... 1902 pages 41 43 says After completely routing the Indians General Wayne followed them down the river passed the silent Fort Miami where upon a high bank Swan Creek overlooking the river he rapidly constructed a military fort on August 23 1794 and this was built so expeditiously that he called it Fort Industry This fort or blockhouse as it was familiarly known General Wayne left in charge of a small but efficient force by which it continued to ...
... edited and translated by edited and translated by PHILLIP J WOLFE and WARREN J WOLFE Prospects for the Gallipolis Settlement French Diplomatic Dispatches More than two centuries have passed since Gallipolis Ohio City of the Gauls was founded by French settlers It was on October 17 1790 that a group of French immigrants first set foot on the banks of the Ohio and found some eighty log huts awaiting them As colonists of the Scioto Company they had arrived in Alexandria Virginia and in other ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 87 But a recognition wider and even more highly prized was that written in the hearts of those who knew and loved him During his college days at Ithaca Mr Randall met Miss Mary A Coy the lady who later became his wife To her and their two sons and daughter we of the Kit-Kat Club offer our sympathy We too have suffered a grievous loss We knew his genial companionship his ready helpfulness and his continuing friendship His sterling scholarship his ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA MEETING OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION In the historic and picturesque city of New Orleans on the days of Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday December 29 30 and 31 1903 was held the nineteenth annual meeting of the American Historical Association It proved to be an event of unusual interest and enjoyment The American Historical Association was organized at Saratoga New York September 10 1884 and now numbers some twenty-five hundred members comprising the leading ...
... THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OHIO STATE MEDICAL THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OHIO STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY AND ITS RELATION TO THE OHIO MEDICAL CONVENTION By DONALD D SHIRA MD The endeavor during the period of 1811-1833 to establish a satisfactory method of medical licensure under the aegis of the law and which turned out to be such a dismal failure has been recounted in various articles published in the Historian's Notebook o f the Ohio State M edical Journal and in the QUARTERLY of the Ohio State ...
... SAMUEL LEWIS PROGRESSIVE EDUCATOR IN THE SAMUEL LEWIS PROGRESSIVE EDUCATOR IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF OHIO BY ALSTON ELLIS It has been said that great men have the shortest biographies By this rule Methusaleh while the oldest was also one of the greatest men that ever lived for in Genesis it is said that all the day of Methusaleh were nine hundred and sixty-nine years and then came the inevitable-he died This is the whole story save that he was the father of numerous sons and daughters and ...
... JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS BY MIRA CLARKE PARSONS In the closing year of this century of wonders it is fitting that we should give a thought to the memory of the inventors and investigators to whom the world owes so vast a debt Fore-- most among them must stand the names of the men who first utilized the tremendous forces of steam and electricity For generations every schoolboy has been taught that Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat That ...
... A JOURNEY FROM BALTIMORE TO LOUISVILLE IN A JOURNEY FROM BALTIMORE TO LOUISVILLE IN 1816 DIARY OF WILLIAM NEWTON MERCER Edited by EDWIN ADAMS DAVIS and JOHN C L ANDREASSEN Introduction William Newton Mercer surgeon and planter banker and philanthropist Unionist and Confederate was one of the most noted citizens of middle nineteenth century New Orleans He was born in Cecil County Maryland in 1792 scion of a well known family and after being educated in medicine under Dr Benjamin Rush at the ...
... 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 ...
... Mills widow of Captain Mills She was a cheerful Mills the projector of foreign missions spent two weeks with Dr True during the year 1812 and instituted the Washington County Bible Society which is still in existence Dr True was tall and spare with simple but not ungraceful manners His eyes were gray and small one being destroyed by a ...
... OHIO STATE LIBRARY CENTENNIAL OHIO STATE LIBRARY CENTENNIAL The one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Ohio State Library was observed on the evening of August 10 1917 No special significance attached to this particular date It is not known just when the State Library first opened It was doubtless available for the use of the general assembly at the regular session which began December 1 1917 Provision had been made for it and the initial supply of books purchased by Governor ...
... Mills most of these accessions were made Some interesting genealogical items have been added by gift and purchase The newspaper department continues to grow At the last Annual Meeting the Secretary reported 16017 volumes in this department Within the year 2609 volumes have been added making the total 18617 volumes It is scarcely probable that so Report of the 44th Annual Meeting 617 Report of the 44th Annual Meeting 617 many will be added in ...
... Remarks of J Remarks of J V Jones 175 REMARKS OF J V JONES ESQ LADIES AND GENTLEMENIt would hardly be proper for me to say fellow-citizens for the reason of having been absent from your county for nearly fifty-eight years During that time many changes have been wrought in the city of Gallipolis and Gallia county Eighty-one years ago a young married couple might have been seen slowly wending their way on horseback down the slopes of the Blue Ridge and foot-hills of the Allegheny Mountains of ...
... MAJOR-GENERAL ARTHUR ST MAJOR-GENERAL ARTHUR ST CLAIR HON ALBERT DOUGLAS M C A brief synopsis of this address was delivered by Mr Douglas at the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Page Hall O S U March 22 1907 - EDITOR At the centennial celebration of Ohio statehood held at Chillicothe in May 1 90 3 I had the pleasure of offering the following preamble and resolution Recognizing that the people of Ohio have for one hundred years done injustice to the name ...
... Mills were also present Mr Wood moved that James E Campbell act as chairman of the meeting and nominated Mr Campbell for the position of President of the Society The motion was unanimously carried On motion of Mr Wood duly seconded George F Bareis was elected First Vice President Mr Bareis nominated Daniel J Ryan for Second Vice President Seconded and carried On motion of Mr Ryan duly seconded C B Galbreath was elected Secretary Editor and ...
... Mills Curator PRESIDENT Mills Columbus Mills George F Bareis Dr Mills BIG BOTTOM PARK Mills E O Randall and L P Schaus GREAT WAR HI STORY Messrs A M Schlesinger W L Curry and H C Hockett ...
... A FAMILIAR TALK ABOUT MONARCHISTS A FAMILIAR TALK ABOUT MONARCHISTS AND JACOBINS AN ADDRESS BY WILLIAM HENRY SMITH WHEN I received an invitation to address the Historical Society here to-night the suggestion was made by a member of your committee that I take the life and public services of John Brough for my theme Born within the limits of your city the son of one of the pioneer fathers it were fitting that he should be remembered on an occasion of such historical interest It was gratifying to ...
... 1902 In connection with that anniversary the Hon Josiah Morrow Lebanon's most distinguished citizen and chairman of the Centennial Committee has issued a little volume entitled Brief History of Lebanon Ohio a Centennial Sketch It is a valuable 262 Ohio Arch 262 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications little compendium of the establishment and growth of the historic town which has sent forth some of the most eminent Ohioans among them Thomas ...
... 106 Ohio Arch 106 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications historical library building at Pittsburgh though delivered for the promotion of a purely local enterprise are so replete with information and suggestion pertinent to historical libraries in general that we take pleasure in producing them in full WHAT AN HISTORICAL LIBRARY BUILDING SHOULD DO FOR PITTSBURGH BY REUBEN GOLD THWAITE S LL D Superintendent of the Wisconsin Historical Society and Lecturer in American History in the University ...