... THE PLACE OF THE OHIO VALLEY THE PLACE OF THE OHIO VALLEY IN AMERICAN HISTORY FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER Professor of History University of Wisconsin Mr Turner until the fall of 1910 was professor of American History in the University of Wisconsin He is now professor of Western American History at Harvard University and the past year 1910 was president of the American Historical Association He delivered the address herewith published at the meeting of the Ohio Valley Historical Association held ...
... The Western Reserve and The Western Reserve and The Frontier Thesis By K ENNETH V LOTTICK IT IS GENERALLY CONCEDED that Frederick Jackson Turner's frontier thesis was predicated upon a kind of geographical determinism--that somehow in crossing the Appalachian barrier old habits of thought and older customs and institutions suddenly withered away in the purer air of the new country1 Whether this thesis applied generally may be debated but it surely did not apply in western New York and in ...
... TERRY A TERRY A BARNHART James McBride Historian and Archaeologist of the Miami Valley James McBride of Hamilton Ohio was a man of many parts At various junctures of his busy life McBride's multifarious activities embraced merchandising architecture banking civil engineering and several avenues of public service As respectable as those attainments were however his most enduring contributions were made as an amateur historian and archaeologist McBride is a prime example of the antiquarian ...
... OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY 1835-1858 FURTHER ASPECTS CONTRIBUTION OF OHIO PHYSICIANS TO THE MEXICAN WAR By LEON GOLDMAN MD One of the wars least interesting to and least popular with the people of the United States was of course the Mexican War of 1846 Yet this war should be of some interest to the physician for it was at this time that in spite of great difficulties definite advances were made by medical officers in the army Their conduct in the field went far to ...
... A Century of Voting A Century of Voting In Three Ohio Counties By I RIDGWAY DAVIS BECAUSE VOTING IS OF KEY IMPORTANCE in a democracy analyses of voting behavior on the national and state levels in the United States have been of major interest to students of history and government Comparatively little research however has been forthcoming on the local level In this study the voting records of three Ohio counties Ross Pike and Scioto have been examined for the period 1859-1959 a century of ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII A Allen - Col commands KenAbbott David Ohio Presidential Electtucky infantry Ft Wayne 1812 or 1812 367 326 327 329 358 Indians kill spies Abolition in Kansas 192-205 of 359 Abolitionists 21 372 Allen County 376 Ackley J M Dr prominent CleveAllen E Rev 132 133 land physician 80 Allen John W Cleveland mayor 80 Adams American vessel 1812 355 Allen William Gov 100 Adams Ashel in War 1812 314 Almanac pioneer use of 267 HagersAdams Charles Francis 20 21 ...
... THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY OF THE THE CHARCOAL IRON INDUSTRY OF THE HANGING ROCK IRON DISTRICT--ITS INFLUENCE ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE OHIO VALLEY BY WILBUR STOUT INTRODUCTION The Hanging Rock Iron District as defined by the iron masters embraced the furnaces and furnace lands and also the adjacent properties over which iron ores limestones and charcoal were gathered It included parts of Carter Boyd and Greenup Counties Kentucky and parts of Lawrence Scioto Gallia Jackson Vinton and ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments Reviews Notes and Comments 2 99 NEXT PRESIDENT AN OHIOAN The Republican National Convention in Chicago June 12 nominated Senator Warren G Harding on the tenth ballot for President of the United States The Democratic National Convention in San Francisco July 5 nominated Governor James M Cox on the forty-fourth ballot for President of the United States The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is a strictly non-partisan institution but because of the ...
... THE FORMATION OF THE ECLECTIC SCHOOL THE FORMATION OF THE ECLECTIC SCHOOL IN CINCINNATI By RALPH TAYLOR MD It is now more than a century since the first Eclectic College was organized in Ohio and the century mark for the Eclectic Medical Institute will soon be reached It is difficult to visualize the social domestic and commercial life of the country when these schools were founded The writer doubts if one can thoroughly visualize Ohio without a single college of any appreciable size instead ...
... THE INDIAN IN OHIO THE INDIAN IN OHIO With a Map of the Ohio Country BY H C SHETRONE ASSISTANT CURATOR Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society FOREWORD The accompanying narrative is offered in response to an apparent demand for a briefly comprehensive account of the aboriginal inhabitants of the territory comprised within the State of Ohio The need of such an addition to the already extensive literature on the subject is suggested by frequent inquiry on the part of visitors to the ...
... 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 ...
... Slavery and the Ohio Circuit Rider Slavery and the Ohio Circuit Rider By PAUL H BOASE There can be no doubt about John Wesley's hatred of slavery Both the trade and practice were condemned as the execrable sum of all villainies and if ranked in order of precedence few if any sins surpassed the buying and selling the bodies and souls of men women and children with the intention to enslave them Wesley's early followers were good disciples equally energetic in their efforts to stamp out the evil ...
... THE FAILURE OF THE OHIO LIFE INSURANCE THE FAILURE OF THE OHIO LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY 1857 by MORTIMER SPIEGELMAN Most writers on the economic history of the United States refer to the Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company as the institution whose failure precipitated the panic of 1857 The failure is usually attributed to depreciated railroad investments and the losses stated in amounts as high as 7000000 dollars1 A search into the history of this institution that played a leading ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXIX INDEX TO VOLUME XXIX Abenakis See Abinakis Auditors report of 495-503 Abinakis 336 440 Avolachy 186 188 Adams Gilbert C presentation of archaeological specimens by 507 Backus Elijah 147 Advocate and Tribune 153 Bailey Abby extracts from journal of Akron Germania attitude on peace negorelative to visit of Lafayette to Cintiations following the World War 52 cinnati 260-263 53 54 61 66 69 73 75 76 78 Baker Newton D at Spiegel Grove Park Alexander T B telegram from 544-545 328 ...
... Cleveland's Johnson Elected Mayor Cleveland's Johnson Elected Mayor By EUGENE C MURDOCK One day in the early fall of 1897 thirty friends of Henry George closeted themselves with the great single-taxer in Tom L Johnson's New York offices The question before them was Should George be a candidate in the approaching New York mayoralty election Some of those present observed that their leader's health was not good and that an exhausing campaign could render permanent damage to him An eminent doctor ...
... AN EDDY IN THE WESTERN FLOW OF AMERICAN AN EDDY IN THE WESTERN FLOW OF AMERICAN CULTURE The History of Printing and Publishing in Oxford Ohio 1827-1841 By JESSE H SHERA 103 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS It is I am well aware not customary to append to a study as brief as this a lengthy list of acknowledgments Nevertheless there are in this instance certain major obligations the public recognition of which I am convinced is not an act of supererogation Accordingly I would express my ...
... BELLAMY NATIONALISM IN OHIO 1891 TO 1896 BELLAMY NATIONALISM IN OHIO 1891 TO 1896 by WILLIAM F ZORNOW Instructor in History Case Institute of Technology One aspect of the Progressive movement which is of special interest is the growth of native radicalism as distinct from imported Marxism In this movement Edward Bellamy became one of the chief spokesmen He was a utopian socialist who believed in planning regimentation efficiency and the nationalization of all industry but he also hoped to ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies BRECKSVILLE EARLY SETTLERS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Brecksville Ernest M Green President Present officers of the society are Ernest M Green president Alice Green Lewis vice president and Mrs Minnie Bartlett Jones historian secretary and treasurer Trustees are Betty Teter Barrett Susie McCreery Birdsall Benjamin P Forbes Raymond J Thayer Raymond B Perry and Harriet A Wright CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Springfield Orton G Rust President The ...
... ADDRESS OF HON ADDRESS OF HON RUTHERFORD B HAYES MR PRESIDENT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN - The good fortune of the settlement at Marietta continues up to this very hour We can congratulate each other upon the privilege of having heard the eminent Senator from Massachusetts We can congratulate him that he has connected his name for all the centuries to come with the most fortunate colonization that ever occurred on earth Whenever hereafter century after century this ceremony and celebration shall be ...
... edited by edited by PAUL C BOWERS JR GOODWIN F BERQUIST JR James Kilbourne New Light on his Story James Kilbourne played an important if not widely known role in the settlement and development of Ohio Born in Farmington Connecticut in 1770 Kilbourne became a prosperous merchant and land owner as well as a lay reader and clergyman in the Protestant Episcopal Church He was a man of stature in both the business and spiritual affairs of central Connecticut by the turn of the century In 1800 ...