... Miami I know nothing of Miami amp Anglaire waters Miami Village though no express has arrived lately They left Ft Defiance at the junction of the Anglaire river amp the Maumee on the 13th inst for the Maumee towns amp it is but 5 days march On January 15 1795 Dr Strong wrote Ft Washington is at present a lively place There are 300 men in ...
... FORT MALDEN TODAY FORT MALDEN TODAY BY JAMES A GREEN In his correspondence with Washington William Henry Harrison while Governor of Indiana Territory frequently reported that the Indians had gone to Maiden for arms and ammunition That British Fort at the mouth of the Detroit River was a menace to the men of Ohio and Indiana in the early days It profoundly affected our relations with the Indians If they disliked our policy they could go to Malden where the British received them with open arms ...
... Railroad station in Braddock to which the main body had advanced on hearing the firing in front 27 Parkman Montcalm and Wolfe library edition 1897 vol I page 229 note See Mackellar's maps in the same volume 28 See Sargent's Braddock's Expedition 29 Winsor Narrative and Critical History V 499 30 James Burd to Governor Morris July 25 1755 Penna Col Rec vol VI page 501 Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley ...
... TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY June 9 1 90 6 The Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the lecture room of the V M C A Building Columbus at 1 30 P M June 9 19 06 The following members were present Rev J W Atwood Columbus Judge J H Anderson Columbus Prof M R Andrews Marietta Mr E H Archer Columbus Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Gen R ...
... 72 Ohio Arch 72 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications vindication of national honor and the only certain protection of vital interests is in respecting the nationality of others and in trusting for justice to the growing conscience of the race codified in international law and expressing itself through international arbitration On that as on a sure foundation rests the hope of the world's peace Once men dreamed of peace through the world sovereignty of some master mind like Alexander or some ...
... Miami 73 La LittleMiamiMiami the French spelling Miamis to settle Miamis of La Demoiselle alluded to by Celoron He was on his way home after a voyage for which he deserved the ...
... Winthrop Sargent 273 Winthrop Sargent 273 became adopted amongst them his head shaved painted etc as is their custom upon such occasions and has since by his own account been much in favor with them He relates that he has been with them to the British posts Michilmackinac particularly That they are there equipped with all the necessaries to come to war against the United States--march out upon these occasions under English colors and are received when they return with scalps with military ...
... 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 ...
... Railroad in Ohio Prof W H Siebert Boundary Line Between Ohio and Virginia Introductory Argument Concerning Boundary Line Between Ohio and Virginia Samuel F Vinton Fifteenth Annual Report Fif te en t h Annual Re p ort 363 Boundary Line Between Ohio and Indiana and Between Ohio and Michigan Special reports of Dr T C Mendenhall and A A Graham The Ohio-Michigan Boundary Line Dispute T B Galloway Samuel Finley Vinton Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren ...
... 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 ...
... JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS BY MIRA CLARKE PARSONS By a coincidence of which the writer was not then aware while the article on the Steamboat was in type the name of Robert Fulton was brought to public notice for the purpose of bestowing further honors upon the memory of a great inventor The object of this paper is to offer additional proof of the validity of the prior claim of John Fitch as the inventor and originator of steam navigation While all due ...
... Miami River The party also visited the monument close by erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate the spot of the last battle of The French and Indian War It is a splendid granite rock upon which is this inscription Erected 1898 by the Piqua Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Memory of the Last Battle of the French and Indian War Fought near This Spot 1763 Editorialana Editorialana 475 From this ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS SETH ADAMS A PIONEER OHIO SHEPHERD By Charles Sumner Plumb Among the pioneers of the Northwest Territory along the Ohio border on the east were many men of sterling worth and rather unusual administrative ability Notably among these men in Ohio history was Seth Adams The following pages will briefly discuss his ancestry review his movements as a citizen and pioneer and set forth his relationship to early day American sheep husbandry The ...
... MITCHENER'S LEGEND OF THE WHITE MITCHENER'S LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOMAN AND NEWCOMERSTOWN BY GEORGE F SMYTHE Mr C W Butterfield in his History of Ohio says1 Mark Kuntz upon the Tuscarawas with an Indian wife and Mary Harris upon the Walhonding with an Indian husband were it may be proper here to mention the first white settlers of Ohio so far as any authentic records disclose My interest at present is concerned with this Mary Harris There may indeed have been white women in Ohio before Mary ...
... Miami river Columbia Ohio When passing near Fort Hamilton the Indians attacked some of the garrison working in the timber and captured two of them From these they learned that a company of from fifty to one hundred mounted Kentucky riflemen escorting a brigade of pack-horses and under command of Captain John Adair were on the way to Ft Jefferson and would pass on the return trip at a certain time Accordingly they lay in ambush along the trail ...
... Miami University at Oxford where he graduated in 1833 He preached for some time and then took charge of the missionary work of the American Sunday School Union in Ohio and Indiana at which work he was engaged for over forty years He was chaplain during the Civil War After the war he continued his labor with the American Sunday School Union and traveled throughout the country He made several visits to Wales He wrote The History of the Welsh ...
... Railroads IX 189-92 Kennedy Railroad Interests of Railroad Car Building in Railroad into City Old Nor Railroad Discussion Not Forbidden by Lancaster School Board XXXVII 148-55 Sparks E E The Influence of the Ohio River in Western ...
... Miami country the Ohio Miami valley are not forgotten Interested ever in education he informs us that there is a University at Oxford rising in reputation and usefulness but sadly in need of funds Then he pauses long enough to say There is an unreasonable prejudice against our colleges They are considered by ignorant people as nurseries of aristocracy whereas they are exactly the reverse ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XVIII No 3 JULY 190 9 WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE GROUND For many years it had been the ardent desire of the Editor to traverse the country of the Monongahela and the Youghiogheny where the youthful Washington began his diplomatic career entered his military life received his baptism of fire won his spurs in battle met his first defeat and succumbed to his only surrender experiences that taught him his preparatory lessons in the science of statesmanship and the art ...