632 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications
Quarterly but all numbers are promised
from the printer before
the close of the calendar year.
From this brief report it will be seen
that the publications of
the Society are increasing in volume and
value.
(Signed) JOSEPH C. GOODMAN,
Chairman
SCHOENBRUNN
Your committee has been steadily at work
throughout the
year in seeking to make the Schoenbrunn
Memorial Park one of
the outstanding historic spots of Ohio.
An appropriation of $7,500 by the
previous Legislature en-
abled us to secure three important
tracts of land, viz., the "White
Tract," of eight acres, for $3,000;
the "Brown Tract," of eleven
acres, for $1,600; and the
"McDevitt Tract," of five acres, for
$2,245. The "Brown Tract"
embraces the right wing of the
lagoon which is an important link in the
plan of development.
The "McDevitt Tract" squares
the State land on the east. The
"White Tract" was the most
important of all, because the Com-
mittee had for some time been of the
opinion that the Schoen-
brunn Cemetery would be found on this
tract. Great was the
satisfaction of the Committee therefore,
when on March 12, 1927,
the first grave was discovered after
less than four hours of
digging.
During the next three weeks forty-four
graves were found.
We have David Zeisberger's record of
forty-one of these burials,
and their custom of burying the men,
women, boys and girls in
separate rows will enable us, we hope,
eventually to mark every
grave correctly. We were even enabled to
discover twenty-four
of the post holes around the cemetery.
The present Legislature appropriated
$25,000 for the pur-
chase of land and for improvements at
the Park. The Legisla-
tive Committee took up its work
promptly, and has secured an
option on the Morris farm, of about 114
acres, for approximately
$15,000, and also an option on a tract
of about 7 acres, owned by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for
$500. Thus by the end of
the year we hope to have approximately
165 acres.
The object of your Committee is
eventually to rebuild most
of this, the first town in Ohio, each
building to be equipped so
that it will stand as an object lesson
of pioneer life. An old pen-
and-ink sketch of the town gives us the
location of the Church,
the School House, and eighteen homes,
and who lived in each.
Other records discovered in Bethlehem
this summer will enable