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    Tuscarawas County, Ohio
    Tuscarawas County, Ohio
    Tuscarawas County, Ohio
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    Tuscarawas County, Ohio

    By Fred Miller

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    Although comprised of only 18 communities, Tuscarawas County, Ohio boasts a long and varied history. Incorporated in 1808, it is rich in Native American and early pioneer lore. It is the birthplace of the first pioneer settlement in the Ohio Country (1772-1777), and was home to the only Revolutionary War Fort in the state, erected in 1778 near Bolivar, Ohio. Baseball great Cy Young was born and is buried here. The Society of Separatists of Zoar experimented with one of the most successful endeavors in communal living in American history. Coal mines, a significant source of employment for residents of the county, dotted the countryside. The Ohio Erie Canal, which ran the entire length of the county, provided transportation for area goods and people. Major flooding in 1913 caused intensive damage to low-lying settlements. More recently, archaeological expeditions have sketched an image of early life in these communities, and have even uncovered a Revolutionary War Burial Site.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439627891
    Tuscarawas County, Ohio
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    Fred Miller

    I am a retired jack of all trades, with a BAS in electronic engineering. Along with drawing and painting, there are many things that I like to do, including writing and riding my harley.

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      INTRODUCTION

      Tuscarawas County, Ohio, was formed from the much larger Muskingum County in March of 1808, just five years after the formation of the State of Ohio in 1803. The Tuscarawas River, which nearly bisects the county, was also originally known as the Muskingum River. The word Tuscarawas is derived from an Indian word that means open mouth. This river played a major role in the formation of the Ohio Country during the last half of the eighteenth century.

      Moravian missionaries came to the area via the rivers and the Moravian Trail to begin the long and arduous process of Christianizing the Delaware Indian and establishing the Villages of Schoenbrunn (1772-1777), Gnadenhutten, Salem, and New Schoenbrunn. They first visited the site of the present-day Bolivar and the village of Gelekemepachunk (Newcomerstown), the Delaware Indian capital. With the construction of the only Revolutionary War fort in the Ohio Country (Ft. Laurens—1778-1779), and the Greenville Treaty Line crossing the northern border of the county, the area is rich in late eighteenth century drama of frontier American history, especially as it pertained to the development of the Ohio Country.

      In the nineteenth century, the valley was witness to many significant social and economic events that opened the county to rapid growth and development. The first major event was the settling of 5,500 acres of prime real estate in the northern part of the county by the Separatist Society of Zoar, a pietistic group of Germans (three hundred members) who came to America pursuing religious freedom in which to practice a social and economic program known as Communalism. Leader Joseph Bimeler established the Society in the year 1817. The group grew and prospered until the year 1898, when it elected to dissolve.

      Three additional major economic measures that shaped nineteenth century Tuscarawas County included the bisecting of the county by the Ohio Erie Canal in 1825, the crisscrossing of the county via the railroads in the late 1850s, and the Industrial Revolution in the late 1880s. Iron ore, coal, and clay, which were abundant in the hills of Tuscarawas County, played a most important role in the development of the county economically, but more importantly, in the settlement of the county by many nationalities. Although the canal, railroad, and clay and coal mining have run their course, today, we find the beloved Tuscarawas Valley looking ahead to a healthy economic future at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

      Where the Ohio Erie Canal and the railroads provided a most important avenue for commerce, trade, and tourism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Interstate 77, which was built in the late 1950s and early 1960s, provided the same for the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Industries have an important link to the outside world. The county also provides its business and industry leaders with a local venue for higher learning—the Tuscarawas Campus Kent State University, which provides the training for many of the latest technology and business acumen so vital in the twenty-first century global world economy. Many of the industries have reached the worldwide markets and are prospering in a very competitive market.

      Images of America: Tuscarawas County, Ohio, captures—through picture and word—the story of the development of Tuscarawas County from 1761 through the late 1980s. The reason we stopped with the late 1980s was the fundamental fact that our collection of pictures at the Tusc Kent Archives unfortunately ends at that time. We wish we had more pictures to chronicle the later twentieth century. Perhaps the publication of this book will foster donations of pictures of the later twentieth century to our permanent collection.

      When selecting the pictures for this book, the author attempted to cover the history of Tuscarawas County within the confines of the resources at the Tusc Kent Archives. A most sincere attempt was made to be as comprehensive as possible of the total county. Our collection is very limited regarding a few areas of Tuscarawas County, and we welcome photographs of any and all communities.

      We hope you enjoy this pictorial history of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

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      THE EARLY HISTORY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY

      DAVID ZEISBERGER. David Zeisberger, a leader of the Moravian missionaries among the American Indians of the middle and late eighteenth century, made his first visit to what is now Tuscarawas County in 1771, and in 1772, founded the first church and first schoolhouse and established the first codified set of laws in what was then known as the Ohio Country. During the turbulent years of the Revolutionary War, David sought permission of the Moravian church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to move his flock from Pennsylvania to this region. In March of 1772, he found the Big Spring and called the town Schoenbrunn, which means beautiful spring. David Zeisberger was 50 years old when he began this mission.

      SCHOENBRUNN 1928. The above photograph taken in 1928 shows the completed restoration of the Village of Schoenbrunn undertaken by the Tuscarawas County Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Society. The Tuscarawas County Historical Society was founded in 1921 for the express purpose of locating the ancient village of Schoenbrunn. Using maps from the Moravian Historical Society in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, work began, and the village was completed in 1928.

      SCHOENBRUNN CHURCH 1928. The reconstructed church at Schoenbrunn is pictured here after it was located and then restored in 1928. David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary to his beloved Delaware Indians, founded this village of three hundred in 1772. His diaries recounted the trials and tribulations of his flock during these very troubling times in American history,

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