... 452 Ohio Arch 45 2 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications EXCAVATIONS OF THE ADENA MOUND BY WILLIAM C MILLS B SC Curator Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society The Adena mound so named by Governor Worthington and owned by his estate until a few years ago was thoroughly examined by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society under the direction of its curator during the summer of 1901 The mound is located 112 miles from the northwestern part of the city of Chillicothe in the ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 Fortieth Annual Meeting 253 186--addition Mrs Gardiner adds 13 dolls to collection 103-'25 NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION 9--addition Mastodon and elk teeth presented by Mr C M Ault Piketon O 2-20-'25 29--Collection of mussel shells presented by Mrs F L Cornell Black Lick O 3-24-'25 30--Specimen of coral presented by Mr E P Wilson Columbus O 5-16-'25 31--Fossil shark tooth presented by Mr H C Baird Pataskala O 8-24-'25 32--Stalactite presented by Mr E W Eley New Orleans ...
... Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 585 Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 585 umes of which was completed some time ago is still passing through the press As originally planned this work was to have been completed in four volumes When the fourth volume was in type it was found that enough manuscript remained for a fifth volume This we learn from the printer is in type awaiting the index to the entire work Increased appropriations for the Publications of the Society were allowed by the last General Assembly ...
... OHIO A LEGEND OHIO A LEGEND D TOD GILLIAM An Aviator sailing through the skies 'Tis said in quest of Paradise Checked suddenly his rapid flight And gazed in rapture at the sight That burst upon his startled eyes And held him speechless in surprise Quoth he at length his sense regained My long sought purpose is attained If Paradise exist below This surely must be it I know 'Tis Paradise or Ohio I've sailed the skies of every clime I've seen the beautiful sublime But never in my wanderings wide ...
... STONE GRAVES IN BROWN COUNTY OHIO STONE GRAVES IN BROWN COUNTY OHIO BY GERARD FOWKE On both sides of the Ohio river from Manchester Ohio to Dover Kentucky a distance of twenty-five miles were formerly many stone graves or cairns A few stood at varying intervals for some miles below Dover and as far up the river as Huntington West Virginia and some remain along North Fork of Licking river in Mason county Kentucky They were most abundant from Manchester to Ripley on the Ohio side of the river ...
... THE BELLVILLE GOLD REGION THE BELLVILLE GOLD REGION A J BAUGHMAN Some Mansfield men who have had mining experiences in the West and in the Klondike recently visited the gold region north of Bellville Ohio and although the visits were made more out of curiosity than from business motives curiosity has been aroused as to whether prospecting will be resumed and some who are not familiar with the history of the locality ask Has gold ever been found in that region Yes it has been found there ...
... Rev Rev L B Gurley D D 21 REV L B GURLEY D D Pioneer Poet and Preacher BY N B C LOVE D D Rev L B Gurley was born in Norwich Conn He lived there seven and a half years and learned his A B C's in the school house where Lydia Sigourney the poetess conned her earliest lessons His father was a silversmith and a Methodist local preacher He worked in his fathear's shop and on the farm until he entered the ministry During this time he had the advantages of winter schools and a comprehensive library of ...
... Brief Biography of William Henry Holmes 517 Brief Biography of William Henry Holmes 517 of powwow as we could traded some matches for some arrows and gave them bread to eat It appears that they were really trying to find their lariats and possibly to claim them We watched them so closely that they failed to steal anything and we saw them depart at last with feelings of relief These fellows came more nearly up to my notion of what bad Indians were than any mortals I had heretofore seen We ...
... ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY BY WILLIAM C MILLS INTRODUCTION During the summer of 1905 by special request of a number of citizens and local archaeologists of Jackson county the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society sent an expedition into the county under the direction of the writer which examined a few of the many rock shelters mounds and petroglyphs located in Lick Liberty and Jackson townships The object of the examination was ...
... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF OHIO THE following bibliography was prepared by Mrs Cyrus Thomas under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and is published by permission from the manuscript copy Its publication will serve two ends In the first place to impart information already obtained and in the second place to solicit information supplementary to what is here contained Any observers in the State who have facts concerning the earthworks of Ohio in ...
... 266 Ohio Arch 266 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications tiers it might be the means of terminating all future differences without war of cultivating harmony and friendship among the tribes of bringing offenders on both sides to justice and causing treaties to be respected throughout the different nations If such a system could be introduced cultivation and instruction would naturally follow and the Americans and Indians would become one people and have but one interest at heart -the good of ...
... ANCIENT WORK NEAR OXFORD OHIO ANCIENT WORK NEAR OXFORD OHIO In the first volume of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Mr McBride gives a cut and description of this work1 But both plat and description vary so widely from the facts that it seems desirable to bring the case up again Mr MacLean in his Mound Builders reproduces the figure and copies the chief points of the general statement They differ as to the locality McBride being entirely right but McLean putting it in the wrong township ...
... EARTHWORKS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO EARTHWORKS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO EDITOR OF THE QUARTERLY SIR The following completes the list of mounds etc that exist in Franklin county and that are known to me and not mentioned in the Bibliography of the Earthworks of Ohio I will here state that the first work described in that list as being in Franklin county viz Embankment etc is in Delaware county and is also described under the head of Delaware county I will also state that the second described work ...
... 178 Ohio Arch 178 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications MEMORY OF ZEISBERGER A poetical tribute by John Milburn Harding New Philadelphia Ohio November 17 1 90 8 AT ZEISBERGER'S GRAVE One hundred years after he died There are tombs of the high there are graves of the low There are sepulchers sacred in story But the grave hollowed here just a century ago Has a halo of unselfish glory 'Mid the scenes of thy triumphs and direst defeat Near the spring rich in savage tradition Here you gave up the ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS SOME OHIO CAVES AND ROCK SHELTERS BEARING EVIDENCES OF HUMAN OCCUPANCY BY H C SHETRONE Curator of Archaeology CANTER'S CAVES -- KETTLE HILL CAVE Caves caverns and rock-shelters are fruitful sources of archaeological evidence particularly as regards the early phases of human development Primitive humans the world over very naturally repaired to these readymade retreats in time of stress whether from inclement weather danger from wild beasts ...
... ANDREW POE'S ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS ANDREW POE'S ENCOUNTER WITH INDIANS From the Draper Mss Border Forays 5 D-Chap 29 Wisconsin Historical Society Archives Andrew Poe was born the thirtieth of September 1742 in Frederick county Maryland George Poe the father of Andrew died while the latter was in his teens He remained at home until he became of age living with his mother and an elder brother Not long after the termination of Pontiac's War he came to the neighborhood of Pittsburgh where he ...
... SOME HISTORY FROM AN UN-HISTORICAL REGION SOME HISTORY FROM AN UN-HISTORICAL REGION BY A B GILLILAND The title may sound somewhat paradoxical but there are regions which owing to their geographical location have had so very little to do with the making of history that they are spoken of as of no historical importance yet may not be devoid of historical occurrences that may be of some interest Such Van Wert County may be said to be situated in the northwest part of Ohio away from the regions ...
... 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 ...
... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications memory of heroic deeds and he urged each citizen to appreciate the value of such a gift and let it be an inspiration to learn more of the history of the county and this locality The singing of the Star Spangled Banner concluded the exercises at the site of Ball's battlefield The children who participated in the program were little Misses Gertrude Hafford Betsy Bell Brown Jessie and Alice Childs Mary Elizabeth Truesdall Jane Phillips and ...
... THE SOCIETY'S STATE MEMORIALS WAHKEENA NATURAL HISTORY PRESERVE by DAVID H STANSBERY OVER 200000000 years ago coarse sand and gravel from a slowly eroding mountain range were washed into a shallow sea that covered what is now south-central Ohio During the millions of years that followed the huge beds of sand that formed along the edge of this ocean were first compressed into solid rock then were slowly lifted above the sea level This rock formation the Blackhand Sandstone forms the bedrock ...