... County Soldiers and County but particularly in memory of Major George Croghan and the gallant defenders of Fort Stephenson on the 2 d of August 181 2 The sudden and unexpected death of President Hayes's beloved wife June 21st 1889 came as a great shock not only to himself but to the community at large and a great number of friends gathered at Spiegel Grove to show their respect and love ...
... LETTER OF HON LETTER OF HON GEORGE B LORING READ AT THE C ELE BRATION BY R R DAWES WASHINGTON D C April 5 1888 SIR I have been requested by His Excellency Gov ernor Ames of Massachusetts to represent that Commonwealth at the Centennial Celebration of the first settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 at Marietta Ohio I regret exceedingly that at a late hour I am compelled to deny myself the pleasure of being present on the occasion I feel it to be my duty however to ...
... The Croghan Celebration The Croghan Celebration 75 I greet thee Thou art just in time To tell of victory most sublime Though told in unconnected rhyme Thou art welcome in Ohio But since thou canst thyself speak well Now let thy thundering voice tell What bloody carnage then befell The foes of great Ohio And then she thundered loud PROCTOR'S REPORT OF THE BATTLE OF FORT STEPHENSON The following letter recently unearthed by Col Webb C Hayes in the Canadian Archives at Ottawa is most interesting ...
...formation generally available formation could not daunt him when it came to making statements and forgetfulness only gave the larger play to imagination Thus he goes on In 1750 when Christopher Gist was on his travels down the valley hunting out the best lands for George Washington's Virginia Land Company he stopped some time at White Woman's Town and enjoyed its Indian festivities with Mary ...
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... County This north tributary is known today as the Blue River Branch near its junction at Blue Lake to which it furnished an outlet only a short distance away It stood on the west side of the river on a high sandy point of land surrounded on three sides by a great bend in the river A wide prairie marsh skirted those high lands north and south but on the east the high banks neared each other making it an easy ford to the north bank of the lake ...
...formation that sprang from formation we hear stronger voices and see more guiding rods in the hands of leaders Presently the column crosses to our own shores and buries itself in the din and battle of our own Revolution and then is seen later in the nearer coasts of our neighboring States and finally reaches our own streams and forests We cannot possibly isolate any band of Presbyterians Our ...
...formation we can obtain the Enemy is marching to attack us either here or at Sandwich amp Madden The certainty of inhuman treatment from British amp Indians the retaliatory system adopted and the exasperated state of mind of both parties on this frontier at this time all combine to make both desperate and to inspire a resolution in our troops never to surrender The The Ohio-Columbus Centennial The Ohio-Columbus Centennial 45 9 folly of ...
... Jackson However the victory at New Orleans came too late to be of effect At least two events can be easily remembered with reference to the War of 1812 -- first the greatest victory was won after the Treaty of Peace was signed and second the Treaty of Peace that was signed made no mention of the issues upon which the war was fought After the Battle of Fallen Timbers General Anthony Wayne met the Indians and agreed upon what is known in history ...
...formation Following the peace of 1815 the influence of the West twenty years later to become so masterful in the national life began to be felt in the national councils through the native element It is noticeable how the men of the East accustomed to rule in public affairs stood aghast at the intrusion how the staid and formal conservatism of the older states was startled at the impending change which they saw setting in from the West and which ...
... SHAKER MISSION TO THE SHAWNEE INDIANS SHAKER MISSION TO THE SHAWNEE INDIANS BY J P MACLEAN A B PH D INTRODUCTION It is but a slight exaggeration to state that the aborigines of this country have been made the objects of conversion from all the religious sects that have found a domicile within our borders Under the civilizing influence of the dominant exotic race the American savage has constantly gone down It is not the fault of Christianity nor of the civilization of the nineteenth century ...
... Jackson had been educated and had graduated with James Buchanan at Dickinson College Princeton University had conferred upon him the doctorate He was inaugurated to the presidency of the University August 11 1824 The ceremony occurred beneath a bower of green leaves erected upon the college green In one end of the bower was a high seat to this place of honor he was escorted by Governor Jeremiah Morrow and Judge Ephraim Cutler The latter on ...
... formation of the Ohio Company formation which he could formation concerning Otto see formation on the French formation concerning the progress of this colony as I thought that its development might cause concern 17 There was a project to ...
... THE SANDUSKY FORTS THE SANDUSKY FORTS BY CHARLES A HANNA NEW YORK Several addresses on Old Fort Sandusky and the inscriptions on the monument erected last spring near the site of one Sandusky Fort were printed in the October 1912 number of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society's Qu arterly Some of these addresses and inscriptions are so full of inaccuracies misleading statements and incorrect inferences that they should be corrected The bronze tablet on the west face of the ...
... County of Illinois These facts had enabled Jay Franklin and Adams as our peace commissioners to make and maintain a claim to it And it was Virginia which closed the long and often bitter dispute among the States over their claims to these lands She authorized her 182 Ohio Arch 182 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications delegates in Congress to convey all her rights to the United States Thomas Jefferson carried his authority to the ...
...formation in re- 24 Ohio formation in regard to lands formation has been consulted formation property and strength will be its characteristics I know many of the settlers personally and there were never men better calculated to promote the welfare of such a community To the end of his days ...
... Jackson alone excepted William Henry Harrison Richard M Johnson later Vol XXIII-2 18 Ohio Arch 18 Ohio Arch and Hist Societv Publications The Centennial of Croghan's Victory The Centennial of Croghan's Victory 19 Vice President Lewis Cass later Postmaster General Governor Meigs of Ohio and the venerable Governor Shelby of Kentucky Fort Stephenson where the addresses of the day were made is unique among old forts in preserving its ariginal ...
... County still bear his name County The position of Fort Laramie was fully discussed in this Quarterly about five years ago It follows that the passage on page 279 wherein it is stated that the line from the Tuscarawas runs west to Loramie's Store is wholly wrong 444 Ohio Arch 444 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Again page 279 The French settlers did not locate at the mouth of the ...