Chillicothe

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On rolling land above the Grand, and between Thompson River and Medicine Creek, Chillicothe was laid out in 1837 as seat of newly organized Livingston County. The name is for Edward Livingston, U. S. Secy. of State, and the ...

The Chillicothe Gazette

The oldest commercial enterprise in Ohio, the Chillicothe Gazette began publication on April 25, 1800, as Freeman's Journal and Chillicothe Advertiser. That October it became the Scioto Gazette, and Chillicothe has had a Gazette ever since. It is the oldest ...

Cultural Influences of Chillicothe and Ross County

(Marker 1, Native Americans)

During the course of Chillicothe’s history many diverse groups have come to inhabit the area with the earliest being the Native American as early as the late 1600's. During the American Revolution, the Shawnees fought alongside the ...

Old Chillicothe

This stone marks the site of Old Chillicothe, the principal town of the Shawnees Indians, Tecumseh chief.

The famous gauntlet run by Simon Kenton in 1778 was from Sextons Hill to the Council House which stood 30 rods west of this ...

Site of Old Chillicothe

The famous Shawnee Village destroyed four times by pioneer forces. It remained Ohio's leading Indian Town until 1807. On the rise to the west stood the bark Council House.

Marker is on U.S. 68 0.1 miles south of Brush Row Road, ...