,393. It was made a money-order office in 1866; the first order issued, bearing date of Aug. 9, 1866, was for $4.50, made to James T. McCormick and payable to C. W. Starbuck & Co., Cincinnati, 0. The following figures show the increase of business in the money-order department: Number Of orders issued 1870, 374; amount of same, $3,491.67; number of orders issued 1875, 1,104; amount of same, $11,100.31; number of orders issued 1880, 1,817; amount of same, $18,418.71. The whole number of orders issued up to June 1, 1883, is 15,910, representing the amount of $156,109.03. William Wallace was Postmaster in 1831, and since 1841 the list is as follows: Flavius Case, 1841-'44; Waldo Tucker, 1844 -'53; William Haines, 1853-'56; Oakley Case, 1836-'57; E. P. Talpey, 1857-'61; Gottfried Sporleder, 1861-'68; F. G. Rempel, 1868-'72; F. F. Rempel, 1872-'80; W. F. Case, since 1880. MAYORS OF LOGAN. C. W. James,1839; Eli Barker, 1839-'41; Alex. White, 1841-'46; Waldo Tucker, 1846-'52; D. J. Cline, 1852-'53; W. H. McClintock, 1853; J. R. Grogan, 1853-'55; J. W. Lyon, 1855-'57; J. A. Brown, 1857-'62; L. A. Culver, 1862-'63; D. White, 1863-'65;