... THE PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL CHAUNCEY EGGLESTON INTRODUCTION BY FRANK EGLESTON ROBBINS University of M ich ig an General Chauncey Eggleston one of the first settlers of Aurora Ohio was a descendant of the first settler of this name Begat or Bigot Eggleston who came to Dorchester Massachusetts in 1630 and was a first settler of Windsor Connecticut in 1635 Here he died September 1 1674 His youngest son Benjamin 2 born December 18 1653 married Hannah Osborn ...
... REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER EDITED BY CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF B PED The following reminiscences are from the pen of a Highland county pioneer one Thomas Rogers who as the recital reveals was born a Virginian and at the close of the American Revolution moved with his family to Kentucky and thence in 1795 with the Massie party journeyed to Paint Creek vicinity of Chillicothe and there abided This recital of the scenes of early times in Ohio is worthy of preservation and ...
... Brief Biography of William Henry Holmes 513 Brief Biography of William Henry Holmes 513 Holmes to the log and skin the bear The only note regarding the adventure found in my report of the day's doing was my bear skin is a beauty AN ADVENTURE WITH THE INDIANS AUGUST 4TH AND 5TH 1 875 BY W H HOLMES August 4th Moved 14 miles down the San Juan Valley in south-western Colorado within a few miles of our western line -- 109 30' Passed by the mouth of the Montezuma a deep valley with a dry bed but ...
... PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY BY E 0 RANDALL For a century and a half 1600-1750 France and England had been rivals for the possession of the fairest part of the North American continent Each nation had acquired a fixed tenancy but the extent of those respective holdings was unequal France by her discoveries and occupancies had preempted Canada the region of the Great Lakes and the Ohio and Mississippi valleys England through her colonies the New England Coast from near the Gulf of ...
... THE PROPOSED TOWN OF CORNISH OHIO THE PROPOSED TOWN OF CORNISH OHIO By DONALD W FERGUSON As a part of the study of westward expansion of the United States the story of paper towns--towns which never survived their founders or which existed only in the imagination of their promoters--fills an interesting chapter The plan of Lystra Kentucky reproduced in Charles O Paullin's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States New York 1932 is a very good example of the definiteness with which ...
... 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 ...
... SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON'S JOURNEY AROUND SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON'S JOURNEY AROUND LAKE ERIE By CATHALINE ALFORD ARCHER Lake Erie and its borders have received some unusual attention lately including the explorations and early settlements Herewith is some pertinent material which seems not to have been reckoned with but which seems essential to the full story Harlan Hatcher's Lake Erie 1945 for example presumably the latest and best-organized account of the period does not mention the journey of Sir ...
... OLD OHIO RIVER STEAMBOAT DAYS OLD OHIO RIVER STEAMBOAT DAYS MEMORIES OF UPPER OHIO RIVER ACTIVITIES BETWEEN 1860 AN D 1890 BY W G SIBLEY A great river is a powerful influence over the lives of all who dwell on its banks just as lofty hills or mountains seen day after day finally come to have meaning in a man's life as does any other striking natural environment When a river is intimately associated with the affairs of a small community its whole population becomes conscious of it So it was ...
... DEDICATION OF THE WAGNALLS MEMORIAL DEDICATION OF THE WAGNALLS MEMORIAL Memorial Day 1925 will not be forgotten by the two thousand people who were present at the dedication of the Wagnalls Memorial in the village of Lithopolis Clear skies and normal temperature for the merging of spring into the summertime put everyone present into a mood to appreciate the appropriate ceremonies of the occasion Lithopolis is a beautiful village and on this eventful day in its history was in its most ...
... THE MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY THE MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY BY JAMES A GREEN Dr Nevin M Fenneman of the University of Cincinnati and I took a canoe trip last summer for the purpose of accurately mapping an unknown Canadian Lake This was Lake Ogoki with a shore line of seventy-five miles Of course Dr Fenneman did the actual mapping but I shared in the reflected glory of the achievement This map was sent to Ottawa and we duly received the thanks of the Canadian Government So we have added to the sum ...
... TRAVEL TO CINCINNATI IN 1853 TRAVEL TO CINCINNATI IN 1853 EDITED BY WILLIAM D HOYT JR Writers have described the hardships of travel in the middle of the nineteenth century when railroads were in their infancy but few accounts are as expressive or as vivid as that penned by the Honorable Peter Vivian Daniel Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States while on his way to the Mississippi Valley to hold judicial sessions in his circuit A letter written to his daughter from the ...
... OHIO CANALS OHIO CANALS WORK ON THEM INAUGURATED IN 1825 The year 1825 was a memorable one in the history of Ohio On May 19 General Lafayette crossed the river in his tour through what were then called the western states and stepped on the Ohio shore at Cincinnati in the midst of patriotic demonstrations unparalleled in the history of the state For a time he was the guest of this city then the metropolis of the West after which he proceeded up the river to Wheeling making short stops at ...
... 228 OHIO HISTORY 228 OHIO HISTORY LAKE ERIE Deep shallow becalmed turbulent Restless undulant constantly nascent Shingled by feathers and aerated spray Its mobile surface rarely quiescent Glacier-born and glacier-scoured Time-clock of steady terrestrial action Unfolding to eager sensate ears Nature's story in constant redaction Symbol of restless liquidity Nursery of storms and tumultuous roaring Playground of sail and fin and man Magnet of wing's resistant soaring By day its dome uplifted ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS THE INDIAN TRIBES OF OHIO -HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED A PRELIMINARY PAPER BY WARREN KING MOOREHEAD MEMBER OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE PREFACE In looking through a large number of historical and ethnological books recently I was impressed by the fact that we have no single work devoted exclusively to Ohio Indians and that the student of the tribes of the Ohio Valley in historic times must peruse numerous volumes and pamphlets in order to gain a ...
... ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAP OF OHIO ARCH A EOLOGICAL MAP OF OHIO The accompanying map of Ohio showing the distribution of prehistoric Mounds and Enclosures in the state is reproduced on a reduced scale from the Archaeological Atlas of Ohio This map will be of special interest to the public as it shows at a glance the centers of occupation and the relative distribution of prehistoric man in the territory included The valleys of the larger rivers-the Miamis the Scioto the Muskingum the Hocking and their ...
... OUTLINE OF FACTS RELATED TO THE BURIAL OUTLINE OF FACTS RELATED TO THE BURIAL PLACE OF JOHN CHAPMAN By WESLEY S ROEBUCK February 15 1942 revised July 3 19431 1 Location of Henry Cassel's land the burial place of John Chapman and others Description of land The N 12 of SE 14 Section 19 T 31 N of R 13 E and the S 12 NE 14 Section 1 9 T 31 N of R 13 E east of the St Joseph River Allen County Indiana 165 acres three miles up the St Joseph River from the confluence of the St Mary's River on the east ...
... THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT FOR THE OHIO CENTENNIAL THE collection of Ohio prehistoric relics made at Philadelphia and at New Orleans attracted much attention and demonstrated the richness of Ohio archaeological treasures By common consent Ohio was given the first place among the states in this class of exhibits And yet the collections were far from satisfactory to archaeological students and to those who made the collections and superintended the ...
... CATHERINE GOUGAR CATHERINE GOUGAR Probably the Earliest Pioneer Resident of Ohio Who Has Descendants Living Upon the Original Place of Settlement BY FRANK WARNER M D D SC COLUMBUS OHIO On the farm of Alfred Immell situated on the pike from Columbus to Chillicothe some ten miles north of the latter city lies buried Catherine Gougar Her remains have lain here since 1801 when she died at the age of sixty-nine years She died within two years of the establishment of Ohio as a State and within view ...
... THE FATHER OF THE McGUFFEYS THE FATHER OF THE McGUFFEYS By ALICE McGUFFEY MORRILL RUGGLES The McGuffey Readers are becoming classics and their authors William Holmes and Alexander Hamilton McGuffey legendary figures But as yet little has been told about the father of the two sedate gentlemen who first dispensed literature to the American masses This was Alexander Sandy McGuffey in his youth one of the most famous scouts on the western frontier He was born in Wigtownshire Scotland November 22 ...
... HENRY BOUQUET HENRY BOUQUET HIS INDIAN CAMPAIGNS BY J C REEVE MD LL D W R UNIV A little book in the French language has recently come to hand which deserves more than a passing notice It is the brief life of a man of high character and fine achievement and it records service of the greatest value which he rendered to our country in one of the darkest periods of its early history It is a book of about one hundred pages printed at Geneva in 1 909 and is one of a series published under the ...