Forty-First Annual Meeting 653
change in Logan Elm during the past
year. The famous old tree
continues to hold its own against the
elements. More than four
thousand visitors registered at the park
during July, and pos-
sibly as many or more in August, could
they have been checked.
Some time during the first week of
August a sneak thief carried
away the register, and either the same
party or another ran an
automobile through the wire fence near
the creek. This makes
it more apparent that we should have a
caretaker on the grounds,
at all times. The present caretaker
lives half a mile from the
park, thereby making it impossible to
give it proper supervision.
The peaceful purchase of additional
ground cannot be consum-
mated at this time. A plan is being
worked on, and if success-
ful will clear the way of all
difficulties.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) GEORGE FLORENCE,
Chairman.
CAMPUS MARTIUS
At the request of Mr. Galbreath I send a
report on the
Campus Martius property, as Mr. Dawes
left the work in the
hands of the resident members of the
committee.
A caretaker was employed in the spring
and since that time
the house has been open for visitors on
an average of three times
a week. The grass has been cut regularly
and the grounds are
in good condition.
When we were about to begin repairs on
the building last
fall we were told that any improvement
amounting to over five
hundred dollars must be approved by the
State Architect and for
months we besought him to come down. He
appeared the first
of June and after looking over the
house, said it must be weather-
boarded and that he would send
specifications for the work.
Hearing nothing more Mr. Brenan called
on him on September
2nd, while in Columbus, and he promised
to attend to it at once.
After considering his recommendation and
discussing the
matter with other interested persons,
your committee does not
approve of his plan as it would take
away the old look and leave
nothing for other necessary repairs.
With the roof repaired,
timbers strengthened, some preservative
put on the sides, new
steps, and some painting and restoring
on the inside, it would be
put in good condition, and made very
attractive with some old
furniture which has been promised us.
The old house, with its interesting site
and history, has
aroused great interest in all tourists,
and the people in Marietta
are looking forward to the time when it
will be restored and
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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