. Book of the Royal blue . slldTu KIVI i; EAST. matchless wisdom. For beauty of location,few cities in the country surpass lies between the Scioto and Paint Rivers,and the surrounding country is exceedinglybeautiful. In 1796 Mr. Thomas Worthington, after-wards Governor of Ohio, came to Chillicotheas Surveyor-General of the Northwest Ter-ritory, and after traveling all over the Terri- tory for ten years, finally selected this spotfor the location of his home, building a state-ly mansion which he named Adena—Para-dise. This house is still standing, fully pre-served, and w
. Book of the Royal blue . slldTu KIVI i; EAST. matchless wisdom. For beauty of location,few cities in the country surpass lies between the Scioto and Paint Rivers,and the surrounding country is exceedinglybeautiful. In 1796 Mr. Thomas Worthington, after-wards Governor of Ohio, came to Chillicotheas Surveyor-General of the Northwest Ter-ritory, and after traveling all over the Terri- tory for ten years, finally selected this spotfor the location of his home, building a state-ly mansion which he named Adena—Para-dise. This house is still standing, fully pre-served, and we believe has been off ered by thecity of Chillicothe to a benevolent order for aNational Home for aged and infirm there is much of historic interestconnected with Chillicothe, it is not a city. •AUEXA—HUJIE UF GUVEltNOR WOUTUhNGToN. .4 LITTLE OF SUCTHERN OHIO HISTORY. 17 which lives in its past, but is a very thriv-ing, enterprising, up-to-iiate town. Onegreat factor in the development of Chilli-cothe has been the early railroad facilitiesafforded her. In IS !> a charter was grantedto the Marietta & Cincinnati Railway, whichwas immediately afterwards built, the shops llaltimore & Ohio—Baltimore & Ohio South-western system, stretching from the At-lantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, hasbeen a prominent factor, not only in thedevelopment of Chillicothe, but of allSouthern Ohio, binding together the Eastand West, making them one in commerce
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