... A HARMAR SESQUICENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM A HARMAR SESQUICENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM By Louis A WARREN The program this evening has been arranged in the form of a symposium in memory of the 150th anniversary of General Joseph Harmar's expedition against the Miami Indians here at Fort Wayne in 1790 We are pleased indeed to have three able speakers who can speak with authority on the various phases of the expedition You will observe on your program that the subjects to be discussed will approach the general ...
... Organizing a National Convention Organizing a National Convention A Lesson from Senator Dick E dited by THOMAS E FELT FROM THE CIVIL WAR to the present the engineers and operators of Ohio's major party machinery have been obliged by circumstances to learn their trade thoroughly The state's strategic geographic position its coveted electoral votes and its diverse economic interests have made it not only a home of presidents and would-be presidents but a school for party managers as well In this ...
... Three Civil War Letters of James A Garfield edited by JAMES D NORRIS and JAMES K MARTIN I know of no man in the army whose death would crush me so terribly as his Brigadier General James A Garfield wrote to his wife on May 12 1862 concerning Major Frederick Augustus Williams He is a true man and one of my dearest friends1 The young major had contracted typhoid fever during the later stages of the Sandy Valley campaign in the eastern Kentucky mountains On March 19 Garfield who commanded the ...
... Caleb Atwater Caleb Atwater Pioneer Politician and Historian By FRANCIS P WEISENBURGER THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SUMMARY of Ohio's past was an historical introduction by Salmon P Chase to his compilation of the Statutes of Ohio1 At that time Chase a graduate of Dartmouth College who had studied law in a somewhat informal way under William Wirt attorney general of the United States 1817-29 was waiting for clients as a fledgling lawyer in Cincinnati2 James Kent the distinguished New York jurist ...
... 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 stream journey and on his return It is only logical that he might want to hasten his journey by cutting ...
... A HISTORY OF BANKING IN OHIO A HISTORY OF BANKING IN OHIO BY P W HUNTINGTON President Huntington National Bank Columbus Ohio The early history of banking in the state of Ohio is much obscured by want of records on the subject but enough is known to demonstrate the fact that banking has been an important factor in the growth of the commonwealth from the beginning of its existence down to the year 1912 The first institution in Ohio to issue notes for circulation as money was the Miami Exporting ...
... ORATION OF HON ORATION OF HON GEORGE F HOAR THERE are doubtless many persons in this audience who have gathered here as to their Father's house They salute their Mother on her birthday with the prayer and the confident hope that the life which now completes its first century may be immortal as liberty If we were here only to do honor to Marietta-to celebrate the planting of this famous town coeval with the Republic seated by the beautiful river her annals crowded with memories of illustrious ...
... 470 Ohio 470 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Baldwin holds that more than two thousand years have elapsed since the Mound Builders lived in the Ohio Valley In conclusion we are not in a position to state whether the Mound Builders were the race that exploited the pre-historic horse on this continent or whether they degenerated into Indians All we know for a certainty is that the pre-historic man had a pre-historic horse and that he both rode and ate him and that the horse in improved ...
... OHIO HISTORY AND NATIONAL HISTORY OHIO HISTORY AND NATIONAL HISTORY OHIO HISTORY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION At a meeting of the Ohio History Teachers' Association held in April 1915 a committee was appointed to consider the publication of one or more volumes pertaining to the history of the state This committee decided that it would be wise to make a beginning by collecting a series of extracts from the sources in such a way as to make clear the part the state has taken in important phases of the ...
... NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY JUNE 3 1904 The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Achaeological and Historical Society was held in Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at 2 30 P M June 3 1 90 4 The following members were present Judge J H Anderson Columbus Prof M R Andrews Marietta Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Gen R Brinkerhoff Mansfield Hon M D Follett Marietta Hon M S ...
... A QUAKER SECTION OF THE UNDERGROUND A QUAKER SECTION OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN NORTHERN OHIO BY PROFESSOR WILBUR H SIEBERT of the Ohio State University One of the main lines of the Underground Railroad which traversed Ohio from south to north began at Ripley in Brown County on the Ohio River and ran through Highland Fayette Madison Franklin Delaware Marion Morrow and Richland counties to Greenwich in Huron whence branches ran to the lake north through Erie County and northeast through ...
... DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING IN OHIO DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING IN OHIO By ANNE L AUSTIN RN The Period of Unorganized Development Early Backgrounds The early backgrounds of nursing history in Ohio are in the realm of the unknown If one is to judge how nursing was done from the time of the Indian tribes to that of the first records one must assume that the history followed a similar development here as elsewhere It is known that the Eries the Shawnees the Wyandots and the Delawares were the chief tribes ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA WILLIAM HENRY HUNTER William H Hunter Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society died suddenly at his residence Chillicothe Ohio in the early morning of Wednesday June 19 1906 after an illness of only five days' duration Mr Hunter closed his earthly career as he had often expressed a desire to do in the very midst of his daily activities Never was he more energetic or enthusiastic in his life work On the ...
... Report of the 44th Annual Meeting 637 Report of the 44th Annual Meeting 637 associated with not only academic work but state historical work in years past an officer of the Indiana Historical Society and editor of the Indiana Magazine of History who for a time left the state of Indiana and was engaged in educational work in one of the colleges of Pennsylvania It was an opportunity that came to me a few years ago when leaving the state historical work in Indiana to recommend Dr Coleman as my ...
... THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCH A EOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO Sept 28 1 917 The meeting was called to order by President G Frederick Wright There were present G Frederick Wright Frank Tallmadge E O Randall L P Schaus W H Cole W O Thompson F E Wilson J M Dunham W C Moore W C Mills T D Hills Rev B R Long J F Roof H C Hockett Rev William McDermott E F Wood H E Buck C W Justice F W Treadway George F ...
... TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 18 1896 TO FEBRUARY 1 1897 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E 0 RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1 897 291 292 To His Excellency Asa S To His Excellency Asa S Bushnell Governor of Ohio SIRI have the honor to submit herewith the twelfth annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year from February 19 1896 to February 1 1897 This ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS MONUMENT ON THE SITE OF FORT WASHINGTON CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING OF MONUMENT 1789-1808 The monument erected in Third street between Broadway and Ludlow street in Cincinnati to mark the site of Fort Washington was unveiled on June 14 It was erected by a committee representing patriotic societies in Ohio as follows Mayflower Descendants-Mrs Frank J Jones Mr Herbert Jenney Mr W H Doane Colonial Dames of America-Mrs M Morris White Miss Anna K ...
... CONSTRUCTION OF THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL By LEE NEWCOMER Perhaps the most important event in the early history of northwestern Ohio was the opening in 1843 of the Wabash and Erie Canal from Toledo to Lafayette Indiana During the brief period between that date and the coming of the railroads this canal was responsible for opening up a large and important agricultural area Immigrants from the East poured into the Maumee Valley farms were cleared and ...
... CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER CELEBRATION OF THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL JOHN H MORGAN AN ACCOUNT BY MORGAN'S CAPTOR MAJOR GEORGE W RUE On September 2 1 1910 there was celebrated on the Crubaugh Farm South of Lisbon Columbiana county near the historic spot where the event occurred the 47th Anniversary of the Surrender of the Confederate Raider General Morgan Concerning the celebration the East Liverpool Tribune of September 22 1 91 O made the following comment Romance and intrigue combined to make ...
... RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO RELIGION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF OHIO by BERNARD MANDEL Fenn College Cleveland Ohio Foremost in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution was the guarantee that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibit the free exercise thereof This amendment however was not a conclusive establishment of religious freedom for three reasons First it was a statement of principle which was accepted in theory but often ...