... BOWMAN'S CAMPAIGN-1779 BOWMAN'S CAMPAIGN-1779 BY HENRY HALL A Survivor Bourbon Co Ky From the Draper MSS in the Archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society Notes taken in April 1844 From Henry Hall of Bourbon Co Ky born near Phila 24th May 1760-Apr 1844 Mr Hall was in Wm Harrod's company of about 60 men from the Falls of Ohio Edward Bulger who was subsequently killed at the Blue Licks was ensign of Harrod's company Mr Hall does not think James Harrod nor John Haggin were out-recollects but ...
... The McGuffey Society at the Logan Elm 357 The McGuffey Society at the Logan Elm 357 3 Speech of Logan reading by John R Horst of the McGuffey Society from McGuffey's Fourth Reader Edition of 1853 4 Singing of Songs from the McGuffey Readers by members of the Society 5 Short talks by residents of vicinity 6 Picnic dinner followed by toasts and responses from the McGuffey readers Mr John F Carlisle the president of the McGuffey Society in an appropriate address explained the purpose of the ...
... MEMOIR OF ANTOINE LAFORGE MEMOIR OF ANTOINE LAFORGE A Gallipolis Manuscript 1790 Translated from the original French by Laurence J Kenny S J St Louis University The accompanying document is a copy of a manuscript heirloom that has been cherished for more than a century among the descendents of Pierre Antoine Laforge one of the early French settlers of Gallipolis It brought them into possession of the modest inheritance referred to at its close and it has given substance and vraisemblance to ...
... THE COPUS BATTLE CENTENNIAL THE COPUS BATTLE CENTENNIAL BY REV EUGENE ELLIS WILLIAMS Sept 15 191 2 the day of the centennial of the Copus Battle was a very gloomy day with rain from early morning until evening But despite the inclement weather about 1000 people gathered in Milligan's grove near the Copus monument situated near Mifflin ten miles east of Mansfield At 11 o'clock Prof G F Wright of Oberlin called the meeting to order and after singing America Rev Eugene E Williams offered prayer ...
... edited by edited by ALVIN EUSTIS On the Road in 1835 A Journey of the Reverend James McElroy The following letters of Rev James McElroy are addressed to the minister's wife in Delaware Ohio and describe a journey from that town to Lexington Kentucky in 1835 The Episcopalian clergyman had taken a leave of absence from the parish of St Peter's in Delaware in order to serve for a time as agent for the American Bible Society1 James McElroy was born in Ireland in 1805 and studied there for the ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOROHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ANNUAL MEETING HELD AT MARIETTA APRIL 5TH AND 6TH 1888 IN CONNECTION WITH THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY THURSDAY April 5 1888 The Society was called to order in public session in the City Hall of Marietta at 730 p m by F C SESSIONS President Prayer was offered by DR JOSEPH TUTTL E after which the President delivered the annual address This ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 67 NUMBER JULY 1958 Nine Letters of Nathaniel Dike On the Western Country 1816 - 1818 Edited by DWIGHT L SMIT H IN JUNE OF 1816 a young prospective lawyer set out from Haverhill Massachusetts to seek his fortune in the West As was not unusual then for one who traveled a long distance he wrote home letters of considerable length to describe his journey and the new land to which he came But in this instance the traveler was a ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY Vol II SEPTEMBER 1888 No 2 ISRAEL WARD ANDREWS DD LLD MEMORIAL ADDRESS BEFORE THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY DELIVERED AT MARIETTA JUNE 26 1888 BY WILLIAM P CUTLER A CHRISTIAN missionary was discussing the grand problem of immortality with a learned Chinese philosopher presenting to him the truth as revealed in God's word and believed by all Christians He was met with the declaration made with evident sincerity by the Chinaman ...
... 164 Ohio Arch 164 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 3 RIO GRANDE COLLEGE-REV J M DAVIS PRESIDENT When asked but a few hours ago to take part in the exercises of this forenoon I gladly consented for in my opinion no interest that has been developed in Gallia county in the first century of its settlement is more worthy of being brought to remembrance and notice than its educational interests and my connection for a number of years with Rio Grande college enables me to set forth briefly ...
... POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF OHIO PIONEERS POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF OHIO PIONEERS GEORGE M GADSBY In present day politics we find the principle of like father like son a very potent one Or as a ward chairman of this city recently remarked when speaking of the politics of a candidate an apple never falls very far from the tree If now this system of paternal or traditional politics is noticeable in recent generations it is fair to presume that a trace may be found running back to the time of the ...
... WAYNE'S STRATEGIC ADVANCE FROM FORT WAYNE'S STRATEGIC ADVANCE FROM FORT GREENVILLE TO GRAND GLAIZE BY O W PRIDDY The government of the United States went into effect in 1789 and General George Washington was its first president While the new republic was busily engaged in adjusting its domestic affairs an Indian confederation was formed in the region of the Miami of the lakes Maumee River that seriously challenged the sovereign power of the national government in the Northwest Territory In a ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIOHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS FOR THE YEAR 1886 WITH ABSTRACTS OF ADDRESSES AND PAPERS PRESENTED BEFORE THE SOCIETY COLUMBUS January 13th 1886 THE Society was called to order in the Chamber of the House of Representatives in the State House by Professor L D Brown The report of the Secretary showed the addition of ten members since the last meeting and several valuable donations to the library and museum The special committee ...
... Benjamin Waterhouse twenty-five percent royalty Spalding initiated and was the author of the first US Pharmacopeia 1820 He was responsible for bringing to Fairfield the able G C Shattuck of Boston Two teachers were of interest to Ohioans John Delamater was probably the most versatile medical teacher of his day He taught in nine different schools and his subjects included pharmacy and materia medica midwifery surgery theory and practice of ...
... UNVEILING OF THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL TABLET UNVEILING OF THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL TABLET ON THE HAYES MEMORIAL BUILDING AT SPIEGEL GROVE BY LUCY ELLIOT KEELER The Ninety-eighth Anniversary of the birth of Rutherford B Hayes Nineteenth President of the United States 1877-1881 and at the time of his death January 17 1893 the honored president of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was celebrated with ceremonies of unusual interest on October 4 192 0 at Spiegel Grove Fremont Ohio ...
... MAUMEE VALLEY TRAVEL TOUR MAUMEE VALLEY TRAVEL TOUR By MAUMEE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL HISTORICAL CONVENTION From From Toledo Fort Wayne Miles Miles 000 Commodore Perry Hotel Toledo 1069 Superior Street entrance South 12 block to Monroe Street Turn right W 2 blocks to Erie Street Turn left S on Erie Street 5 blocks across Swan Creek to Anthony Wayne Memorial Trail 09 Anthony Wayne Memorial Trail 1060 Turn right on Anthony Wayne Memorial Trail which is a new super-highway constructed upon the bed ...
... 180 Ohio Arch 180 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications dience wherein were many of our martyred President's intimate friends the full significance of the rendition of his loved hymn The orator of the day was the Hon Judson Harmon of Cincinnati whose address is herewith given ADDRESS OF JUDSON HARMON There are no States at whose celebrations Ohio is not a fitting guest From those older than herself came the men and women who opened her soil to the sunshine and replaced the shifting wigwams ...
... 288 Ohio Arch 288 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ferson to the degree that he declared it compared favorably with any speech of Demosthenes or Cicero It matters little if this is not the exact spot where Lord Dunmore received the oration It could not have been far from here But tradition coming down through several reliable families whose representatives still live near here says this magnificent old elm the largest in all the land which then and for many years after had a fine spring ...
... MAJOR-GENERAL ARTHUR ST MAJOR-GENERAL ARTHUR ST CLAIR HON ALBERT DOUGLAS M C A brief synopsis of this address was delivered by Mr Douglas at the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Page Hall O S U March 22 1907 - EDITOR At the centennial celebration of Ohio statehood held at Chillicothe in May 1 90 3 I had the pleasure of offering the following preamble and resolution Recognizing that the people of Ohio have for one hundred years done injustice to the name ...
... CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST CLARK'S CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST BY E O RANDALL The French were the first to discover and explore the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys While the English were establishing colonial settlements between the Alleghany mountains and the Atlantic coast the French adventurers were locating missionary stations military posts and trading centers on the Great Lakes and the river ways of the Northwest Such lodging places in the western wilderness were Detroit Vincennes ...
... THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS AT MONROE MICHIGAN JOHN M BULKLEY The erection at Monroe Michigan in September 1904 of a monument to fitly commemorate one of the most important as it was one of the most tragic events in the history of the Northwest was a notable occasion in that city and witnessed by a most distinguished assemblage of men and women of Michigan Ohio and Kentucky The monument was made possible by the persistent and patriotic efforts of the ladies composing ...