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Title
Zoar
cradlers
photograph
Subject
Multicultural Ohio--Ethnic Communities
Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio)
Clothing & dress
Harvesting
Society of Separatists of Zoar
Time Period
1880s
Place
Zoar (Ohio)
Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
Description
Pictured
are
Zoar
cradlers
harvesting
grain
in
1888
. The
small
community
of
Zoar
was
founded
by a
group
of
German
separatists
in
1817
,
who
later
became
known
as the
Zoarites
.
Originally
from the
state
of
Wurttemburg
,
Germany
, the
group
moved
to
Philadelphia
after
facing
persecution
for
separating
from the
Lutheran
Church
in their
native
state
.
Joseph
Bimeler
acted
as the
group’s
leader
and was
responsible
for
bringing
the
separatists
to the
United
States
. With
financial
assistance
from the
Society
of
Friends
(Quakers)
, the
group
was
able
to
purchase
land
in
eastern
Ohio
. The
community’s
first
buildings
were
constructed
in
1817
and the
following
year
marked
the
arrival
of
approximately
two
hundred
members
. The
separatists
chose
to
name
their
town
Zoar
after
the
Biblical
account
of
Lot
,
who
escaped
to
Zoar
from
Sodom
in the
book
of
Genesis
. 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
exchange
for their
work
, the
society
would
provide
for them.
Both
men
and
women
signed
the
original
document
creating
the
society
.
Women
had
equal
access
to
political
leadership
and had the
right
to
vote
in
elections
.
Women
also were not
prohibited
from
holding
office
in the
society
,
although
no
women
were
ever
elected
to these
positions
.
Additional
modifications
to the
society’s
organization
were
made
in
1824
and a
constitution
established
in
1833
.
Joseph
Bimeler
died
in
1853
.
Even
though
Zoar
was
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
Zoarites
more
and
more
, as
strangers
traveled
to
Zoar
and
stayed
in the
town’s
hotel
. In
1898
, the
remaining
members
decided
to
dissolve
the
society
, and its
property
was
divided
among
the
Zoarites
.
It
was an
end
to the
communistic
experience
at
Zoar
.
Throughout
the
twentieth
and
early
twenty-first
centuries
,
Zoar
has
continued
to
exist
as a
small
town
in
rural
eastern
Ohio
.
Date of Original
1888
Collection
Zoar
,
Ohio
Source
AV
9
;
Box
2
,
folder
16
Format
Picture
;
Black-and-white
photograph
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
AL05975.tif
Image Height
4375
Image Width
4375
File Size
37808420 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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