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made worthy of the many heroic events in
the history of our state
which it perpetuates.
(Signed) WILLIA D. COTTON,
Member of Campus Martius Committee.
The Chairman of the Committee on
BIG BOTTOM PARK
submitted the following report:
The local grange held its annual picnic
in the park on
August 28th. They put the grounds in
good condition and re-
paired the pump. A part of their program
consisted of a pageant
of the "Massacre" at that
place in 1791. They built a block-
house at the upper end of the park next
to the river and roped
in a space for the pageant stand, the
crowds of people and the
cars. The picnic proved to be a success
in every way with the
exception of some annoyance due to a
local party without any
authority. The people who witnessed the
pageant state it was
the best of the kind they ever saw, and
have asked that it be
put on again. The crowd was the largest
since the dedication.
Work will soon begin on the state
highway that passes the
park. Provision should be made for the
care of the place when
the road is completed, as the traffic
will be greatly increased.
(Signed) ENFIELD BROKAW,
Chairman.
Dr. F. C. Furniss, Chairman of the
Committee on
PUBLICATIONS
read the following report:
The OHIO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
has been issued this year for January
and April. The January
number is of unusual interest, because
of the very complete and
attractive report of Mr. H. C. Shetrone,
the Curator of Archae-
ology, on the exploration of the
"Hopewell Group of Prehistoric
Earthworks." The April number
includes a valuable contri-
bution on "Education in Territorial
Ohio," by W. Ross Dunn,
M. A., Cincinnati. Ohio. This monograph
in large measure fills
a gap in the educational history of
Ohio.
The July number of the QUARTERLY is in
press. It con-
tains a very full account of the
dedication of the Memorial Wing
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of the Museum and Library Building,
together with all the ad-
dresses and a number of illustrations.
To this has been added
a brief history of the Society by the
Secretary. It is intended to
use this material, in part, in an
intensive campaign for an increase
in the membership of the Society.
The fifth and final volume of the
"Diary and Letters of
Rutherford B. Hayes" is now in type
and will soon be ready for
distribution.
There is an increasing demand for the
publications of the
Society, and an unusually large number
of these have been dis-
tributed in the past year.
Mr. Galbreath read the following brief
report of
FORT AMANDA PARK
On September 19, in company with
Honorable Thomas E.
Bowsher, I visited Fort Amanda Park. The
monument and the
immediate surroundings were found to be
in good condition.
The grove, which is much frequented by
visitors and where a
number of family and other reunions are
held annually, showed
evidences of neglect. Papers were
littered about on the ground
and no adequate provision was made for
the comfort of visitors.
The grave of Captain Enoch Dawson, a
short distance from
the monument, has been neglected. The
grass has disappeared
from about it and some of the earth has
been washed away. The
headstone is still in good condition and
it would not be difficult
to put this tomb in respectable shape.
This is the grave of a
soldier who was killed by an Indian
while the Fort was in process
of erection.
The outstanding needs of the Park are:
1. A shelter house.
2. Repair of the grave above referred
to, by surrounding
it with concrete curbing surmounted by
low iron fence.
Fort Amanda Park is the only grove with
historic associa-
tions in this section of the State. There is adjacent
to it a wood
lot that might very properly be
purchased and made a part of the
Park. An improved highway now borders
the Park and it is
readily accessible. The roadway into the
Park needs repairs.
President Johnson: For the benefit of
those not
present at the morning session, I wish,
briefly, to ex-
plain that it is the adopted policy of
the Board of Trus-