... TOURS INTO KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST TOURS INTO KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY Three Journals by the Rev James Smith of Powhatan County Va 1783-1795-1797 SKETCH OF REV JAMES SMITH BY JOSIAH MORROW LEBANON OHIO The writer of the following journals was born in Powhatan county Virginia September 17 1757 and died near Columbia in the Northwest Territory July 28 1800 He resided in his native county nearly all his life his removal to the north side of the Ohio having been made less than two ...
... THE BIRTHPLACE OF LITTLE TURTLE THE BIRTHPLACE OF LITTLE TURTLE BY CALVIN YOUNG It may not be improper to acquaint the reader with what is to be found in the following pages -the design of which is to add some new facts to the history of Little Turtle a distinguished Chieftain of the Miami tribe to portray some new historical sidelights that have heretofore never been published and to revise and enlarge on a former article written by myself on the birthplace of the above named chieftain ...
... MAJOR GEORGE ADAMS MAJOR GEORGE ADAMS GEO A KATZENBERGER GREENVILLE OHIO This section of Ohio is replete with historical events many of which have been chronicled while some have come down to us in the guise of legends In the early days of the pioneers many soul-stirring events occurred with but few participants who realized that the recording of the same would be of value and of great interest to later generations One of the men very prominent in the early history of this section of Ohio was ...
... Winthrop Sargent 273 Winthrop Sargent 273 became adopted amongst them his head shaved painted etc as is their custom upon such occasions and has since by his own account been much in favor with them He relates that he has been with them to the British posts Michilmackinac particularly That they are there equipped with all the necessaries to come to war against the United States--march out upon these occasions under English colors and are received when they return with scalps with military ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD1 BY JAMES H ANDERSON UPPER SANDUSKY OHIO May 6 1896 Hon J H Anderson Columbus Ohio DEAR JUDGE I am directed by the officers of the Wyandot County Pioneer Association to extend you an invitation to deliver an address at the picnic to be held at Crawford Thursday June 11 on the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the burning of Colonel William Crawford Hoping to receive a favorable answer so that you can be duly ...
... THE CHILLICOTHES THE CHILLICOTHES BY R W MCFARLAND LL D In any pioneer history of Ohio or of the West in general the word Chillicothe is found as the Indian name of a town As there were several of these it may be well to mention some points so as to identify the one intended 1 Chillicothe-Howe's Ohio and other histories speak of a town of this name on the Great Miami river It was on the site of the present city of Piqua 2 ChillicotheOften called Old Chillicothe This was about three miles north ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA PURCHASE OF FORT ANCIENT The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is to be heartily congratulated over the final accomplishment of its efforts extending through many years of securing entire possession of Fort Ancient It has been a long and stubborn siege with many vicissitudes and delays and dis couragements but the last walls of the enclosure have finally been taken and the Society now holds the fort It is necessary to repeat some ancient history in ...
... HISTORY OF FORT HAMILTON HISTORY OF FORT HAMILTON W C MILLER Butler County Ohio the eighteenth county established in the seventeenth state of the Union can present many points of interest archaeological and historical Chief among these is Fort Hamilton the first of a chain of forts established by the Government in the Miami valley for the protection of the pioneers In compiling this sketch of Fort Hamilton the writer a resident of Hamilton for fifty years has had access to the official records ...
... LUCAS SULLIVANT--HIS PERSONALITY AND LUCAS SULLIVANT--HIS PERSONALITY AND ADVENTURES BY MISS JANE D SULLIVANT Aside from court records and a few lingering oral traditions the principal source of information concerning the life and personality of Lucas Sullivant is to be found in the Family Memorial written and published for private distribution by his youngest son Mr Joseph Sullivant in 1873 Upon this source all subsequent histories of Franklinton and even of Columbus and Franklin County have ...
... A Salvation Army Prelude The Christian A Salvation Army Prelude The Christian Mission in Cleveland Ohio By HERBERT A WISBEY JR At the corner of North Fourth and Oxford streets in Philadelphia a small inconspicuous plaque in the sidewalk declares Here on Sunday October 5 1879 was begun the work of the Salvation Army in the United States Although Philadelphia may be credited as the birthplace of the Salvation Army in America Salvation Army work actually was introduced in the United States at ...
... BENJAMIN C BENJAMIN C HOWARD AND THE TOLEDO WAR SOME LETTERS OF A FEDERAL COMMISSIONER by WILLIAM D HOYT JR Associate Professor of History Loyola College Baltimore The Toledo War-a dispute between the state of Ohio and the territory of Michigan over their joint boundary-was reaching its climax and threatening to break out in active hostilities when President Andrew Jackson decided to intervene The area in question was not large a strip of land five miles wide at its western end and eight miles ...
... FORT GREEVILLE TRADITIONS FORT GREEVILLE TRADITIONS JAMES OLIVER ARNOLD Four walls of wood growth of hickory walnut oak ash and elm mingled with maples and undergrowth so dense that a horseman could not pass so tall that its shade cast a gloom about and between these walls a clearing and military fort Beyond another clearing and a cabin built of logs lighted by a little window The heavy oaken door swung on wooden hinges the curling smoke from the chimney made of lath grass and clay and the ...
... 260 Ohio Arch 260 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications DISCOURSES OF REV RHEES Through the courtesy of Mr George A Katzenberger president of the Greenville Ohio Historical Society we have received duplicate copies of two discourses by Rev Morgan John Rhys delivered at Greenville on July 4 and 5 respectively in the year 1795 before the officers and army of Major General Anthony Wayne Rev Morgan John Rhys or as it is also printed Rhees was born in Graddfa Llanfabon Glamorganshire South Wales ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 4 AN EARLY ABOLITION COLONY AND ITS FOUNDER BY A A GRAHAM About nine miles north of the capital of Ohio is a village the foundation of which marks an important epoch in the history of Ohio The conflict between freedom and slavery began before the successful growth of the young republic was assured Thrifty New Englanders were waiting the encroachment of slavery and among them were men not afraid to lift up their voices in loud and ...
... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications memory of heroic deeds and he urged each citizen to appreciate the value of such a gift and let it be an inspiration to learn more of the history of the county and this locality The singing of the Star Spangled Banner concluded the exercises at the site of Ball's battlefield The children who participated in the program were little Misses Gertrude Hafford Betsy Bell Brown Jessie and Alice Childs Mary Elizabeth Truesdall Jane Phillips and ...
... DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE It will be recollected by students of history that in the year 1778 during the Revolution Daniel Boone with twenty-seven others was taken prisoner in Kentucky and brought to Old Town or Old Chillicothe as the Shawanese called it Through the influence of Hamilton the British Governor Boone with ten of his party was taken to Detroit while the remaining seventeen prisoners were left with their savage captors Among the latter number was a man whose ...
... 80 Ohio Arch 80 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications arrive at its position till the first assault was nearly over After a volley or two in which the British sustained some slight loss the troops at this point also were ordered to retire The loss amounted to 26 killed 29 wounded and missing and 41 wounded most of them slightly and brought away total 96 The Americans state their loss at one killed and seven wounded Considering the way in which they were sheltered and the circumstances of the ...
... BRIAN P BRIAN P BIRCH A British View of the Ohio Backwoods The Letters of James Martin 1821-1836 Although the British formed a sizeable minority of the early farm settlers in Ohio very little is known about them1 A few accounts exist of particular British notably Welsh and Scots colonies but with no language barrier to separate them from the broad tide of American settlers moving across the Appalachians in the early nineteenth century the British were largely absorbed into that stream and left ...
... A SURVEYOR ON THE SEVEN RANGES A SURVEYOR ON THE SEVEN RANGES BY B H PERSHING By the Treaty of Paris of 1783 American ownership of the region later known as the Old Northwest was acknowledged by Great Britain Much however remained to be done before the land could be occupied by actual settlers The British flag continued to wave over the posts at Detroit and Michilimackinac while scowling Indian tribes announced that the white man should not pass across the Ohio River The settlement of the ...
... A Surgeon's Mate at Fort Defiance A Surgeon's Mate at Fort Defiance The Journal of Joseph Gardner Andrews For the Year 1795--II Edited by RICHARD C KNOPF In this second installment of the Andrews journal which covers the months of May June July and August 1795 the author again records the flow of events through this crossroads outpost of the American army He notes the movement of Indian delegations towards Greene Ville the arrival and departure of chiefs the coming and going of traders the ...