... MONUMENT AT FORT JEFFERSON MONUMENT AT FORT JEFFERSON On Thursday October 24 1907 through the efforts and under the auspices of the Greenville Historical Society a monument was erected to mark the site of Fort Jefferson and to commemorate the historic events connected with that military post The monument unique in form and material is twenty feet in height seven feet broad at the base with a shoulder about two feet from the ground and a gracefully tapering shaft as shown in the accompanying ...
... 250 Ohio Arch 250 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications 1878 chairman of its trustees since 1878 and also its treasurer since 1901 a life member of the Firelands Historical Society since 1876 a member of its board of trustees librarian and editor of its publications since 1888 member of the National Geographical Society member of Huron County Children's Home Association member of its board of trustees since 1889 and its treasurer since 1902 member of the Young Men's Library and Reading Room ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD1 BY JAMES H ANDERSON UPPER SANDUSKY OHIO May 6 1896 Hon J H Anderson Columbus Ohio DEAR JUDGE I am directed by the officers of the Wyandot County Pioneer Association to extend you an invitation to deliver an address at the picnic to be held at Crawford Thursday June 11 on the occasion of the 114th anniversary of the burning of Colonel William Crawford Hoping to receive a favorable answer so that you can be duly ...
... JOHNNY APPLESEED-JOHN CHAPMAN JOHNNY APPLESEED-JOHN CHAPMAN HIS MEMORY HONORED WITH A MONUMENT AT MANSFIELD 0 Exercises of a unique and interesting character were held at Mansfield Ohio on the afternoon of November 8 1 900 It was the dedication in the Sherman-Heineman Park of the monument to the memory of John Chapman otherwise and more popularly known as Johnny Appleseed one of the historic characters of early Ohio and particularly of the pioneer days of Richland county The weather was not ...
... 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 ...
... THE ARCHAIC CULTURES AND THE ADENA PEOPLE THE ARCHAIC CULTURES AND THE ADENA PEOPLE by WILLIAM S WEBB Head Department of Anthropology University of Kentucky The Early Hunters Early man in America cannot boast a record of great antiquity There is no evidence to suggest his development from more primitive ancestors in very ancient times as is the case of man's record in the Old World Early man in America was a migrant coming to this continent from Siberia as a hunter of big game some time ...
... DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY 427 DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY 427 persons present authorized their names to be signed to the constitution when it should be properly transcribed paid two dollars each as a membership fee and then after an informal talk adjourned to meet at the call of the President I have been reading to day three very interesting and able articles The first by Andrew D White President of Cornell University entitled The Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth in which he condemns the spirit of ...
... JOHN MORGAN RAID IN OHIO JOHN MORGAN RAID IN OHIO The following article was written by a veteran of the Civil War now a resident at the Dayton Soldiers' Home and was printed recently in the Lima Times Democrat with notes and comments by the editor of that paper The history of the raid and the efforts to head off the bold leader and his band of daredevils is believed to be authentic - EDITOR The Army of the Cumberland under General Rosecrans was preparing for the advance on the campaign which ...
... Indian River and Place Names in Ohio Indian River and Place Names in Ohio By AUGUST C MAHR It can be safely claimed that as a rule North American Woodland Indians when penetrating into a given region first traveled by canoe on that region's main river and then proceeded upstream on the major tributaries as far as they were navigable and promised a sufficient food supply Again and again they would branch off from the respective tributary ascending side streams which offered prospects either of ...
... Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed 305 buried near what is now the city of Fort Wayne To the end he was true to his mission of planting nurseries and sowing the seeds of medicinal herbs To the pioneers of Ohio he was an unselfish benefactor and we are here today to aid in transmitting to coming generations our grateful memory of his deeds HISTORICAL SKETCH The historical sketch of Johnny Appleseed was prepared and presented by Mr A J Baughman a recognized authority in the early history of ...
... a 422 EXPLORATION OF THE MOUND CITY GROUP EXPLORATION OF THE MOUND CITY GROUP BY WILLIAM C MILLS INTRODUCTORY NOTE Probably no other American prehistoric earthwork has excited so great a degree of historic interest as the so-called Mound City group of Ross County Ohio Certainly from the prehistoric viewpoint it stands unsurpassed Through the partial examination of the group in 1846 by Squier and Davis and the publication of the report in Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley ...
... The Siege of Fort Meigs The Siege of Fort Meigs 315 THE SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS BY H W COMPTON The construction of Fort Meigs by General William Henry Harrison in the early spring of 1813 and its siege by the British general Proctor and the renowned chief Tecumseh in May of that year was one of the important incidents in the war of 1812 But few of those who now look at the ruins of Fort Meigs slumbering upon the high grassy plateau opposite the village of Maumee can realize the fearful struggle ...
... A NEWLY DISCOVERED EXTENSION OF THE A NEWLY DISCOVERED EXTENSION OF THE NEWARK WORKS By DACHE M REEVES1 The study of aerial photographs of the famous Newark group of prehistoric earthworks resulted in the discovery of a hitherto unknown extension to these works An interesting feature of this discovery is the fact that an important section of the works was found on the Newark flying field This area had been prepared for flying purposes after having been under cultivation for a long period and ...
... SOME POPULAR ERRORS IN REGARD TO MOUND SOME POPULAR ERRORS IN REGARD TO MOUND BUILDERS AND INDIANS THE erroneous ideas of persons otherwise well informed concerning archaeological matters would amaze one who could attain to any considerable knowledge of the science without previously becoming familiar to some extent with the many absurd theories and notions promulgated by authors ignorant of their subject and writing only to strike the popular mind and pocket The tendency of most of these ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOI XXVI No 1 JANUARY 1917 TARHE AND THE ZANES The Editor of the QUARTERLY has seen occasional references to the tradition or fact if it be the latter that Isaac Zane married a daughter of Tarhe the Crane Learning that General Robert P Kennedy was familiar with and an authority on this matter having gotten his information at first hand from members of the Zane family we wrote the General concerning the same and received the following reply which we regard worthy of ...
... PLACE-NAMES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO PLACE-NAMES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO BY W EDSON RICHMON D Introduction For at least three centuries it has been manifestly impossible for any one man to take all knowledge as his province The specialization brought about by the widening strain of human knowledge is most easily seen in the fields of modern science Especially among the younger and smaller sciences there is no self-sufficiency however and each finds it necessary to rely upon its sisters So it is ...
... 614 Ohio Arch 614 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications STATE PARKS As Chairman of the Committee on Parks I have the following report to submit Acting under the instruction of our President Mr Arthur C Johnson I visited the following properties during the year Logan Elm Park Mound City Park Fort Laurens Park Schoenbrunn Park Seip Mound Park Serpent Mound Park Fort Ancient Park Campus Martius Observing the magnitude of the task assigned to me in trying to visit and direct improvements in all ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA NEW TRUSTEES On February 28 1907 Governor Harris appointed Hon Myron T Herrick Trustee of the Society to serve for three years This appointment will certainly meet the hearty approval of the members of the Society as few governors have taken the active interest in the progress and welfare of our Society that Governor Herrick did during his encumbency The readers of the QUARTERLY will doubtless be interested in a brief sketch of Mr Herrick as his career is an ...
... 84 Ohio Arch 84 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications INVOCATION BY REV IRVING MAURER 0 God bless us in this hour with worthy memories We thank Thee for the life of this friend of ours for his genial presence and his noble heart We thank Thee for his faith in the simple virtues for his confidence in the ways of the people for his trust in Thee Grant to us as we think of him in this fellowship of kindred spirits a more steadfast loyalty to the institutions which were dear to him that for each ...
... THE McGUFFEY SOCIETY AT THE LOGAN ELM THE McGUFFEY SOCIETY AT THE LOGAN ELM The McGuffey Society of Columbus was organized to perpetuate the memory of Dr William H McGuffey He was one of Ohio's greatest educators but his place in history and in the affections of thousands is fixed by his famous series of Readers familiar to the present and last two generations The officers of this Society conceived the original and unique idea of a gathering of its members and guests beneath the shadowing ...