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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. 



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. 



