CONTENTS
Dedication
Marzolff's Hand Drawn Map
Forward
Meridian Monuments
Drainage
Water Shed
Elevations Above Sea Level
Buckeye Lake
Geological Divisions
Drift Region
Lake Ohio
Pre-Glacial Drainage
Terraces
Rocks of Perry County as to Structure
Vertical Section of Rocks of Perry Co.
Vertical Section of Sub-Strata at New Lexington Depot
Section of Sub-Strata at Moxahala
Section of Rock at McCuneville
Generalized Section of Perry Co. Strata
Limestones
Iron Ores
Coals
Buried Channels
Clays
Petroleum and Gas
Saltlicks
Lidey’s Rocks
The High Rocks
The Bear Dens
Why Rushcreek Bottom is so Flat
The Mastodon
Birds of Perry County
Animals
Forests
Pre-Historic Race
The Children of the Forest
Under the Banner of St. George
Under the Lilies of France
In the Province of Quebec
Boutetorst County
The Co. of IL in the State of VA
First White Man in Perry Co.
Land Surveys
The Scioto Company Land Scheme
Zane’s Trace
The Refugee Tract
Heroes of the Forest
The Evolution of Perry County
Village Settlements
Organization of the Townships
Section 16
Churches
Schools
Mills
Oil Works
The Old Salt Kettle
The McCune Salt Works
Tobacco Houses
Lime-Kilns
An Old Time Pottery
Blast Furnaces
Coal Mines
Oil Wells
The Inventor of a Revolver
Perry County in War
Perry County in Congress
Removal of the County Seat
Public Buildings
The Underground Railroad
Morgan’s Raid
Population of Perry County
Constitutional Conventions
Col. James H. Taylor
Stephen Benton Elkins
The Knight of the Pen
Jeremiah M. Rusk
William Alexander Taylor
James M. Comley
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan
Dr. Isaac Crook
Rev. Father Zahm
The Oldest Woman in Perry Co.
Perry County’s First Historian
“The Beauty of Our Hills”
ILLUSTRATIONS
Portrait of Author
Lidey’s Rock
The Big Sassafras
The Stone Fort
The Wilson Mound
The Roberts Mound
Earth Works, North of Glenford
Flint Implements, 1/4th Size
Hematite Objects, 1/3rd Size
Ceremonials, Gorgets, Banners, Stones, etc.
Pipes Attached to Antlers of Deer
An Indian Grist Mill
A Scene on the Moxahala
Where Ebenezer Zane is Buried
A New Lexington Scene in 1873
Peter Overmeyer
Old Lutheran Church at Somerset
An Old Time Meeting House
Bishop Fenwick Discovering a Catholic Family in Perry Co.
The New Home in the Woods of Perry County
Church at Chapel Hill
Old Stone Church
Madison Academy
Old Salt Kettle
McCuneville Salt Works
Old Tobacco House
Remains of a Maxville Lime Kiln
An Old Time Pottery
A Ghost of Departed Industry-Baird Furnace
A Model Coal Mine --- Congo
Coal Tipple at Congo
Power House at Congo
In the Corning Oil Field
Monument to 31st O.V.I., New Lexington
Old Court House at Somerset
Old Court House at New Lexington
Our Temple of Justice - The New Court House
Old Perry County Infirmary
A Station on the Underground
Stephen B. Elkins
The Knight of the Pen
Birthplace of MacGahan
The Resting Place of Bulgaria’s Liberator
A Grubber
Jeremiah Rusk
Where Uncle Jerry Rusk was Born
Col. W.A. Taylor
Gen. James M. Comley
The Hero of Cedar Creek
Early Home of General Sheridan
Priest and Scientist --- Fr. Zahm
Catherine Cavinee