... northwestern campaign in the War of 1 81 2 and to commemorate the century of peace between English speaking peoples which will conclude December 24 1914 Toastmaster Clarke introduced the exercises by reading the following communication from President Wilson It is a matter of deep regret with me that my duties here render it impossible for me to be present and share in the notable celebration of the victory at Put-in-Bay I am kept away by the ...
... settlement of the vast territory of the West and its development into the sisterhood of states that now crown our flag with their cluster of forty-five stars That battle though small both in numbers and instruments of warfare was yet one of the great sea battles of the world-great because fought with a bravery and daring that startled the world-led by a commander who showed himself to be one of the world's heroes and great because stupendous ...
... settlement which he founded in April 1776 on the eastern bank of the Muskingum river two and a half miles below Goshochkunk Coshocton in accordance with the urgent wishes of the chief of the Delaware Indian Nation Chief Netawatwes whose capital was Goshochkunk the Indian name which has survived in Coshocton Netawatwes selected the site in such proximity to his capital because If the brethren will live near me I will be strong They will make me ...
... settlement was no longer settlement below the mouth of the Ohio There were a few cabins at the little Prairie--a cabin opposite to where Memphis now is and on the lower end of the bluff where Memphis now is there was a small Stockade Fort called Fort Pickering garrisoned by a company of Rangers Cabins were to be seen at the mouth of White ...
... 378 Ohio Arch 378 Ohio Arch and His Society Pu bli cations ST CLAIR'S DEFEAT AS TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS--FROM ORIGINAL MSS BY FRAZER E WILSON GREENVILLE O It is refreshing to read an original account of any important battle especially when the field of action is near at hand Of the 600 survivors of St Clair's unfortunate army probably quite a number wrote narratives which have been lost or ...
... northwestern territory now the state of Ohio U S A The child thus saved was named Mary after her mother and lived to be a strong healthy woman of fine large stature nearly 20 stone in weight She married James Bracy Oliver of Augusta Springs Va who came to Dayton in 1 80 2 He on a pony stopped at the northeast corner of Fifth and Main where a cabin stood in the wilderness and asked How far is ...
... northwest three separate columns of troops The first under Gen Crook who was to strike from Ft Fetterman the second under Gen Gibben who was to march westward from Ft Ellis in Montana and the third under Gen Terry who was to move southwest from the little village of Bismarck in the north of Dakota Territory all three were to converge on the sources of General George A General George A Custer 349 the Yellowstone River where it was supposed ...
... northwest section three and the southwest section four116 The following names were given to the townships 117 Range 20 township no 1 Ruggles no 2 New London no 3 Clarksfield no 4 Wakeman no 5 Jesup no 6 Vermillion Range 21 township no 1 Greenwich no 2 Fitchville no 3 Canterbury no 4 Townsend no 5 Eldridge Range 22 township no 1 Ripley no 2 Fairfield no 3 Bronson no 4 Norwalk no 5 Avery no 6 Huron Range 23 township no 1 New Haven no 2 ...
... GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON AT THE GREAT BEND OF THE OHIO RIVER GUY-HAROLD SMITH There is a tradition that George Washington took a short cut across the Great Bend of the Ohio River in the autumn of 1770 when he made his journey to the Kanawha River Since Washington went down stream as far as the Kanawha he had to cover that section known as the Great Bend both on the down ...
... settlement 1 That portion of settlements in Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania General Braddock's expedition was a failure The road which he left through the wilderness proved throughout the war a benefit to the enemy and an injury to his own countrymen but in later years as a route for immigrants coming to settle in the Upper Ohio Valley ...
... northwest and broke the power of Britain in 1813-William Henry Harrison and Oliver Hazard Perry Erect your stately monum e nts unveil your tablets of enduring bronze that the youth of these more favored generations may pause and consider the rugged path-the bloody footprints -the suffering unto death by which our fathers won our priceless heritage of free institutions Teach the lessons of the past remembering that the triumphs already won are ...
... settlement at Marietta settlement we must remember settlement began at Marietta a settlement and also the choice blood of Europe the German the Scandinavian and all the others who have come into it We have its population and prosperity and its institutions all nearer perfect than any ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 417 who are interested in this work The undersigned committee will be glad to receive suggestions concerning speakers lists of names and addresses of history workers details concerning local history organizations and patriotic societies and any other sources of information that will assist in rendering the conference a success Address communications to Frank P Goodwin 3435 Observatory Place Cincinnati Ohio HOW ...
... Ohio's Monument to General Anthony Wayne 19 Ohio's Monument to General Anthony Wayne 19 of governing the world So long as force may be invoked in behalf of injustice and wrong so long must force be ready to meet and crush force when thus employed as Washington said We must keep ourselves in a reasonable posture of defense Applause After more than one hundred and fifty years of nationality ...
... settlements said that a coal settlements there are some but settlement remote from marine settlement of that region1 4 12 Imlay 87 117 135 136 13 Hill N N Jr History of Licking County 179 14 Whittlesey C History of the Coal and Iron Business 5 Vol XXXVIII--15 226
... settlements on the Wabash and settlements throughout the settlement to the south of the settlement of Miami villages settlement was irritating to settlement in any permanently
... SELECT LIST OF MATERIALS ON OHIO HISTORY IN SELECT LIST OF MATERIALS ON OHIO HISTORY IN SERIAL PUBLICATIONS Compiled by WILLIAM D OVERMAN This list is the outgrowth of an Index to Materials for the Study of Ohio History which comprised an index topically arranged of the leading articles in the
... northwest The trace which the northwest and marched in northwest until it reached the line of the present road from Bellefontaine to Cherokee which course it followed to the farm of Gen McPherson where it went into camp for some three or four days while the axmen went forward to clear the trail for the forward movement of the army ...
... settlement as such a body of settlement or Fort Pitt as settlement of it that delay at settlement of the People upon settlements tho some of them settlement particularly Game which ...