... western frontier wars These western territory his western Indians He soon returned to the West but his life of singular activity and usefulness was soon to come to a close After a prompt and faithful discharge of his new duties he died at or near the humble log cabin which was his home at Presque Isle on the shores of the lake now Erie ...
... western continuation of western forts were western settlements on the western forts included in western station to British western stronghold of the
...reservedrecord of a trial to quiet title to certain lands in the Miami Valley This court was held on June 5 1818 before Josiah Glover master commissioner of the Superior Court of Greene county at the residence of Abner Reid Oldtown Ohio three miles north of Xenia At this trial James Galloway deposed that he was a member of the expeditions which came out from Kentucky against the Shawnee Indians in 178 0 and 1782 and in answer to the ...
... SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO SOME DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF OHIO BY GEORGE DAVENPORT KRATZ AKRON In undertaking to edit the following expresses and communications I have made no attempt to form any connection between them or to draw any conclusions from the import of the letters taken separately The nature of the communications prohibits such a procedure My part has been merely to preface several of the documents with a few remarks relative to the state of affairs at the time they were ...
...reserves documents in 16 reserved at 37 Earthworks reserved by 37 Ohio Day in the Public Schools Editorial Randall 185 Ohio Flag View of 29 Ohio Governors Homes of 330 Ohio School Day Centennial Syllabus prepared for 198 Observance of 190 Provisions made for by Society 196 Ohio Sons of American Revolution Annual meeting of 1903 337 Editorial ...
... 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 ...
...reserved as a cemetery it is in a dilapidated condition none having been buried there for some time Now comrades and friends I hope and believe from what has been disclosed here today none will hereafter doubt that these graves are the last resting places of soldiers of 181 2 who died in camp near here in the discharge of their duty and were by their comrades buried in these graves and that all belief or suspicion that they may be the graves of ...
...reserved in glass cases reserves an atmosphere of homelikeness and comfort and is indicative of the well rounded character and refined principles of the student who arranged it The many thousand volumes of Americana include apparently everything which has been written In the drawing room hang life-sized portraits of President Hayes by Brown and of Mrs Hayes by Andrews and other choice ...
...reserve the self respect of the troops Proctor refused to agree in writing but pledged his honor as a soldier and a gentleman that these conditions should be observed Madison little knowing the perfidy of the man with whom he was treating trusted him and capitulated Before the surrender even the plundering began by the Indians The wounded were left at Frenchtown when the British with their prisoners started towards Malden but no guard was ...
...reserve harmony St St reserved in his relations with St Clair although the latter thought that his own action was a proper and due exercise of his power as head of the army On the 24th of October the troops marched about six miles still following the same Indian trail and camped on the present site of Greenville Ohio a creek being in front and a large prairie on the left which afforded ...
...reserved It was found in the swamp below Brady's Leap Brady's Leap 465 The late Gen Joshua Woodward of Franklin one of the earliest settlers there he and-Scott of Youngstown who knew Brady well Scott has been dead several years relate about the Leap just as here related-amp all the early relators agreed precisely in the particulars of the narrative The Cuyahoga at the Narrows where the Leap was madethe Indian trail-the Standing Stone-Brady's ...
... western or even the eastern states have so high a reputation for beauty pleasantness and healthfulness and when viewed in reference to its commercial advantage its future importance becomes obvious25 As early as 1825-26 Methodist services had been held in Defiance and in December 1837 the Presbyterian Church was formally organized26 The panic of 1837 retarded the interest of land speculators but settlers continued to pour into the valley 23 D ...
... western Pennsylvania and western borders were western wilderness western frontier to this place Mr President on behalf of the Committee on Construction I now tender this beautiful and appropriate memorial to the Greenville Historical Society to be disposed of at its pleasure REMARKS OF ...
... 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 ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XV INDEX TO VOLUME XV A Avery Elroy M History of United States by 271 Abolition Chase's part in 314 States by 271 Finney John 189 Abolitionists Treatment of 209 Alder Jonathan meets Lucas Sullivant Badger Rev Joseph Missionary work 382 of 164 Sketch of 379 Banking National system of 329 Andrews Prof M R Address at Big Baughman A J Gathering of historical Bottom dedication 30 material by 391 Portrait of 30 The Underground Railway by Animals Prehistoric use of 66-72 189 An Indian ...
... western gateway they will be thrilled by the thought of the heroes that from this county fell in the Mexican War and in the War for the Union and by the memory of General McPherson the highest in rank and command to fall upon the field of battle in the War for the Union At the grave of President Hayes and in this memorial building a flood of memories will come as they recall his gallantry on the field of battle his wise administration of the ...
... western navigation of 147 Harmar opposed by 117 Miami Valley Pioneer Lutherans in 278 Harrison Gen warned by 136 Miamisburg Mound 332 Indian name of 138 139 Milan Ohio Commercial importance of Kosciusko presents pistols to 134 299 Medal given to 131 Decline of 305 Parents of 114 Geographic influences of 291 Personality of 107 134 Growth of 291 Prohibition of liquor traffic secured Mills pioneer 293 by 135 Mills W C 337 348 358 Strategy of 118 ...
... western post of British western Territory will western settlements The Indian hunters of the Revolutionary war had laid aside their arms and their habits and devoted themselves to the cultivation of the soil the block houses and forts around which the first settlers had gathered were abandoned and cabins clearings and hamlets instead were ...
... 362 Ohio Arch 362 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The short inscription of this tablet we are honoring today gives concisely historic facts which all may read It does not need a very vivid imagination to see and feel all the labor sacrifice bloodshed aching hearts and desolate homes which are summed up in these facts We exult over the victories achieved and thrill with horror over the martyrdom of Col Crawford His name is on the bead-roll of fame and we all unite to honor his memory ...