... County and adjacent County records show that Henry W Shaw bought the house on Whittelsey Street Norwalk which is still Reviews Notes and Comments 329 Reviews Notes and Comments 329 shown as the Josh Billings house on August 8 1845 from John Tift jr for 1100 and resold it to John Tift on January 3 1848 for 1050 That Josh Billings had always dreamed of buying back the old place in Norwalk is ...
... Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S Centennial Anniversary of the Birth of Ulysses S Grant 287 published in the character sketch by Judge Hugh L Nichols in the April QUART E RLY POETIC TRIBUTES ON THE OCCASION OF THE GRANT CENTENARY Though General Grant as his son has stated cared little for music and as other writers have told us was not fond of poetry the centennial celebration of his birth called forth poetic tributes The following appeared in the papers of Georgetown the first ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Without Right Angles The Round Barns of Iowa By Lowell J Soike Des Moines Iowa State Historical Department Office of Historic Preservation 1983 viii 103p illustrations notes index Round barns in Mr Soike's definition were structures which could be truly round octagonal or in some other polygonal form He catalogs 160 round barns in Iowa and traces the general history of this aberrant but practical design for the past 200 years in this well-researched and illustrated book ...
... ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUS ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUS TEES OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING COLUM B US OHIO Sept 19 1923 350 P M The meeting was called to order by President Campbell The following members of the Board were present Messrs James E Campbell Edward Orton Jr George F Bareis E F Wood General J Warren Keifer General George Florence and Dr F C Furniss Mr Wood nominated ex-Governor James E Campbell for President of ...
... County Historical Society 2000 l35p illustrations A Century of Pirates Stories Photographs and Records of Bluffton High School Championship Athletic Teams and Players of the 20th Century Compiled by Fred Steiner Bluffton Ohio The Bluffton News Publishing and Printing Co Inc 2000 128p illustrations Back to top ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Dr William T Doherty Jr Professor of History and University Historian at West Virginia University has been named Editor of West Virginia History Dr Doherty will immediately assume the editorial duties of the quarterly publication of the Department of Culture and History Doherty earned undergraduate degrees from Southeast Missouri State University his Master of Arts degree from American University's School of Social Sciences and Public Affairs and his Doctor ...
... ESSAY AND COMMENT 49 ESSAY AND COMMENT 49 The True Profile of the Harding administration will emerge only as the new historiography is joined with a modification of the old DAVID H JENNINGS Professor of History Ohio Wesleyan University ESSAY AND COMMENT Oral History in Ohio During the past half century as the telephone and computer are replacing the personal letter and the telegraph a new era in historical research is emerging No longer does the detailed letter serve as the major source of ...
... County Workmen are clearing away the underbrush from that section of the old fort recently purchased by the state and slight excavations have brought to light some new facts At the base of the fort immediately within the Great Gateway while the workmen were about the base of a tree a layer of stone was struck Further excavations showed that it was at some pavement which had been covered with about eighteen inches of earth This pavement leads ...
... TO CINCINNATI TO CINCINNATI BY EDWARD A M'LAUGHLIN 1798This poem appeared as one of a collection printed in Cincinnati in 1841 The general title of the book was Lovers of the Deep To any one who is acquainted with the culture of Cincinnati the prophetic vision of the poet can be keenly appreciated City of gardens verdant parks sweet bowers Blooming upon thy bosom bright and fair Wet with the dews of spring and summer's showers And fanned by every breath of wandering air Rustling the foliage of ...
... County Pioneer Historical County his kindly and cheerful disposition and his optimistic spirit will long be remembered by his fellow members of the Society MEETING OF CRESAP SOCIETY The Cresap Society will hold its meeting in Columbus September 15-16 The first session will be held Friday evening September 15 at the Deshler Hotel beginning at 800 P M On Saturday September 16 the Society will ...
... establishment of museums and restoration projects This book sells for 650 Both of these books are available from the American Association for State and Local History 1400 Eighth Avenue South Nashville Tennessee 37203 E A Seemann Publishing Inc Miami Florida publishers of Yesterday's Akron The First 150 Years reviewed in 85 1 have released two more books on Ohio cities Yesterday's Cleveland by George E Condon and Yesterday's Cincinnati by Luke ...
... Ross Alley 1854 The Western Literary Cabinet Detroit Michigan Mrs Sheldon 1854 The Home Journal Cincinnati Alf Burnett and Enos B Reed 1855 The Western Art Journal Cincinnati Edited by Rev W P Strickland published by J S Babcock 1855 The Message Bird Waynesville Ohio J W Roberts 1856 to 1860 The Dial A Monthly Magazine for Literature Philosophy and Religion Cincinnati M D Conway January to December 1860 ...
... REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 REPORT OF THE FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING 281 spectively are the two more important additions to the State Memorial list during the year A number of park superintendents' residences have been built and others are under construction Storage buildings comfort stations shelters roads trails bridges fences parking areas drinking fountains flagpoles--these are but a few of the improvements to be credited to the accomplishment of the year Landscaping ...
... Charles Burleigh Galbreath 135 Charles Burleigh Galbreath 135 The final phase But why delay the bitter truth-- The story of my pride and fall-- The transit from my vernal youth To wreckage sad and skeletal Spurned by the feet of passers-by An outcast in the mire and rain Unworthy of a passing sigh And dead alike to joy or pain Fair maiden speed--I ask no more-- My flight aloft on fiery wings To Nature's mighty reservoir-- The goal of all material things Your hope serene I may not claim Of joys ...
... Comments Notes and Reviews Comments Notes and Reviews 531 dead A chart was shown delineating the bundled bones of Indians at the surface of the ground at Mille Lacs with mounds of earth built over them James W Lynd historian of the Sioux nation was quoted showing that the Dakota people were at Mille Laces at a very ancient period in fact so long ago that no tradition remained to show where they came from or how long they had been there No trace of two distinct classes of stone implements and ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent appointments and retirements within the professional community of Ohio historians include the following at the Ohio State University Alan D Beyerchen appointed to associate professor Robert J Donia to assistant professor and Joseph H Lynch has assumed new duties as Director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Andreas Dorpalen who retired this year received the Distinguished Service Award of the Ohio Academy of History in April At the ...
... 290 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 290 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly the members The aims and ideas of the Association are fairly set forth in the following statement The constitutional object of the organization is the promotion of historical studies The primary motive for membership is therefore scientific The Association has accomplished results that can not be estimated by any pecuniary standard of value It has encouraged original research by its meetings and ...
... 100 Ohio Arch 100 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications NOAH'S ARK The construction and voyage of Noah's Ark is not exactly material pertinent to Ohio history or archaeology but as a matter of universal curiosity we herewith republish from very recent popular press items the following M V Millard archaeologist and distinguished excavator along the Nile who was recently at Indianapolis declared that he had discovered the place where Noah built the ark Millard for a year past was engaged in ...
... Forty-First Annual Meeting 631 Forty-First Annual Meeting 631 my deep appreciation of their cooperation in the welfare of the Museum Respectfully submitted Signed WILLIAM C MILLS Mr John R Horst Chairman of the Committee on EARLY OHIO SCHOOL BOOKS stated that the Ray collection is almost complete and progress is being made in securing other books used in the early schools of the state As to the McGuffey books while the Committee is still seeking the First Readers of the 1843 and 1885 editions ...