... Editorialana Editorialana 467 stimulation of his firm assurance that all is well here below and all will be better in the world beyond His life was above reproach his career an inspiration None knew him but to love him none named him but to praise No organization with which he was connected seemed to give him greater pleasure than the Archaeological and Historical Society Its field of investigation its province of collecting and preserving the records of the past and its work of storing the ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 223 injustices combined with the unfair and oppressive policy of Governor Berkeley and his failure to quell the Indian uprisings led at last to the rebellion of the downtrodden planters under the leadership of Nathaniel Bacon a descendant of Lord Bacon Bacon led the planters successfully against the Indians and protected the frontiers then drove out Berkeley and remained master of Virginia until his death a few months later when Berkeley once more assumed control Then ...
... SPECIAL CROPS IN OHIO BEFORE 1850 SPECIAL CROPS IN OHIO BEFORE 1850 BY ROBERT LESLIE JONES A noteworthy aspect of agriculture in Ohio before 1850 was the attention paid to a number of minor crops--rice cotton hemp flax clover seed white beans castor beans hops madder mustard broom corn cow cabbage sugar beets Rohan potatoes and tobacco The farmers were actually carrying on an American tradition for their colonial ancestors had experimented with most of these special crops and with others ...
... edited by edited by ROBERT W HATTON Just a Little Bit of the Civil War As Seen by W J Smith Company M 2nd 0 V Cavalry Conclusion This is the second of two articles based upon the Civil War memoirs of Private William James Smith Company M Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry In the first article which appeared in the Summer issue of Ohio History Smith provides some information about his pre-war life and enlistment at the age of seventeen in the Dennison Guards prior to transferring to the 2nd OVC on ...
... THE MOUND BUILDER AND THE INDIAN THE MOUND BUILDER AND THE INDIAN ACCORDING TO THE BOOK OF MORMON BY C W CLARK Official of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints In relating the story of Prehistoric America as outlined in the Book of Mormon it is the purpose of the writer to avoid religious issues and controversies as far as possible and to present simply the statements and portray the record in a way that will bring out only such parts as will be of interest to student of ...
... ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN EARLY CINCINNATI By Ophia D Smith Many volumes have been written about the hardships and accomplishments of pioneer preachers in the Western Country Most of these however deal with men of orthodox faith The Swedenborgians equally self-sacrificing but unorthodox and misunderstood have received little attention because they were few in number Yet they were people of influence--they were readers and thinkers and doers In ...
... LUTHERANISM IN PERRY COUNTY OHIO LUTHERANISM IN PERRY COUNTY OHIO BY PROFESSOR C L MARTZOLFF Ohio University Athens Ohio It was only a narrow trail It followed the moccasined footprints of the Shawnee brave as he had journeyed back and forth on his mission of war or the chase from the Pennsylvania frontier to his home on the plains of the Scioto It cut its blazed way through the virgin forest of Ohio from the Fort of the Quaker Zane at Wheeling to where it again crossed the river at Limestone ...
... REPORT OF FIELD WORK REPORT OF FIELD WORK CARRIED ON IN THE MUSKINGUM SCIOTO AND OHIO VALLEYS DURING THE SEASON OF 1896 BY WARREN KING MOOREHEAD IN CHARGE OF EXPLORATIONS PREFACE It is interesting to note that as general archaeology progresses in the United States men are more inclined to confine their observations to special or limited areas A generation ago before the Government the Museums of our various cities and the Scientific and Historical Societies undertook large explorations it was ...
... Ora et Labora Ora et Labora A German Methodist Utopia By CARL WITTKE IN ALL AGES men have toyed with plans for the regeneration of the race and a map of the world without utopias would be bleak and uninteresting indeed1 A new unsettled land like the United States was especially appealing to utopian dreamers and beginning with the colonial period scores of communitarian experiments flourished for longer or shorter periods in America Some were religious in origin and used a communist pattern as ...
... PAUL C PAUL C BOWERS JR GOODWIN F BERQUIST JR Worthington Ohio James Kilbourn's Episcopal Haven on the Western Frontier One of the most significant developments to occur in this country in the aftermath of the American Revolution was the settlement of the old Northwest Territory beyond the Ohio River Families from the Atlantic states streamed west in ever-increasing droves establishing countless new communities in the region now occupied by the states of Ohio Michigan Indiana and Illinois ...
... FLATBOATING DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI FLATBOATING DOWN THE OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI 1867-1873 Correspondence and Diaries of the William Dudley Devol Family of Marietta Ohio PART I edited by ROBERT LESLIE JONES Professor of History Marietta College I The phrase flatboating down the Ohio is apt to evoke a mental picture of an immigrant family setting off from Pittsburgh aboard a broadhorn or of a group of backwoodsmen from almost any tributary taking advantage of the spring freshets to get their ...
... MINUTES MINUTES OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING STATE LIBRARY ROOM STATE CAPITOL COLUMBUS OHIO February 20 1894 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session with the President Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff in the chair The following members were present Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff President Mansfield Rev Wm E Moore Vice President Columbus S S Rickly Treasurer Columbus E O Randall Secretary Columbus Prof Geo F W right Oberlin Judge W J Gilmore Columbus George F Bareis Canal ...
... medicines and medical and other attendance as may be necessary for the pupils and such other necessaries as the health and comfort of said pupils may require It is further understood that the maximum number of pupils to be maintained at said School at any one time shall be Thirty of whom as nearly as may be one half shall be boys and the other half girls These said Heldenbrand shall instruct in all the branches of a good common English ...
... 432 Ohio Arch 432 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications FIFTH SESSION At the Saturday afternoon session under the direction of Professor A E Morse of Marietta College the following papers were read and at the conclusion the members of the Association extended a most hearty vote of thanks to the President and officers of instruction of Marietta College where the meetings were held and to the people of the city of Marietta whose thoughtful care and attention had resulted in so successful a ...
... David Zeisberger Centennial David Zeisberger Centennial 179 Slumber on and may Christians of whatever creed Bow their heads to the altered condition And as years roll along with eternity speed Give thy tomb its deserved recognition Slumber on in the vale far away from thy birth Where pure beauty and plenty fail never Where thy victories were in the efforts put forth For the Race almost vanquished forever SITE OF LICHTENAU Regarding the location of Lichtenau founded by Rev David Zeisberger of ...
... THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRELIMINARY SESSION SOCIETY BLDG COLUMBUS OHIO May 21 1915 The meeting was called to order by the President Prof G Frederick Wright There were present Messrs G Frederick Wright George F Bareis L P Schaus W H Cote H E Buck C H Gallup Webb C Hayes J E Campbell W H Scott H C Hockett E F Wood E 0 Randall W R Walker D H Gard I F King W L Curry W C Mills H C Shetrone and R C ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOROHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 19 1888 To the Members The annual reports of the Treasurer and the Secretary have been by them submitted to this Committee which in the absence of a meeting of the Trustees is authorized to act upon them We have examined them find them correct and approve and recommend them to your careful attention From the Treasurer's report you will learn that ...
... ISAAC NEWTON WALTER ISAAC NEWTON WALTER PIONEER PREACHER OF OHIO BYRON R LONG The writer while yet a small boy rummaging among the books in an old library came across a volume of thrilling interest The title of the book was The Pioneer Preacher written by a blind man who served his country in conspicuous places first as a pastor and then over a period of about twenty years as chaplain of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States This versatile man's name was ...
... WILLIAM CORLESS MILLS WILLIAM CORLESS MILLS IN MEMORIAM The founder of an institution of merit with an assured future is peculiarly fortunate Through the early years of its growth he may struggle onward with meager means to overcome indifference and more serious obstacles but when success at last crowns a life devoted to a worthy purpose when the founder lives to see his work recognized and on every side accorded the meed of praise the satisfaction of such a triumph is more gratifying than a ...
... THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO BY RUHL JACOB BARTLETT M A The admission of Ohio as a state into the Union marked the end of a long and bitter political contest both within and without the Northwest Territory It was that age old conflict between the forces that are progressive and those that are conservative for it must be remembered that the closing years of the 19th century marked a period of rapid political transition in American history The colonists ...