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Title
Zoar
in
1848
illustration
Subject
Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)
Society of Separatists of Zoar--History
Historical societies
Time Period
1840s
Place
Zoar (Ohio)
Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description
This
illustration
,
which
depicts
the
village
of
Zoar
in
1848
,
appears
in "
Discovering
American
History
Through
Maps
and
Views
"
published
by
Gerald
A.
Danzer
in
1991
.
Zoar
is
a
small
community
in
Tuscarawas
County
,
which
was
founded
by a
group
of
German
separatists
in
1817
. These
separatists
,
who
soon
became
known
as
Zoarites
, were
originally
from an
area
of
Germany
known
as
Wurttemburg
. In the
late
eighteenth
and
early
nineteenth
centuries
, they
separated
from the
official
German
religion
, the
Lutheran
Church
.
Separatists
faced
severe
persecution
in
Wurttemburg
,
including
confiscation
of their
properties
and
imprisonment
. The
group's
leader
,
Joseph
Bimeler
,
decided
to
bring
the
separatists
to the
United
States
. The
community
of
Zoar
was not
originally
organized
as a
commune
, but its
residents
had a
difficult
time
surviving
in
1818
and
early
1819
. As a
result
, on
April
19
,
1819
, the
group
formed
the
Society
of
Separatists
of
Zoar
.
Each
person
donated
his or her
property
to the
community
as a
whole
. In the
decades
following
the
establishment
of the
Zoar
commune
, the
Separatists
experienced
economic
prosperity
. The
community
was
almost
entirely
self-sufficient
and
sold
any
surpluses
to the
outside
world
. In
addition
to
agriculture
,
Zoar
residents
also
worked
in a
number
of
industries
,
including
flour
mills
,
textiles
, a
tin
shop
,
cooper
,
wagon
maker
,
two
iron
foundries
, and
several
stores
.
Bimeler
died
in
1853
, and
although
Zoar
was
still
economically
prosperous
, the
members
'
commitment
to the
society's
original
goals
began
to
deteriorate
in the
second
half
of the
nineteenth
century
.
Over
time
,
many
of the
original
residents
died
. The
younger
generation
did
not have
memories
of the
persecution
back
in
Europe
or the
society's
early
struggles
in
Ohio
. The
outside
world
influenced
the
community
more
and
more
, and in
1898
, the
remaining
members
decided
to
dissolve
the
society
, and the
Zoarites
divided
the
property
among
themselves
.
Throughout
the
twentieth
and
early
twenty-first
centuries
,
Zoar
has
continued
to
exist
as a
small
town
in
rural
eastern
Ohio
.
Today
, the
Ohio
Historical
Society
operates
a
portion
of the
town
as a
historic
site
. A
number
of the
Zoarite
buildings
are
restored
and are
open
to the
public
.
Date of Original
1848
Collection
Printed
Material
Source
Library
Format
Picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL04204.tif
Image Height
700
Image Width
700
File Size
940132 Bytes
Notes
Scanned
for
Ohio
History
Central
1831-1855
;
Cataloged
:
Yes
;
Museum
Catalog
Number
:
973
D238p
,
1987
;
Color
:
Yes
Date created
2011-08-04
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