... 56 Ohio Arch 56 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications emphasized by the hundreds of Japanese lanterns strung along either bank and in sweeping festooons across the big Lake Erie bridge Near the bridge and extending across the river were seven of the largest boats in the river bearing huge electric transparencies upon which appeared six-foot letters spelling the name Croghan which was also seen in a set piece The hit of the evening was the reproduction of Fort Stephenson on the southern ...
... County Ohio in 1817 and in County Pennsylvania but had withdrawn after three years feeling that cloister life was not my calling For six years he had tried a number of occupations and for varying periods had been a yardman barkeeper gardener teacher of French and English in Montreal soldier and hospital attendant Now he wished to settle down in some quiet place Everything I have heard of ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR THE CAPTURE OF OLD VINCENNES This is the title of a timely and most interesting volume edited by Dr Milo M Quaife Managing Editor of the Mississippi Valley Historical Review It includes the original narratives of George Rogers Clark the leader of the American expedition and Sir Henry Hamilton Lieutenant Governor of Detroit The special occasion for the appearance of ...
... settlement at Wyoming the settlement the battle and settlement by the Connecticut settlement of the Connecticut settlement of Wyoming and the settlement with about two
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA FORT STEPHENSON CELEBRATON August 2d 1906 was the ninety-third anniversary of the gallant defense of Fort Stephenson the site of which is now the center of the attractive and enterprising city of Fremont The heroic and unparalleled holding of the little stockade fort by Major George Croghan on August 2d 1813 against some two thousand British troops under General Proctor and an equal number of Indian braves under Chief Tecumseh is one of the most memorable events not ...
... County may make donations County of 30 Putnam MSS in County They were the members of the graduating class of 181534 In 1817 the university expanded In addition to the president there was now a faculty member Joseph Dana professor of languages -- salary 250 a year Dana continued in the service of the university till his retirement in 1835 ...
... 24 Ohio Arch 24 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications their loss was far heavier than that suffered by Wayne's soldiers Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers many Indians fled to Detroit the British headquarters and General Wayne departed for Fort Defiance He did not live long to enjoy the honor of his victory dying two years later One of General Wayne's last acts was to receive from the British Fort Miami which they formally surrendered in 1796 in pursuance to a treaty negotiated by Chief ...
... settlement in the newly settlement but the official building of the new western government Besides being the residence of many families including the offices of the territorial governor and commissioners Governor Arthur St Clair and his secretary Winthrop Sargent here resided The site of these build- 298 Ohio Arch 298 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ings is therefore in some sense ...
... County the second born white child in Ohio Mr Bradford and Mr Mayberry of Parkersburg Judge Hayward Robert Warth and Phillip Cubbage of Gallipolis Judge Dickey of the Ross and Highland district James Dickey one of our oldest settlers formerly of Amestown Amos Dunham of Pomeroy D B Linn editor of the McConnelsville Enquirer and C A McGraw of the Herald At the close of the dinner the following toasts were read 1 The day we celebrate April 7th ...
... County see Henry Howe Historical Collections of Ohio Norwalk 1896 I 668-81 52 John Melish Travels Philadelphia 1812 II 115-7 Melish arrived at Gallipolis on September 4 1811 ...
... County Kentucky 1803 Continuing to preach he became a professor in Transylvania University in Lexington in 1804 Bishop was not a noisy evangelist but as an avowed church reformist he soon stirred the ire of the Rankinites who attempted to bring about his suspension from the ministry For a while he assisted in the direction of Transylvania University and after years of valuable service he was called to the presidency of Miami University 1823 ...
... County for a quota of one hundred volunteers how he turned aside from his cherished profession the law and turning his horse toward Hillsboro made his first speech the next day in the public square In two days two full companies were raised That little army of the 4th United States Infantry with the brigade of General Finley took up its toilsome march through the dense forests of four hundred miles through Ohio and Michigan and shared the ...
... County Surveyor of Prince County which then included County which then County had another convention June 20th 1774 and here again we find our aged hero Col Cresap This convention suggested calling together the colonies On the 22nd of June there was a general convention at Annapolis and ...
... settlements by the Wyandots in settlement in the Northwestern settlement at Marietta Some settlement was warmly attached to Major Goodale who had served as an officer in his regiment through the entire war General Putnam in a remarkable letter to General Washington written at ...
... settlement of Gallipolis settlement with land the best settlement furnishes one of the most picturesque and pathetic stories of the early west The party some 500 in number was composed largely of high-classed French artisans who were illy fitted to cope with the hardships of the wilderness They were carvers and gilders to his majesty coach ...
... WAS THE PONTIAC UPRISING A CONSPIRACY WAS THE PONTIAC UPRISING A CONSPIRACY by WILBUR R JACOBS Instructor in American History Santa Barbara College University of California Ever since Francis Parkman wrote his classic account of the Indian war of 1763 historians have questioned the exact nature of the origin of Parkman's so-called conspiracy of Pontiac Contemporary manuscripts reveal that there were enough abuses suffered by the Indians at the hands of the whites to justify in the minds of the ...
... County Ohio Fort St Fort County Ohio which was probably located on the Montgomery farm This site was supposed to be in a picturesque little hollow near the Zion Church about seven miles from Fort St Clair On the morning of the 17th of October 1793 or one hundred twenty-nine years ago the seventeenth of last month began the skirmish which has meant so much to us and in which we are ...
... 362 Ohio Arch 362 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The short inscription of this tablet we are honoring today gives concisely historic facts which all may read It does not need a very vivid imagination to see and feel all the labor sacrifice bloodshed aching hearts and desolate homes which are summed up in these facts We exult over the victories achieved and thrill with horror over the martyrdom of Col Crawford His name is on the bead-roll of fame and we all unite to honor his memory ...