History of Jackson County Ohio Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A History of Jackson County Ohio Vol. 1<br><br>Introduction - Jackson is the seat of justice of an Ohio county of the same name. It is situated on an eastern branch of the Scioto river in latitude 39 degrees 15 minutes north and longitude 82 degrees 41 minutes and 48 seconds west. It was laid out in on the north half of Section 29 in the Scioto Salt Reserve. This township had been set aside by Congress May 18 1796 on account of the salt springs within its limits. These springs or licks are as old as the hills for that erosion which carved out the valleys between exposed the strata from which they ?ow. They were discovered by the wild animals of the forest and became one of their most favored resorts long before man appeared upon the earth. No better evidence of this is needed than the great quantity of fossil remains of extinct animals which have been discovered from time to time in the neighborhood of the licks.<br><br>Fossil bones - The story of the bones found imbedded in the valley of Salt creek forms an important chapter in the history of these licks. Fragments have been found in nearly all the wells cisterns mineshafts and railroad excavations in the lowland adjoining them. The greater number had decayed but many of the larger bones were so well preserved that some of them were easily identified as having belonged to the mammoth the mas todon the megatherium and other large animals of the prehistoric period. According to Hildreth the Scioto Saline may be ranked with the Big Bone and Blue Licks in Kentucky for antiquity from the fact of the fossil bones of the mastodon and elephant being found at the depth of thirty feet imbedded in mud and clay. The remains of several of these extinct animals were discovered in digging wells for salt water along the margin of the creek consist ing of tusks grinders ribs and vertebrae showing this creek to have been a noted resort for these huge mammalia. The bones of the mammoth predominated in the deposits discovered.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.