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"Looking at Carroll" Part I Page 5
Page 5
The Hocking Valley railroad, now the Chesapeake and Ohio, was dedicated July 4, 1825. As more and more freight was carried by rail, the canals were doomed. The last boat passed through the canal in 1897 and the state boat Dick Gorham was abandoned in the basin at Carroll. Many of the present residents remember the rotting hulk of this boat as it lay in the weeds after the water had been drained from the canals. Alex Richardson, successor to Bill Paul as state boss, lived with his family in the stern cabin and the crew occupied the bow cabin. This boat was named for Dick Gorham, a one-armed saloon keeper who had been one of the town’s early druggists.
The coming of the Scioto Valley traction cars in 1904, with hourly service between Columbus and Lancaster and a station much more conveniently located in the town, brought a new boom to the little community. Within a few years several brick buildings had been constructed to meet the community’s needs. The United Bretheren Church was completed in 1910 and the Town Hall was built in 1911. In 1911 a new High School building was constructed at a cost of $26,000 which, with a recent new addition, is now a fine modern educational plant. The present Methodist Church was built in 1912 and dedicated March 2, 1913, with modernization work having been completed in recent years.
So . . . this is Carroll: just another small town to the casual visitor, but to many people scattered throughout this broad land, fondly called “my home town”. If this little history has recalled fond memories of other days, or if you can make additions or corrections to set the record straight, please write your recollections to Mrs. Jessie Gundy, Carroll, O. For history is nothing more than the facts recorded by the inhabitants of a community, and when the present generation is gone there will be no one to recall the events of other years. To all friends of Carroll . . .
GREETINGS
Note: Jessie Gundy died in 1964.
Note: I made only one change to the preceding text and that was in regard to which end of Canal Street the Locks were located.
The Hocking Valley railroad, now the Chesapeake and Ohio, was dedicated July 4, 1825. As more and more freight was carried by rail, the canals were doomed. The last boat passed through the canal in 1897 and the state boat Dick Gorham was abandoned in the basin at Carroll. Many of the present residents remember the rotting hulk of this boat as it lay in the weeds after the water had been drained from the canals. Alex Richardson, successor to Bill Paul as state boss, lived with his family in the stern cabin and the crew occupied the bow cabin. This boat was named for Dick Gorham, a one-armed saloon keeper who had been one of the town’s early druggists.
The coming of the Scioto Valley traction cars in 1904, with hourly service between Columbus and Lancaster and a station much more conveniently located in the town, brought a new boom to the little community. Within a few years several brick buildings had been constructed to meet the community’s needs. The United Bretheren Church was completed in 1910 and the Town Hall was built in 1911. In 1911 a new High School building was constructed at a cost of $26,000 which, with a recent new addition, is now a fine modern educational plant. The present Methodist Church was built in 1912 and dedicated March 2, 1913, with modernization work having been completed in recent years.
So . . . this is Carroll: just another small town to the casual visitor, but to many people scattered throughout this broad land, fondly called “my home town”. If this little history has recalled fond memories of other days, or if you can make additions or corrections to set the record straight, please write your recollections to Mrs. Jessie Gundy, Carroll, O. For history is nothing more than the facts recorded by the inhabitants of a community, and when the present generation is gone there will be no one to recall the events of other years. To all friends of Carroll . . .
GREETINGS
Note: Jessie Gundy died in 1964.
Note: I made only one change to the preceding text and that was in regard to which end of Canal Street the Locks were located.