The Encyclopedia of Ohio History http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org Copyright 2006 The Ohio Historical Society Buffington Island was the site of the largest battle to occur in Ohio during the American Civil War. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=660 05/09/2008 In 1857, the predecessor of New Market College, the Rural Seminary, formed in Harlem Springs, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2540 05/08/2008 In 1886, the Ohio General Assembly established the Working Home for the Blind in Iberia, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2196 05/08/2008 Zoar, a small community in Tuscarawas County, was founded by a group of German separatists in 1817. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=829 05/08/2008 In 1969, Muskingum Area Technical College, the predecessor of Zane State College, opened in Zanesville, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2590 05/08/2008 The first white residents of what is now Yellow Springs, Ohio arrived in the area during the first decade of the nineteenth century. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2197 05/08/2008 In 1831, Bishop Edward Fenick established a college called the Athenaeum in Cincinnati. This school was the first Roman Catholic college founded in Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=825 05/08/2008 In 1967, the Ohio government formally established Wright State University, in Dayton, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2589 05/08/2008 James Kilbourne established Worthington in 1804. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=824 05/08/2008 On December 18, 1866, the Presbyterian Church authorized the creation of the Wooster University, the predecessor of the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2588 05/08/2008 Associated with the Lutheran Church, Wittenberg University was founded in Springfield, Ohio, in 1845. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=823 05/08/2008 In 1942, Findlay College (modern-day University of Findlay) established a graduate program in theology. This program became the Winebrenner Theological Seminary in 1961 http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2587 05/08/2008 The William Lafferty Memorial Funeral and Carriage Collection is a museum focused on the funeral profession. Established in 1994, the museum is located in West Union, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3027 05/08/2008 The William H. Zimmer Power Station was to be a nuclear power plant located near Moscow, Ohio, roughly thirty miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. The Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company, the Dayton Power & Light Company, and the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company jointly own the plant. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1717 05/08/2008 The Wickerham Inn is the oldest brick building in Adams County, Ohio and was one of the earliest taverns to exist in the Northwest Territory. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3026 05/08/2008