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Marietta, Ohio

Marietta is a city in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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of Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
and the county seat

County seat

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of Washington County

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 63,251. Its county seat is Marietta, Ohio....
. The municipality is located in southeastern Ohio along the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
. The population was 14,515 at the 2000 census. It is the second largest by population of three principal cities of and included in the Parkersburg

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg, located at the confluence of the Ohio River and Little Kanawha River Rivers, is the third largest city in the West Virginia. It is the county seat of Wood County, West Virginia and the largest city in the Parkersburg-Marietta, Ohio-Vienna, West Virginia Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area....
-Marietta-Vienna

Vienna, West Virginia

Vienna is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is a suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The population was 10,861 at the 2000 census....
, West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
-Ohio

Ohio

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area

The Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of three counties in West Virginia and one in Ohio, anchored by the cities of Parkersburg, West Virginia, Marietta, Ohio, and Vienna, West Virginia....
. Founded in 1788, Marietta is the oldest city in Ohio.

founding of Marietta began when future U.S.

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Marietta is a city in the U.S. state

U.S. state

Ohio

County seat

Washington County, Ohio

Ohio River

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Vienna, West Virginia

Vienna is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is a suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The population was 10,861 at the 2000 census....
, West Virginia

West Virginia

Ohio

Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna metropolitan area

History

The founding of Marietta began when future U.S. president George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
, who was working as a surveyor, began exploring large tracts of land west of his native Virginia

Virginia

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in 1770. During the Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War , also known as the American War of Independence, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and Thirteen Colonies on the North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers....
, Washington told his friend, General Rufus Putnam

Rufus Putnam

Rufus Putnam was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
, of the beauty he had seen in his travels through the Ohio Valley and of his ideas for settling the territory. After the war, the newly formed country found itself with little money but blessed with natural resources. As a result of this cash deficit, men who had served in the revolution were paid, not with cash, but with warrants

Warrant (finance)

In finance, a warrant is a security that entitles the holder to buy stock of the company that issued it at a specified price, which is usually higher than the stock price at time of issue....
for land in the Northwest Territory. There was one problem with these warrants, however. The Federal Government

Federal government of the United States

The Federal Government of the United States is the central current reigning United States governmental body, established by the United States Constitution....
did not own the land it offered until the passage of the Ordinance of 1787

Northwest Ordinance

The Northwest Ordinance was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The Ordinance unanimously passed on July 13, 1787....
which ceded ownership of the Northwest Territory to the government. The Ohio Company of Associates planned to buy 1.5 million acres (6,100 km²) of land from Congress with provisions it had written in the ordinance which allowed veterans to use their warrants to purchase the land.

When this group of forty-eight men

American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory

American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory included soldiers of the American Revolutionary War and members of the Ohio Company of Associates. During 1788 these pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opened the westward expans...
, led by General Rufus Putnam

Rufus Putnam

Rufus Putnam was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
, arrived, they brought with them the first government sanctioned by the United States. Fort Harmar

Josiah Harmar

Josiah Harmar was an officer in the United States Army during the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War. He was the senior officer in the Army for seven years....
, a military outpost built three years prior, lay across the Muskingum River. The Native Americans

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii....
were not pleased with the arrival of the settlers who immediately started construction of two forts, Campus Martius, which stood at the site of the museum which today bears its name, and Picketed Point, at the confluence

Confluence (geography)

Confluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem , when that major river is also the highest Strahler Stream Order in the drainage basin....
of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. At the same time, a community was also being built in the wilderness from plans made before the group's departure from Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
.

In 1785, the Treaty of Harmar was signed, bringing some resolve with several Native American nations in regards to trade, controversy and boundaries.

On April 7, 1788 a group of 48 men of the Ohio Company of Associates

Ohio Company of Associates

The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company which is today credited with becoming the first non-Native Americans in the United States group to settle in the present-day state of Ohio....
arrived at the confluence of the Muskingum

Muskingum River

The Muskingum River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio....
and Ohio river

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
s and established the first permanent American settlement in the Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory

The Northwest Territory, formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was a governmental region within the early United States....
(older European settlements include Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1668, Detroit, 1701 and Vincennes, Indiana, 1732). It was named Marietta in honor of Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

For the 2006 film about this person that stars Kirsten Dunst, see Marie-Antoinette .Marie Antoinette was born an Archduchess of Austria and later became Queen of France and of Navarre....
, the Queen of France

France

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, who had aided the young country in its battle for independence from Great Britain

Great Britain

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.

In 1788, George Washington said the following about Marietta:

"No colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that which has just commenced at the Muskingum...If I was a young man, just preparing to begin the world, or if advanced in life and had a family to make provision for, I know of no country where I should rather fix my habitation...".

The families of the settlers began arriving within a few months, as did Governor Arthur St. Clair

Arthur St. Clair

Arthur St. Clair was an American soldier and politician. Born in Scotland, he served in the British Army during the French and Indian War before settling in Pennsylvania, where he held local office....
who presided over this new territory, and, by the end of 1788, 137 people populated the area. The Treaty of Greenville

Treaty of Greenville

The Treaty of Greenville was signed at Fort Greenville , on August 3, 1795, between a coalition of Native Americans in the United States and the United States following the Native American loss at the Battle of Fallen Timbers....
was signed with the Native Americans in 1795, thus allowing the settlers to move from the safety of the fortresses and to spread out into the surrounding territory.

Marietta is home to the Great Mound or Conus, built by the Mound Builders. The mound was preserved by the original pioneers and is contained within the Mound Cemetery

Mound Cemetery

Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio is home to the Great Mound or Conus, built by the Mound builder , and is reportedly home to the largest number of American Revolutionary War officers buried in one location....
, which is also home to the largest number of Revolutionary War officers buried in one location.

Religion

Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
was important to these first settlers and services were held on a regular basis, but it wasn't until 1796 that a church was chartered. This first church was Congregational

Congregational church

Congregational churches are Protestantism Christianity churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each Wiktionary:congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs....
and its charter was unusually inclusive due to the varied religious backgrounds of its members. The congregation constructed the first church building in 1807.

Since many of the settlers had been officers during the revolution, and were highly educated, education was also a priority for these first settlers. That first winter saw the beginning of basic education for the children at Campus Martius. In 1797, Muskingum Academy was established; it became Marietta College

Marietta College

Marietta College is a co-educational private university in Marietta, Ohio, United States, which was the first permanent settlement of the Northwest Territory....
in 1835.

Marietta's location on two major navigable rivers made it ripe for industry

Industry

An industry is the manufacturing of a Good or Service within a category. Although industry is a broad term for any kind of economic production, in economics and urban planning industry is a synonym for the secondary sector, which is a type of economic activity involved in the manufacturing of raw materials into goods and products....
and commerce

Commerce

Commerce is a division of trade or production, costs, and pricing which deals with the Trade of goods and service from production, costs, and pricing to final consumer....
from the start. Boat building

Boat building

Boat building, one of the oldest branches of engineering, is concerned with constructing the hull of boats and, for sailboats, the mast s, spars and rigging....
was one of the early industries with even ocean going vessels being constructed and sailed down river to the Mississippi

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
and on to the Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
. Brick factories and sawmill

Sawmill

A sawmill is a facility where logging are cut into lumbers....
s supplied materials for homes and public buildings. An iron mill, along with several foundries provided rails for the railroad industry and Marietta Chair Factory supplied furniture

Furniture

Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body , provide storage, or hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground....
.

In 1860 oil was first drilled in the Marietta region. A great deal of wealth was generated for investors during oil booms in 1875 and 1910. The results of these booms can be seen even today by touring the town and observing the many large homes built by men who made their fortunes during these periods. Among those Marietta citizens who made a fortune off the burgeoning oil industry were the Dawes brothers, who founded the Pure Oil Company. All four brothers became nationally prominent businessmen or politicians - Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus C. Dawes

Rufus C. Dawes

Rufus Cutler Dawes was an American businessman from a prominent Ohio family.Dawes was born in Marietta, Ohio, to American Civil War Brigadier General Rufus R....
, Beman Gates Dawes

Beman Gates Dawes

Beman Gates Dawes was a politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Party Congressman from Ohio.Dawes, a descendant of American Revolution hero William Dawes and the son of American Civil War Brevet Brigadier general Rufus R....
and Henry May Dawes. Charles Dawes served as the 30th Vice President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....
.

The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad (M&C), now defunct, was a railroad of southern Ohio later absorbed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). The M&C started as The Belpre and Cincinnati Railroad (B&C) in 1845 to connect to the B&O at Parkersburg, WV/Belpre, Ohio. The Virginia Government would only allow the B&O to go to the Ohio River at Wheeling, WV. The planned route of the B&C was changed to Marietta, Ohio and the name also changed in 1851. Right of way extended up river from Marietta to Bellaire, Ohio for a connection to the B&O. The M&C was bankrupt by 1857 but continued west to reach Cincinnati, Ohio. The first through train from Cincinnati ran on April 9, 1857.

The railroad never went up-river from Marietta and the right of way south of Bellaire was later purchased by roads controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). To continue to the east on the B&O, one had to take a steamboat down river to Parkersburg. With help from the B&O and the Baltimore City Council, the Union Railroad connected Marietta to Belpre in 1860. It also was later absorbed by the B&O. This section of track is still in operation (2008) with unit coal trains providing most of the traffic. At one time in the 20th century, Marietta saw 24 passenger trains a day, most of which were on the PRR tracks. One of the main driving forces in the M&C was William P. Cutler

William P. Cutler

William Parker Cutler was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born in Marietta, Ohio, Cutler attended the common schools and Ohio University at Athens....
. He also was a backer of the Union Railroad and the MCC among other local railroads. Cutler served as General Manager and as President of the M&C for many years.

In 1880, the first Putnam Street Bridge

Putnam Street Bridge

The Putnam Street Bridge, also known as the Marietta Bridge, is a historical river crossing that connects Marietta, Ohio with its Fort Harmar district....
was opened to connect Marietta to Fort Harmar, providing the first free crossing of the Muskingum.

As transportation advanced, Marietta was passed by. The B & O Railroad went through Parkersburg, West Virginia

Parkersburg, West Virginia

National Road

The National Road or Cumberland Road was one of the first major improved highways in the United States, built by the Federal Government of the United States....
went through Zanesville

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the United States Census 2000....
leaving Marietta off the main travel routes until 1967 with the opening of I-77.

Government

Local government

The city of Marietta uses the mayor-council form of government. The mayor is a full-time position; the seven city council members and the city council president are all part-time positions. The city is divided into four wards, with a person from each ward elected to the council. In addition, there is a non-voting city council president and three voting at-large councilmen.

Democrat Michael "Moon" Mullen is the current Mayor of Marietta. He followed Democrat Joseph Matthews, who was defeated in the 2003 Democratic primary by Mullen. Prior to being elected Mayor of Marietta, Mullen was an at-large member of city Council, having previously served the first ward on council and as the Marietta City Development Director. On November 2, 2003, Mullen was elected Mayor after defeating Republican challenger Cathy Harper and independent candidate Dan Harrison. Mullen took office in January 2004, and was reelected in 2007.

The 2007 Mayoral race in Marietta is unusual in that no Republican candidate filed for the position. Former Mayor Joe Matthews challenged Mayor Mullen for the Democratic nomination but was defeated in the May 8th primary 55%-45%. 2003 Mayoral Candidate Dan Harrison filed to run for City Council President as an Independent but was excluded from the ballot after he voted in the Democratic primary thus removing his Independent status. In the November 6th general election, Mullen won with 63% of the vote.

*City Council of Marietta, Ohio (2008-2010 Term)*
Council President	Paul Bertram III	Republican
At-Large	Harley Noland	Democrat
At-Large	Kathy Shively	Democrat
At-Large	Andrew Thompson	Republican
First Ward	David White	Republican
Second Ward	Randy Wilson	Republican
Third Ward	Jon Grimm	Republican
Fourth Ward	Tom Vukovic	Democrat

The election represents the first time since 1991 that the Republican Party has held a majority of seats in the Marietta City Council.

The election was contentious and featured the participation of several citizen's groups including the Citizen's Armory Preservation Society (CAPS) and Citizen's for Responsible Government (CRG) backing specific candidates based on their record. 2nd Ward losing incumbent, Democratic Katie McGlynn referred to it as a 'machine' that led to her defeat by first-time candidate Randy Wilson by 17 votes.

State and federal government

The residents of the city of Marietta are currently represented by Democrat Jennifer Garrison in the Ohio House of Representatives and Republican Joy Padgett

Joy Padgett

Joy Padgett is a former Republican Party member of the Ohio Senate, representing the Ohio Senate, 20th district until the end of 2008. In 2006, dogged by personal scandals, she ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and for Congress in ....
in the Ohio Senate. Padgett has announced that she will not seek reelection in 2008.

In the U.S. House of Representatives, Marietta is currently represented by Democrat Charlie Wilson, who was elected to replace Ted Strickland, who did not seek re-election in 2006, choosing instead to run for (and win) the Governorship of Ohio.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 8.6 square mile

Square mile

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s (22.2 km²), of which, 8.3 square miles (21.5 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.7 km²) of it (3.03%) is water.

The Muskingum River

Muskingum River

Duck Creek (Ohio)

Duck Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 30 mi long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River Drainage basin....
flow into the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
at Marietta. The area is part of the Appalachian Plateau which covers the eastern half of Ohio. The Appalachian Plateau consists of steep hills and valleys and is the most rugged area in the state. This portion of the state is blessed with beautiful scenery and Ohio's most abundant mineral deposits.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 14,515 people, 5,904 households, and 3,501 families residing in the city. The population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
was 1,747.0 people per square mile (674.4/km²). There were 6,609 housing units at an average density of 795.4/sq mi (307.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.31% White, 1.08% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 1.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.79% of the population.

There were 5,904 households out of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.4% were married couples

Marriage

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living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 35.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the city the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 14.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,272, and the median income for a family was $36,042. Males had a median income of $30,683 versus $22,085 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
for the city was $18,021. About 13.6% of families and 16.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable residents

Gen. Rufus Putnam
Rufus Putnam

Rufus Putnam was a colonial military officer during the French and Indian War, and a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War....
, Gen. Benjamin Tupper
Benjamin Tupper

Benjamin Tupper was a soldier in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, achieving the rank of Brevet Brigadier general ....
, Col. William Stacy
William Stacy

William Stacy was an officer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and a pioneer to the Ohio Country. Published histories describe Colonel William Stacy's involvement in a variety of events during the American Revolutionary War, such as rallying the Militia on a village common in Massachusetts, participating in the...
, Commodore Abraham Whipple
Abraham Whipple

Abraham Whipple was an United States revolutionary naval commander. Whipple was born near Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island and chose to be a seafarer early in his life....
, Captain Daniel Davis, and the first forty-eight
American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory

American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory included soldiers of the American Revolutionary War and members of the Ohio Company of Associates. During 1788 these pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta, Ohio as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opened the westward expans...
pioneers and city founders.
Charles G. Dawes
Charles G. Dawes

Charles Gates Dawes was an American banker and politician who was the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
, 30th Vice President of the United States
Vice President of the United States

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Francis B. Loomis
Francis B. Loomis

Francis Butler Loomis began his career as a newspaperman in his hometown of Marietta, Ohio, editing the Marietta Leader while a student at Marietta College....
, 25th United States Assistant Secretary of State
United States Assistant Secretary of State

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Nancy Hollister
Nancy Hollister

Nancy Putnam Hollister is a Republican Party politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife....
, 66th Governor of Ohio, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. The lieutenant governor becomes Governor of Ohio if the governor resigns, dies in office or is removed by impeachment....
, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

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C. William O'Neill
C. William O'Neill

C. William O'Neill was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Ohio. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, Ohio. He was the 59th governor of Ohio. He graduated from both Marietta College and Ohio State University Moritz College of Law ....
, 59th Governor of Ohio, Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the State legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. .The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe, Ohio on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded Ohio Constitution of that year....
, Associate & Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, Attorney General of the State of Ohio
George White
George White

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, 52nd Governor of Ohio
Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., 4th Governor of Ohio and 5th United States Postmaster General
United States Postmaster General

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Levi Barber
Levi Barber

Levi Barber was a surveying, court administrator, banker, and legislator.Levi Barber was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, the son of David Barber and Sarah Lawrence....
, was a surveyor, court administrator, banker, and member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the State legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. .The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe, Ohio on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded Ohio Constitution of that year....
, Fifteenth United States Congress, & Seventeenth United States Congress
Chief Zimmer
Chief Zimmer

Charles Louis Zimmer was a catcher in Major League Baseball for 19 seasons from to , playing for the Detroit Wolverines , New York Metropolitans ...
, major league baseball
Major League Baseball

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player and manager
Perley Brown Johnson, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the State legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. .The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe, Ohio on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded Ohio Constitution of that year....
John Brough
John Brough

John Brough was a War Democrat politician from Ohio. He served as the 26th List of Governors of Ohio during the final years of the American Civil War, dying in office of gangrene shortly after the war concluded....
, 26th Governor of Ohio, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the State legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. .The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe, Ohio on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded Ohio Constitution of that year....
William Cutler, Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives

The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the State legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. .The House of Representatives first met in Chillicothe, Ohio on March 3, 1803, under the later superseded Ohio Constitution of that year....
Charles H. Elston
Charles H. Elston

Charles Henry Elston was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born in Marietta, Ohio, Washington County, Ohio, Ohio, Elston attended the public schools of Marietta and Cincinnati, Ohio....
, Member of the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives

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Dewey F. Bartlett
Dewey F. Bartlett

Dewey Follett Bartlett , a United States politician, He served as the second Republican Party Governor of Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, following his predecessor, Henry Bellmon....
, 19th Governor of Oklahoma
Governor of Oklahoma

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, United States Senator
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth

Hobart Bosworth was an American movie actor, film director, writer and film producer.Born as Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth, he was a direct descendant of Miles Standish and of John and Priscilla Alden on his father's side and of New York's Van Zandt family, the first Dutch settlers to land in the New World, on his mother's side....
, movie actor, director, writer and producer.
Alf Landon
Alf Landon

Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon was an United States History of the United States Republican Party politician, who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933–1937....
, 26th Governor of Kansas
Governor of Kansas

The Governor of Kansas holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Kansas as provided by the first article of the Kansas Constitution....
, 1936 Republican Presidential Candidate

Notable events

Annually, the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival is held on the weekend after Labor Day in September. 2005 was the 30th anniversary of the event, which brings dozens of Sternwheelers to the banks of the Ohio River near downtown Marietta. The Festival includes performances from musical artists, Sternwheel races, and a large fireworks display, and brings in thousands of visitors from across the country.

Annually, the Riverfront Roar powerboat races are held in July. The event includes formula 2 and formula 3 powerboat racing along the Ohio River.

Marietta Civil War Reenactment is also held at the end of September, and includes Union and Confederate reenactors battling across the scenic Muskingum River.

Goodfest is held at Goodfellows Park and is a local music festival for teenagers featuring local musicians in a drug & alcohol free environment.

A number of regattas run throughout the spring, chief among them Marietta High School's Ralph Lindamood Memorial Regatta and the Marietta Invitational Regatta hosted by Marietta College, which brings some of the nations fastest college rowing programs to the Muskingum River. In the fall season, the "Head of the Muskingum" head race is held, again bringing in rowing teams from across the country. The race is run over a 3-3.5 mile course starting in Devola, Ohio and ending at Marietta College's Lindamood-Van Voorhis Boathouse.

Marietta, Ohio

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