... OLD FORT SANDOSKI OF 1745 OLD FORT SANDOSKI OF 1745 G FREDERICK WRIGHT President Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society Mr Charles A Hanna's criticism of the inscription on the tablets placed on the site of Old Fort Sandusky and of the addresses made at the unveiling of these tablets are too serious to be permitted to pass without correction First-Mr Hanna's loose habit of observation may be inferred from his first statement that the bronze tablet on the West Face was erected under ...
... 218 Ohio Arch 218 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Kintz mandolin orchestra of Somerset an organization composed of Little Folks The afternoon session at city hall was addressed by Col W A Taylor and Dr P A Gordon and musical numbers were contributed by Mrs Frank Randolph and Mrs Emma B Bowman A recitation by Mrs Bess Comly-Cary was also greatly enjoyed THE BANQUET One of the most enjoyable and brilliant events of the week was the banquet at the Armory Monday evening given in honor of ...
... Franklinton-An Historical Address Franklinton -A n Historical Address 59 FRANKLINTON--AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS By GENERAL JOHN BEATTY A few rods from where we are assembled to-day the waters of the Olentangy unite with those of the Scioto and together flow down to the Ohio thence to the Mississippi and so onward to a gulf of the Atlantic ocean Southwardly from the place where the two streams meet there was at the time to which we propose to refer a broad handsome stretch of valley land where good ...
... THE McGUFFEY SOCIETY AT FORT HILL THE McGUFFEY SOCIETY AT FORT HILL BY JOHN R HORST The McGuffey Society of Columbus Ohio met at Fort Hill in Highland county on Saturday September 12th 1925 as previously announced in the newspapers Fort Hill is the name of a hill located about three miles north of Sinking Spring Surrounding the crest of the hill is an ancient fortification apparently for defense the building of which is credited to the Mound Builders It contains about forty acres within the ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TO ELIZABETH ZANE An event of more than passing interest in the pioneer history of the Ohio Valley was appropriately celebrated at Walnut Grove Cemetery Martins Ferry Ohio May 30 1928 This was the unveiling of a statue as a memorial to Elizabeth Zane--Heroine of Fort Henry Fort Henry named in honor of Patrick Henry was built on a hill within ...
... PROFESSOR EDWARD ORTON PROFESSOR EDWARD ORTON 1829-1899 A MEMORIAL ADDRESS BY WASHINGTON GLADDEN The genealogical history of The Orton Family in America a book of which Dr Edward Orton was the author begins with this paragraph The surname ORTON is neither a common nor an unusual one It is a name that could be heard without surprise in any community of English descent It occurs in the directories of many cities of the country and can probably be found in many towns of the United States that ...
... J J J J AMPERE'S JOURNEY THROUGH OHIO A Translation from His Promenade en Amerique by MILDRED CREW Jean-Jacques Ampere 1800-1864 was born in the village of Polimieux near Lyons in the house where his father was born and where his grandfather had lived This grandfather was a merchant and also a justice of the peace who had remained at his post during his government's attempt to suppress the Jacobins and when the city of Lyons fell to the terrorists in 1793 was thrown into prison and eventually ...
... 44 Ohio Arch 44 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 4 THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN OHIO PROF WILBUR H SIEBERT A M It is a rare reform movement that begins with a concensus of opinion in favor of the reform among the thinking men of the day We have nevertheless such a movement to consider in this paper It is strange indeed but nevertheless true that at first there was general agreement North and South that slavery was expensive wicked cruel detrimental to a developing statehood ...
... BUILDING A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM BUILDING A COMMERCIAL SYSTEM FRANK P GOODWIN It is the purpose of this paper to trace the commercial development of the Miami Country1 from the date of settlement to the beginning of the steamboat era in 1817 It is presented as a representative study of commercial growth under economic conditions that were colonial in character The history of the locality has been used to illustrate principles of early commercial development common to the Ohio Valley Within that ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XX No 4 OCTOBER 1911 GENERAL BRINKERHOFF Elsewhere in this Quarterly we give notice of the death of General Brinkerhoff with an extended account of his busy and useful life and many of its prominent achievements But no written record of the life of such a man can adequately present what he really was to the world in which he lived The inestimable outflow of a beautiful and true character ever loyal to the highest ideals of life cannot be recorded cannot be duly ...
... ALONG THE PATHWAY OF A GREAT STATE ALONG THE PATHWAY OF A GREAT STATE BY A D HOSTERMAN The Great State to Which I Refer Is Ohio Standing the fourth of all the American states in wealth and population and third in manufactures the contribution Ohio has made to the nation in great men great movements great progress and leadership justifies the claim that she is a great state It will be interesting briefly to touch some points along her pathway In the beginning Ohio and the entire American ...
... THE MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY THE MAP OF HAMILTON COUNTY BY JAMES A GREEN Dr Nevin M Fenneman of the University of Cincinnati and I took a canoe trip last summer for the purpose of accurately mapping an unknown Canadian Lake This was Lake Ogoki with a shore line of seventy-five miles Of course Dr Fenneman did the actual mapping but I shared in the reflected glory of the achievement This map was sent to Ottawa and we duly received the thanks of the Canadian Government So we have added to the sum ...
... BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES ARTIST GEOLOGIST ARCHEOLOGIST AND ART GALLERY DIRECTOR 1846-19-- The subject of this sketch was born December 1 1846 in the home of his parents Joseph and Mary Heberling Holmes near the city of Cadiz Ohio the home farm being one of the subdivisions of the original grant to his grandfather in 1800 The house was on the Cadiz -- St Clairsville road four and one-half miles south of Cadiz As recorded in Colonel Holmes' ...
... The Shaker Community of Warren County The Shaker Community of Warren County 251 THE SHAKER COMMUNITY OF WARREN COUNTY ITS ORIGIN RISE PROGRESS AND DECLINE By J P MACLEAN PH D INTRODUCTION Located three miles west of Lebanon Ohio is the seat of the bishopric of the Shaker communities west of the Allegheny Mountains The tract of land possessed by them is irregular in its boundaries and embraces 4500 acres of as rich soil as may be found in the state Its location meets the approval of the most ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV NOTE -That portion of this volume embracing the monograph entitled A History of Banking and Currency in Ohio Before the Civil War contained in pages 235-533 is separately indexed on pages 534-539 and is therefore not included in the General Index of this volume A Articles Editorialana - Concluded First Catholic Church in Ohio 226 Adair Gen John Burr's associate 121 History of Banking and Currency Be123 fore the Civil War 235 Adams County Early ...
... DOWN SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR DOWN SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR RECORD OF A RAMBLE TO NEW ORLEANS IN 18 58 ON the second day of December 1857 in company with my friend and fellow-student Alexis E Holcombe of Ravenna Ohio I started on an unpremeditated journey through Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana A tolerably complete diary kept during the six months of our sojourn in the South furnishes the material of the following narrative We set out from Lebanon Ohio by stage-coach for Cincinnati from ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA THE MOUND BUILDERS AND THE LOST TRIBES THE HOLY STONES OF NEWARK The following article from The Daily Oklahoman published at Oklahoma City Oklahoma of the date Sunday May 3 1908 was forwarded to us with the inquiry whether the statements therein contained concerning the Holy Stones of Newark or Jackstown were authentic To this we reply that the statements as to the finding of such alleged relics are correct but as to the genuineness of the relics we are compelled to ...
... THE SOCIETY OF SHAKERS THE SOCIETY OF SHAKERS RISE PROGRESS AND EXTINCTION OF THE SOCIETY AT CLEVELAND O BY J P MACLEAN PH D I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS The communistic societies of the United States continue to elicit more or less attention and receive profound consideration from those engaged in sociological philosophy Whatever religious or sociological problem these communities seek to solve their progress or failure is carefully noted even by those who have not come in immediate contact ...
... DEDICATION OF THE JAMES E DEDICATION OF THE JAMES E CAMPBELL ELM On October 20 1923 very interesting exercises were held in the State House Grounds at Columbus on the occasion of the dedication of the James E Campbell Elm a seedling from the famous Logan Elm in Pickaway County under which the speech or message of the Indian chief Logan was dictated and sent to Lord Dunmore who was holding a peace conference with the Indians at Camp Charlotte seven miles distant October 1774 These exercises ...
... THE RESCUE CASE OF 1857 THE RESCUE CASE OF 1857 BENJ F PRINCE Trustee Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society President Clark County Historical Society and Professor of History and Political Science Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio The years between 1830 and 1860 brought great strain to the people of the United States The long border line between the slave and free states stretching from the Atlantic on the east to a great distance beyond the Mississippi River was crossed by many ...