. A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. rincipal iniluslrial enterprises ofHit county for I in If a century. It Weill into blast in August, i860. Thecompany has made a practice of keeping tli old employes, Ioreinostamong wlinu was Henry Price, lie was born in Dudley, in Knglaml,Deeeiidx r 8, 1824, and located in .Jackson County in 186:t. ||(. lookthtfig? nl (he Star Mine in 1-868 and remained with the eonipany untilliis death. Other old employes are John Cochran, Geor
. A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development. rincipal iniluslrial enterprises ofHit county for I in If a century. It Weill into blast in August, i860. Thecompany has made a practice of keeping tli old employes, Ioreinostamong wlinu was Henry Price, lie was born in Dudley, in Knglaml,Deeeiidx r 8, 1824, and located in .Jackson County in 186:t. ||(. lookthtfig? nl (he Star Mine in 1-868 and remained with the eonipany untilliis death. Other old employes are John Cochran, George Shaffer andCharles (ioshen. The furnace has heen remodeled From time, to timeand is now modern in all its equipments and manufaet utvs the famousJackson silvery iron. New Courthouse Erected Another effect of the industrial awakening was the building of anew courthouse. The effort made in 1861 was a failure because whenthe question was submitted to the people at the spring election the votestood yes, 1f>6; no, l,64:i. 1865 certain Jackson business men hitupon the plan of appealing to the Legislature to pass a bill granting theprivilege of issuing Present Courthouse, Jackson The matter was entrusted to Hon. James Tripp, the county mem-ber of the Ohio House, who was- one of the strong men of the Civilwar period. lie was born at Oannonsburg, Pennsylvania, October 17,1824, came with his parents to Carrollton, Ohio, in 1S:{2 and settled ona farm in Jackson County in 1849. lie located in the New Englandcolony in the Bethel neighborhood, where be read law while 1858 he was elected prosecuting attorney and served four years. liewas elected to the Ohio House in \86\ and re-elected in 186J5. In 1878he became Common Pleas judge and held the office two terms, when heretired and was succeeded by his son. In January, 1866, he introducedhis courthouse bill, which passed the Senate and became a law .March 8, . HANGING BOCK IKON REGION 481 18G6. This provided for the iss
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