... THE EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN THE EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN BY MURAT HALSTEAD The execution of John Brown was on the second of December 1859 the scene in a field a furlong south of Charlestown seven miles from Harper's Ferry The sensation caused by the John Brown raid was something wonderful The excitement of the whole country was out of all proportion to the material incidents The shock was because the feeling of the people that the slavery question had reached an acute stage and demanded ...
... SOME HISTORY FROM AN UN-HISTORICAL REGION SOME HISTORY FROM AN UN-HISTORICAL REGION BY A B GILLILAND The title may sound somewhat paradoxical but there are regions which owing to their geographical location have had so very little to do with the making of history that they are spoken of as of no historical importance yet may not be devoid of historical occurrences that may be of some interest Such Van Wert County may be said to be situated in the northwest part of Ohio away from the regions ...
... NEWS FROM THE OHIO NEWS FROM THE OHIO Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at the Muskingum to the Printer of the MASSACHUSE T TS SPY written on the spot where the first city of that territory is to be built1 ADELPHI May 16th 1788 MR THOMAS I embrace the earliest opportunity of communicating to you such information as I am capable of giving respecting the Western Country in general and in particular of that part purchased by the Ohio Company With respect to the country in general and even of ...
... DIARY OF A MORAVIAN INDIAN MISSION DIARY OF A MORAVIAN INDIAN MISSION MIGRATION ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA IN 1772 Translated and edited by AUGUST C MAHR Professor of German Ohio State University The travel diary presented in these pages deals with the migration of Indian convert members of the Moravian Church from northeastern to northwestern Pennsylvania in the summer of 1772 Undertaken as a measure of extreme necessity and directed by two competent missioners this expedition carried out only in ...
... FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 By FREDERICK COYNE HAMIL The name Moraviantown is well known to students of the War of 1812 for it was near this place that General William Henry Harrison defeated Colonel Henry A Procter and the famous Indian Chief Tecumseh was killed The Battle of the Thames is also known as the Battle of Moraviantown American histories of the war following official accounts usually omit to mention the sequel to the battle the plundering and ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications HOLMES COUNTY REBELLIONFORT FIZZLE J R VANCE I was born in a log cabin situated in Knox Township Holmes County Ohio almost three-quarters of a century ago and have lived here on the farm ever since My information in regard to the events I am about to narrate comes from various sources I heard my father and mother discuss events as they had happened As I grew older I began to ponder on these discussions and to ask questions Many times I ...
... The Croghan Celebration The Croghan Celebration 35 HISTORICAL ADDRESS BY BASIL MEEK ESQ FREMONT OHIO We have met today on this ground famous in history because of the victorious defence of Fort Stephenson then standing on this spot by Major George Croghan and the band of heroes under his command ninety-three years ago--not only to commemorate that brilliant achievement but also to further consecrate and make sacred the spot by the re-interment of the remains of its gallant defender To Col Webb ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... Unveiling of Fort Recovery Monument Unveiling of Fort Recovery Monument 435 we see emblazoned daring and unselfish deeds of heroes who have scaled the walls of duty and gained the parapets of the City beyond And too what a lesson it conveys Its white teaches purity of purpose its red typifies the blood which has been so freely shed in its defense and its blue with its constellations reminds us of fidelity fidelity to our God fidelity to ourselves fidelity to The Star Spangled Banner Oh long ...
... COLLECTIONS COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS THE CIVIL WAR LITHOGRAPHS OF ALFRED EDWARD MATHEWS by ELIZABETH R MARTIN THE CIVIL WAR lithographs of the Ohioan THE CIVIL WAR lithographs of the Ohioan Alfred Edward Mathews in the Ohio Historical Society collections are representative of the contribution made by the soldier artist to the pictorial record of the Civil War No war before or since has been so fully portrayed by amateurs and professionals in the art media of its time--oil water color ...
... edited by edited by WILLIAM F STROBRIDGE California Letters of Major General James McPherson 1858-1860 Alcatraz Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay was two thousand miles from Sandusky County the Ohio home of James Birdseye McPherson Second Lieutenant Army Engineers The West Point-educated Lieutenant arrived in California late in 1857 on the wooden side-wheeler Golden Gate His assignment was to supervise construction of fortifications on rocky windy Alcatraz None foresaw then that in ...
... HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE COL E L TAYLOR COLUMBUS On the 28th of June 1 90 4 the Columbus Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution did themselves and their organization great honor by placing in Martin Park in the western part of the City of Columbus a large bowlder of igneous origin bearing a very handsome designed tablet in commemoration of the important council or conference which General William Henry Harrison had with the chiefs of certain ...
... 86 Ohio Arch 86 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications one officer and myself went to New York on recruiting service That was in 1814 I remained in New York about two years When we left New York we marched with recruits to fill up the companies stationed on the northern frontier I had re-enlisted on the 23d of November 1816 for five years We marched to Sackett's Harbor and I was there assigned to Company D Second Infantry The other recruits were distributed at the different stations I was ...
... 64 Ohio Arch 64 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications and of course there is a constant demand for new vessels Further along after traversing a portion of the Ohio river the same author writes The boats which float upon the Ohio river are various--from the ship of several hundred tons burden to the mere skiff Very few if any very large vessels however are now built at Pittsburgh and Marietta but the difficulties incident to getting them to the ocean have rendered such undertakings infrequent ...
... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and Hist Society P ublications some on board the fleet to take their second position nearer Canada They arrived a little before sunset that day at East Sister Island while General Harrison and Commodore Perry in the Ariel made a reconnoissance of the enemy's coast It was not until the morning of the 27th that they began this last journey across the lake One account says the day was fine and a propitious breeze made their passage a pleasing pastime It was a sublime ...
... INDEX TO MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF INDEX TO MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF OHIO HISTORY Compiled by WILLIAM D OVERMAN Introduction In 1918 the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society published a Bulletin of Source Material for the Study of American History as found in the Publications of the Society covering Volumes 1-26 inclusive Because of a growing interest in state and local history and in the enlarged educational program of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and ...
... 146 Ohio Arch 146 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP BY MRS MARY LOUISE CRESAP STEVENSON To write the history of Colonel Thomas Cresap is to write the Colonial History of Maryland and Virginia and more or less of Ohio To recount the story of these colonies is to tell the story of the Revolution The rehearsal of that noble struggle would involve much of the history of the great powers of Europe and you might conclude we were like Tennyson's brook and would 'go on ...
... NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENCE NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS TO THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE TOPEKA KANSAS July 14 1856 Do you know for what Mr J Speer Editor of The Kansas Tribune and a dozen or more others -- some of the best men in Kansas--have been compelled to flee from their families and homes and become exiles in a strange land If you do not the sub-joined letter will initiate you into the secret How the original letter was obtained I know not but I have seen it and the following is a verbatim et ...
... Historical News Historical News THE INSTITUTE OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE and the Jamestown Foundation announce the establishment of a special prize competition for the best unpublished book-length manuscript about seventeenth-century America The annual prize will consist of 1000 and publication by the institute All manuscripts submitted whether winning an award or not will be considered for publication by the institute The competition will be judged by the publications committee of ...