... ADDENDA ADDENDA TO THE PATHFINDERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY The time allotted the compiler by the Society in which to prepare the matter foregoing precluded the possibility of examination of original papers to the extent necessary for an absolutely correct historical statement and the demand for delivery of copy into the hands of the printer forced completion of manuscript before the compiler could receive information for which he had applied to authorities and consequently the addenda following ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS THE OHIO WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION LAW BY H R MENGERT FOREWORD Because the Ohio Workmen's Compensation Law has been looked upon as the very embodiment of what Col Theodore Roosevelt called social justice because it is being copied in other states of the Union because of the praise bestowed upon it by King Albert of Belgium who upon the occasion of his visit to Ohio pronounced it one of the greatest pieces of legislation upon the statute books ...
... TARHE-THE CRANE TARHE-THE CRANE EMIL SCHLUP UPPER SANDUSKY Probably no other Indian chieftain was ever more admired and loved by his own race or by the outside world He was either a true friend or a true enemy Born near Detroit Michigan in 1742 he lived to see a wonderful change in the great Northwest Being born of humble parentage through his bravery and perseverence he rose to be the grand sachem of the Wyandot nation This position he held until the time of his death when he was succeeded by ...
... TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MARCH 2 1909 The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Law Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at two p m March 2 1909 The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Mr E H Archer Columbus Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr Martin B ...
... Franklinton-An Historical Address Franklinton -A n Historical Address 59 FRANKLINTON--AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS By GENERAL JOHN BEATTY A few rods from where we are assembled to-day the waters of the Olentangy unite with those of the Scioto and together flow down to the Ohio thence to the Mississippi and so onward to a gulf of the Atlantic ocean Southwardly from the place where the two streams meet there was at the time to which we propose to refer a broad handsome stretch of valley land where good ...
... THE MIAMI COUNTRY 1750-1815 THE MIAMI COUNTRY 1750-1815 AS DESCRIBED IN JOURNALS AND LETTERS by ELIZABETH FARIES Senior Assistant Reference and Catalog Department Dayton Public Library During the late 1700's and the early 1800's the Miami Country was a definite geographic area in the Northwest Territory This area has been defined as a region of approximately 5000 square miles in southwestern Ohio with a small adjoining wedge of southeastern Indiana It was particularly the land that forms the ...
... Fremont in History Fremont in History 49 FREMONT IN HISTORY BY JULIA M HAYNES The Sandusky country in aboriginal history possesses a peculiar charm and fascinating interest During that period of years which fills western annals with the story of intrigue and bloody conflict the plains and prairies of the Sandusky valley were the home of the most powerful and most generous of the savage nations Less than a century ago these plains now covered by a thriving city presented an interesting variety ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS SETH ADAMS A PIONEER OHIO SHEPHERD By Charles Sumner Plumb Among the pioneers of the Northwest Territory along the Ohio border on the east were many men of sterling worth and rather unusual administrative ability Notably among these men in Ohio history was Seth Adams The following pages will briefly discuss his ancestry review his movements as a citizen and pioneer and set forth his relationship to early day American sheep husbandry The ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS THE CENTENNIAL OF CROGHAN'S VICTORY BY LUCY ELLIOT KEELER The historic and picturesque little city of Fremont Ohio celebrated on the second of August the centenary of Croghan's Victory the one successful land battle on American soil of the War of 1812 Fort Stephenson on the banks of Sandusky River at the village then known as Lower Sandusky was garrisoned by Major George Croghan a youth of twenty-one with a hundred and sixty men and a single ...
... strike at Tecumseh and his stirring red men Croghan joined the little army as a private and began his life as a soldier at the battle of Tippecanoe From that day until General Harrison sent him to this place the spirit of the soldier in him had met every test of skill and bravery and he took command of Fort Stephenson with the confidence of his superiors and with the love and admiration of his soldiers In a report of this battle by an English ...
... RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO by BERNARD MANDEL Fenn College Cleveland Ohio Foremost in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution was the guarantee that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof This amendment however was not a conclusive establishment of religious freedom for three reasons First it was a statement of principle which was accepted in theory but often ...
... THE WORTHINGTON MEDICAL COLLEGE THE WORTHINGTON MEDICAL COLLEGE By JONATHAN FORMAN M D Those of you who drove in to this meeting may have noted as you approached Columbus the remnants of our pioneer days which still set forth clearly the identity of our original settlers Those of you who came from the west or southwest along highways 3 40 or 42 should have been impressed with the large farms with the original masters' houses set way back from the road reminiscent of Virginia from where came ...
... 374 Ohio Arch 374 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Upon whose bosom snow has lain Who intimately lives with rain Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree' After the formal reading of Logan's Speech by John R Horst from McGuffey's Fourth Reader edition of 1853 informal addresses were made by J W Johnson of Circleville editor of the Democrat and Watchman Professor C C Miller of Lancaster and Mrs Orson D Dryer of Shepard Ohio Mrs Dryer's contribution to the day's ...
... JOSIAH HARMAR AND HIS INDIAN EXPEDITION JOSIAH HARMAR AND HIS INDIAN EXPEDITION By HOWARD H PECKHAM When the Revolutionary War ended the new United States of America faced a problem that is acutely familiar to us today Nobody wanted to remain in the Army or Navy At the conclusion of the Revolution there were probably 20000 to 30000 men under arms The single unifying aim of the war -- independence from Great Britain - - appeared to have been won at least on the battlefield Acknowledgement of ...
... strike the English-to strike him The strike their blows on that part of the Ohio near where their friends had been killed or somewhere else below that point if practicable They declared that as soon as they had taken revenge for their people they would then return home sit down and listen to their chiefs who advised against their taking up ...
... FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 1 1899 TO FEBRUARY 1 1900 GEN R BRINKERHOFF PRESIDENT E O RANDALL SECRETARY COLUMBUS OHIO JANUARY 1900 345 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY FROM FEBRUARY 1 1899 TO FEBRUARY 1 1900 ELECTED BY THE TRUSTEES GEN ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF President REV WM E MOORE D D LL D Vice-President HON S S RICKLY Treasurer EDWIN F WOOD Assistant Treasurer E O RANDALL PH B LL ...
... EARLY DAYS IN OHIO EARLY DAYS IN OHIO FROM LETTERS AND DIARIES OF DR I A LAPHAM Increase Allen Lapham at the time of his death regarded as the most distinguished scholar of his state Wisconsin was for many years a citizen and state official of Ohio He was born in Palmyra N Y in 1811 and while as a boy laborer working on the construction of the Erie Canal became interested in the study of nature and her various phases The subsequent results of his studies were embodied in fortyfive different ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA Although this number of our Quarterly namely No 2 Vol XI is only the second number of its publication year we decide to have it conclude the eleventh volume thus making a volume complete from the July and October 1902 Quarterlies This volume however will also include a complete index of the previous ten volumes and the eleventh volume herewith issued Volume eleven therefore will have if not the usual amount of reading matter an adequate value in the complete index of ...
... JOHN STEWART JOHN STEWART PIONEER MISSIONARY OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH N B C LOVE DD The Methodist Episcopal Church from its organization in 1773 was missionary in its spirit It made continuous efforts towards the conversion of the w hites and blacks but the red men of the forest were passed by The minutes of the annual conferences at the beginning of the last century reported in separate columns the numbers of whites and blacks in each society but no figures for the Indians The ...
... 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 ...