... arrayed in autumnal arrayed in colorful and appropriate Bicentennial Celebration Washington on Ohio River 23 Bicentennial Celebration Washington on Ohio River 23 costumes The river was cleared of traffic and the boats with the representatives of George Washington and his party arrived in impressive form and were welcomed by the Indians The Pittsburgh Press of October 22nd which gives its ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV NOTE -That portion of this volume embracing the monograph entitled A History of Banking and Currency in Ohio Before the Civil War contained in pages 235-533 is separately indexed on pages 534-539 and is therefore not included in the General Index of this volume A Articles Editorialana - Concluded First Catholic Church in Ohio 226 Adair Gen John Burr's associate 121 History of Banking and Currency Be123 fore the Civil War 235 Adams County Early ...
... TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING O F THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY May 13 1910 The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at 230 P M Friday May 13 191O The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr T B Bowers Columbus Mr H E ...
... FORT GREEVILLE TRADITIONS FORT GREEVILLE TRADITIONS JAMES OLIVER ARNOLD Four walls of wood growth of hickory walnut oak ash and elm mingled with maples and undergrowth so dense that a horseman could not pass so tall that its shade cast a gloom about and between these walls a clearing and military fort Beyond another clearing and a cabin built of logs lighted by a little window The heavy oaken door swung on wooden hinges the curling smoke from the chimney made of lath grass and clay and the ...
... Introduction of Methodism in Ohio Introduction of Methodism in Ohio 165 INTRODUCTION OF METHODISM IN OHIO BY REV I F KING D D Dr King is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in the class of 1858 He received the degree of D D from Miami University For forty-three years he has served in the ministry of his church and for fourteen years was a presiding elder in the Ohio ConferenceEDITOR The recent celebration at Delaware Ohio of the one hundredth anniversary of the introduction of Methodism in ...
... SIEUR DE LA SALLE SIEUR DE LA SALLE The Great French Explorer Along the Maumee and Wabash Rivers in the years 1669 and 1670 BY CHARLES E SLOCUM M D PH D DEFIANCE OHIO M Jean Talon Intendant of New France wrote to Louis XIV king of France under date of loth October 1670 that he had dispatched persons of resolution who promise to penetrate further than has ever been done the one to the West and to the Northwest of Canada and the others to the South West and South Paris Document I New York ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 289 Second Vice-president Judge Simeon Eben Baldwin New Haven Connecticut Secretary A Howard Clark Esq Smithsonian Institute Washington Corresponding Secretary Professor Charles H Haskins 15 Prescott Hall Cambridge Massachusetts Treasurer Clarence Winthrop Bowen Esq 130 Fulton St New York Chicago was chosen as the next place of meeting December 1904 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was represented at the American Historical Association meeting by ...
... 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 ...
... Forty-First Annual Meeting 639 Forty-First Annual Meeting 639 be given to the portion dealing with Fallen Timbers The State and Federal Governments fell short in their appropriation for that park Mr Sherman and I conferred and I suggested that as Fallen Timbers is practially at Toledo's threshold the people of Toledo should join in carrying out the plan Mr Sherman agreed to undertake to raise 25000 It has been a long drawn out fight would have discouraged anybody except Mr Sherman I think he ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS A History of Kentucky By Thomas D Clark Prentice-Hall History Series Ed by Carl Wittke New York PrenticeHall Inc 1937 702p 500 To present in one volume a general history of Kentucky was the purpose of this book In a concise narrative of the political economic and social development of the state Kentucky has been viewed as an important factor in the larger life of the Nation and especially as a factor in the settlement of the South and West Each chapter has been well ...
... ORATION OF HON ORATION OF HON JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER LL D The last decades of our century bristle with centennial anniversaries the landmarks of human progress in the free institutions of a Christian civilization The Old World with its crowded populations with its social orders and castes and its despotic forms of government was stagnant and unhealthful Commerce reached forth its bold and eager arms for new fields for human enterprise and a larger and freer civilization Motives of gain mingled ...
... II II BRIEF HISTORY OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY BY T H E EDITOR The Pioneers of Territorial Ohio seem to have been conscious of the fact that they were making history Intimations of this are found in the addresses and letters of St Clair and his associates and on the printed pages of William Maxwell's Centinel of the NorthWestern Territory The first definite movement of an organization to collect the materials of this early history appears to have been consummated ...
... TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP TALLMADGE TOWNSHIP E O RANDALL Six miles east of Akron the thriving official center of its county in almost its pristine solitude pioneer simplicity and primitive picturesqueness lies the quiet little village of Tallmadge Its two or three hundred contented inhabitants go their way today as undisturbed by the social follies or the commercial whirl distant but one hour's travel as though they were lodged in some vast wilderness inaccessible to the inroads of society's ...
... 146 Ohio Arch 146 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications COLONEL THOMAS CRESAP BY MRS MARY LOUISE CRESAP STEVENSON To write the history of Colonel Thomas Cresap is to write the Colonial History of Maryland and Virginia and more or less of Ohio To recount the story of these colonies is to tell the story of the Revolution The rehearsal of that noble struggle would involve much of the history of the great powers of Europe and you might conclude we were like Tennyson's brook and would 'go on ...
... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF OHIO PREPARED BY MRS CYRUS THOMAS FOR THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Continued from page 200 ANY observers in the State who have facts concerning the earthworks of Ohio in addition to those here stated will confer a favor upon the world by forwarding such information to Professor G F Wright Oberlin 0 the member of the Editorial Committee in charge of this department by whom the facts will be classified and published in a future ...
... arrayed in the full array with its train of artillery Governor Lucas had sent one hundred men under Colonel Van Fleet to protect the court The judges were a trifle uncertain about the odds in case of conflict but the valiant Colonel had The Ohio-Michigan Boundary Line Dispute The Ohio -M ichigan Boundary Line Dispute 225 his plans perfected Interrupting the complaints of the judges he said ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS THE BEGINNING OF THE OHIO COMPANY AND THE SCIOTO PURCHASE BY MAJOR E C DAWES The beginning of the year 1783 saw the Revolutionary war virtually at an end although the final treaty of peace was not signed until September third The colonies had achieved their independence at the price of the lives of many and the fortunes of all of their defenders The Continental currency despite the fiat of the government had long since ceased to be of value ...
... 96 Ohio Arch 96 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications so on Professor Siebert is a careful and painstaking student and has exercised discriminating judgment as to what is necessary for the proper educidation of his subject He gives under each chapter the list of authorities which he has consulted or which may be further examined by those who desire more exhaustive study of the various topics The book is accompanied by an excellent appendix giving a chronological outline of the historical ...
... GENERAL WILLIAM HULL AND HIS CRITICS GENERAL WILLIAM HULL AND HIS CRITICS By M M QUAIFE The Detroit campaign of 1 812 lasted in all but little over two months June 10-August 16 a century and a quarter has passed since its conclusion during which General William Hull's countrymen have continued to load upon him the heavy measure of condemnation which was meted out to him by his contemporary associates and critics This attitude has been perpetuated by three generations of historians most of whom ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 469 DID THE MOUND BUILDERS HAVE HORSES Did the Mound Builders Have Horses is the subject of an editorial in the last issue of the American Sportsman March 2 The discovery of the skeleton of a horse dug up in the state of Nebraska started a discussion to which a number of the most eminent archeologists of the country have contributed their opinions Dr Phyle treated the subject at length in an essay some time ago The editorial is as follows A horseman is curious to know ...