... SOME POPULAR ERRORS IN REGARD TO MOUND SOME POPULAR ERRORS IN REGARD TO MOUND BUILDERS AND INDIANS THE erroneous ideas of persons otherwise well informed concerning archaeological matters would amaze one who could attain to any considerable knowledge of the science without previously becoming familiar to some extent with the many absurd theories and notions promulgated by authors ignorant of their subject and writing only to strike the popular mind and pocket The tendency of most of these ...
... The Presbyterians of Ohio The Presbyterians of Ohio 211 ABSTRACT OF THE SERMON ON THE PRESBYTERIANS OF OHIO BY REV SYLVESTER F SCOVEL PRESIDENT OF WOOSTER UNIVERSITY WOOSTER OHIO PREACHED IN THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Christian is a cosmopolitan Every land is his fatherland since God is his father So every Christian is brother to all other Christians Yet we may have a just concern which shall be special for our country and our church We have a century of Presbyterian experience behind ...
... 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 ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA FORT STEPHENSON CELEBRATON August 2d 1906 was the ninety-third anniversary of the gallant defense of Fort Stephenson the site of which is now the center of the attractive and enterprising city of Fremont The heroic and unparalleled holding of the little stockade fort by Major George Croghan on August 2d 1813 against some two thousand British troops under General Proctor and an equal number of Indian braves under Chief Tecumseh is one of the most memorable events not ...
... TECUMSEH AND HIS DESCENDANTS TECUMSEH AND HIS DESCENDANTS BY C B GALBREATH Much has been written of the famous Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh who was born in Clark County Ohio in a village near the site of Springfield and who died leading his braves in the battle of the Thames Canada where the Americans under William Henry Harrison signally defeated the combined forces of the British and their Indian allies Nothing remains to be said of this natural born leader of his race but those who have ...
... SENECA JOHN INDIAN CHIEF SENECA JOHN INDIAN CHIEF HIS TRAGIC DEATH ERECTION OF MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY COMPILED BY BASIL MEEK SENECA JOHN Not much is known pertaining to the direct biography of Seneca John The most that we have is incidental to and related in the story of his execution He belonged however to a prominent family of his tribe and was one of four brothers or rather of three full brothers named Comstock Steel and Coonstick and himself a half brother of the three named Comstock was a ...
... Ohio's Monument to General Anthony Wayne 19 Ohio's Monument to General Anthony Wayne 19 of governing the world So long as force may be invoked in behalf of injustice and wrong so long must force be ready to meet and crush force when thus employed as Washington said We must keep ourselves in a reasonable posture of defense Applause After more than one hundred and fifty years of nationality the sword of Washington and Wayne was never drawn except in defense of American rights or human rights and ...
... WINTHROP SARGENT WINTHROP SARGENT BY B H PERSHING PROFESSOR WITTENBERG COLLEGE The fate which history metes out to various men is not always the same Some are recognized by the age in which they live as men of eminence and worth who have rendered a real service to their generation This prominence they retain even at the hands of the most critical of historians Others are spoken of for some years as illustrious among men but when the day comes that they must pass the test of the historical ...
... DR DR SAMUEL P HILDRETH 1783-1863 1 By A E WA LLER Medical science in the nineteenth century engaged in its main task of healing in full consciousness of its professional obligations Methodically and with enthusiasm it likewise cradled and kept alive the spark of curiosity in all the natural sciences Botany and zoology profited most followed closely by geology chemistry physics and meteorology Many of these medical men not specialists themselves established firm foundations of special ...
... OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS A NEW SERPENT MOUND IN OHIO GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT We herewith reproduce with permission from the SeptemberOctober 1908 bi-monthly number of The Records of the Past published at Washington D C an article by the Editor of that publication George Frederick Wright the distinguished traveler scholar and author professor of harmony of sciences and religion Oberlin College Ohio and now President of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society ...
... EARLY FORGES IN OHIO EARLY FORGES IN OHIO BY WILBER STOUT The forge was the forerunner of the rolling mill and as such deserves some attention in the history of the iron industry in Ohio Forging was the method used by the pioneers in the refining and the shaping of crude iron into wares usable by the blacksmiths and mechanics of that day Although simple in design and small in output the forge was distinctly one of the early steps that led through many changes and advancements to the immense ...
... OHIO GENERALS AND FIELD OFFICERS IN THE OHIO GENERALS AND FIELD OFFICERS IN THE CIVIL WAR BY COLONEL W L CURRY In every crisis through which our Nation has passed since the firing of that shot at Concord April 19 1775 that was heard around the world there seem to have been men born to meet every emergency statesmen and men of military genius called from the walks of civil life to carry the ship of State safely through both in peace and war Therefore when the first gun of the War of the ...
... 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 ...
... David Zeisberger Centennial David Zeisberger Centennial 17 3 signified his great satisfaction and comfort when his Indian brethren who watched with the dying saint sang some of the Delaware hymns for the dying which he had rendered into their vernacular years ago And thus on the afternoon of November 17th he fell asleep amid the prayers of his brethren and the singing of his converts after the benediction had been spoken in the name of the church On the following Sunday at noon after funeral ...
... A JOURNEY FROM BALTIMORE TO LOUISVILLE IN A JOURNEY FROM BALTIMORE TO LOUISVILLE IN 1816 DIARY OF WILLIAM NEWTON MERCER Edited by EDWIN ADAMS DAVIS and JOHN C L ANDREASSEN Introduction William Newton Mercer surgeon and planter banker and philanthropist Unionist and Confederate was one of the most noted citizens of middle nineteenth century New Orleans He was born in Cecil County Maryland in 1792 scion of a well known family and after being educated in medicine under Dr Benjamin Rush at the ...
... Twenty-second Annual Meeting Twenty-second Annual Meeting 255 above named gentlemen as Trustees The Secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the five men designated were declared elected as Trustees of the Society to serve for the ensuing three years ending at the Annual Meeting in 1910 Mr Wood in making the report of the Nominating Committee stated that the committee further desired to recommend that General R Brinkerhoff be elected by the Society President Emeritus for life Such action he ...
... WASHINGTON AND THE OHIO IN 1770 AS WASHINGTON AND THE OHIO IN 1770 AS SEEN BY A VOYAGER IN 1932 BY EDMOND S SINDLINGER On October 5 1770 George Washington set out on his historic journey to the Ohio country This journey was made in the interest of the Virginia soldiers who had fought in the Indian wars and had been promised western lands as a reward for their services He arrived at Fort Pitt on October 17th Here he obtained two boats a large one for himself and seven companions and a canoe for ...
... 24 Ohio Arch 24 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications their loss was far heavier than that suffered by Wayne's soldiers Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers many Indians fled to Detroit the British headquarters and General Wayne departed for Fort Defiance He did not live long to enjoy the honor of his victory dying two years later One of General Wayne's last acts was to receive from the British Fort Miami which they formally surrendered in 1796 in pursuance to a treaty negotiated by Chief ...
... MARK PITCAVAGE MARK PITCAVAGE Burthened in Defence of our Rights Opposition to Military Service in Ohio During the War of 1812 The War of 1812 has long been famous as a war to which substantial opposition existed in the United States The nearness of the Congressional vote over the declaration of war the refusal of several New England states to provide militia for the invasion of Canada and the Hartford Convention in 1814 are all notable examples of the degree to which the nation divided over ...
... EARLY OHIO POSTAL ROUTES EARLY OHIO POSTAL ROUTES BY WILLIAM D OVERMAN Regular United States mail service followed closely upon the heels of organized government in the Northwest Territory The statesmen of that day were aware of the value of a contact with the new settlers in the West and the postmasters-general1 urged 1 Samuel Osgood 1789-91 and Timothy Pickering 1791-94 21 22 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 22 OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY the extension of ...