Copies of a pamphlet describing Welsh communities in America brought more Welsh settlers to the area. Many of the men took jobs working on the Gallipolis/Chillicothe road and at the many coal mines and iron furnaces in Jackson County. The region's once-great iron industry has since diversified into aluminum, wood and plastic products, and food processing.
Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve offers 6 miles of trails. Scenery includes sandstone cliffs and many spring wildflowers.
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