AV 88 Bellaire, Ohio Collection

              AV 88
Bellaire, Ohio Collection
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OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Manuscripts/ Audiovisual Collections
AV 88
Bellaire, Ohio Collection
c. 1900- 1930
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Number:
AV 88
Title:
Bellaire, Ohio Collection
Creator:
Photographers J. Edgar Anderson, J. W. Morrill
Dates:
c. 1900- 1930
Media:
Photographs
Quantity:
0.25 cubic feet
Location:
The Ohio Historical Center
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE COLLECTION
Bellaire, incorporated in 1857, is located at the confluence of McMahon Creek and the Ohio River in Belmont County, Ohio. Bridges spanning the river connect people and railroads to West Virginia. Jacob Davis acquired the land on which the town was eventually laid out in 1802. He named it Bel Air after his home in Maryland. His son, Jacob Davis, Jr., laid out the town in 1834. Several variations of the town name were used in the early 19th century. When the first post office was established in 1841 the town was listed as Bell Air. After 1870 the town was called Bellaire. Several railroads built lines through Bellaire in the 1850’ s that stimulated the growth of industries such as coal mining, clay, limestone and glass manufacturing.
Source:
Frizzi, Daniel L. An American Railroad Portrait : People, Places, and Pultney. Bellaire, Ohio: D. L. Frizzi, Jr., 1993.
[ Call Number 385.0977193 F919a 1993]
Gallagher, John S. and Alan H. Patera. The Post Offices of Ohio. Burtonsville, MD: The Depot, ca. 1979.
[ Call Number R 383.49771 G135p]
Miller, Larry . Ohio Place Names. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, ca. 1996.
[ Call Number R 917.71003 M615o, 1996 ]
Ohio Gazetteer. Wilmington, Delaware: American Historical Publications, ca. 1985.
[ Call Number R 917.71 Oh31, 1985]