Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-08-10
MARIE T IA.
Interesting Pictures and Story of our
Beautiful City,

forty-eight pioneers who landed April
Z, 177S; the Ohio Conpany's office, old
est building in the State of Ohio, and
which is still standing; old block
house on Washington street; Mound
Cemetery. and the B. & o. S. w. rail-
road station.
An interesting write-up also appears,
being the product OF the fertile brain
OF Mr.. H. F. Baldwin, advertising agent
for the B. G. o. raidroad. 1t follows:
"In new and undeveloped countries
the natural waterways form the easiest
route of travel. and we're taken advant-
age OF by original inhabitants, the ex-
plorer, the hunter, the pioneer, and the
early settler. Thus it is in the settling
of new country the first settlements
are made along the water courses, and
as often as possible at the confluence
OF two streams, and this rule was fol-
lowed in the first settlement in the
State OF Ohio, then portion of the al
most unknown Northwest Territory"
There is probably no spot in the
State OF Ohio around which so much of
historic and romantic interest clings
as the lit.le town of Marietta. Not on
ly was it the first settlement in the
State, but the early settlers were a
higher type of men and women than
a ,,,Ln forward int
the wilderness, and they have left their
imprint upon the State. They were of
good New England and Puritan stock
tried and hardened by the struggles
and privations of the Revolution but
recently ended; of high principle,
strong OF heart and arm, and with
such a foundation it is no wonder so
great state has arisen.
Marietta is justly proud of these men
and has taken all possible means of
preserving their names and the mem
ory of their deeds. On the bank of
the Muskingum River, on the spot
where the "Mayhower," the big fat
boat which brought them down the
| Ohio River to their new home, landed
$50 christened in honor of the other
Mayhower which brought their ances-
tors to a new world) has been erected
tablet, inscribed with the names of
the forty-eight pioneers who constitut-
ed the new settlement, by the New
Century Historical Society. This tab
let can be distinctly seen from the Bal
timore & Ohio Southwestern trains as
they cross the bridge at Marietta.
The Ohio Company's Office, built
when Marietta was first settled, still
stands on the spot on which it was
| first erected, and it is believed to be the
oldest building in Ohio resting on its
original site. 1t has recently been pur
chased by the Colonial Danes, who
purpose preserving it in its present
condition as long as possible,
Opposite to this is the old blocl;
| corner of the stockade known as the
Campus Martius," occupied by Gener-
al st. Clair, the first Governor OF the
Northwest Territory.
Marietta seems to have been a point
Of special interest even in prehistoric
ages, as here is found one of the curl
Gus monuments Of the Mound Builders,
that strange race who once trod the
country we call ours and vanished like
4 dream, leaving only occasional traces
If their handiwork. The monument in
question is located in the cemetery at
Marietta, and is in the form a high
mound, with forty-fve stone steps
leading to the top of it. By whom it
was built and for what purpose is
largely matter of conjecture. The
Mound Builders guarded their secrets
more closely than the builders of the
Pyramids.
That Marietta is not wholly given up
10 monuments of past deeds is evil
denced by the air of thrift and pros
perity which pervades the town. Much
local pride is manifested in the we'll
kept appearance Of the houses and
streets. The Baltimore G. Ohio South
western has a neat and pretty station
here, which is in keeping with the
general appearance of the town"
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