Marietta, Ohio, USA
1895 - Marietta

Marietta, a city, the capital of Washington co., O., is finely situated on the N. bank of the Ohio River, at the mouth of the Muskingum, and on both sides of the latter river, 12 miles above Parkersburg, and about 80 miles below Wheeling. By rail it is 199 miles E. by N. of Cincinnati, and 175 miles S. of Cleveland. It is connected with the latter place by the Cleveland & Marietta Railway, and is on a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Rail road. It is connected also with Zanesville, 75 miles N., by the Zanesville & Ohio River Railroad, and with Columbus by the Toledo & Ohio Central Extension Railroad. The Ohio River Railroad passes on the S. bank of the Ohio, It is surrounded by picturesque scenery, and contains many handsome residences. This is the oldest town in the state, having been founded in 1788 by General R. Putnam and other emigrants from New England. It contains 16 churches, union schools, 2 national banks, a savings-bank, and Marietta College (non-sectarian), which was founded in 1835 and has 15 instructors, about 200 students, and a library of 42,000 volumes. Two daily, 1 semi-weekly, and 2 weekly newspapers, one of which is German, are published here. Marietta has manufactures of chairs, furniture, flour, leather, stoves, hollow-ware, buckets, lubricating oil, &c., and an extensive production of and trade in petroleum, which is procured in the vicinity. Here are found some earthworks of the ancient mound-builders. Pop. in 1894, 9216.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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