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We now have a driveway leading from the
main entrance
passing through the valley, walnut grove, over the
hillside, and
through the battlefield, returning to the main
entrance.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. ORTT,
Chairman.
On motion the report was accepted and
ordered
placed on file.
President Campbell called attention to
the fact that
at the last Annual Meeting the Society
passed a reso-
lution complimenting Director W. C.
Mills on his long
and faithful service to the Society.
General Orton on behalf of the Society
presented
Dr. Mills with an engrossed and framed
copy of those
resolutions, whereupon Dr. Mills in a
few well chosen
words expressed his thanks and
appreciation for the
high honor thus conferred upon him by
the Society.
The resolutions appear in full in the
minutes for 1923.
LOGAN ELM PARK.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr.
Frank Tall-
madge, read the report as follows:
Your Committee takes pleasure in
reporting the completion
of the five acre tract containing in
addition to the Logan Elm
and the cabin the following memorials:
The one to Chief Logan,
the Boggs family site, and the Cresap
stone with tablet exoner-
ating Cresap, and the names of a few
prominent men in pioneer
life who were present at the Treaty and
were to become famous
as Revolutionary Officers. This tablet,
however, is regrettably
incomplete. The additional names
recently secured should be
placed upon a new tablet, for which
there is ample space.
There has been no loss by wind or
lightning to the Logan
Elm this season. The fertilization of
the Elm continues to show
splendid results. The park with its
attractions continues to
draw visitors in increasing
numbers. The General Gibson
Grove, consisting of seventy-five young
trees, has been planted,
and will grow in favor with picnickers
and all lovers of nature.
This year marks the start of permanent
setting of seedlings of
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the Logan Elm. Fifty were planted this
Spring, to be followed
by nearly one hundred more this Fall,
that number being now
ready, and when done all the space in
the present grounds will
be utilized, and this too without
shrubbery of any kind. A new
entrance roadway has been constructed,
which will leave the old
road for exit only, thus avoiding the
possibility of machines
coming in contact on the all too narrow
space. When motorists
park in order there is room for fifty
machines. An overflow
parking acreage is needed. We recommend
securing as much
land to the south as our unused fund
for that purpose will per-
mit. This acquisition should include
the creek frontage, and
would be the logical site for a
resident custodian's cottage, as it
commands a full view directly opposite
the entrance. The main
road should be widened and the creek
bank terraced.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) FRANK TALLMADGE,
Chairman.
On motion the report was received and
ordered
placed on file.
Mr. Tallmadge added that the Park has
been com-
pleted and all that need be done in the
future is take
proper care of it. The Committee wished
to thank the
citizens of Circleville and Pickaway
county for their
cooperation. On Sunday, October 5th,
Ohio History
Day exercises will be held at the Park,
a large attend-
ance being desired. The registration
book, furnished a
few years ago, having space for 25,000
signatures, will
shortly be filled.
MUSEUM.
Mr. George F. Bareis, Chairman of the
Museum
Committee, reported that no meetings
had been held
during the year, the Director and
Curator having
been occupied with work in connection
with the erec-
tion of the wing to the building, and
preparing for its
occupancy. The heads of the University
Departments
seem enthusiastic in their desire to
cooperate. Mr.