Zoar, Ohio
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Zoar is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 172 at the 2020 census. The community was founded in 1817 by Radical Pietists as a utopian Christian community, which su
Former canal tavern
Views in Zoar, 1875
King's Palace
Ohio and Erie Canal
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The Ohio and Erie Canal was a canal constructed during the 1820s and early 1830s in Ohio. It connected Akron with the Cuyahoga River near its outlet on Lake Erie in Cleveland, and a few years later, w
Zoar, Ohio
…crises. Bimeler led the society until his death, which occurred in 1853. An early event critical to the success of the colony was the digging of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The Zoarites had purchased 5,500 acres (22 km2) of land sight unseen and used loans to pay for it. The loans were to be paid off by 1830. The Society…
A portion of the Ohio and Erie canal in 1902
Graph showing the annual expenditures and revenues accrued to the State of Ohio by the Ohio and Erie Canal from 1827 to 1903.
The Columbus Feeder Canal c. 1881–1885
Restored canal boat