... ANNE SARGENT BAILEY ANNE SARGENT BAILEY MRS JAMES R HOPLEY The quality of bravery is capable of varied definitions The brave endurance of outward conditions not subject to improvement or of pain not subject to amelioration the brave advance into the decreptitude of years without loss of vital interests or active optimism the bravery of those pronounced incurable and who know themselves likely to die violent painful or loathsome deaths the fortitude of others who await terrible physical ordeals ...
... WASHINGTON'S OHIO LANDS WASHINGTON'S OHIO LANDS BY E O RANDALL Secretary Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society On June 15 1775 the Continental Congress passed the enactment establishing the Continental army and after fixing the pay of the commander-in-chief at five hundred dollars a month proceeded by ballot to elect that officer Washington was unanimously chosen and this result was formally announced to him on the next day when the newly elected general had taken his seat Rising in ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications HOLMES COUNTY REBELLIONFORT FIZZLE J R VANCE I was born in a log cabin situated in Knox Township Holmes County Ohio almost three-quarters of a century ago and have lived here on the farm ever since My information in regard to the events I am about to narrate comes from various sources I heard my father and mother discuss events as they had happened As I grew older I began to ponder on these discussions and to ask questions Many times I ...
... DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS INTO THE BREACH CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF WALLACE W CHADWICK Edited by MABEL WATKINS MAYER Grandfather was always extremely proud of his brief war record in 1864 In his more than four-score years it was the one outstanding experience in travel adventure and patriotic service that had relieved him for a little while of strenuous pioneering and heavy farm toil What wonder that it made a lasting impression on his life and conversation He loved to tell how President Lincoln scarce ...
... 76 Ohio Arch 76 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications on the west much pleased with the town of cincinnati think it is the greatest place for business I ever saw verry far surpasses Baltimore in my opinion for all kinds of business We visited the market house in the morning and where verry much surprised at seaing 500 waggons their loaded with all kinds of marketing but were told that it was not an uncomon thing to sea 700 waggons there of a morning The population of Cincinnati is said to be ...
... GENERAL ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF GENERAL ROELIFF BRINKERHOFF 1828-1911 On Sunday June 4 19 11 at 930 in the evening at his beloved home in Mansfield Ohio the soul of General Roeliff Brinkerhoff took its peaceful flight to the eternal life beyond At the time of his demise General Brinkerhoff was President Emeritus Vol XX-23 353 354 Ohio Arch 354 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society of which he was active President from the year 1893 to the ...
... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF OHIO THE following bibliography was prepared by Mrs Cyrus Thomas under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and is published by permission from the manuscript copy Its publication will serve two ends In the first place to impart information already obtained and in the second place to solicit information supplementary to what is here contained Any observers in the State who have facts concerning the earthworks of Ohio in ...
... A Civil War Diary of William McKinley A Civil War Diary of William McKinley Edited by H WAYNE MORGAN IN APRIL 1861 news came to Ohio that secessionists had fired on Fort Sumter the long-dreaded civil war was at hand and the last hopes of compromise vanished in the smoke of battle Ohio home of so many conflicting forces had her share of southern sympathizers but she was prepared to stand by the Union cause even if it meant war Recruiting agents mingled with politicians and orators through the ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY Vol II SEPTEMBER 1888 No 2 ISRAEL WARD ANDREWS DD LLD MEMORIAL ADDRESS BEFORE THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY DELIVERED AT MARIETTA JUNE 26 1888 BY WILLIAM P CUTLER A CHRISTIAN missionary was discussing the grand problem of immortality with a learned Chinese philosopher presenting to him the truth as revealed in God's word and believed by all Christians He was met with the declaration made with evident sincerity by the Chinaman ...
... 110 Ohio Arch 110 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications REPORT OF FIELD WORK IN VARIOUS PORTIONS OF OHIO BY WARREN KING MOOREHEAD CURATOR AND IN CHARGE OF EXPLORATIONS PREFACE April 4 1897 I left Columbus for Farmington New Mexico Mr Clarence Loveberry who had been associated with me for nearly three years in the museum as well as in the field was appointed to act as Assistant Curator in my absence During my stay in the West he carried on field work and attended to the museum routine duties ...
... LUCY BACKUS WOODBRIDGE PIONEER MOTHER LUCY BACKUS WOODBRIDGE PIONEER MOTHER January 31 1757--October 6 1817 By LOUISE RAU Distant secluded still the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley At the confluence of the Ohio and the Muskingum Rivers hidden beneath its giant elms and maples Marietta named for the fascinating Marie Antoinette takes one back to bygone days when Ohio was a wilderness peopled by red men Here in the foothills New England made her first outpost during the ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS EZRA MEEKER Ohio's Illustrious Pioneer BY C B GALBREATH In the Cincinnati Enquirer of October 10 1924 shortly after the historic aviation meeting at Dayton appeared the following editorial Many interesting features distinguished the great air race meeting at Dayton Ohio but we fancy none of the remarkable feats sights scenes or incidents was more genuinely inspiring or thrilling than the arrival at McCook Field of Ezra Meeker ...
... THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO December 15 1920 930 A M Pursuant to a call issued December 10 1920 the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session at the Museum and Library Building The meeting was called to order by President Campbell The following members were present G Frederick Wright Daniel J Ryan Waldo C Moore W O Thompson E F Wood J ...
... ROBERT YOST HIS BOOK ROBERT YOST HIS BOOK Rob't Yost his Book made for the purpose of noting down our Marching and what we seen and expericet while in the united States service beginning at St Clearsville Ohio Sept the third Eighteen hundred and thirteen and continued to note down as we march AN ORIGINAL JOURNAL REPRODUCED AS WRITTEN The original of this Journal is now in the possession of J W Yost a direct descendant of Robert the author Mr J W Yost had the Journal reproduced in exact ...
... Ohio the Site of the Garden of Eden Ohio the Site of the Garden of Eden 225 OHIO THE SITE OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN THE SERPENT MOUND THE HOME OF ADAM AND EVE THE THEORY OF REV LANDON WEST The following article is not exactly archaeology nor history though it contains something of each It is however so unique and entertaining that we reproduce it as it has been given to the public in the daily press-EDITOR Here is food for the higher critics the Egyptologists archaeologists and the Biblical ...
... RESCUE HEADQUARTERS HOUSE AT CAMP RESCUE HEADQUARTERS HOUSE AT CAMP SHERMAN Mr Louis H Warner Chairman of the Pueblo Lands Board in a contribution to the February issue of the National Republic writes Did you ever consider how closely we associate men and events with certain buildings and structures To think of one is to recall the other This seems always to have been so Can you think of the temples of Old Jerusalem the Parthenon of Ancient Greece or the Roman Forum without at once being ...
... 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 ...
... THE ORIGIN AND LOCATION OF THE FIRELANDS THE ORIGIN AND LOCATION OF THE FIRELANDS OF THE WESTERN RESERVE By HELEN M CARPENTER Copyrighted 1935 by Helen M Carpenter 163 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE British Invasions of Connecticut during the Revolutionary War 65 Appraisement of Losses and Granting of Relief 69 Title of Connecticut to Lands Granted 174 Location of Claimants on Lands Granted--the Connecticut Company 175 Location of Claimants on Lands Granted--the Ohio Company 181 ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 3 31 Mrs Tuttle is a writer of great merit being a lady of unusual culture and scholarship Her husband was the late Prof Herbert Tuttle the distinguished historical writer and lecturer at Cornell University With her husband Mrs Tuttle spent some years abroad and became proficient as a linguist and an artist She not only writes in a delightful manner but wields the artist's brush both in portraiture and landscape with equal talent and charm That she is deeply ...
... TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY May 31 1911 The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at two o'clock P M Wednesday May 31 1911 The following members were present Prof M R Andrews Marietta Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr H E Buck Delaware Mr C H ...