... 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 ...
... establishment of their new colony establishment of colonies than establishment of some civil government highly necessary The public accounts given of this country are not numerous but what there are are very consistent with each other and also with the private information I have received from the officers with whom I have conversed that ...
... establishment the western boundary of the United States has been extended to the Pacific Ocean and the jurisdiction of this government has been extended across the Pacific and over Hawaii Guam and the Philippines The monument before you the patriotic societies of Ohio now present to the City of Cincinnati as locating the site of Fort Washington which was built when this section of the country ...
... THE BATTLES OF THE MAUMEE THE BATTLES O F THE MAUMEE N B C LOVE D D MOUND BUILDERS Maumee Thou art lovely and bright As if blood had ne'er tinged thy waves And pre-historic tawny braves Had wrought no scene of hellish night Why not a golden sunset smile When thy banks are clothed in green And beauty adorns all the scene When bathed in mellow light the while Thou art gray in the early morn And restful thy summer eveA mirror which cannot deceive And has not since Time was born In ages gone thy ...
... County Clerk's office at County Clerk's Office 1 820 About this time she was a frequent visitor at Gallipolis where she was ever a welcome visitor in the homes of the Anne Bailey Anne Bailey 47 old French settlers of that place Her home was nine miles away and she was in the habit of walking the whole distance 1825 November 22nd Anne Bailey died suddenly at night while sleeping with her ...
... County Pioneer Society to hold the next annual meeting of this Society at Marietta at the time of the Centennial of the settlement of that place 382 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 382 Oh io Archa e ol og i ca l and Historical Qua rter l y On motion of Mr Rickly the invitation was referred to the Executive Committee with the request that the same be accepted On motion the Chair appointed a committee to nominate five trustees for ...
... County Harmar's expedition County earthworks and County Seneca Indians in County Moravian missions County Ind Miami Indians County Ft Ancient in 466
... GENERAL SIMON PERKINS GENERAL SIMON PERKINS BY WALTER W SPOONER From advance proofs of the sixth volume of Randall and Ryan's History of Ohio By permission of the publishers the Century History Company New York Simon Perkins of Warren was one of the earliest and most influential promoters of settlement and progress in northeastern Ohio and a citizen of distinguished reputation and usefulness in varied activities and affairs A native of Connecticut he first came to Ohio in the summer of 1798 on ...
... establishment of civil government establishment of civil government and social order opening the gateway of an empire to the coming millions and substitute in the place of such a land mark any incident that may have grown out of that antecedent event This testimony to his fidelity and firmness in adhering to the truth of history is due to his memory I may venture to say with great deference ...
... 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 ...
... Ross shot him upon which he gave a weak confused yell amp falling to the ground Jacob Stearns who escaped a few months before when his father was defeated on Boone's 504 Ohio Arch 504 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Trace ran up scalped amp tomahawked him By this time the town was aroused to a sense of their danger the dogs set up a great noise amp the squaws with cries amp whimperings were heard to say Kentuck Kentuck Finding ...
... County Ohio in a village near the site of Springfield and who died leading his braves in the battle of the Thames Canada where the Americans under William Henry Harrison signally defeated the combined forces of the British and their Indian allies Nothing remains to be said of this natural born leader of his race but those who have read the story of his exploits will be interested to know something of his descendants Sprague in his description ...
... 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 ...
... establishment Voted that William Skinner Amasa Bailey and Luther Hanchett be a committee to prepare a detailed plan for closing the concern of the Company and report the same to an adjourned meeting Voted that Luther Hanchett and Larry McCall be a committee to settle with Dr Samuel Underhill Voted that this meeting adjourn to next Monday morning at 9 o'clock JANUARY 5 1829 Company met and adjourned till tomorrow morning at nine o'clock 216 ...
... establishment of these principles and their realization were affected not so much by the Ordinance of 1787 as by the developments which took place in the territories themselves The provision for the governmental organization of the territory and for the subsequent creation of sovereign states to be taken into the union on the same basis as the thirteen original states was of greater political importance Provision has lately been made by the ...
... establishment of one that his last literary work should be done along the line of his favorite theme It was an appropriate climax At the time of its writing 1 8 41 our common schools had been established Yet there was much to be done for their betterment In An Essay on Education a plea is made for efficiency better school buildings better teachers and broader curricula are demanded His ideal of what a school ought to be was years in advance of ...
... A Surgeon's Mate at Fort Defiance A Surgeon's Mate at Fort Defiance The Journal of Joseph Gardner Andrews For the Year 1795--II Edited by RICHARD C KNOPF In this second installment of the Andrews journal which covers the months of May June July and August 1795 the author again records the flow of events through this crossroads outpost of the American army He notes the movement of Indian delegations towards Greene Ville the arrival and ...