... Editorialana Editorialana 261 plained Indeed the annotations themselves have a value second only to the text which they explain They constitute a compendium of information that evidences the faithfulness and enthusiasm with which Mr Connelley has performed his work We cite only one instance especially interesting to Ohio readers It is Mr Connelley's note on the meaning of the word Ohio He says Ohio is derived from the Iroquois The original is variously spoken in the different dialects In ...
... STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO 1835 - 18 42 BY PAUL WAKELEE STODDARD INTRODUCTORY NOTE The purpose of this paper is conceived to be the story of the First Geological Survey of Ohio not the findings of the Survey or the discoveries made It deals with the rise and fall of popular sentiment and the corresponding reaction in legislative halls Moreover this is legislative history--not social for the latter although far more valuable is subtle and ...
... Mills You will observe Mills and Mrs West dead with the cholera Since then there have been three or four deaths a day and cases unnumbered I have not yet been able to drive away that dread and fear which you may readily suppose got fast hold of me I awake every morning after an unquiet dreamy sleep and am perfectly astonished to find myself alive and free from the cholera Then the idea of ...
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 79 main opponents Clark to President Reed August 4 1781 post p Marshall advised the people to pay no attention to the drafts ordered for Clark and offered protection to those who refused He had told Clark that while he could do nothing for the expedition as an official that as a private person he would give every assistance within his power Penna Archives 1781-1783 p 318 71 See post p 72 See post p 73 See post p 74 Mich Pioneer and ...
... AN EARLY PROPOSAL FOR A STATE AN EARLY PROPOSAL FOR A STATE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL BY ROSCOE H ECKELBERRY Assistant Professor Dept of History of Education Ohio State University The proposal by Governor Ethan Allen Brown of Ohio on January 8 1819 for the establishment of a state polytechnic school must have been one of the earliest in this country The early governors of Ohio like those of many of the other states were far ahead of the legislatures in their educational vision and their conviction of ...
... POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF OHIO PIONEERS POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF OHIO PIONEERS GEORGE M GADSBY In present day politics we find the principle of like father like son a very potent one Or as a ward chairman of this city recently remarked when speaking of the politics of a candidate an apple never falls very far from the tree If now this system of paternal or traditional politics is noticeable in recent generations it is fair to presume that a trace may be found running back to the time of the ...
... Mills Mt Vernon O the latter collection consists of some 200 Historical Weapons etc The work on the Archaeological Map of Ohio has progressed but the undertaking is now in that stage when a special fund should be appropriated and competent persons sent over the State to locate EarthWorks Village-Sites etc By the way this map received special complimentary notice at the Detroit meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
... Mills Life and Services of Rev R H Bishop D D The Diamond Jubilee Volume of Miami University 86-90 21 Barker History of Ohio Methodism 83-87 22 Barker History of Ohio Methodism 87-90 23 Barker History of Ohio Methodism 137-140 BUSINESS MEETING OF THE OHIO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION A business meeting was held at the close of the Friday afternoon session Prof H W Elson called for the report of the committees on nominations and resolutions ...
... Millsburgh the little settlement which developed around the mills had to be abandoned in 1791 because of the Indian menace Yet the mills remained relatively unharmed during five years of Indian wars Only once the Indians hoisted the gate and set the millstones running the stones were worn ...
... WELSH SETTLEMENTS IN OHIO WELSH SETTLEMENTS IN OHIO WM HARVEY JONES This article is not sufficiently broad in its scope to include the history of every settlement in Ohio wherein the Welsh people may have largely resided and must therefore be confined to those communities which were originally settled by Welsh people Classified in this manner the leading Welsh settlements in Ohio are Paddy's Run Butler County Radnor Delaware County Welsh Hills Licking County of Gallia and Jackson Counties and ...
... 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 ...
... 110 THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 ITS ORIGIN AND THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 ITS ORIGIN AND AUTHORSHIP BY C B GALBREATH The timely adoption and beneficent influence of this great charter of American liberty have been frequently the theme of the orator the statesman and the historian It is a little remarkable that the authorship of this important state paper has been the subject of discussion for more than a century and that it has engaged the attention of some of the eminent men of our Nation It is ...
... Adena the Fort Ancient and the Hopewell Each is treated fully Archaeological fields in other states also are examined in the course of Mr Shetrone's book as their importance or the knowledge of their contents justifies The Mound Builders is just the book that has been wanting in the field of archaeological literature Of cut-and-dried cold and wearisome formal reports there have been many but books 848 Ohio Arch 848 Ohio Arch and Hist Society ...
... THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIAMI COUNTRY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIAMI COUNTRY FRANK P GOODWIN Professor American History Woodward High School Cincinnati O The Treaty of Greenville by a lasting peace with the Indians in so far as the eastern part of the Northwest Territory was concerned removed that influence which for six years had prevented the development of the colony planted in the Miami Country and for the first time since the beginning of the movement started in 1788 was it possible to ...
... THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY In the Ohio Centennial at Columbus September 4 to October 19 1888 THIS department was organized to embody a distinctive feature in the Ohio Centennial i e to exhibit in one place articles illustrative of the growth made in Ohio's history To do this properly it was decided to group all articles into classes regardless of ownership each class typical of a distinct idea This made a collective exhibit and hence all ...
... THE OHIO CANAL THE OHIO CANAL AN ACCOUNT OF ITS COMPLETION TO CHILLICOTHE BY GEORGE PERKINS About this time 1831 the news of the completion of the Ohio Canal reached our village This immense undertaking was brought about by the lack of proper means of transportation The roads throughout the state were primitive The wagons that traversed them were inadequate to transport products and needed goods and a universal sentiment was aroused for building a canal Uncle John Briggs and Samuel Probst ...
... BUILDING A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM BUILDING A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM FRANK P GOODWIN It is the purpose of this paper to trace the commercial development of the Miami Country1 from the date of settlement to the beginning of the steamboat era in 1817 It is presented as a representative study of commercial growth under economic conditions that were colonial in character The history of the locality has been used to illustrate principles of early commercial development common to the Ohio Valley Within that ...
... RIVALRY BETWEEN EARLY OHIO AND KENTUCKY RIVALRY BETWEEN EARLY OHIO AND KENTUCKY SETTLERS The following article by a well-known historical writer recently appeared in one of the daily prints It throws an interesting side-light upon the early settlements on the Ohio-EDITOR The very first road that was laid out by engineers to lead to Cincinnati was referred to in the following advertisement in an issue of the Kentucky Gazette published at Lexington and edited by John Bradford dated September 6 ...