... settlement he earned money for a college course and became in due time the first graduate of Ohio University at Athens indeed the first to receive a diploma within the bounds of the state of Ohio So far as the records show the high tide of interest in the Western Library came within the first thirty-five years of its existence By the close of that period rivals had come into every home in the shape of newspapers and magazines Perhaps too the ...
... settlement of that State was on the west side of the State Perhaps it came up the Mississippi river from the Southern States in love with slavery they would have been glad to 128 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 1 28 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly have introduced it into Wisconsin but they could not do it There was a barrier that fixed it and settled forever the freedom of that State in which we all rejoice And so ...
... 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 River at Point Chico and at Walnut Hills two miles above where the city of Vicksburg now is From the latter place to Natchez there ...
... DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE DARNELL'S LEAP FOR LIFE It will be recollected by students of history that in the year 1778 during the Revolution Daniel Boone with twenty-seven others was taken prisoner in Kentucky and brought to Old Town or Old Chillicothe as the Shawanese called it Through the influence of Hamilton the British Governor Boone with ten of his party was taken to Detroit while the remaining seventeen prisoners were left with their savage captors Among the latter number was a man whose ...
... Logans and the Tarhes who were so valiant as to fight for their land to the bitter end Shall we not remember that they like ourselves were the sons of man with all his vices and many of his Left to right William Wayne great-great-grandson of MajorGeneral Anthony Wayne James W Good Secretary of War W T Jackson Mayor of Toledo virtues that they differed from ourselves only in that they had not yet achieved the background of cumulative experience ...
... The Croghan Celebration The Croghan Celebration 27 ADDRESS OF HON CHARLES W FAIRBANKS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I am gratified indeed to be present and participate with you for a brief while upon this historic occasion I have not come to make a formal speech nor did I come to make you a speech at all According to the programme I am to indulge only in a few remarks What I shall say to you shall be born of the moment I have brought with me no well-turned phrases I have come simply to ...
... settlement of Kentucky about 9 settlements are made and towns erected in this country This I suppose is owing to two causes 1st the fertility of the land which induces new adventurers to settle there and 2nd that excellent regulation which shuts out slavery this induces the mechanic and the manufacturer who choose to settle in towns to carry on their different employments 0 what a country ...
... County Virginia August 20 County Ohio A hungry panther followed the stranger as night drew on He was in a dilemma a fire would protect from wild beasts but would expose him to the Indians Just then looking up a deep ravine A hunter's fire he discried Then peering through with doubt and care He saw the hunter on his lair Of broken bough all fresh and green Just wrenched from an adjacent linn ...
... settlements from Kentucky Hamilton Armstrong lately fought a Duel with Devin in which he received a wound through the left side of his head The ball entered the cheek near the nose passed out behind the car The wound is not mortal He is now under my care amp is recovering Duelling is but a miserable resource for the security of wounded honor It makes wounds but does not heal them Ft Jefferson is soon to be evacuated and the route to Green ...
... Logan a Corn Planter a Red Jacket or a host of other illustrious men could be possible among a stupid and indolent people Could the brain that devised a conspiracy like Pontiac's reaching over hundreds of miles of wilderness completed to the smallest details under difficulties that would be insurmountable to many of our modern statesmen kept secret from the enemy until time for the blow to fall and failing at the last moment only from ...
... County It is possible that County and City and she County The trials and County England on the good County New York two or County New York to Ohio in
... Logan thence he struck a Logan refusing to participate The treaty of Charlotte was the result The war was over and Dunmore breaking camp on October 31st proceeded on his return march to the Ohio He reached Fort Gower on the 5th of November Here the soldiers learned for the first time of the action taken by the first Continental Congress which had assembled at Philadelphia September 5 1774 ...
... 128 Ohio Arch 128 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Pu blications ows slept the heroic dead of two armies-stood forth as the more appropriate and fitting monument Fort Recovery therefore became the future landmark for treaties and state lines Every age has its peculiar problem The pioneers dealt with the problems of poverty They struggled for the future They laid the foundations of a new state And as we look about in this day of plenty we should remember the sacrifices and suffering of those who ...
... JOHNNY APPLESEED-JOHN CHAPMAN JOHNNY APPLESEED-JOHN CHAPMAN HIS MEMORY HONORED WITH A MONUMENT AT MANSFIELD 0 Exercises of a unique and interesting character were held at Mansfield Ohio on the afternoon of November 8 1 900 It was the dedication in the Sherman-Heineman Park of the monument to the memory of John Chapman otherwise and more popularly known as Johnny Appleseed one of the historic characters of early Ohio and particularly of the pioneer days of Richland
... County which was formed March 23 1850 from Gallia Athens Hocking Ross and Jackson counties and named in honor of Samuel Finley Vinton Mr Vinton was a Representative in Congress twenty-two years in all from 1823 to 1837 and again from 1843 to 1851 He then voluntarily withdrew from the turmoil of public life and most positively declined a re-election While Mr Vinton was still in Congress the venerable exPresident John Quincy Adams said of him in ...
... County the conclusion of County militia Seal TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO Arthur St Clair Governor of the Territory to Cornelius R Sedam Esquire Greetings Reposing special trust and confidence in your loyalty courage and good conduct I have appointed you lieutenant-colonel commandant of the regiment of the militia of the
... Logan as the destroyer of Logan Elm Mr E O Randall Secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society presided Rev C B Beckes pronounced the invocation after which Master Willis Cresap aged eight assisted by Master Ben O Cresap both lineal descendants from Captain Michael Cresap removed the flag that covered the Cresap tablet while Willis recited the following lines ...
... settlement at Wyoming the settlement the battle and settlement by the Connecticut settlement of the Connecticut settlement of Wyoming and the settlement with about two