Worthington High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Worthington, OH)

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ETVCNING STREET Maybe some of you would be interested in seeing the original plat of Worthington. Perhaps you will be able to pick out the lot on which you are now living. You will note that some of the street names have changed but that the basic plan was carried out to the letter. 8 7 9 1 o m 23 xS 26 Mo 3 9 NORTH 6 5 II U 22 ai 21 as - Jg— 37 4 I 56 57 76 75 4 2 55 5S 74 73 nftRBLE 12 70 7 I STRte 77 78 96 97 I W 79 So 9 5 98 III 81 82 83 2 11 4 i a. 8 107 1 29 130 1 44 143 145 146 160 159 STREET 43 44 5M 53 59 fe o 4 3 13 14 ao 19 29 30 36 35 3 35 45 5a 6 I A 4 6 5 S3 D STREET 69 8-4 93 99 loo HO 109 BERLIN MS II 6 26 105 1 31 132 143. 14 I 14 7 15 157 Soul rH co —I 37 m n 6 92. )OI I O s «4 91 I 61 107 Street STftCeT 2 1 15 16 18 17 3 1 30. 34 33 H 7 50 63 6? 67 48 49 6M 66 65 85 86 90 03 106 «7 S3 89 IOM 05 1 17 12 1 i b 1 33 1 3M 1 40 1 3R 1 49 150 15 6 1 5 S 119 lao I22j I2i 135 136 138 137 151 ')S2 154 1 53 JAMES K1LBOURNE THOMAS T. PHELPS ABNER PINNEY RUSSELL ATWATER LEMUEL C. HUMPHREY AMBROSE CASE JACOB MILLS JAMES ALLEN NATHANIEL W. LITTLE ---------------------------------------- 93, 94. 116. 117 -----------------------------------------------5, 6, 156 --------------------------54, 59, 70, 102. 127, 129, 130 30. 40. 46. 86. 90. 108. 119. 120, 121. 122. 135. 136 -------------------9, 93. 96 ------------------- 65, 69, 96 25. 71. 75. 118, 144, 157, 158 -4- 3 a Vt X. C C Nl n y o w

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The History of Worthington This year Worthington is one hundred and fifty years old. We are going to take you on a tour of Worthington so that you may see some of the points of interest and learn its historical background. Let’s meet in front of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wright’s house at 28 Granville Road. There you see a rock which is said to mark the center-of the Scioto Land Company’s purchase. A group of people in Connecticut headed by the Reverend James Kilbourne formed the Scioto Company in 1802. They made all the plans for a settlement in Ohio before leaving Connecticut. The division of land was made as follows from the Abstract of Articles of Agreement of the Company. THE SCIOTO COMPANY Article IV In the center of the tract or as near it as is practicable and at the crossroads shall be laid out a square town plot containing 160 acres which shall be divided into 160 lots, four of which lots and those lying upon the four central corners shall be given out as a public square to remain for a green or Parade. Also there shall be one of these town lots and one farm lot for the use and benefit of a Protestant Episcopal Society which lots thall contain at least 100 acres. And from the remaining lands on the three roads shall be laid out as many lots of 100 acres each including one town lot and a proportion of public lands, roads and waters, as there shall be actual settlers in the most eligible situation for home lot forms, and each settler who shall be entitled to one of said lots where these have been surveyed out as above and the farms and town lots numbered in due order, the shall be set up as lots to be bid for, and the proprietor who bids most shall have the first choice both in the town plot and the farm plots. The remaining land is to be divided to each man in proportion to his right in the remaining lands after the first set of farms are laid out. Article V Each subscriber shall in his own person or by his son make actual settlements upon the lands so purchased within two years. Executed Dec. 14, 1802 Granby, Massachusetts 1807

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IGHABOD PLUMB JAMES KILBOURN JEDEDIAH NORTON JOB CASE LEVI HAYS LEVI BUTTLES JEREMIAH CURTIS ZOPHAR TOPPING EBENEZER STREET NATHAN STEWART ROSWELL WILCOX LEMUEL KILBOURN JONAS STANSBERRY ABNER P. PINNEY JOSIAH TOPPING ....... AZARIAH PINNEY MOSES ANDREWS SAMUEL SLOPER WILLIAM THOMPSON ALEXANDER MORRISON. SR. SAMUEL BEACH ......... JOHN COULD ALEXANDER MORRISON. JR. EZRA GRISWOLD -------- WILLIAM VINING JOHN TOPPING ISRAEL P. CASE........ ISRAEL CASE ---------- DAVID BRISTOL GLASS COCHRAN 101 10, 35, 64, 7«, 134 15, 41. 42. 47. 48. 49. 50. 56. 74. 83. 87. 92. 111. 113 84. 88. 91. 95. 155 13, 14, 19 3. 4. 29. 149. 24 68, «9 1, 20, 80 57, 81 67. 97. 100. 143 133 45 36 28 23. 24. 53 44 21, 22 51, 52 63. 77. 82. 103. 115. 141. 142. 146. 159. 160 2. 26. 39, 58, 72 11, 12, 147, 148 18. 109 31. 32. 33. 34. 43, 77. 114. 125. 126 16, 17, 61. 62. 78 104. 105, 123, 125 131. 132 27 37, 38, 137, 138 7, 8. 60, 61 97, 107. 112, 139. 140. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154 The settlers came to Worthington in the fall of 1803. The Reverend James Kilbourn, their leader, was a very remarkable man. He was a farmer, mechanic, mathematician, business man, soldier and clergyman. The Reverend Kilbourn and his father-in-law, John Fitch, drew the first map of Ohio. If you go down to the Ohio State museum you will see that John Fitch also made the first model steam engine. By this invention a boat was first propelled by steam July 26, 1786, thus making possible the steam boat. You might also like to know how Worthington got its name. It was named after Thomas Worthington who later became the governor of Ohio. It has often been in- correctly reported that the name was selected for a city in Connecticut or for an older district in England. However the name of Thomas Worthington provided the name also for the village. One of the first things the settlers did was to establish a school. This school was housed in a log cabin which was also used for church services and recreation. The teacher boarded in different homes in the community during the school year and this was considered as part of the pay for the teacher.