... Johnny Appleseed Johnny Appleseed 305 buried near what is now the city of Fort Wayne To the end he was true to his mission of planting nurseries and sowing the seeds of medicinal herbs To the pioneers of Ohio he was an unselfish benefactor and we are here today to aid in transmitting to coming generations our grateful memory of his deeds HISTORICAL SKETCH The historical sketch of Johnny Appleseed was prepared and presented by Mr A J Baughman a recognized authority in the early history of ...
... Benjamin W Dudley in 18171 and the Medical College of Ohio founded by Dr Daniel Drake in 18192 Other medical colleges which started during or near this period were Willoughby Medical College the Medical Department of the University of Lake Erie founded in 18343 the Medical Department of Cincinnati College founded by Dr Daniel Drake in 18354 the Cleveland Medical College the Medical Department of Western Reserve College at Hudson founded in ...
... REMINISCENCES OF A SURVEYOR1 REMINISCENCES OF A SURVEYOR1 By JAMES T WEED In November 1888 I was elected county surveyor of Gallia County Ohio and on the first Monday of January 1889 I assumed the duties of the office In the forty-five years since then I have done a great deal of surveying of land and city lots and highways and a little in mines Most of this work has been in Gallia County though I have practiced a little in the adjoining counties of Jackson and Vinton in nearby West Virginia ...
... 352 Ohio Arch 352 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications EAGLE EFFIGY Largest Indian mound of its type in Wisconsin Body 131 feet Wing spread 624 feet Marked by the Wisconsin Archaeological Society July 30 1910 ADDRESS OF REV F A GILMORE Archaeology and theology have sometimes been grouped together since both are said to deal with subjects of no interest to modern men As a theologian I should be glad to refute this idea but though I know you are all eager to hear me discourse on theology you ...
... THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD S S KNABENSHUE TOLEDO The Underground Railroad was not under the ground nor was it a railway but there was a fitness in the name which caused its general use to express one of the most remarkable phases of the long struggle against slavery and the Slave Power The term was a popular mode of referring to the various ways in which fugitive slaves from the South were assisted in escaping to the North and especially to Canada It was often humorously ...
... OHIO IN THE MEXICAN WAR OHIO IN THE MEXICAN WAR BY DANIEL J RYAN This article is a chapter from Volume IV of the History of Ohio by Messrs Randall and Ryan It is printed by permission of the publishers The Century History Company 54 Dey St New York N YEDITOR The office of Governor did not prove attractive to Mr Corwin It afforded no opportunity to display either his talents or abilities In those days it was a position more of dignity than of power He used to say that his principal duties were ...
... 526 Ohio Arch 526 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications and accoutrements Wayne could not safely go directly down and thereupon he dug an oblique shelf-road in the breast of the declivity downward -- eastward a distance of about one hundred feet and thereby the army descended to the floor of the valley and crossed the stream The shelf-road is not the pitch It is the expedient made in breast of the pitch or declivity It is a very interesting well-preserved remnant of Wayne's Preble Trail It ...
... DOCUMENT DOCUMENT FROM PITTSBURGH TO SHAWNEE TOWN 1819 Edited by WILLIAM D HOYT JR Maryland Historical Society The people living along the Ohio River are miserably deficient in morals principles and manners and much addicted to drinking profanity and idleness Thus wrote Joseph Proud to Nathaniel G Maxwell from Shawnee Town Illinois December 22 1819 The letter containing these sentiments provides an interesting picture of travel down the Ohio at the close of the second decade of the nineteenth ...
... JEPTHA H JEPTHA H WADE AND THE CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI TELEGRAPH COMPANY by RUSSELL H ANDERSON Director Western Reserve Historical Society Jeptha H Wade was the organizer moving spirit and principal owner of the Cleveland and Cincinnati Telegraph Company and the story of his activities in building and operating its line leads into his career in the nation-wide telegraph field especially as a principal in the Western Union Telegraph Company It was with this Ohio line that Wade capitalizing ...
... Benjamin F Wade a member of the United States Senate Here lived the father of William Dean Howells a contemporary with these famous statesmen and an important factor in the stirring history of the time in which the Western Reserve came to hold a distinctive place as a cradle of liberty for the black man and as a center of intellectual activity Wade and Giddings for many years were associated as law partners in the village which is the county ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 623 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 623 Mr Smith thinks no executor has been appointed up to this time He will learn definitely in regard to this soon If the Society thinks it of sufficient importance to acquire the Mound now is the time to institute active measures Signed B F PRINCE Chairman FORT LAURENS PARK The situation at Fort Laurens Park one mile east of Bolivar Ohio has been unsatisfactory for a long time Very little has been done since the ...
... TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY July 26 1912 The adjourned session of the twenty-seventh 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 Friday July 26 1912 in accordance with the action taken at the preliminary meeting held May 25 191 2 as recorded herein a nte p 328 The following ...
... Benjamin Tupper were Benjamin Tallmadge Benjamin Walker Paris 21 Dec 1790 in Theodore T Belote Gallipolis Papers Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio Quarterly Publication Cincinnati 1907 71-81 75 Brissot was back in Paris by Jan 31 1789 on which date he wrote to Duer Scioto Papers New York Historical Society Saugrain was in France ...
... Benjamin Ruggles spearheaded Benjamin Ruggles May 10 1820 Benjamin Tappan Jeremiah Morrow Thomas Worthington Isaac Minor and Ebenezer Buckingham Jr The last two Williams wrote to Brown were included to allay sectional jealousies Buckingham lived at Putnam near Zanesville Minor at Columbus and one commissioner was appointed because it was ...
... JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS BY MIRA CLARKE PARSONS In the closing year of this century of wonders it is fitting that we should give a thought to the memory of the inventors and investigators to whom the world owes so vast a debt Fore-- most among them must stand the names of the men who first utilized the tremendous forces of steam and electricity For generations every schoolboy has been taught that Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat That ...
... THE HISTORY AND PROSPECTS OF THE THE HISTORY AND PROSPECTS OF THE SOCIETY ANNUAL ADDRESS BEFORE THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FEBRUARY 23 1887 F C SESSIONS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY THE Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society now closes its second year and begins its third May it not be profitable to take in retrospect a view of what has been done and in prospect of what may be done The Society owes its origin to the impulse given to historical study by the great ...
... JOSEPH RAY1 JOSEPH RAY1 By JERRY DENNIS Joseph Ray was born in Ohio County Virginia now Ohio County West Virginia on November 25 1807 His ancestry was of English origin and can be traced back to John Ray the naturalist William Ray his father was born in Ireland in 1782 and had settled with his parents near West Liberty Virginia in 1789 On February 25 1807 William married Margaret Graham a native of Westchester County Pennsylvania They were among the early pioneers of the Upper Ohio Valley The ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY VOL II DECEMBER 1888 No 3 THE RIGHT OF DISCOVERY ONE of the most interesting subjects in the whole history of lawDr Francis Lieber Miscellaneous Writings II 26 THE great geographical discoveries of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries led to two series of remarkable changes in the relations of the principal nations of Western Europe First those nations were brought into direct contact with the natives of the newly discovered lands east and ...
... DIARY OF THE REV DIARY OF THE REV JAMES-HANMER FRANCIS 1837-1838 EDITED BY WINIFRED LOVERING HOLMAN1 James-Hanmer Francis son of James and Pamela Welles Francis born in Wethersfield Connecticut 2 8 May 1796 died in Middletown Conn II July 1863 aged 67 and was buried in Wethersfield He was a graduate of Yale University class of 1826 supplied in various parishes in Connecticut was the minister at Dudley Massachusetts from June 1 831 to June 1837 then went on the western trip described in his ...
... THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY CALL FOR ANNUAL MEETING COLUMBUS October 1 1921 The annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society will be held in the Museum and Library Building of the Society Wednesday October 12 1 921 The forenoon session which opens at half past nine o'clock will be devoted entirely to the reading of reports and other matters of routine business It ...