Steubenville, OH (4/10/2021)

Saturday, April 10, 2021 (continued)

Steubenville, PA, site of Fort Steuben that was named for the Prussian military officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben who fought under George Washington during the Revolutionary War.

Jefferson County Courthouse (1871-1874, by
Heard & Blythe in Beaux-Arts style)

A statue of Justice sits atop the courthouse

Statue (1911) of Edwin M Stanton who served as
Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln

Telegraph Office Mural (2015, by Ruston Baker) depicts two
Steubenville natives, Edwin Stanton (Secretary of War) and
David Homer Bates (War Department Telegrapher)
with president Abraham Lincoln (Commander-in-Chief)

Moses Fleetwood Walker Mural (2018, by
Ruston Baker) depicts the first openly
African-American to play professional baseball;
although he was born in Mount Pleasant, OH,
he spent most of his childhood in Steubenville

Old Reliance Firehouse Mural

A historical marker for another Steubenville native,
entertainer Dean Martin who born Dino Crocetti in 1917

Dean Martin's Steubenville Star (KSS)

First Federal Land Office (1801) where Ohio settlers
brought their land grant deeds to be registered

Replica of Fort Steuben (original built in 1787 to protect the
first land surveyors in the Northwest Territory)

Fort Steuben was closed, but the Steubenville Visitor Center
was open, with this model of the fort, which
was destroyed by fire in 1790 and not rebuilt

Kent poses with Dean Martin

Steubenville is known for its Nutcracker
Village and Advent Market, usually
held annually since 2015

The Visitor Center was hosting a quilt show;
this is a Mystery of the Salem Quilt Guild
quilt (2019, by Debbie Dunlevy), which is
apparently a kit with panels that
you must then color and embroider stitch

A detail of the Mystery of the Salem Quilt Guild shows
the featured artist is Drumelda Stump, one of the witches

Veterans Memorial Bridge (1979-1990), a cable-stayed bridge
over the Ohio River between Steubenville, OH and Weirton, WV