Haunted Ohio: Ghost Stories from All Over the State of Ohio

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Moonville Tunnel Brakeman

Moonville Tunnel Geocache

Moonville Tunnel:

The Town of Moonville:

 

Moonville Tunnel Map

Jannette Quackenbush, author and folklorist, offers Moonville night hikes and ghosts hunts. Check out: Moonvilletunnel.net

Moonville and its Haunted Tunnel

The town of Moonville came into existance in the 1850s with just the Ferguson's farm and the Coe sawmills on Raccoon Creek along with a small coal mine. It was never much of a town and the area was sparsely populated. However, it was part of a much bigger picture as a railway was built through this section of Ohio and its path went through Moonville. A tunnel was built through a hillside on the Henry Ferguson property, the infamous Moonville Tunnel. A depot/train station was located on the Coe property. Coal mining towns began to pop up along the route. With lack of roads from Hope Furnace Station to Mineral City, many workers commuted to the mines and their families used the tracks to travel.

Moonville would come to a grinding halt in the 1940s when there were only a few of the founding families still living in the vicinity. It was no longer feasible to keep a post office and depot there.

HOWEVER. . . the ghosts of its past still lingered on including an engineer who, on a chilly night in November of 1880, died when his train collided with another.

I have written many books on ghostly folklore throughout the Appalachians including those specific to the stories passed down in the communities in and around Moonville.

Here are a few!