... ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 19 1895 TO FEBRUARY 18 1896 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E O RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1896 275 To His Excellency ASA S To His Excellency ASA S BUSHNELL Go v er n or of Ohio SIR I have the honor to submit herewith the eleventh annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year from February 19 1895 to February 18 1896 This ...
... 266 Ohio Arch 266 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications tiers it might be the means of terminating all future differences without war of cultivating harmony and friendship among the tribes of bringing offenders on both sides to justice and causing treaties to be respected throughout the different nations If such a system could be introduced cultivation and instruction would naturally follow and the Americans and Indians would become one people and have but one interest at heart -the good of ...
... MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO Saturday October 10 1925 900 A M The meeting was called to order by Secretary C B Galbreath There were present B F Prince George F Bareis W H Pengelly James S Hine E F Wood Joseph C Goodman W C Mills A E Domoney F C Furniss Dean M Hickson H O Whitaker Miss Martha J Maltby T B Alexander Mrs T B Alexander Mrs Charles A Covert Mrs ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XX No 4 OCTOBER 1911 GENERAL BRINKERHOFF Elsewhere in this Quarterly we give notice of the death of General Brinkerhoff with an extended account of his busy and useful life and many of its prominent achievements But no written record of the life of such a man can adequately present what he really was to the world in which he lived The inestimable outflow of a beautiful and true character ever loyal to the highest ideals of life cannot be recorded cannot be duly ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY VOL II MARCH 1889 No 4 SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF HISTORIC TRAVEL OVER NEW YORK NEW JERSEY VIRGINIA AND OHIO IN THE SEVEN YEARS FROM 1840-1847 Read at the fourth annual meeting of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society at Chillicothe February 1 1889 I propose this evening to give you some reminiscences of my travels in search of history over the four States of New York New Jersey Virginia and Ohio from 1840 to 1847 They will consist largely ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical QUARTERLY VOL II MARCH 1889 No 4 SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF HISTORIC TRAVEL OVER NEW YORK NEW JERSEY VIRGINIA AND OHIO IN THE SEVEN YEARS FROM 1840-1847 Read at the fourth annual meeting of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society at Chillicothe February 1 1889 I propose this evening to give you some reminiscences of my travels in search of history over the four States of New York New Jersey Virginia and Ohio from 1840 to 1847 They will consist largely ...
... JOHN JAMES PIATT REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE JOHN JAMES PIATT REPRESENTATIVE FIGURE OF A MOMENTOUS PERIOD By CLARE DOWLER Biographical and Critical Study The development of Ohio from 1830 to I880 was spectacular It characterized in a fashion the development of the whole nation In this typical region it would be hard to find a more representative man than John James Piatt His life span began as Ohio was emerging out of the wilderness as Johnny Appleseed's trees were bearing abundantly and as the ...
... A DAUGHTER OF THE McGUFFEYS A DAUGHTER OF THE McGUFFEYS FRAGMENTS FROM THE EARLY LIFE OF ANNA MC GUFFEY MORRILL 1845-1924 EDITED BY HER DAUGHTER ALICE MORRILL RUGGLES Copyrighted 1933 By ALICE MORRILL RUGGLES All rights reserved including the right to reproduce this monograph or portions thereof in any form FOREWORD FOREWORD In 1921 when my mother was living in Cambridge Massachusetts I suggested that she write out her recollections of early life in the Middle West She demurred But I have ...
... 262 Ohio Arch 262 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Fort Miami -- We regret to report that this property is still in the hands of owners who do not seem much interested in its historic value Fallen Timbers-- At this writing the State Architect is engaged in landscaping the site chosen for the future monument to honor the memory of a great soldier and mark an historic spot It will be recalled that two years ago the Legislature appropriated 2000 for this purpose We had asked for 40000 for ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Early Maps of the Ohio Valley A Selection of Maps Plans and Views Made by Indians and Colonials from 1673 to 1783 By Lloyd Arnold Brown Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press 1959 xiv 132p illustrations maps plans and bibliography 1200 This handsome volume edited by Lloyd A Brown for the Eavenson Cartography Fund is an attractive picture book which summarizes the cartographic history of the Ohio River region from 1673 to 1783 It features a brief introductory ...
... RICHARD T RICHARD T FARRELL Internal-Improvement Projects in Southwestern Ohio 1815-1834 During the first three decades of the nineteenth century merchants farmers and manufacturers successfully established Cincinnati's economic prominence in the West Taking advantage of the city's strategic location pioneer merchants supplied the increasing number of immigrants from Europe and the eastern states with the goods they needed before they moved up the valleys of the Great Miami and Little Miami ...
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Societies ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF NEGRO LIFE AND HISTORY Columbus William F Savoy State Director The Columbus branch of the association observed the 23d annual celebration of Negro History Week during the second week in February Radio speakers were Dr James H Rodabaugh Mrs Julia Burrell Charles Allen Dr William Utterbeck Dr John Bennett Dr Allen Griffen Chester Gray and William F Savoy state director of the association Dr Rodabaugh and Mr Savoy ...
... Pre-Civil War Sentiment Pre-Civil War Sentiment from Belmont County Correspondence of Hugh Anderson edited by John Kent Folmar Historians search continuously for primary documents which may expand the portrait of the past A basic source of this quest is contemporary letters particularly if they are written by literate observers during a time of local or national stress The Hugh Anderson letters are of this noteworthy quality1 Born in Ireland in 1782 Anderson immigrated to the United States in ...
... DELAWARE IN THE DAYS OF 1812 DELAWARE IN THE DAYS OF 1812 ALICE HILLS Miss Hills is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution Delaware Ohio Chapter for which she prepared the following bit of local history In the war of 1812 Ohio or a part of it was the scene of much military action in which our own country and town played no small part Delaware situated so nearly in the centre of the state about half way between Chillicothe the capital and the scene of operations around Sandusky ...
... Rutherford B Hayes and The Ohio State University by WALTER S HAYES JR It was bitterly cold the day former President Hayes arrived in Cleveland in January 1893 He had come from Columbus and was in search of someone to head the new manual training department for The Ohio State University Both as a member and as the president of the board of trustees he had been actively concerned with the establishment of a good manual training department for the institution Snow fell and was blown by a wind ...
... FRIENDS AND THE SHAWNEE INDIANS AT FRIENDS AND THE SHAWNEE INDIANS AT WAPAKONETA By HARLOW LINDLEY About the beginning of the last century two bands of Shawnee Indians are known to have been settled on lands in the vicinity of the present town of Wapakoneta Ohio In the year 1809 these Indians began to receive attention from the Friends of Ohio Yearly Meeting In order to assist them in adopting civilized modes of living they built for them a saw and grist mill on their lands and some of the ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 66 NUMBER 1 J ANUARY 1957 Faith vs Economics The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad 1845-1883 By JOHN E PIXTON JR In the 1850's Cincinnati was Queen of the American West and eastern railroad builders pressed eagerly toward the prize of her commerce1 And even before the rails reaching westward from New York Philadelphia and Baltimore breached the Appalachian barrier Ohio promoters were building lines to connect with them By 1857 ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Recent promotions appointments and awards within the professional community of Ohio historians include Edmund J Danziger of Bowling Green State University has been promoted to Chairman of the Department of History Gary R Hess of Bowling Green State University has been appointed Acting Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve David C Skaggs of Bowling Green State University will take a leave of absence to attend the ...
... EARLY FORGES IN OHIO EARLY FORGES IN OHIO BY WILBER STOUT The forge was the forerunner of the rolling mill and as such deserves some attention in the history of the iron industry in Ohio Forging was the method used by the pioneers in the refining and the shaping of crude iron into wares usable by the blacksmiths and mechanics of that day Although simple in design and small in output the forge was distinctly one of the early steps that led through many changes and advancements to the immense ...
... THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AT the beginning of the Revolutionary War the State of Connecticut claimed the strip of land lying within her charter limits forty-one degrees and forty-two degrees two minutes north latitude extending from the Delaware River to the Mississippi River The State of Pennsylvania also claimed so much of this strip as lay within her charter limits that is east of a meridian line five degrees west of the Delaware A bitter controversy ...