... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA PURCHASE OF FORT ANCIENT The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is to be heartily congratulated over the final accomplishment of its efforts extending through many years of securing entire possession of Fort Ancient It has been a long and stubborn siege with many vicissitudes and delays and dis couragements but the last walls of the enclosure have finally been taken and the Society now holds the fort It is necessary to repeat some ancient history in ...
... Rosscounty54 Traders had started from Pennsylvania in 1772 and moved into the Scioto country James Girty was in the employ of one of these stores in the capacity of interpreter Jones reached the town and sought for Girty But his missionary efforts received a setback for the Indians were not only opposed to him but he had trouble in securing a competent interpreter Of one who was recommended ...
... County Rutland Township County 1813 Olive Township County was divided into County About 1802 he went County Virginia This is County history Mails were
... County Oviatts T D OVIATT Warren O February 15th 1889 Almost incredible is the recital of the hardships and sufferings from savage cruelty to which the early emigrants of our western set- Editorialana Editorialana 585 tlements were exposed With very few of the comforts of life and none of its luxuries they penetrated deep into the dark and unbroken forest erected their rude habitations and placed within their unembellished walls their wives ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Battle of Point Pleasant Treaty twenty years before was its beginning Had the pioneers been successful in that conflict the Americans would not have rebelled It would have shown the impossibility of success But Colonel Lewis was successful and Anthony Wayne was successful The Revolution culminated in independence but not for Ohio until Wayne fought the last battle that gave our people instead of England the land upon which we now stand ...
... County are a mis-spelling County is a reminder of County Leatherwood Creek County 276 Ohio Arch 276 County from the incident County take theirs from
... County a companion Rosscounty claiming that McDonald in his account of Kenton so says but this is an error Speaking of this expedition of Kenton and his two companions McDonald says they crossed the Ohio and proceeded cautiously to Chillicothe now Old Town This applies as well to the ...
... County possessed I should County have studied your County has gathered to herself all that remains of another hero her first if not her greatest Here under the shadow of this monument among the people who love to do him honor on the very spot he so gallantly defended will he lie Till mouldering worlds and tumbling systems burst When the ...
... County Infirmary that we County Durham a young lady of eighteen Her father was lieutenant governor of the Isle of Man and a son of General James Agnew of American Revolutionary fame The mother of Margaret Agnew was Catherine one of the sisters of Harman Blennerhassett For this cause she Margaret was disinherited The young lady was absent at school her uncle Harman was sent to take her home ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 493 FORT LAURENS--ITS SITE AND SIEGE The relation of the Ohio country and its pre-state pioneers to the events of the American Revolution has not yet been properly portrayed Until recently leading historians have either ignored it altogether or slightingly treated it It will ere long receive due attention Roosevelt in The Winning of the West Winsor in the Westward Movement and Moore in The Northwest Under Three Flags have given it more or less consideraton During the ...
... Address of Governor McKinley Address of Governor McKinley 207 ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR McKINLEY DELIVERED AT GREENVILLE OHIO AUGUST 8 1895 INTRODUCTION BY J R KNOX - The people of Ohio like to see their Governor the soldiers of the army like to see their old comrade everybody wants to see McKinley and I have the pleasure now fellow citizens of presenting to you Governor McKinley of Ohio who will now address you Mr President Ladies and Gentlemen Your president has said that the people of Ohio want ...
... FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FIRST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY W H HUNTER CHILLICOTHE This article was prepared for and read by author at the Banquet of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution held at the Neil House Columbus April 19 1902 It is herewith published at the request of the editor of the Quarterly-E 0 R At the time the dreadful battle of Point Pleasant was fought at the mouth of the Kanawha river on October 10 1774 the American colonies were in ...
... 64 Ohio Arch 64 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Vo L 4 BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN OHIO AND VIRGINIA INTRODUCTORY Previous to 1783 Virginia never laid any claim to the Ohio River--or in fact to any territory west of the Alleghenies because this region was originally a part of the vast district claimed by the French and known as Louisiana The Mississippi River was discovered by French missionaries and was subsequently explored to its mouth by LaSalle who according to the customs of the nations ...
... NEWS FROM THE MUSKINGUM1 NEWS FROM THE MUSKINGUM1 SALEM September 9 Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the new settlement on the Muskingum to a person in this town dated July 20th We had a beautiful passage down the Ohio from Pittsburg in company with 3 Kentucke boats Without sails or oars we glided down the fair river and in 48 hours arrived at the enchanting spot It is really a delightful situation The first thing which presented itself when we ascended the bank by a grand and easy pair ...
... establishment His advancement was now rapid He was known as an excellent and careful workman and by adding new machinery to the works soon greatly increased their facilities and their trade He considered himself somewhat established in life and Nov 19 1789 when nineteen years old he was married to Lucy daughter of John Fitch of Philadelphia who in after years became distinguished as the inventor of a steamboat His remarkable success in life ...
... THE OHIO DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THE OHIO DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF B PED By permission of The Ohio Teacher The school histories have always said much about the Mecklenburg Resolutions being the prelude to the Declaration of Independence Indeed some histories make so much of it that you doubt if Thomas Jefferson would ever have mustered up courage sufficient to pen the immortal lines beginning When in the course of human events etc had he not had this brave precedent ...
... GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE AND THE BATTLE OF GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE AND THE BATTLE OF FALLEN TIMBERS CENTENNIAL ORATION DELIVERED BY JUDGE SAMUEL F HUNT OF CINCINNATI ON THE BATTLEFIELD AUGUST 20 1894 UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY MONUMENTAL ASSOCIATION APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY In April 1792 Anthony Wayne was appointed by President Washington Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States The position to which he was called under the circumstances required military and ...