Editing Bergholz, Ohio (section)

==History==
Initially, the Bergholz area was a settlement called Nebo. Modern Bergholz had its start in 1883 when the railroad was built through that territory in order to access a mine. The settlement was named Bergholz in honor of one of the mine owners. It was incorporated as a village in 1906.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ | title=20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens | publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company | author=Doyle, Joseph Beatty | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ/page/n506 529]}}</ref>

Confederate general [[John Hunt Morgan]] traveled through Bergholz during the 1863 [[Morgan's Raid]] on his way to defeat at the [[Battle of Salineville]] in the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/morgan |title=Morgan's Raid into Ohio |publisher=Carnegie Public Library |access-date=April 8, 2025 }}</ref>

In September 2012, a group of 16 [[Amish]] men and women from the [[Bergholz Community]] were convicted of federal hate-crime and conspiracy charges after five hair- and beard-cutting incidents. Samuel Mullet Sr., who did not participate in the five hair- and beard-cutting attacks, was tried as the leader of the campaign.<ref>{{cite news |title=Amish Sect Leader and Followers Guilty of Hate Crimes |author=Erik Eckholm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/21/us/jury-convicts-amish-group-of-hate-crimes.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=September 20, 2012 |accessdate=September 20, 2012}}</ref> Initially Samuel Mullet Sr. was sentenced to 15 years in prison on February 8, 2013, with fifteen others receiving lighter sentences ranging from one year and one day to seven years;<ref>{{cite news|title=Amish Sect Leader Gets 15 Years in Beard-Cutting Attacks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/us/amish-sect-leader-gets-15-years-in-beard-cutting-attacks.html?hp&_r=2&|work=New York Times|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/february/16-sentenced-in-amish-beard-cutting-case/16-sentenced-in-amish-beard-cutting-case |title=FBI — 16 Sentenced in Amish Beard-Cutting Case |publisher=Fbi.gov |date= |accessdate=February 11, 2013}}</ref> after these convictions were overturned in August 2014 by the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]],<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Caniglia |title=Federal Appeals Court Overturns Amish Beard-cutting Convictions, Citing Erroneous Jury Instructions |url=http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2014/08/federal_appeals_court_overturn.html |work=[[The Plain Dealer]] |date=August 27, 2014 |accessdate=August 28, 2014 }}</ref> these sentences were reduced in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Heisig |title=Judge reduces sentences for Amish beard cuttings |url=http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2015/03/judge_reduces_sentences_for_am.html |work=The Plain Dealer |date=March 2, 2015 |accessdate=March 3, 2015 }}</ref>

Due to the cloistered nature of Amish lifestyle, they are often reluctant to bring complaints to local police<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15231033 |title=Four arrested over hair and beard attacks on Ohio Amish |publisher=BBC News |date=October 9, 2011 |accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> who describe the attacks as "very rare".