... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies ALLEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Lima James A MacDonell President The meeting of the society on May 5 was addressed by John H Davison on the subject How We Came To Be Where We Are a review of the conquest of the Ohio Country Recent issues of the Reporter have carried a record of soldiers of the War of 1812 buried in Allen County Persons having additional information on such soldiers are requested to communicate with the society so as to make ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 38 Ohio Arch 38 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE September 10 1813 BY MRS JOHN T MACK It was a fair morning in September a gentle breeze was blowing down the lake rippling the water A little American fleet lay peacefully at anchor in the beautiful island-locked bay of South Bass Island its brave young commander and sturdy men anxiously waiting for the sign of a coming hostile sail A few days before with the Union Jack vauntingly flying they had passed the British ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR HISTORICAL COMMISSION OF OHIO The following communication from Professor Carl Wittke Secretary of the Historical Commission of Ohio to members of the Historical Guild and others interested is self explanatory THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY April 12 1923 DEAR SIR-- In response to the call to the Historical Guild of the state for a conference in Columbus to discuss plans ...
... MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MINUTES OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO September 9 1922 MORNING SESSION The meeting was called to order by Treasurer Wood who moved that President James E Campbell act as Chairman of the meeting The motion was duly seconded and carried The following members were present Hon James E Campbell Prof B F Prince General J Warren Keifer George F Bareis Edward Orton Jr Henry J ...
... 190 Ohio Arch 190 Ohio Arch and Hist So ciety Publications I HIS DECISIVE CONVERSION David Zeisberger's conversion stands out as clearly and strongly as does that of John Wesley in January 1743 a little company stood on the deck of the James ready to leave for Europe It was a group of Moravian Brethren most of whom had come to take leave of their beloved leader Count Zinzendorf Belonging to this company was a young man twentytwo years of age who had been appointed to return with the Count to ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY Since the annual meeting of the society held on June 5 1903 the proceedings of which were published in volume twelve pp 187-218 the meetings of the trustees have been as follows that of the executive committee held June 30 1903 in the rooms of the society Page Hall Ohio State University After the determination of the compensation to be accorded the different salaried officers of the society the standing committees for the year were agreed ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTOROHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS FOR THE YEAR 1887 WITH ABSTRACTS OF ADDRESSES AND PAPERS PRESENTED BEFORE THE SOCIETY COLUMBUS January 14th 1887 The Society met in the Senate Chamber in the State House F C Sessions First Vice President in the chair The Secretary reported that four active members had been received since the last meeting and that several donations had been made to the museum Among the donations were a surveyor's ...
... 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 ...
... Winthrop Sargent 273 Winthrop Sargent 273 became adopted amongst them his head shaved painted etc as is their custom upon such occasions and has since by his own account been much in favor with them He relates that he has been with them to the British posts Michilmackinac particularly That they are there equipped with all the necessaries to come to war against the United States--march out upon these occasions under English colors and are received when they return with scalps with military ...
... The Short Life of Manhattan Ohio The Short Life of Manhattan Ohio By JOHN W WEATHERFORD Lured on by the geographical promise of the Maumee Valley and by the venturesome spirit of the times speculators in the middle 1830's scattered a brood of infant towns along the Maumee River there to compete for their lives If the founders and inhabitants of these rival towns--Port Lawrence Vistula Oregon Maumee Perrysburg Marengo and Manhattan--agreed on anything it was on the future greatness of the ...
... St St John's Parish Worthington and the Beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Ohio By RICHARD G SALOMON There are I trust a few among the oldest members of this parish who still remember the day fifty years ago when the then dean of Bexley Hall the Very Reverend Hosea Jones delivered the sermon at the centenary of St John's Dr Jones was closely connected with Worthington he had been rector of your parish in the 1870's But there are many other ties between Worthington and Bexley if we go over ...
... Lake County and its Founder Lake County and its Founder 361 LAKE COUNTY AND ITS FOUNDER BY WILLIAM STOWELI MILLS LL B OF BROOKLYN N Y HISTORICAL ADDRESS DELIVERED IN PAINESVILLE LAKE COUNTY 0 JULY 21 1901 AT THE CEREMONIES OF THE UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF EDWARD PAINE Mr President Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-- It is related that when the residents of a New England town proposed to pay homage to a former townsman in a ceremony similar to this a good old ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIX INDEX TO VOLUME XXXIX Abbott Lyman 612 Ball Flamen 542 596 772 Abolition in Ohio 727 762-764 Ball Mary 668 Adair --- --- 692 Ball Sarah 668 Adams Fort See Fort Adams Banks General Nathaniel P 571 578 Ake H Ross 21 31 Barbee General --- --- 48 50 Akron Ohio 504 Barefoot Charles R 21 32 Akron Law 97-98 176-186 384 Barnes Rev Charles E 611 Allen Governor Cyrus M 792 Barney Hiram supports Chase 521 527 Alum Creek Friends' Settlement 479-502 575 urges Chase for Cabinet ...
... A Survey of Publications A Survey of Publications In Ohio History and Archaeology August 1956 - July 1957 Compiled by S WINIF RE D SMITH AGRICULTURE HENLEIN Paul C Journal of F and W Renick on an Exploring Tour to the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the Year 1819 Agricultural History XXX 1956 174-186 The Renicks were from Chillicothe Ohio HENLEIN Paul C Shifting Range-Feeder Patterns in the Ohio Valley Agricultural History XXXI 1957 1-12 WALLACE Henry A Corn and the Midwestern Farmer ...
... TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FEBRUARY 26 1908 The twenty-third annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the parlors of the Y M C A building Columbus Ohio at 10 A M Wednesday February 26 1908 The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Gen R Brinkerhoff Mansfield Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Hon J H Beal Scio Dr D H Gard Columbus ...
... EDITORIAL NOTES EDITORIAL NOTES DR I W ANDREWS-At the annual meeting of the Ohio Teachers' Association held at Sandusky June 28 1888 memorial exercises occurred in honor of the late Israel W Andrews Professor M R Andrews read a memorial sketch In it he paid tribute in the highest terms to the many virtues of the deceased scholar and educator His conservative but persistent and hopeful nature his accuracy and painstaking care as a student and instructor his unswerving fidelity to every trust ...
... A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS IN OHIO HISTORY A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS IN OHIO HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY AUGUST 1948--JULY 1949 Compiled by S WINIFRED SMITH AGRICULTURE GATES Paul Wallace Cattle Kings in the Prairies Mississippi Valley Historical Review XXXV 1948-49 379-412 Ohio source and market for cattle HAYTER Earl W Seed Humbuggery among the Western Farmers 18501888 Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly LVIII 1949 52-68 JONES Robert Leslie The Introduction of Farm ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 67 NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1958 Woodrow Wilson's First Romance By GEORGE C OSBORN MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN about Abraham Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge Although Ann first aroused Lincoln's romantic emotions very few facts are known about this love affair Indeed nearly all that has been written about Ann and Abe's romance is conjecture Although most Americans have heard of Lincoln's first romance not many realize that Woodrow ...