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Mount Tip and the Whigs at Rome Township Rally 1840
The article recalls Mount Tip in Rome Township near Athens where Whigs gathered for 1840 campaign events. William Henry Harrison and Tyler spoke to 4000 plus attendees, with a beef barbecue, hard cider, and a flag pole ceremony ending in early morning singing and fighting. Gavels made from that pole were later sent to Ohio towns.
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Middlewest
Athens
Rome Township
Hocking River
Mount Tip
Whig Party
Republican Party
William Henry Harrison
Tom Tyler
Tyler
Harrison
Tippagance
Ohio
Benjamin Harrison
William Henry
United States
Grover Cleveland
Major Bundy
Ben Butterworth
Cincinnati
Grosvenor
Homer Welch