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The first stop on the Mayview Tour was the Lynn School House site. Tim Burt, left in red shirt white hat, gave the presentation on the history of the area and families the school served. Robert Koller right of the group, holding his hat in his hand, was a student who attended the Lynn school House.
When the group left Shepherd Hill, they moved to the actual site of the town of Mayview. Burt, Koller, Baker and Dale Fellows gave a great deal of information on where buildings were located and pertinent history of the area. Tim Burt, right with red striped shirt and white hat, gave a presentation on the history and area.
POMEROY–The Garfield County Pioneer Association held their annual tour of the Mayview area of the county on Saturday, September 25, 2021. The tour was originally scheduled for June of 2020 but has been necessary to postpone due to the COVID outbreak.
The tour began at 8:30 a.m. at the Garfield County Museum with transportation provided by two of the county transportations buses. Several participants joined the buses at the first stop on the tour.
The first stop was at the Lynn School located on Lynn Gulch. Tim Burt spoke of earlier students who had attended the school. Robert Koller was the only local student in attendance who had gone to school there and pointed out to everyone where some of the other buildings were located that are no longer there. After answering questions, the tour moved on up East Lynn to the top of the Shepherd Hill overlooking the site of Mayview.
Tim Burt, Robert Koller and Roger Baker contributed information on where homesteads had been located, roads that are no longer there and families that had lived in the area. Burt also pointed out where the original trails had been before roads were established.
Upon leaving Shepherd Hill, the group moved on to the actual site of the town of Mayview. Burt, Koller, Baker and Dale Fellows provided building locations, stories of the past and much history associated with this little town.
The tour then made a detour into Diane Koller's farmstead to see if anyone could find the location of the dugout that the first Victor men dug when they arrived here in 1877.
From the Victor place, the tour continued on to the Mayview Cemetery on Chapel Hill. Here Gary Bye gave a presentation on the history of the cemetery and some of its inhabitants; the Hannas family, the Victor family and several others.
The tour ended at the Bye residence where Gary and Kayleen hosted a barbecue of brats, hotdogs and cold drinks. The vans arrived back in town about 1:30 p.m.
There were 46 people on the tour this year. The plan is to hopefully go back to our regular schedule next June. The tour will comprise the second half of the Mayview area.
Submitted by Jim Ruchert, Pioneer Association President
