... 276 Ohio Arch 276 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications his pedantry King James little understood the hidden meaning of the sea-to-sea extension Under this charter of 1609 modified by that of 1612 Virginia held until the formation of the federal constitution in 1788 In reading of Mr Avery's work we are tempted to halt and linger at particularly important and interesting events The reader reluctantly leaves his story which we again commend to both the general reader and the close student Both ...
... 218 Ohio Arch 218 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Kintz mandolin orchestra of Somerset an organization composed of Little Folks The afternoon session at city hall was addressed by Col W A Taylor and Dr P A Gordon and musical numbers were contributed by Mrs Frank Randolph and Mrs Emma B Bowman A recitation by Mrs Bess Comly-Cary was also greatly enjoyed THE BANQUET One of the most enjoyable and brilliant events of the week was the banquet at the Armory Monday evening given in honor of ...
... FRANKLINTON AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH FRANKLINTON AT THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF LUCAS SULLIVANT BY ANDRE W DENNY RODGERS III Dedication ceremonies of the monument erected to Lucas Sullivant and the pioneers of Franklin County in the Franklinton Cemetery Our mood this afternoon is one of retrospect This afternoon we lift away the gray mists of more than a century to move among the valiant pioneer spirits of the borough of Franklinton Today this is Franklinton and the time is the ninth day of ...
... DANIEL JOSEPH RYAN DANIEL JOSEPH RYAN BY C B GALBREATH As announced in the last isue of the QUARTERLY Honorable Daniel J Ryan long an active life member of this Society and the oldest in term of service on the Board of Trustees passed from our midst in the early morning of June 15 1923 It thus becomes our sad duty for the third time within a little more than three years to record the death of one of our fellow members who from almost the beginning of our Society was prominently identified in ...
... ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY ARCHAEOLOGICAL REMAINS OF JACKSON COUNTY BY WILLIAM C MILLS INTRODUCTION During the summer of 1905 by special request of a number of citizens and local archaeologists of Jackson county the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society sent an expedition into the county under the direction of the writer which examined a few of the many rock shelters mounds and petroglyphs located in Lick Liberty and Jackson townships The object of the examination was ...
... edited by edited by ROBERT W HATTON Just a Little Bit of the Civil War As Seen by W J Smith Company M 2nd 0 V Cavalry Conclusion This is the second of two articles based upon the Civil War memoirs of Private William James Smith Company M Second Ohio Volunteer Cavalry In the first article which appeared in the Summer issue of Ohio History Smith provides some information about his pre-war life and enlistment at the age of seventeen in the Dennison Guards prior to transferring to the 2nd OVC on ...
... REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR Know Ohio a Souvenir of the Buckeye State By J L Clifton and B A Aughinbaugh 64 p Columbus Ohio 25 cents This is the title of a neatly printed attractively bound and extensively illustrated booklet of sixty-four pages each carrying eight by five inches of printed matter The writer has before him the revised proof sheets of the second printing of this work and is impressed with the belief that it will become very popular with ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA OHIO DAY IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS At the regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society held Friday July 18 1902 Professor C L Martzolff trustee presented a scheme to have the public schools throughout the state celebrate the admission of Ohio into the Union on March 1 1903 He proposed that the Society through a committee prepare a program of exercises for that occasion such program to consist of historical ...
... THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS EWING EDITED BY CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF Through the courtesy of Thomas Ewing Jr of New York City I am permitted to give to the public for the first time the entire autobiography of his distinguished grandfather Thomas Ewing a pioneer the first Alumnus of the first college of the Old Northwest an eminent lawyer a profound statesman an honorable citizen and a Christian gentleman-C L M1 NOTE--I wish to express my gratitude to the following ...
... Remarks of Gov Remarks of Gov James E Campbell 161 REMARKS OF GOVERNOR JAMES E CAMPBELL It was a long-deferred pleasure one year ago on the 19th of October to make my first visit here I learned after arriving that it was an auspicious day being the ninety-ninth anniversary of the landing upon the banks of yonder river of the little band of French settlers who founded this handsome and flourishing city During an address to the people who gathered on that occasion to hear the political ...
... 614 Ohio Arch 614 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications STATE PARKS As Chairman of the Committee on Parks I have the following report to submit Acting under the instruction of our President Mr Arthur C Johnson I visited the following properties during the year Logan Elm Park Mound City Park Fort Laurens Park Schoenbrunn Park Seip Mound Park Serpent Mound Park Fort Ancient Park Campus Martius Observing the magnitude of the task assigned to me in trying to visit and direct improvements in all ...
... COMMENCEMENT ON THE OHIO CANAL COMMENCEMENT ON THE OHIO CANAL AT THE LICKING SUMMIT This great work was commenced on Monday the 4th inst under circumstances the most favorable and auspicious On the day previous all the roads leading to the point selected for the celebration were crowded with people on foot on horseback and in every description of vehicle hastening to witness the scene Almost every house within a distance of five miles was occupied but on the evening of that day by far the ...
... 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 ...
... LAYING CORNER STONE LAYING CORNER STONE OF THE SOCIETY'S BUILDING On the afternoon of Se p tember 12 1 912 the Trustees and officers of the Society laid the Corner Stone of the building of the Society located on the Campus of the Ohio State University The ground was first broken for the excavation on June 25th The weather on the day of the corner stone laying was ideal and a goodly audience of the friends of the Society including many professors of the University assembled to witness the ...
... THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 THE DIARY OF JOHN BEATTY JANUARY-JUNE 1884 Part III edited by HARVEY S FORD Head Librarian Toledo Blade Wednesday March 26 1884 The newspaper correspondents have for the last month been urging me to give them an interview on the political situation What they mean by an interview is a carefully prepared dialogue between the correspondent who asks the questions or is represented as asking them and the interviewed person so called who writes both ...
... GENERAL JOSHUA WOODROW SILL GENERAL JOSHUA WOODROW SILL BY ALBERT DOUGLAS FOREWORD With some sixty years intervening since the Civil War and with the generation of men and women to whom it was a fearful reality almost all gone from earth it cannot be hoped that many who knew him personally will read this slight memoir of one of Ohio's great and best soldiers of that war But to these few and especially to those who have urged me to use the letters and memoranda in my hands for the preparation ...
... PAUL C PAUL C BOWERS JR GOODWIN F BERQUIST JR Worthington Ohio James Kilbourn's Episcopal Haven on the Western Frontier One of the most significant developments to occur in this country in the aftermath of the American Revolution was the settlement of the old Northwest Territory beyond the Ohio River Families from the Atlantic states streamed west in ever-increasing droves establishing countless new communities in the region now occupied by the states of Ohio Michigan Indiana and Illinois ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 111 gave the name of Marietta to the new town in honor of Mary Antoinette and France Generals St Clair of Pennsylvania and Putnam of Massachusetts Samuel Holden Parsons of Connecticut and James M Varnum of Rhode Island were the leaders in the work of establishing the settlement aided by Winthrop Sargent secretary of the Territory and by the noble Manasseh Cutler who was a frequent visitor and a powerful advocate in the East Parsons Varnum and John Cleve Symmes Chief ...
... OHIO IN SHORT STORIES 1824-1839 OHIO IN SHORT STORIES 1824-1839 BY LUCILLE B EMCH In the Ohio Valley of the 1820 ' s and 1830's there occurred a stir of literary activity which for the time and character of the events was most unusual The perspective gained by the passing of more than a century adds to rather than detracts from the significance of the movement The publishing center of the West during the twenties and thirties was Cincinnati which with a population of 24831 in 1830 was by far ...
... 266 JAMES PRESTON POINDEXTER ELDER STATESMAN JAMES PRESTON POINDEXTER ELDER STATESMAN OF COLUMBUS by RICHARD CLYDE MINOR Professor of Sociology Lincoln University Jefferson City Missouri The story of James Preston Poindexter though it can never be told in its completeness still reveals enough to show that he was a remarkable man Of mixed Negro Caucasian and Indian blood the force of circumstances made him a Negro the force of his personality made him a man respected among men There are many ...