Ohio History Journal

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HISTORICAL NEWS

HISTORICAL NEWS

 

Historical Organizations

 

ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Lima

James A. MacDonell, President

The society now has about $134,000 in cash and a quantity of bricks

on hand for its proposed museum building. The estimated cost of the

structure is $150,000. The society would like to lay the cornerstone in

Ohio's sesquicentennial year, but definite plans have not been made.

 

ALLIANCE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Alliance

Mrs. Fred R. Donaldson, President

A marker has been placed by the society at the old Williamsport

Cemetery as a memorial to the United Brethren church which was built

on the site about 1819. Names of the early settlers buried in the old

cemetery are engraved on the back of the stone. The collection of clothing

of different periods for the museum is a current project of the organization.

The society participated in the commemorative ceremonies on February 14

when the special train over the old route of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh

Railroad from Cleveland to Wellsville stopped at Alliance. The event

celebrated the centennial of the opening of rail service between Lake

Erie and the Ohio River, which aided the development of Alliance and

other towns along the route.

 

AMERICAN JEWISH ARCHIVES, Cincinnati

Jacob R. Marcus, Director

A special Ohio sesquicentennial exhibit has been arranged. It consists

of photostats and photographs showing the history of the Jew in the Ohio

Valley as far back as the 1760's. In addition, the archives has prepared

a brochure dealing with the history of the Jews in Ohio.

Volume II of Dr. Marcus' Early American Jewry is scheduled for early

publication by the Jewish Publication Society of America.

 

ANTHONY WAYNE PARKWAY BOARD, Columbus

J. Richard Lawwill, Director

Richard C. Knopf, historian on the staff of the board, participated in

the examination of the remains of the powder magazine of old Fort

Washington recently discovered in downtown Cincinnati. A complete

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