... MINUTES OF MINUTES OF THE OHIO ACADEMY OF HISTORY Columbus Ohio April 3 1954 The Ohio Academy of History held its annual spring meeting at Columbus April 3 1954 Registration was followed at 10 A M by two concurrent sessions at the Ohio State Museum At one with Robert Hilliard of Ohio Northern University as chairman James H Rodabaugh of the Ohio Historical Society presented a paper on Opportunities for Writing and Research in Ohio History Comments were made by Randolph C Downes of the ...
... AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE JACKSON AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE JACKSON COUNTY IRON INDUSTRY A THESIS PRESENTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS BY VERNON DAVID K E ELER AB LLB INTRODUCTION The Cyclops here their heavy hammers deal Loud strokes and hissings of tormented steel Are heard around the boiling waters roar And smoky flames through fuming tunnels soar --Vergil In early Biblical times according to the fourth chapter of Genesis Tubal Cain born in the seventh generation of Adam was an ...
... strikes the beholder with strike this monstrous strikes the northern boundary of the present Ohio at the mouth of the Sandusky river where was a chief settlement of the Acolhuans The hero and his friends assist these people in one of their campaigns against a rival race known as the Skraelings There is a naval encounter on the lake in ...
... ANCIENT WORK NEAR OXFORD OHIO ANCIENT WORK NEAR OXFORD OHIO In the first volume of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Mr McBride gives a cut and description of this work1 But both plat and description vary so widely from the facts that it seems desirable to bring the case up again Mr MacLean in his Mound Builders reproduces the figure and copies the chief points of the general statement They differ as to the locality McBride being entirely right but McLean putting it in the wrong township ...
... 132 Ohio Arch 132 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Mrs Bishop sang again Her glorious voice was heard first in Handel's I Know That My Redeemer Liveth and then in Comin' Thro' the Rye THESE ARE MY JEWELS Hon Emmett Thompkins Congressman-elect from the 12th Ohio District Columbus delivered an address replete with most interesting historical and statistical information Out of the days devoted to the exposition of the arts and the products of the two Americas this one is dedicated to Ohio ...
... strike out the words executive committee wherever they appear and insert in lieu thereof Board of Trustees The motion was carried In accordance with the election just held the officers of the Society for the ensuing year 1919 are as follows President Emeritus G Frederick Wright Oberlin President Hon James E Campbell Columbus First Vice President George F Bareis Canal Winchester Second Vice President Hon Daniel J Ryan Columbus Secretary Hon E O ...
... 632 Ohio Arch 632 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Quarterly but all numbers are promised from the printer before the close of the calendar year From this brief report it will be seen that the publications of the Society are increasing in volume and value Signed JOSE PH C GOODMAN Chairman SCHOENBRUNN Your committee has been steadily at work throughout the year in seeking to make the Schoenbrunn Memorial Park one of the outstanding historic spots of Ohio An appropriation of 7500 by the ...
... 458 Ohio Arch 458 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Inscription on tablet placed by U S D 1 812 on the Ross County Court House Chillicothe Ohio May 17 1933 CHILLICOTHE CAPITAL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY AND FIRST CAPITAL OF OHIO The State of Ohio was made possible by the Treaty of Paris 1783 which made the Great Lakes the northern boundary of the new United States In 1787 Congress established the Northwest Territory dedicated to freedom and public education with General Arthur St Clair ...
... REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF REPORT ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF MOUNDS AND EARTHWORKS OF OHIO HAVING been appointed by the Ohio Arch ae ological and Historial Society Chairman of a Committee to consider the necessity and the means of preserving the prehistoric mounds and earthworks of Ohio I arranged last summer to spend a week in company with Judge C C Baldwin of Cleveland in making a tour of inspection which should enable us to supplement investigations which we had previously made ...
... strikes the mitre sill In building the front of each wall faced stone was used and hammer dressed in the back In laying the stone the plan is to lay two stretchers to one header a stretcher being a stone from 4 feet to 6 feet long and about 2 feet to 30 inches wide and from 2 feet to 30 inches rise when two such stones are laid end to end then a header is laid next which shows only about half the size on face of wall but extends back from 4 to ...
... 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 ...
... THE INFLUENCE OF NEW ENGLAND IN DETHE INFLUENCE OF NEW ENGLAND IN DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGES IN THE NORTHWEST 1830-1860 BY E KIDD LOCKARD By the third decade of the nineteenth century New England had come to regard the Northwest as a boundless meadow spiritually whitening for harvest The West itself cognizant of its latent possibilities in secular as well as in ecclesiastical affairs felt the increasing necessity for college-bred churchmen1 The need rose to such proportions that both parties felt ...
... ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN EARLY CINCINNATI By Ophia D Smith Many volumes have been written about the hardships and accomplishments of pioneer preachers in the Western Country Most of these however deal with men of orthodox faith The Swedenborgians equally self-sacrificing but unorthodox and misunderstood have received little attention because they were few in number Yet they were people of influence--they were readers and thinkers and doers In ...
... strike the fatal blow when suddenly it fell to his side It had dawned upon him what the murder of such a man might mean under certain conditions So under the spell of fear and respect he began to make inquiry as to the state of things at the forts How many 96 Ohio Arch 96 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications regular troops are there How about the supplies and the soldiery Answer to this inquiry would determine his course The Captain saw ...
... CENTENNIAL OF MINER FAMILY CENTENNIAL OF MINER FAMILY The celebration of the Miner family June 7 1 90 6 at the old homestead on Green Lawn Avenue was an occasion well worthy of permanent note Mrs Mary Wharton eighty-five years of age youngest daughter of Isaac Miner and the sole survivor of his children issued an invitation to her friends and neighbors in the following form 1806 Spero ut fidelis 1906 MRS MARY WHARTON REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT THE CENTENNIAL OF THE MINER FAMILY ...
... SHAKER EDUCATION SHAKER EDUCATION by SHERMAN B BARNES Professor of History Kent State University On August 27 1810 a body of some five hundred armed men threateningly descended upon the Shaker community at Union Village near Lebanon Ohio The crowd eventually withdrew however without committing any act of violence In explaining this withdrawal official Shaker historians gave credit not only to the calm peaceable and harmless deportment of the believers but also to the orderly and flourishing ...
... strike her down when hunters came to her rescue 2 September 1 1777 See Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution Vol II 291-283 Hildreth's Early Settlers of Ohio Otis's Defense of Fort Henry Hunter's Pathfinders of Jefferson County in Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly Vol VI 131-133 344 Ohio Arch 344 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Every reader of pioneer history is familiar with the story of the conduct of the ...
... 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 ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA PRELIMINARY ANNUAL MEETING On May 14 1912 the following circular was issued to the members of the Society According to the provisions of the Constitution of the Society the Annual Meeting of the Society should be held not later than the last day of May It is earnestly desired that the Annual Meeting this year be deferred until after the bids have been received and if possible the contracts made with the builders for the erection of the building for the Society at ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ORAGNIZATION IN THE NORTHWEST 1824-184 0 BY HOMER J WEBSTER PH D Department of History University of Pittsburgh NOTE In the preparation of this work the writer has received very helpful suggestions from Professor Frederic L Paxson of the University of Wisconsin while in every part of the work he has received invaluable assistance from his wife-Edith Francisco Webster To both of these he desires to express here ...