Harrison County Early Schools Harry and Helen Heavilin 40707 Cadiz Denn
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Lest We Forget HARRISON COUNTY EARLY SCHOOLS HARRY AND HELEN HEAVILIN 40707 CADIZ DENN. ROAD CADIZ, OHIO 43907 . Lest We Forget DITRODUCTION /~/; S 0 HARRISON COUNTY As the land was settled schools, churches, and towns were built. At EARLY SCHOOLS AND TOWNS first people met in their homes for church, school and community meetings. Published by Harrison County A few families joined together and hired a teacher for a summer or a winter Retired Teachers 1985. ter m. These subscription schools were used until about 1850 after which time the government provided schools, erected school buildings, and hired teachers. Edited by Ruth Dodson. As the land of the Northwest Territory, of which Ohio was a part, was surveyed the sixteenth section was set aside for education. The money from the sale An Acknowledgement and Thank You- of land was kept to build schools and universities. The one-room school flourished in the twentieth century, then consolidation came with modern roads, To God who has given health, strength, and guidance, and t r ansportation-schools became larger and controls more distant. Now often the money comes from Columbus or Washington D. C. and· they like to set the To all the members of the Harrison County Retired Teachers Association, standards. To the individual members who contributed written material and pictures, Those who have attended one-room school still praise those days when To Forrest Thaxton for producing the maps, pupils and teacher lived as a family and learned together. Harold Everett *wrote: To The R & F Coal Co. and Mr. Frank Pempek for assisting with the maps. "The old one-room school is gone, To Mr . and Mrs. Paul Morton for historical material and pictures, But its beloved memory lingers still, To Virbel Kimmel for the old maps, As it stood by the side of the road, In valley or up on the hill. To Kathleen Birney for Hopedale material, To Mrs. Dean Harrah who assisted with the typing, The days we spent there were happy ones, To Mrs. Anderson and the General Office Occupations Class of the Harrison That added to weeks, months, and years very fast. Career Center, especially Mary Boyer who typed the material for the Press. Leaving only the r ecord on memory ' s page, Of faces and things of the past. " And lest the democratic little villages, little churches, and one-room schools be forgotten we have put these names of people and places and stories on paper. Small groups have a place and sometimes serve the world i n a big way . *Harold Everett was once principal of Cunot ton Valley Schools. HARRISON COUNTY Childrens•Home- It was located on the land now occupied by the Harrison Community Hospital. Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory which was formed in 1787. In "The Harrison County Children's Home is located--one mile southeast of 1796 public land was divided into townships six miles square then divided the corporate limits of Cadiz. The farm consists of twenty-five acres, with into halves and quarters. In 1800 half sections were sold, later quarter sect two springs on it, and is perhaps one of the most favorable situations in the ions. The first land office was in Steubenville where people obtained deeds county. The Home is on the Cottage plan. The buildings except the barn are for land they wanted . brick and were all made on the grounds--facing brick were hardpressed. Harrison County was formed in 1813. Townships were organized as follows: The following is the report of the visiting committee for year ending Short Creek 1797 North I 1813 Washington 1824 August 23, 1893. Archer 1799 Stock 1815 Athens 1833 TO HIS HONOR, JUDGE MANSFIELD: Cadiz 1803 German 1824 Rumley 1833 There are at this date in the Home 36 inmates. Males 23, females 13. Green 1807 Moorefield 1824 Franklin 1833 Received since last report 31; indentured 10; returned to parents 8; trans Nottingham 1809 Freeport 1824 Monroe 1833 ferred22. We take pleasure in noting the conditions of this institution. The Bridges- buildings are large, nicely and heathfully arranged, and most beautifully Because of the many streamsin the county there were 55 covered bridges located. Economy, neatness, dicipline and order characterize its management at one time. Men were given jobs in the winter covering roads under bridges by its present very efficient superintendent." with snow so sleds could. move through them easily. Taken from! Brief History of Harrison County, Ohio by S. B. McGavarn, M.D . Bands- Dr. McGavarn was father of Frank McGavarn, grandfather of Mrs. Agnes Grove . Tippecanoe Band organized in 1881 took prizes at the fair and was recog Churches- nized as the best in the county. It traveled from one fair to another in a The Friends or Quakers came around 1800 (1786-1803) to Mt Pleasant in huge bronze band wagon adorned with huge dragon heads, front and rear. The Jefferson County and the Short Creek area. The Nottingham (later Freeport) Deersville Band was organized 20 years later and traveled in a canoe shaped Friends first held services at the David Seer~Farm. A log church was built wagon. It was drawn by four white horses wearing porn porns on their heads. in early 1800's. In 1803 Beech Springs Presbyterian Church was the first Pres They charged $20 for a trip to Cadiz. Uncle Joe Cannon spoke at a Republican byterian Church organized in the county. Meeting in Cadiz once at which the Deersville band played. The Cadiz Band had Rankin Methodist Church was organized in David Rankin's a fine reputation. "The band wagon purchased by the Cadiz Cornet Band is one log cabin in 1814. Prayer meetings were held in Buskirk's Cabin at an earlier of the finest wagons owned by any band in the state," says the Cadiz Republican date from which came the Dickerson Methodist Church. The first sermon of August 29, 1872. preached in Cadiz was in 1804 at the base of a large walnut tree that stood Chautauquas- to the south of the courthouse site by Rev. John Rea, a Presbyterian minister. Every town had its own week of entertainment under a tent. The children In 1816 the first Methodist Church was erected. By 1890 there were more than were organized in the afternoons and every evening the community, paying a fee, 90 places of worship and 7,133 church members in the county . Then local came to hear and see music and varied programs. The chautauqua furnished social churches and schools were the social life of the people. life and educational entertainment. Cadiz had its perm13nent building and Court House- grounds, Chautauqua Park, in 1907, formerly Jamison Grove. After due procedure and advertising "On September 4, 1815 the commission Since 1914 Cadiz Fair has been held there. ers exposed at public sale the building of a brick court house forty-two feet 2 3 square which was knocked off to one John McCurdy, he being the lowest bidder The fair was held at Craig's on the Unionvale Road, 1889-1914. At for the sum of five thousand &ix hundred and ninty-five dollars. This court one time Quigley ' s 1 iverv owned the "White Cloud" a glamorous white hack house was finished by the firat of April 1819. 11 In 1827 some county drawn by four horses which was used for transportation from the town. At offices were added. A bell for tile court house was furnished by Daniel Kilgore one time busses were secured from Wheeling t o transport crowds at .10 for in 1829 . Many and varie d co1111Wnity meetings were held in the court house less than one half mile. Porter's Grove was later encircled by a half mile in the next 74 years. In January 1893 Ma ior Cunningham and S. D. McGavran race track. People came for miles to see the large track. Preceding the drafted a bill to present to state legislature authorizing the county com races the marshalls wearing bright red scarves rode on horseback around the missioners to build a new court house , borrowing not more than $100 , 000 and track calling all horses for the races. The parade of the livestock was led issuing bonds to cover the same. A COIIDllittee from the legislature visited by the band. The fire department in uniform drew the hose cart and had a Cadiz and acted favorably. Yost and Packard were the architects and E. M. fine team pulling the fire engine . As they marched they threw kisses to the Long of Bowerston was the builder. The Berea stone building was 100 feet pretty girls in the band stand. There were bicycle races-the high wheel kind square trimmed with Oolitic limestone. This building is used today much and pulling contests. The merry-go-round was operated by horses in 1863 and as planned in 1893. ice cream candy was said to have been made by !illy Wyatt. County Fair The following persons have been pre•idute of the Harrison County Fair: "Ezra Cattell, John Hammond, Eli Peacock. JoM. Jaaison, Samuel Boggs, Obediah The first county fair was held in Georgetown in 1846 . There was a group Slemmons, Albert Quigley, W.W. Jamison. Andrew Saith, C. M. Hogg, Samuel of progressive farmers there and the fair was an agricultural exhibit. Then they moved the fair to the court house lawn . A rope was stretched along the Dickerson~ Henry Boyles, James Jamison, s«anuel Herron, and Andrew Smith. Other fairs in the county are Connotton Valley Tri-County Agricultural wall which enclosed the court house grounds.