As you may or may not know after Guernsey County was settled by folks running a ferry over Wills Creek; the Beatty family bought the rights to the land surrounding Cambridge and then traveled here to take over the ferry business and map out a town. In 1803 when John Beatty came to Cambridge he brought with him a […]
“Rocks-That-Burn” To The Gilded Age: How Coal Mines Built Guernsey County
Pre-1800’s The history of Coal Mining in Guernsey County goes back further than Euro-American settlers. Indians that once used Wills Creek for fishing, also knew of the great resource coal could be to keep warm throughout the winter. Before any mining operations were setup, veins throughout the county resulted in coal being on the surface. […]
“Who was Jonathan Bye, really?”
I remember growing up in the small village of Byesville back in the 1990’s and everybody getting excited about the “Annual Jonathan Bye Days” festival. I was much like every kid in our small town of 2,000 people, with our one stop light. After driving my Mom crazy for $10, I can remember cutting through the wind […]
A Movement West: The Settling and Founding of Cambridge, Ohio
Establishing Cambridge as a First Generation American Community To start off, I think it’s an important side note for people to know before the founding and settling of this area by Americans; Indians occupied the region completely unharmed from the outside world (which I will get to eventually in another article) until 1669. Then the French Crown famously sent […]
Cambridge Ohio Baseball History: As Told By William G. Wolfe
Originally published in the book, “Stories of Guernsey County, Ohio” by William G. Wolfe in 1943.