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Author: Jordan D Pickens

History Meigs County News Uncategorized 

Remembering Morgan’s Raid

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 27 Views 12 min read

Remembering Morgan’s Raid July 2, 1863, marked the beginning of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s 1,000 plus mile raid in Sparta,

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History Meigs County News Uncategorized 

Pomeroy Ponzi

June 10, 2019June 26, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 21 Views 3 min read

Pomeroy Ponzi “If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool. Realize the person trusted

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History Meigs County News Military/Armed Forces News Uncategorized 

Memorial Day and Remembrance

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 33 Views 22 min read

Memorial Day has come to be the unofficial start to summer. In Meigs County, bikers from all over our region

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Community Education and Learning History Meigs County News Syracuse, Ohio Uncategorized 

The Bridgeman Family: Part 2

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 40 Views 5 min read

In last week’s article the Bridgeman family was discussed along witha brief history of the tree planted by Emory Bridgeman before his departure for the

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Community Education and Learning History Meigs County News Syracuse, Ohio Uncategorized 

Bridgeman Family: Part 1

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 25 Views 7 min read

One family with a long, rich history in Syracuse is the Bridgeman family. This article is the first of two, covering

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Community History Meigs County News News Uncategorized 

Peter Niswonger: Indian fighter, hunter, squatter, brandy maker

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 39 Views 5 min read

Peter Niswonger: Indian fighter, hunter, squatter, brandy maker Last Friday, the Chester-Shade Historical Association held their annual benefit dinner with

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Community History Meigs County News News Uncategorized 

Abigail Graves: Meigs County’s G.I. Nightingale

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 19 Views 5 min read

Abigail Graves: Meigs County’s G.I. Nightingale It’s said to be better to be thought a fool and keep your mouth closed than to

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History Meigs County News Uncategorized 

Early salt mining history in the Ohio Valley

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 69 Views 7 min read

Early salt mining history in the Ohio Valley “In 1794, when salt was worth from $6 to $8 a bushel, he projected

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History Uncategorized 

Joshua Gardner and the Fugitive Slave Case that went to the Supreme Court

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 18 Views 6 min read

Joshua Gardner and the Fugitive Slave Case that went to the Supreme Court The Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and

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Community History Uncategorized 

Remembering James McHenry Jones

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 21 Views 8 min read

February is recognized as Black History Month. In the book about early African American education in West Virginia by Carter G. Woodson, it states, “There

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Community History Uncategorized 

Political climate of 1860

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 26 Views 6 min read

When running for the Illinois Senate against Steven Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous “A house divided cannot stand” speech.

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Community History Uncategorized 

The Cross Family Business

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 46 Views 6 min read

“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.” –President Martin Van Buren  These words could

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Community History Uncategorized 

Freedom, William Nelson and Lincoln Hill

January 15, 2019February 8, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 27 Views 4 min read

free·dom (noun) – The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wantswithout hindrance or restraint; absence of subjection

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History Uncategorized 

Meigs County’s railroads

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 59 Views 7 min read

“Railroad train, railroad train, hurry some more; put a little steam on just like never before. Hustle on, bustle on,

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History Uncategorized 

The Roots in Rutland of Home on the Range

January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Jordan D Pickens 17 Views 6 min read

It’s an age old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” In Meigs County, which came first, Rutland Village or Rutland

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History Uncategorized 

Meigs County Christmas in the Depression – 1933

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 20 Views 8 min read

December 1933. The most publicized romance of its day officially came to an end as Mary Pickford filed for divorce from Douglas

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History Uncategorized 

Steamboats and Meigs County

December 11, 2018December 13, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 51 Views 7 min read

“Here’s to you all, our sentiments are real, may your days be as brightand your hearts be as light as the spray from an ol’ paddlewheel.” – Unknown.

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Letter to the Editor Op/Ed Uncategorized 

Letter to the Editor: Urge Legislators to Extend Alternative Graduation Pathways

December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 24 Views 2 min read

I  wrote a letter for the Action Network letter campaign “Urge Legislators to Extend Alternative Graduation Pathways”. With only a

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Community History News Uncategorized 

Running the rails: The Ohio River Electric Railway & Power Company

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 39 Views 6 min read

All aboard! Not an uncommon thing to hear before a train departs for its next destination. As I sat down

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Community History Schools Uncategorized 

Remembering the Middleport-Pomeroy rivalry

November 20, 2018December 4, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 47 Views 6 min read

Rivalry: (noun) competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field. Today the most active rivalry in

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Community History Uncategorized 

Big Mama Sprague and her Meigs County captains

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 28 Views 4 min read

“What I love most about rivers is you can’t step in the same river twice; the water’s always changing, always

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History Uncategorized 

As the Old Ohio Flows: Buckeye Rovers

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 30 Views 4 min read

In 1849, “California Fever” hit southeastern Ohio. Several people in Meigs County headed west to leave behind a depression and

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Community Education and Learning History Uncategorized 

The true story on Nelson Story

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 80 Views 5 min read

This week in my American History class at Southern High School, I started a chapter on settling the west. Topics

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Community Education and Learning History News Uncategorized 

The bridge of our past was once the bridge of our future

October 8, 2018October 8, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 50 Views 5 min read

November 12, 1928, the Pomeroy Bend Bridge, or as it came to be known, the Pomeroy – Mason Bridge, opened

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Education and Learning History Uncategorized 

History of Meigs County Townships, Part 2

October 2, 2018October 29, 2018 Jordan D Pickens 69 Views 6 min read

In addition to the townships from Gallia County mentioned in last week’s article that helped to form Meigs County in

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