... THE INDIAN MOUND MIAMISBURG OHIO THE INDIAN MOUND MIAMISBURG OHIO This mound is located on the upland about a mile southeast of town and is the largest of its kind in the world It was originally about eighty-five feet in height but was reduced to sixty-five feet by digging of exploring parties It measures about three hundred feet in diameter at the base In 1869 a number of citizens sunk a ...
... LAURA RUSSELL LAURA RUSSELL Book Notes Growth Amidst Struggle A Sesquicentennial History of the Longenecker Mennonite Church By James O Lehman Winesburg Ohio Longenecker Mennonite Church 1980 160p illustrations maps notes index Once again James O Lehman puts together the history of a congregation and in so doing makes an important contribution to Ohio's local history In Growth Amidst ...
... Notes and Queries Winter-Spring 2003 p 64 PDF of Notes and Queries CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved The Legislative History Editorial Board of the Capitol Square Foundation seeks an academically trained historian to write a single volume comprehensive history of the Ohio General Assembly from 1803-present The expectation is that this ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 491 Reviews Notes and Comments 491 a strong advocate of health inspection in the public schools which was introduced in his administration In his twenty-seven years' service in Columbus he became widely acquainted and his memory is cherished for his kindly manner and brief but helpful addresses on his visits to the various school rooms Every pupil in Columbus regarded Dr Shawan as his friend and felt free to speak to him when meeting him on the street On retiring ...
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... BOOK NOTES BOOK NOTES Women In Kentucky By Helen Deiss Irvin Lexington The University Press of Kentucky 1979 134p photographs source listing Another contribution to the Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf series this work outlines the history of the Kentucky women from 1775 through the 1930s The six chapters focus on the lives of settlers workers and reformers without doting on the contributions of exceptional Kentucky women Based upon published diaries autobiographies biographies and newspapers ...
... 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 attested by a correspondence covering a long number of years between the humorist and W J Alley of Norwalk a lifelong friend of Billings The daughter of Mr Alley who is still living in Norwalk remembers as a little girl when ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Ohio University Press is launching a new series of books to commemorate Ohio's two-hundredth anniversary in 2003 The Ohio Bicentennial Series will provide the public scholars and students with a comprehensive picture of the development of Ohio life Ten ...
... BOOK NOTES BOOK NOTES Any book mentioned in this d ep artment can be obtained through the Publisher of the QUARTERLY PRIMITIVE INDUSTRY or Illustrations of the Handiwork in Stone Bone and Clay of the Native Races of the Northern Atlantic Seaboard of America By Charles C Abbott MD Pp 560 Salem Mass Geo A Bates Cincinnati Robert Clarke amp Co 1881 Taken all together Dr Abbott's work on Primitive Industry is the most important single contribution yet made to the subject of American archaeology ...
... Other Books of Interest Other Books of Interest Teachers for the Prairie The University of Illinois and the Schools 1868-1945 By HENRY C JOHNSON JR and ERWIN V JOHANNINGMEIER Urbana University of Illinois Press 1972 xx 508p bibliography and index 1500 Conception A History of the First Century of the Conception Colony 1858-1958 A History of the First Century of Conception Abbey 1873-1973 A History of New Engelberg College Conception College and the Immaculate Conception Seminary 1886-1971 By ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Cincinnati Observed Architecture and History By John Clubbe Columbus The Ohio State University Press 1992 xxvi 531p illustrations bibliography index At long last here is an engaging and informative portrait of Cincinnati's architecture history and cultural traditions Written by a native New Yorker and professor of English literature Cincinnati Observed wonderfully blends facts descriptions essays quotes and wit into the ...
... 504 Ohio Arch 5 04 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE BUCKEYE PIONEERS OSMAN C HOOPER This poem was written for the Franklin Centennial held at Columbus Ohio September 15 1897 Fair Buckeyeland we sing your praise And bare our head to them Who lived and wrought in other days And framed your diadem Their handiwork none can forget The ...
... EDITOR'S NOTE EDITOR'S NOTE With the exception of Professor Terrill's article on An Economic Aspect of the Spanish-American War which emphasizes a heretofore unused document in regard to President McKinley's motivation for war all the articles in this edition of Ohio History center around the theme of sectionalism and the Civil War Although Frederick Grimke as Professor Bloomfield points out philosophized optimistically on American ...
... In Memorium In Memorium Eugene H Roseboom a distinguished scholar of American presidential elections and Ohio history died on September 19 1984 near Columbus Ohio He was age 92 A professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University where he taught for 42 years Professor Roseboom introduced several generations of
... OPENING REMARKS OPENING REMARKS by JOHN W BENNE TT On behalf of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the Ohio State University I want to welcome you all to this first meeting of the organization tentatively entitled Ohio Valley Historic Indian Conference Our discussions today will be general rather than specific a matter ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA REUBEN GOLD THWAITES Reuben Gold Thwaites whose work in the field of Western history has made his name familiar to every American historical student died in Madison Wis on October 22 He was born in Dorchester Mass in 1853 and in 1866 removed to Wisconsin From 1876 to 1886 he was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal published in Madison In 1886 he was elected Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and editor of the society's collections which ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 186--addition Mrs Gardiner adds 13 dolls to collection 103-'25 NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION 9--addition Mastodon and elk teeth presented by Mr C M Ault Piketon O 2-20-'25 29--Collection of mussel shells presented by Mrs F L Cornell Black Lick O 3-24-'25 30--Specimen of coral presented by Mr E P Wilson Columbus O 5-16-'25 31--Fossil shark tooth presented by Mr H C Baird Pataskala O 8-24-'25 32--Stalactite presented by Mr E W Eley New Orleans ...
... 620 Ohio Arch 620 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications appointed by the Governor to make a complete survey of all the historical and archaeological parks and sites to outline a program for their improvement and maintenance and to submit an estimate of the amount that should be appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose Our experience with the work of caring for these parks has shown ...
... OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 STILL FURTHER ASPECTS FIVE YEAR REVIEW OF THE WORK OF THE OHIO COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL HISTORY AND ARCHIVES BY ROBERT G PATERSON PH D Material presented in this issue of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly by the ...