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Religious Denominations, Schools, Bridges, &c. 
The religious sects are Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopalian, Meth- 
odist and Roman Catholic, all of which have very good houses, well 
filled on the Sabbath. Public and private schools are liberally sup- 
ported, giving evidence of a moral and enlightened people; and 
three well conducted presses, supply them with food for the mind. 
The National Road passes through the main street and crosses the 
river on the upper bridge, built opposite the mouth of Licking Creek, 
to the right and left banks of which it throws a branch, one passing 
to West Zanesville, above the mouth—the other below, in the direc- 
tion of the turnpike. The lower bridge crosses to the town of Put- 
nam, on the west bank of the river. They are both built of wood, 
supported by handsome stone piers, and covered with roofs to pre- 
vent the decay of the timber. They pass directly over the most 
rapid and tumultuous portions of the falls, giving a wild and terrific 
‘ grandeur to the view, through the loop holes in the sides of the 
bridge.’ A little above the lower bridge, “Putnam Hill” lifts its 
precipitous sides to-the height of two hundred feet above the bed of 
the river; affording barely room for a road to pass between it and 
the river, at an elevation of sixty or eighty feet. The top of the hill 
embraces several acres of level land, and furnishes one of the most 
enchanting and beautiful prospects of the river, adjacent hills and 
villages, that I have ever seen. A section of its side next the river, 
exhibits an-interesting view of the geology of the region. 
| PUTNAM. a 
On an alluvial plain, south and east of this hill, bordering the 
Muskingum, lies the town of Putnam. It was formerly called 
Springfield, and was laid out under the direction of Gen. Rufus 
Putnam, one of the principal proprietors, in the year 1801. It now 
contains about one thousand inhabitants. The heads of families are 
many of them from New England, and still retain the manners, hab- 
its and industry, of that peculiar people. A very extensive flour , 
mill is seated at the foot of the falls, below the bridge. It is among 
the earliest establishments of the kind on the river, and Whipple & 
Putnam’s brand on a flour barrel, is a sure passport for its sale, in 
all the towns along the shores of the Mississippi. * 
COUNTY OF MUSKINGUM. 
The county of Muskingum is twenty seven by twenty eight miles 
square, and covers a space of six hundred and sixty square miles. 
