Driving around Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811), who had blazed Zane's Trace, a pioneer trail from Wheeling, Virginia (now in West Virginia) to Maysville, Kentucky through present-day Ohio. In 1797, he remitted land as payment to his son-in-law, John McIntire (1759-1815), at the point where Zane's Trace met the Muskingum River. With the assistance of Zane, McIntire platted the town, opened an inn and ferry by 1799. In 1801, Zanesville was officially renamed, formerly Westbourne, the chosen name for the settlement by Zane.
From 1810 to 1812, the city was the second state capital of Ohio. The National Road courses through Zanesville as U.S. Route 40. The city grew quickly in the 1820s-1850s. The city and the city of Putnam (eastern side of Muskingum River) from the 1840s until the Civil War broke out was part of the 'Underground Railroad'. In excess of 5,000 Union soldiers, along with hundreds of townsfolk, were stationed in the Zanesville area to protect the city in 1863 during Morgan's Raid. Novelist Zane Grey, a descendant of the Zane family, was born in the city.
"Lorena" was a popular campfire song on both sides during the American Civil War. The song was based on an ill-advised love affair that took place in Zanesville in the late 1850s. The song has been sung in many Westerns and Civil War movies as well. John Ford used the song as background in many of his movies. Today, a sight-seeing sternwheeler named Lorena (summer/fall) cruises on the Muskingum River.
In 1872, Zanesville annexed the adjacent community of Putnam. It is now the Putnam Historic District of Zanesville.
The city was historically known as a center for pottery manufacturing; in the first half of the 20th century, more than a dozen potteries operated in the city and the surrounding areas. Bolstered by ample local clay deposits and rivers, the area produced both art pottery and functional, utilitarian pottery. Notable pottery manufacturers that operated in the area included the S.A. Weller Pottery Company, J. B. Owens Pottery Company, Roseville Pottery Company, American Encaustic Tiling Company, and the Mosaic Tile Company. The city peaked economically in the 1950s, and like many cities experienced a post-industrial decline. The city today has a relatively high level of chronic poverty and unemployment and a relatively low level of labor force participation and educational attainment.
In 2016, the Good Samaritan campus (hospital) and the Bethesda campus merged to form the enlarged Genesis hospital, located on Maple Avenue (Ohio Route 60); the Good Samaritan campus, located on Forest Avenue, was closed and demolished.
The city has two engineering landmarks: the Muskingum River Canal, designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark; and the Zanesville Y-Bridge, the only such structure in the United States in operation. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[@maitreya1906]

one of the cutest towns i visited when i was at uPitt grad school 15 years ago. Visited a sculptor named Alan Cotteril who helped me turn a piece of clay into bronze for a client of mine. Greetings from Africa

[@anxietystrings7484]

I love my city

[@borderlinebarbie3]

@ 13:00 I thought you would keep going straight. my old business is a few blocks down on the right.

[@timothyreiley3994]

Saint Nicholas where are you?

[@Kno_Buddy]

Really weird just seeing a video of someone’s dash cam footage of my city I see every day on RUclips. I even saw a few places I used to live in this video, one for a quick second in the first three minutes. 22:01, the house with the messed up siding. I lived there probably 22 or 23 years ago when I was in elementary school.

[@davidbell9130]

is this a good place to retire, looks easy paced there

[@Odd_Gunner]

Probably depends what part of zanesville you go, like everywhere has it’s “ghetto” lol and the side with dairy mart it’s a convenience store and a lot of people were shot there but there is a really nice side of zanesville as wel

[@BakuganBrawler211]

Definitely but that might be me being biased as a resident here 😅 But honestly the cost of living is low, housing is coming back down in costs too. We have genesis hospital so you’d have a top notch hospital nearby. Overall it’s a nice mix of rural and urban. For sure you have to look into it especially with Amtrak about to build a new rail line through Dresden that connects it to Columbus out to Pittsburgh in the coming years. Loads of development occurring now too we’re growing as a city.

[@BakuganBrawler211]

@@Odd_GunnerSecond that although down past the bee clean etc. it chills out again crime wise. Maysville isn’t bad either nor is Philo then up north with Nashport/Dresden. Prime place to retire it’s not so big it’s a pain in the ass to get around the place while also still being big enough to have most anything you need from PT to cancer treatment and robotic surgery. Northern Maple is expanding more too with Menards coming in.

[@Odd_Gunner]

@@BakuganBrawler211 yeah I will say it does have it's perks and I do love living here most days but I live where a ambulance drives by everyday because of overdoses and it's sad

[@willwalt6374]

What happened to the people ?

[@michaelbyrne5507]

I live in Newcastle upon Tyne England. This place has no interesting features!

[@borderlinebarbie3]

we actually have the only Y shaped bridge that's passible by car in the United States. check it out!

[@claytonmoore5180]

so do I.

[@kimcircagirl474]

Wondering do u like it ?

[@Fishingpov101]

@@kimcircagirl474i work out of zanesville it’s decent

[@danielshumate3535]

i live there

[@kimcircagirl474]

Do u like it ?

[@danielshumate3535]

@@kimcircagirl474 yes :)

[@alainadaniel2728]

Sameeeee

[@gbird4506]

I'm here too

[@dice522]

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[@Leviathan._]

@@justicebeske5704 not anymore