![]() ![]() ![]() Though a current Fairfield County map indicates this Liberty Township – Paw Paw Valley site as Baltimore, locals can quickly identify the whereabouts of Basil Park, Market Street, and Rome Side within their village. In a widely publicized story, “Baseball” (a merging of Basel and Baltimore) was thrown out by the circuit judge umpire and “Baltimore” was safe. (Again, the alma mater reflects, ” known for her mills.”)įrom 1945-1947 there was a notorious controversy over the new name for the twin city consolidation. In 1893 the paper industry’s founder came to town on a bicycle and his legacy is obvious to this day. In 1833 New Market was incorporated, for some still unexplained reason, as Baltimore. Three years later (1828), north of the current railroad, the hamlet of Rome City was dedicated. ![]() alma mater recalls this heritage when the community was “furrowed by canal waters.”) (In that same year of 1825 the Ohio-Erie Canal would begin ditching its silver ribbon toward the two villages. This opened the gates to a century and a quarter “twin city” feud. One day earlier, March 1, the Virginians in the east end of town dedicated their own village of New Market (after a town by that name in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley). In the first decade of the 1800’s, pioneer Swiss farm families began to arrive in the west end of town, and on March 2, 1825, they dedicated their village as Basil (a misspelling of Basel, Switzerland). ![]()
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