A new map, presentation, and poll!
Thank you
First, to the person who left this map for me a few weeks ago, thank you! It is now framed and hanging in my living room. I’m not sure who left it, but I appreciate someone thinking of me. It has some relatives listed, and it’s 100 years old!
Upcoming Presentation:
Second, Thursday, November 14, at 6pm, we have another local presentation! We will be presenting at the St. Clairsville Public Library. If you saw our presentation a couple months ago, feel free to join us again, because we have new information!
Here’s a description of the presentation:
Crystal Lorimor, Director of the Community Improvement Corporation, walked into the County Recorder’s Office one day to gather a bit of information. County Recorder Jason Garczyk, knowing Crystal’s interest in local history, said, “Let me show you something I’m working on.” He returned with a file, opened it, and revealed the same project Crystal was working on herself: mapping the first landowners in the various townships based upon the Bureau of Land Management’s General Land Office records.
Luckily, the two had not completed the same townships, so they joined forces, with Jason completing much of the mapping. They both did the project by hand.
Once completed, they laid out all the townships, looking at all the names of the landowners. Then they decided to ask another history lover to help: could Anthony Atkins, director of the GIS department, digitize this project so they could overlay creeks and towns to learn more about Belmont County’s history?
Our information is now a digitized app on the county website, and Anthony is still adding features. It’s a cool project you’ll want to learn more about if you like local history.
I’m still digging for cool information on the people. In addition to the person who orchestrated the first Ponzi scheme in our country to a murder and some mayhem, this ought to be a fun evening of learning.
Poll of Interest:
I’m thinking of putting together a class. Which of the topics below would interest you? I’ll put a better description of the options below the poll.
Community narrative change: learn to challenge common rural narratives with historical evidence and create compelling new stories that empower community development.
From extraction to unlocking: new models for rural development
Economic Appalachia: this would just be general information about the history of economics in Appalachia and how I see these things affecting today.
Unfortunately, that’s it for tonight at The Creighton Cabin. Thanks for taking time to join me. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your weekend.
