... THE LEATHER WOOD GOD THE LEATHER WOOD GOD FROM NARRATIVE TO NOVEL by HASKELL S SPRINGER In 1916 at the age of seventy-nine William Dean Howells published the last great novel of his long career Less than four years later he was dead In writing The Leatherwood God Howells was fulfilling a long-time intention to make use of his enthusiasm for the history of his native Ohio as well as -- in the way of an old man -- returning to the recollections of his boyhood1 His source for the basic story of ...
... SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO VALLEY SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Marietta Ohio November 27 and 28 1908 On Friday and Saturday November 27 and 28 1908 the Ohio Valley Historical Association held its second annual meeting at Marietta Ohio the first annual meeting was held a year previous in Cincinnati the proceedings of which meeting were briefly reported in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY for January 1909 The complete proceedings of ...
... OHIO'S MONUMENT TO GENERAL ANTHONY OHIO'S MONUMENT TO GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE UNVEILED September 14 1929 is a date long to be remembered in the annals of Ohio and other states represented at the dedicatory ceremonies incident to the unveiling of a monument to Major General Anthony Wayne a hero of the Revolution and the border wars with the Indians in the valleys of the Miami and Maumee Rivers The sites of his major achievements in the post-Revolutionary period of his career-the battle of Fallen ...
... 374 Ohio Arch 374 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Upon whose bosom snow has lain Who intimately lives with rain Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree' After the formal reading of Logan's Speech by John R Horst from McGuffey's Fourth Reader edition of 1853 informal addresses were made by J W Johnson of Circleville editor of the Democrat and Watchman Professor C C Miller of Lancaster and Mrs Orson D Dryer of Shepard Ohio Mrs Dryer's contribution to the day's ...
... WILLIAM H WILLIAM H WEST BY WILLIAM Z DAVIS The following is an address in memory of Judge William H West delivered by Hon William Z Davis of the Ohio Supreme Court at the meeting of the Ohio Bar Association Cedar Point July 12 1911 This writing is not a biography but an appreciation of one of the most notable members of the Ohio Bar in his generation As a counsellor as a trial lawyer and advocate in the halls of 404 William H William H West 405 legislation as attorney general as judge of ...
... ESSAY AND COMMENT 213 ESSAY AND COMMENT 213 sued however when the ruling class was so divided and inept or so committed to the use of sporadic unsuccessful force that it was unable to respond creatively to the challenges in time to produce peaceful reform The new youth class if indeed it can be defined as such presents a challenge to society to put into practice the best of its social political and religious ideals Nevertheless the youth class itself faces formidable tests Youth always has ...
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 35 nized the cheering by standing upon his automobile and waving his hat Grant street Fifth avenue and Wood street were lined with thousands The moment the automobile bearing the President appeared in Water street it was the signal for the beginning of one of the greatest ovations ever extended a nation's chief executive in this day Every boat tooted whistles as did locomotives and factories The spectators cheered People on the ...
... THE PATHFINDERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY THE PATHFINDERS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY COMPILED BY W H HUNTER1 STEUBENVILLE GAZETTE I Who were the Pathfinders - The Scoth-Irish Exerted Potent Influence in Winning the Ohio Country from the Wilderness and the Indians - Ohio History from the PennsylvaniaVirginia Point of View - The Third Race Division not noted by Historians - The Scotch-Irish and not the Puritans and Cavaliers made Ohio By means of the ever busy and facile pens of the descendants of the noble ...
... 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 ...
... A Buckeye Home Coming 503 A Buckeye Home Coming 503 A BUCKEYE HOME COMING THOMAS M EARL This poem was written to be sung at the Home Coming of the Buckeyes at Columbus Ohio September 2-6 1907 My native state Ohio Once more thy sward I tread Once more my eyes behold thy skies Of azure overspread I breathe again thy buoyant air I taste thy waters cool And feel the joy of growing boy By the old swimming pool I've wandered in the Westlands And East I've chanced to roam But never yet could ere ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The French in the Mississippi Valley 17 401750 By Norman Ward Caldwell Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences Vol XXVI No 3 Urbana University of Illinois Press 1941 113p Map bibliography The author has used for this study the rich photostatic collection of documents relating to French and Indian affairs in the Illinois country made by the Illinois Historical Survey Most notable perhaps is his use of the expense bills of the western posts from the colonial records in ...
... FOUR BUCKEYE ARGONAUTS IN CALIFORNIA FOUR BUCKEYE ARGONAUTS IN CALIFORNIA by SCHUYLER C MARSHALL President Polk's message to congress in December 1848 set of the gold mania in the East The following year thousands of young men left their farms to follow one of the overland trails or perhap go round the Horn or across the isthmus of Panama to the dig gings While we often speak of those who went to California a Forty-Niners the Gold Rush was by no means limited to tha year Early in 1850 many ...
... edited by WILFRED W BLACK The Fifty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry a Tuscarawas County regiment was organized in September and October of 1861 at Camp Meigs near Canal Dover More than one-half of its members were citizens of the county and Companies A B C E G and K were composed almost exclusively of Tuscarawas County men The Fifty-First had re-enlisted on January 1 18641 and following a furlough it returned to the front at Blue Springs near Cleveland Tennessee where on April 10 it was ...
... 160 Ohio Arch 160 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications HEMISPHERE - EXTRA COLUMBUS OHIO SEPT 17TH 1834 BIOGRAPHY OF GOV ROBERT LUCAS BY A CITIZEN OF COLUMBUS THE life and services of all public men holding high official stations in the government of the country are a species of public property and it is right and proper that the body of the people who are subject to be called upon to act directly upon the merits and fitness of candidates for popular favor should be made acquainted with ...
... 96 Ohio Arch 96 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications so on Professor Siebert is a careful and painstaking student and has exercised discriminating judgment as to what is necessary for the proper educidation of his subject He gives under each chapter the list of authorities which he has consulted or which may be further examined by those who desire more exhaustive study of the various topics The book is accompanied by an excellent appendix giving a chronological outline of the historical ...
... HISTORIC WORTHINGTON HISTORIC WORTHINGTON MIRA CLARKE PARSONS One hundred years ago in the month of October the quiet of the wilderness where Worthington now stands was broken by the arrival of forty families under the leadership of James Kilbourne The journey had occupied more than six weeks They came from Granby and Simsbury Conn representing many trades and occupations and bringing the hope and courage needed in founding a new home in a strange land The previous year their leader and Nathan ...
... THE TORY PROPRIETORS OF KENTUCKY LANDS THE TORY PROPRIETORS OF KENTUCKY LANDS BY WILBUR H SIEBERT Professor of European History Ohio State University From the days of its earliest settlement down through the American Revolution the Kentucky country was the scene of proprietary projects or hostile activities by Loyalists several of whom were first connected with Fort Pitt and afterward with the British post at Detroit It is needless to say that the hostile activities included more or less ...
... A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS IN OHIO HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY AUGUST 1964 - JULY 1965 compiled by S WINIFRED SMITH ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT Antislavery Movement Began in 1817 Ohio Genealogical Society Report V No 3 June 1965 2 On Jefferson County and the free-labor store at Mount Pleasant BAUER Katherine S Abolition and the Purdys Summit County Historical Society Bulletin XVIII No 6 June 1965 2 A family living at North Springfield ARCHAEOLOGY Artifacts from Collection of Tom Hall Ohio Archaeologist XV ...
... 338 Ohio Arch 338 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications VOL 4 RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES BY R EV WASHINGTON GLADDEN DD LL D We have studied here more than once the lesson of some great life In no other form does Truth present herself with so much quickening for the intellect with so much invigoration of the will For this reason chiefly was the Word made flesh All highest revelation to men must come through the form of a man The story of a life worthily lived is more convincing than logic more ...
... TABLET TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT MANSFIELD TABLET TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN AT MANSFIELD WHERE THE ORGANIZED MOVEMENT BEGAN TO MAKE HIM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SPEECH BY HONORABLE CHARLES II WORKMAN I arise on behalf of the Abraham Lincoln Association of Richland county We meet to give proper recognition to our forebears in 1858 in this city and in this country for their political acumen sagacity and intuition We meet to commemorate an important fact or event in the political history of the United ...