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Title
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Betty Zane, Signage
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Commemorates
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Zane, Betty
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Biographical Text
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Bronze square marker featuring the shape of Ohio state at the top framed by small carved holly leaves. Gold text used throughout.
The marker is located at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Martins Ferry, OH. It acknowledges the cemetery as Zane's place of burial, and honors her for her heroism at the Fort Henry siege of 1782. The marker was erected and dedicated in 1998 by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Betty Zane Days Committee, the Martins Ferry Area Historical Society, and The Ohio Historical Society.
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Text
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OHIO
HISTORICAL MARKER
WALNUT GROVE CEMETERY
The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of
members of the Zane and Martin families. Their
graves lie within the brick enclosure. The cemetery
is also the resting-place of many early Martins
Ferry residents, including veterans of the Revolutionary
War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil
War. The Zane and Martin families were significant
in the pioneer history of the region. Betty
Zane's legendary heroism at Fort Henry (now
Wheeling, West Virginia) helped settlers resist
an attack by the British and their Native American
allies in September 1782. (Continued on other side)
OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION
THE LONGABERGER COMPANY
BETTY ZANE DAYS COMMITTEE
MARTINS FERRY AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1998
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Date Created
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1998
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Type
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English
Signage
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Project Researcher
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O'Neill, Iris
