. Book of the Royal blue . ountywas early discovered, but utilized to a verylimited extent until the opening of the i. (now the R. R.) permittedits development. Now Athens tounty coalis known all over the country, and the longdingy carloads of black diamonds draggeddaily from the grimy mines, contribute nota little to the wealth and importance of thecounty. The corner stone of the first universityin the Northwest Territory, so carefullyplanned by the first settlers of Ohio, was state, and not only of the state, but of thenation, and must always be regarded as oneof the factors i
. Book of the Royal blue . ountywas early discovered, but utilized to a verylimited extent until the opening of the i. (now the R. R.) permittedits development. Now Athens tounty coalis known all over the country, and the longdingy carloads of black diamonds draggeddaily from the grimy mines, contribute nota little to the wealth and importance of thecounty. The corner stone of the first universityin the Northwest Territory, so carefullyplanned by the first settlers of Ohio, was state, and not only of the state, but of thenation, and must always be regarded as oneof the factors in Ohios progress. In a previous number we referred tothe settlement, in 1796, of , Athens, Chillicothe and Cincinnatinow being almost within a direct line ofone another, the need for better facilitiesof communication between the settlementsbecame felt, and in 1799, the CollegeTownship Road was ordered surveyed. Thisroad led from Athens, through Chillicothewestward toward Cincinnati, widening the. l [RST STONE BOUSE B\ IN GREENFIELD laid at Athens, in 1815, and the modernnamesake of Grecian Athens (the seat ofthe highest culture the world has everknown) naturally came to be the seat oflearning and culture in the new West. Intelligent and intellectual people wereearly attracted to the town, which has re-tained its refined and cultured atmosphere,although later and larger colleges and uni-versities throughout the West have takenaway much of the patronage and prestigeof the early college town. The Ohio University, however, was thealma mater of the older generation of menwho helped mould the character of the trail made by the hunter, pioneer and postrider, opening up a thoroughfare whichbecame half a century later the route ofthe first railroad to cross the mountainsand bring East and West in closer touch. Among the men appointed for this workwas a Mr. Duncan McArthur, a surveyor,who being greatly pleased with the sitenow occupied by the town of Greenfield,c
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