... DONALD J DONALD J RATCLIFFE Politics in Jacksonian Ohio Reflections on the Ethnocultural Interpretation Who voted for the two great political parties in Jacksonian Ohio Those historians who have asked this question have usually given two sorts of answers Some have seen the popular basis for the party division in essentially socioeconomic terms Occasionally they have detected a class conflict between rich and poor but more commonly they have followed Frederick Jackson Turner in seeing the ...
... Book Notes Book Notes History of Upper Arlington A Suburb of Columbus Ohio By the History Committee of the Upper Arlington Bicentennial Committee Columbus Upper Arlington Historical Society 1977 337p illustrations notes maps appendices index The book was written by community residents and focuses on the history of the fire and police departments library municipal government schools religion and sports Personal interviews official records newspapers local publications maps and plates were ...
... THE OHIO BOUNDARY OR THE ERIE WAR THE OHIO BOUNDARY OR THE ERIE WAR1 WHEN the great Ordinance of 1787 was passed by Congress it was agreed by all the States present that six of the articles known as the articles of compact should not be repealed except by the joint consent of Congress and the States concerned The fifth of these irrevocable articles provided that not less than three nor more than five States should be formed out of the region of country known as the Northwest Territory In case ...
... JED DANNENBAUM JED DANNENBAUM Immigrants and Temperance Ethnocultural Conflict in Cincinnati 1845-1860 In the United States the decade of the 1850s was marked by pronounced social and political upheaval Until recently most historians believed that this turmoil derived almost entirely from the issues of sectionalism and slavery which dominated American life in this era and which culminated in the Civil War However recent historical work at the state and local level has revealed that so-called ...
... COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS THE POWDER HORN by WILLIAM G KEENER and DONALD A HUTSLAR OUR COUNTRY MUST AND SHALL BE DEFENDED WE WILL ENJOY OUR LIBERTY OR PERISH IN THE LAST DITCH In a parlor game these ringing phrases might be attributed to a Samuel Adams or a Patrick Henry They belong instead to one Tim Tansel Together with a running deer the arms of the United States a young lady vaguely representing Liberty four equestrian military figures and a tribute to A Gin Jackson they comprise the ...
... Book Notes Book Notes The Covered Bridges of Pennsylvania A Guide By Susan M Zacher Harrisburg Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission 1982 vi 141p illustrations maps bibliography index As its title might indicate this book functions primarily as a tourist guide to the covered bridges which are found throughout Pennsylvania Following a brief introduction to truss types the book consists of a list of the 227 extant covered bridges in the state with the bridges grouped by region and by ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 299 known as Campus Martius and shall hold the same and the property thereon subject to such use as the General Assembly may direct E J HOPPLE Speaker of the House of Representatives EARL D BLOOM President of the Senate Passed March 21 1917 Approved March 29 1917 JAMES M Cox G overnor Filed in office of Secretary of State April 2 1917 STEPHEN D PEET IN MEMORIAM It was in one of the early months of the year 1875 that Isaac Smucker of Newark and Stephen D Peet then ...
... ADDRESSES OF APRIL SEVENTH ADDRESSES OF APRIL SEVENTH ADDRESS OF WELCOME BY GOVERNOR J B FORAKER FELLOW-C IT IZENS The duty that has been assigned to me in connection with this occasion is very simple in its character It does not require nor even allow me to enumerate much less elaborate any of the many interesting and important suggestions which a consideration of the event we celebrate is calculated to start in every intelligent mind Neither does it authorize me to recount the progress and ...
... THE NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEERS THE NINTH OHIO VOLUNTEERS A PAGE FROM THE CIVIL WAR RECORD OF THE OHIO GERMAN TURNERS OF OHIO BY CARL WITTKE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY The contributions of the German Turner organizations to American cultural history are among the most important of the many results of the extensive German immigration of the nineteenth century That Ohio had received its full share of these new additions to the American population was evident from the numerous social ...
... Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 581 Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 581 FORT ST CLAIR Mr H R McPherson read the report of the Committee as follows As chairman of The Fort St Clair Committee I have the honor to report as follows Since securing possession of Fort St Clair December 1923 the following work has been performed on the grounds Purchased 280 rods of wire for fence and new posts for 80 rods of old wire fence A total of 360 rods of fence has been erected Four hundred and ninety-one steel posts ...
... 200 Ohio Arch 200 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications had been especially active in the selection of books for the Hayes Memorial Library He was a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and served on its Spiegel Grove Committee Mr Root was a scholarly gentleman unassuming modest and from early manhood a great student He was a wise and trusted counselor among the student body and faculty of Oberlin College and a constantly widening circle of those who came to ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS EARLY OHIO POSTAL ROUTES by WILLIAM D O VERMAN Director Library and Archives Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Akron Ohio Editor's Note Considerable interest has been indicated in Dr Overman's article on Early Ohio Postal Routes published in the January-March 1946 issue of the Quarterly pp 21-29 Particularly philatelists who specialize in early stampless covers have expressed appreciation for the article It has been suggested that the publication of the postal routes ...
... 562 Ohio Arch 562 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Introductory Note For some months there has been in contemplation by interested parties a series of publications entitled Ohio Historical Collections It was first thought that the monographs of this series should be limited to political history Upon mature deliberation however it was decided to adopt a title more comprehensive in scope Volumes 1 and 2 of the series are political history and Volume 3 will be political and biographical ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 93 Mr Williams in presenting Gov James E Campbell said Conspicuous as Mr Randall was in many different and varied activities there is one field in particular where he stood pre-eminent and that was the field of archaeology Fine as he was in literary ability he there had his rivals happy as he was as an after-dinner speaker and toastmaster others there ventured to challenge his superiority but in knowledge of the early history of Ohio and of its ...
... WILLIAM M WILLIAM M DONNELLY Keeping the Buckeye in the Buckeye Division Major General Robert S Beightler and the 37th Infantry Division 1940-1945 On 15 October 1940 Major General Robert S Beightler and the 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard reported for what was supposed to be a one-year tour of Federal service Five years later Beightler and the Buckeye Division returned to Ohio Its original mission had been to expand to full wartime strength and train draftees from Ohio at ...
... FRANK P FRANK P VAZZANO The Feud Renewed Martin Davey John Bricker and the Ohio Campaign of 1940 They were old enemies Democrat Martin L Davey and Republican John W Bricker two fierce rivals posed against each other for the second time in a contest for Ohio's governorship Their first race in 1936 degenerated into a barrage of accusations and mudslinging Their second in 1940 promised more of the same If anything as Davey's local newspaper the Ravenna Evening Record and Daily Courier-Tribune ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA WILLIAM McKINLEY Elsewhere in this Quarterly we report at some length the interesting ceremonies held on Ohio Day July 18 at the Pan-American Exposition Little did we suspect on that joyful day that in two brief months a terrible tragedy would transform the bright banners bedecking the buildings into the trappings and suits of woe On Friday September 6 President McKinley attended the Exposition and in the afternoon while holding a public reception in the Temple of ...
... CHARLES WILLING BYRD CHARLES WILLING BYRD BY W H BURTNER JR The second secretary and acting governor of the Northwest Territory the first United States judge for Ohio district has had almost nothing printed of his life and endeavors Not ten lines can be found in the histories of Ohio His bones now lie forgotten in a little township cemetery back of the new school house at Sinking Springs Highland County Ohio He was born at Westover Charles County Virginia July 26 1770 He came to Kentucky in ...
... THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO CENTENNIAL THE collection of Ohio prehistoric relics made at Philadelphia and at New Orleans attracted much attention and demonstrated the richness of Ohio archaeological treasures By common consent Ohio was given the first place among the states in this class of exhibits And yet the collections were far from satisfactory to archaeological students and to those who made the collections and superintended the ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Fall Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History will be October 13-14 1989 at Ohio University The Missouri Valley History Conference sponsored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha's History Department will be held March 8-10 1990 Those interested in further information concerning the conference should contact Jerold Simmons Program Coordinator MVHC Department of History University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha Nebraska 68182 The Pennsylvania Historical and ...