HISTORICALLY SPEAKING December 2010 The Newsletter of the Pioneer & Historical Society of Muskingum County

One category of donations is for OPERATING MUSEUMS OF THE PIONEER & FUNDS. These donations will be added to the HISTORICAL SOCIETY general fund and will be used for the most OF basic of expenses: paying the everyday bills. As we have noted in previous newsletters, MUSKINGUM COUNTY expenses are going up at the same time The Stone Academy income is decreasing. State and city 115 Jefferson Street governments are cutting expenses to make Zanesville, Ohio ends meet requiring local institutions to look Closed for the winter, will reopen in to local citizens and out-of-town friends to April maintain viability. The other category is for the MATHEWS Dr. Increase Mathews House HOUSE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. In his report in this 304 Woodlawn Avenue newsletter, Director Jim Geyer has described the work that needs to be done Closed during the fall and winter, will on the Dr. Increase Mathews House reopen in June Museum. The extent of the work needed is far more than can be afforded by the To schedule a tour during the winter Society, even with the help of our please contact us through our website. supporters. Jim has been busy pursuing grants from several private and public The Historical Society office is agencies but most of them require located at the Stone Academy matching funds from the organization receiving the grants. The money you give 740 454-9500 will make up the Society’s matching funds and it also shows the grantor that there is www.muskingumhistory.org local support for the project. With many organizations competing for few grants it is

Visit us on Facebook important that we demonstrate that we have the backing of the community we TIME TO RENEW YOUR P&HS serve. MEMBERSHIP As Jim notes in his report, we plan to Historical Society membership renewal take two years to do all the improvements notices were mailed out in November. You needed. Since we are spacing out the work, will notice an addition to the renewal card we give you the option of spacing out your we have been using for several years - a giving. Making an informal commitment to space for your email address. We promise the amount you plan to give over two years we will not overburden you with emails and will help us in planning how much work we we will not sell your address to former will be able to do. How you want to divide cabinet members of the Nigerian your donation is up to you. government but we hope to be able to If you have any questions about the send you timely notices of events that will be Mathews House Project contact any of interest to you. member of the Board of Trustees. The In addition to your membership renewal Historical Society office is closed for the card, you received a card that can assist winter but you may still contact the Director you in donating to the Historical Society. through our website, Muskingumhistory.org.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT O L I O

Happy Holidays! We hope that The number of friends of the Society who everyone can enjoy the Holiday Season and have honored us as the recipients of Kroger the warmth and friendship it offers. It has Plus Shoppers Card rewards has tripled. If been a really good year for the Pioneer and you want to give financial help to the Historical Society of Muskingum County. We Society at no cost to you, link your rewards had a successful Zanesville 1810 Project. The card to the Society by using our account Bicentennial of Zanesville as the State number 80971. Capital of Ohio was celebrated on July 4 and was well attended. The historical Remember that you can find us on marker commemorating that event will be a Facebook. Search for us under PIONEER AND presence outside the County Court House HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MUSKINGUM COUNTY. for many years to come as a result of the Putting “The” in front of our name takes you generosity of Kim Mudgett, of Mudgetts to a site not controlled by us. Monuments, one of our members. The self- guided tour of Zanesville in 1810 had several We are the historical society for the whole thousand copies passed out and we had county but since our two museums are in some good feedback from it. The Friend’s the Putnam Historic District, we have a Ice Cream Social with live music on July 3 special affinity for that area. We welcome went very well, also. The lecture part of the two new businesses to the Historic District, 1810 Project series has been well attended. John Starner’s Jack Havanas on Hazlett Court As always, finances have been a major and Beth Hayes’ In Good Taste Bakery at the concern. As a result we were forced to corner of Jefferson Street and Putnam close the Museums to drop-in visitors during Avenue. At the time of this writing Jack the winter months. They are still open by Havanas is scheduled to open on visiting our website or calling the office for December 19 and work is being done on an appointment. We have plans to make the building that will house the bakery. some badly needed repairs at the Mathews Anyone who sees the Museum Director House. We have acquired some bids for consuming too many of the bakery’s wares window and door replacement for the is urged to alert his wife. oldest structure in Zanesville. The last time the windows were replaced was 1932. The In October the Director and Curator slate roof needs some work and the exterior attended a meeting in Wheeling, West needs repainting and staining. The boiler Virginia, sponsored by the Rivers Institute of needs replacing. This building has been Hanover College, which gave preliminary under our control for more than 40 years information on the celebration of the 200th and now is in need of repairs. Historical anniversary of steamboat navigation on the buildings are always expensive to repair and Ohio River in 2011. With the Muskingum maintain since the historical integrity of the being a major tributary of the Ohio there building must be maintained. Everything may be possibilities for an observance of has to be custom made because nothing is that anniversary here. standard in measurement and it is difficult to find craftsmen willing to work on it. You will hear much more about this program in the future.

Bob Jenkins

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DIRECTOR’S REPORT activity on the Muskingum River and December 2010 the 150th anniversary of the Civil War are being planned. This has been another busy year for the · Volunteer recruitment will be a Society. I want to thank our members and priority. Look for information about benefactors for your support and volunteer opportunities in our March encouragement. I also want to share some newsletter. thoughts about our recent past and some · One of our main concerns will be things to look forward to in the coming year. finding a way to extend operating Looking back at 2010 … hours and programming at the · At the final installment of the Mathews House. Zanesville 1810 Project Lecture Series · The Putnam Timeline exhibit at the on Saturday I was reminded of all Stone Academy will be available in the individuals and organizations booklet format. that participated in remembering · Mathews House improvements are Zanesville’s days as Ohio’s second planned. I have included a more capital. It was truly a team effort. We detailed description of the work were honored to partner with the recommended by architect Pat John McIntire Library, Ohio University- Kelly. Zanesville, the Zanesville Memorial Concert Band, the Muskingum MATHEWS HOUSE PROJECT DESCRIPTION County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, the Ohio The Trustees asked architect Pat Kelly to Humanities Council, the Taylor- prepare a list of improvements that address McHenry Foundation, and the various issues at the Mathews House that Friends of P&HS to provide this could be implemented in phases over a important local history programming period of time, as funding becomes for the community. available. Completing all aspects of the · A special “Thank You!” to Mudgett’s proposal, as presented, may not be Monuments for donating the new possible. However, it is our strong belief that memorial recognizing the site of further delay in making necessary repairs Zanesville’s statehouse. puts the structure and the valuable artifacts · Improvements to our website, it houses at risk. Our intent is, over the next www.muskingumhistory.org, include two years, to address the most serious issues a page that allows visitors to read at the Mathews House in the most cost- our newsletter on-line and a series of effective way possible while maintaining the links to other history related sites. historical integrity of the building. · More than 3200 people participated Mr. Kelly prepared the following 5- in P&HS sponsored events and phase project: activities. PHASE ONE: · The November 2010 edition of Ohio Window Replacement: Remove existing Magazine acknowledged the windows and trim, install new custom made Historical Society’s role in making historic appearance, high efficiency Zanesville one of Ohio’s best windows that match existing styles using Low hometowns. E insulated glass with argon gas, applied Looking ahead to 2011 … muntins, bronze hardware, with new · Our outreach program, The History painted exterior and interior trim to match Has Left the Museum, will continue in existing conditions. 2011. Off-site presentations about Exterior Door Replacement: Remove existing our early history will again be exterior doors and trim, install new custom available to school and community made outswing historic appearance doors, groups. with high efficiency glazing that match · Programming related to steamboat existing styles using Low E insulated glass

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with argon gas, applied muntins, oil rubbed the Americans with Disabilities Act finished hinges, bored lockset, deadbolt, Guidelines for barrier free access. threshold, painted door and trim to match existing conditions. Jim Geyer PHASE TWO: Roof Repairs: Repair the existing slate roof, including selective replacement of deteriorated slate, ridge, flashings, and valley metals. Gutters and downspouts will also be replaced with paint grip galvanized half round gutters and round downspout leaders. (Roof area @ 3100sf) Siding replacement: Repair the existing (wood shake) siding, including selective replacement of deteriorated siding, flashing, and trim. Painting the exterior of the building is also included. (Siding @2700sf) Water Piping Replacement: Replace the existing water piping throughout the facility that has not already been replaced with copper piping. As the facility has been updated over the years, alterations to the piping system have occurred which need updated so the entire system is copper. Old galvanized steel piping will be replaced, as well as valves and fittings. PHASE THREE: Boiler Replacement: Remove exiting cast iron boiler and replace with a new energy efficient modulating boiler sized to meet the heating requirements of the facility. The replacement will change the gas line size, replace the flue pipe, and provide a new boiler trim package including an air scoop, strainer, chemical feed, thermometers, and pressure gauges. From the Archives: How the Society remembered the pioneers in the old days. PHASE FOUR: Carriage House Storage Building: Construction of a Carriage House (replacing the existing garage) for climate controlled storage space for the Pioneer GOOD WORK REWARDED WITH MORE and Historical Society. This space is necessary to provide storage for museum TIME ADDED quality artifacts now owned by the Society and items acquired in the future. The design The annual meeting of the Pioneer and of the Carriage House mimics the traditional Historical Society was held at the Stone appearance of Carriage Houses from the Academy on November 9. At the meeting 1800s. The interior of the facility will be lined all of those present voted to retain the with shelving and cabinets to protect current slate of officers for 2011. Officers valuable items in climate controlled include Bob Jenkins, president; Jerry Simeral, conditions. (16 x 24) vice-president; Janet James, secretary; and PHASE FIVE: Barrier Free Entrance: A new Donna Taylor, treasurer. Jim Geyer will barrier free access ramp is planned for the continue to serve as the Director of rear entry to the facility to allow Museums and Mitch Taylor will continue in handicapped public access to the building. the volunteer position of Curator. The ramp and deck are designed to meet

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GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS tried to organize the other miners, was a DUE (AND MUCH APPRECIATED) corruption fighting lawyer in San Francisco, a gold prospector and Methodist and Congregational missionary in Alaska, a part It takes many people to make our of the settlement house movement in community’s history and it takes many Chicago, a Progressive Party candidate for people to preserve our history. We offer our the U S Senate from Illinois and a speaker on sincere thanks to all of you who have the Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits. renewed your Historical Society membership During World War I he served with the U S and we take this space to recognize those Red Cross delegation to Russia and became who have made an extra financial donation the United States’ unofficial ambassador to to support the work of the organization. the Bolshevik government where he was First we acknowledge our new LIFE allegedly the only person who could walk MEMBERS: into Vladimir Lenin’s office unannounced. A Robert Jenkins Lloyd Barnes Dean Hill 10-week bout of amnesia in 1935 was one Five people have renewed their status more aspect of his theatrical life. as LOCAL HISTORY PARTNERS: In 1904 Elizabeth Robins sold the Stone Sandy Turner, Paul & Marianne Academy, which had been bequeathed to Langland, Jim & Mary Ann McDonald, Tina her by her grandmother, and gave some of Wickline the proceeds to Raymond so that he could The following have made donations in buy Chinsegut Hill. Raymond and his wife addition to their dues including donations to Margaret Drier added to the house and the Society’s OPERATING FUND or the MATHEWS used it to entertain well-known individuals of HOUSE IMPROVEMENT FUND: the day including Thomas Edison and Mary Jane Cain, David Buxton, James William Jennings Bryan. The Robins suffered Bailey, Alice Moody, Sandy Turner, Susanne financial losses during the Great Depression Ray, Lynn & Rob Moehrman, Howard and Raymond persuaded his friend Zwelling, Mr & Mrs Gene MacDonald, Paul President Herbert Hoover to accept the Smith, John Taylor, Joyce Hardbarger, Floyd property for the United States Department Felumlee, Bobbie Rust, Kurt White, William of Agriculture with the provision that the Thomas, Wayne Estep, Judy Spiker, Paul Robins could live in the house until their Fisher, Barb Hansen, Gary Felumlee, Mark & deaths. Following Raymond’s death in 1954 Nancy Mechling, Jane Cooper, Lloyd the property was leased to the University of Barnes, Mary Ann Lewis, Richard Neikirk. Florida. It was later leased to the University of Lastly, we recognize the Friends of the South Florida which operated it as a Pioneer and Historical Society for their conference center until July 2009. substantial pledge to the Mathews House The manor house is now sitting empty Improvement Fund. with the responsibility of stewardship tossed

back and forth by the US Department of

Agriculture, The University of South Florida A VISIT FROM THE FRIENDS OF and the University of Florida. The Friends of CHINSEGUT HILL Chinsegut Hill are attempting to raise funds to stabilize the building, research its history In October Kathy and Ken Hughes of and reopen it to the public. the Friends of Chinsegut Hill in Brooksville, While in Zanesville the Hughes were Florida, visited the Stone Academy. researching the early life of Raymond and Chinsegut had been the home of Col. Elizabeth Robins. In addition to the Stone Raymond Robins, a brother of Elizabeth Academy, they visited the Putnam Robins, who lived in the Academy for a short Presbyterian Church, the Putnam time in his youth. Elizabeth is the better Underground Railroad Education Center known Robins but Raymond led a more and Woodlawn Cemetery, the final resting interesting life. Starting while in his teens, he place of Raymond and Elizabeth’s father worked in coal and silver mines where he and grandmother.

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along big rivers. Most were hunting PIONEER & HISTORICAL camps. Some were where stone was SOCIETY OF MUSKINGUM quarried to make tools. A few were COUNTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES simply where people stopped to rest. Very few hinterland sites have yielded Bob Jenkins, president datable artifacts. Typical of hinterland Jerry Simeral, vice-president camps, the people at Sites 33-MU• 1306 and 33-PE-0794 did not stay very Janet James, secretary long at either site, and they left few Morten Bach Floyd Felumlee things behind. Gary Felumlee Alan King Site 33-MU-1306 Stephanie Kline John Lear Set on a terrace overlooking a Jim McDonald Ann Nicholas small stream, Site 33-MU-1306 was Mitch Taylor Mike Willey occupied from about 9,000 to 750 Tina Wickline years ago. The most extensive use of the site appears to have been during Jim Geyer, Museum Director two periods, from about 3,400 years ago and about 1,600 years ago. If you have any questions or Site 33-MU-1306 has yielded over 1,400 prehistoric artifacts. Nearly all of suggestions regarding the activities the artifacts were found within soils of the Historical Society contact any mixed by decades of plowing. These member o f the Board. soils offered no information about how they set up their camp or where they once sat and made or sharpened tools. DIGGING FOR REX PIPELINE The best data about the UNCOVERS PREHISTORIC SITES occupants of Site 33-MU-1306 came from the remains of a handful of

cooking pits and postholes. Only the The Rockies Express Pipeline-East Project bottom 6 inches or so was left on is a 639-mile natural gas pipeline that most; on some, only 1 inch remained. extends from Audrain County, Missouri, to From these features, archeologists Clarington, Monroe County, Ohio. Two other learned a lot. Late Archaic visitors western components of the pipeline extend used ash, red oak, and white oak as to Rio Blanco County, Colorado. During firewood, lined their cooking pits with digging for the pipeline, prehistoric sites in rock, and cooked hickory nuts. Early Muskingum and Perry Counties were and Late Woodland visitors also uncovered. Since both of the sites were cooked hickory nuts and lined their eligible for inclusion on the National Register cooking pits with stone. They used of Historic Places, in the fall of 2009, R. white oak and hickory as firewood, Christopher Goodwin & Associates was and had pottery with finely crushed hired to do studies and data recovery. granitic temper. Copies of a brochure describing the finds These groups visited during late were sent to the Historical Society this summer or autumn, when hickory nuts summer. Below we quote from the were ripe. Their tools were made from description of the Muskingum County site. local cherts. Although quarries were

nearby, their activity was focused on Hinterland Campsites sharpening finished tools, or Most prehistoric camp sites along completing those nearly done. the outer reaches of the Muskingum

River drainage are small. Termed

“hinterland” camps, they lie far from

the larger camps and villages found

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A Description of that part of the Ohio part of the collection of 1810-era documents loaned to the Historical Society by Wes Country, where the Ruins of a City Achauer for display at the Stone Academy was discovered.--A plan of which is during this year’s observance of the here given. bicentennial of Zanesville as the capital of Ohio.

MUSKINGUM is a fine gentle river, confined by high banks, which prevent its floods from overflowing the surrounding land. It is 250 yards wide at its confluence with the Ohio, and navigable, without any obstructions, by large battoes or barges, to the three Log’s and by small ones to a little Lake at its head. From thence to Cayahoga (the Creek that leads to Lake Erie.) The Cayahoga is muddy, and not very swift, but no where obstructed with falls or rifts. Here are fine uplands, extensive meadows, oaks and mulberry trees fit for ship building, and walnut, chestnut, and poplar trees suitable for domestick services.--Cayahoga furnishes the best portage between Ohio and Lake Erie; at its mouth it is wide and deep enough to receive large sloops from the Lake. It will hereafter be a place of great importance. Muskingum in all its extended branches, is surrounded by most excellent land, and abounds in Springs, and conveniences particularly adapted to settlements remote from sea navigation; such as salt springs, coal, clay and free stone.--In 1748 a coal mine opposite to Lamenshicola* mouth took fire, and continued burning above twelve months, but great quantities of coal remain in it. Near the same place are excellent whetstones, and about 8 miles higher up the River, is plenty of white and blue clay for glass works and Pottery. Hockhocking is navigable with large flat bottom boats between seventy and eighty miles; it has fine meadows with high banks, which seldom overflow, and rich uplands on its borders. Coal, and quarries of freestone If the P&HS had a Hot Heiress in tow we are found about 15 miles up this Creek. wouldn’t need the support of our members but we don’t, so we do. Please [*Lamenschicola is a variant name for renew your membership now. Sandy Creek, a stream which enters the Tuscarawas River (then considered a part of The Hot Heiress was showing at the the Muskingum) near Bolivar. Ohio.] Imperial Theater in Zanesville in March

Taken from Weatherwise’s Federal 1931. Almanack, published in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1788. The almanac was a

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Pioneer & Historical Society Non-Profit Organization of Muskingum County U S POSTAGE 115 Jefferson St PAID Zanesville OH Zanesville OH 43701 PERMIT NO 528

Given our recent history, raccoons might be more appropriate, but we join with the bunnies on this 1888 card from the Historical Society archives in wishing you a very Merry Christmas

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