... JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS JOHN FITCH INVENTOR OF STEAMBOATS BY MIRA CLARKE PARSONS By a coincidence of which the writer was not then aware while the article on the Steamboat was in type the name of Robert Fulton was brought to public notice for the purpose of bestowing further honors upon the memory of a great inventor The object of this paper is to offer additional proof of the validity of the prior claim of John Fitch as the inventor and originator of steam navigation While all due ...
...early 11 officers feel early all regulars 2 early in September their early 1900's but he was early everybody war department officials included knew should have been the case Final taps for General Dickman sounded at his home on the ...
... early manhood a great early settlements of the western country as well as what remains of the first and successive settlements of North America Whereupon uncovered as we were in the sight of God all present resolved themselves into a Society determined to carry out the wishes of every one as expressed by the proposer and also to invite all who are warmed with American feelings to aid them in ...
... The McKinley Monument The McKinley Monument 229 ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT We have gathered together to-day to pay our meed of respect and affection to the memory of William McKinley who as President won a place in the hearts of the American people such as but three or four of all the Presidents of this country have ever won He was of singular uprightness and purity of character alike in public and in private life a citizen who loved peace he did his duty faithfully and well for four years ...
... TRAVEL IN THE 1830's TRAVEL IN THE 1830's By ROBERT PRICE Leisurely trips of today have too much hurry--hurried trips of a past century had too much leisure If Mr William Fitch of Schodack Rensselaer County New York on a business expedition to Licking County Ohio in May and June 1836 could have had access to automobile and macadam he might have made the journey and back in four days with time to spare Instead being forced to utilize canal ...
... party to Spiegel Grove party December 13 1899 14 Filipino quirt used on Filipino pony Piddig by Lt Col Webb C Hayes while on the Gilmore Relief Expedition in the Northern Luzon 15 Fez worn by the Sultan of Sulu and also by the leading Dattos on state occasions 16 Bamboo football used by the children of the harem of the Sultan of Sulu during the official visit of the American military and ...
... early race had no early 250 feet high the sides are well wooded and rocky and the summit itself is flat The rear wall is higher than the other three It runs in the form of a semi-circle having a mound of stone at each extremity The two gateways extend out from this curved wall They are very narrow allowing only three men to walk abreast In front of each gate the earth is levelled off to form ...
...early all the tributaries early so cheap The early all the country's coal supply is drawn from the Mississippi Valley The demand for transportation is tremendous All these things must be transported not once but many times and in many forms In times of ordinary prosperity the railroads are not equal to the task No matter how well equipped ...
... early history of early all the Eastern papers 26 The Catholic population of Toledo at this time was composed mainly of immigrants who had come to Ohio to work on the canal Most of these were Irish although some Germans were included in the group Catholic priests working among their people attempted to improve the social and moral conditions ...
...early 2 o'clock -- 3 early when the system of dollars and cents was adopted He then took me into the place where the counterfeit money was kept I saw 40000 worth of counterfeit money and photographs of all the counterfeiters ever arrested I took some of the plates used for making the money in my hand and some counter-money Some of the money I could never have told from good money Then he took ...
... early days of the Society Dr Thompson was at one time a Trustee of the Society and very faithful and efficient in his work in its behalf Professor Samuel C Derby died March 28 1 921 Professor Derby was one of the charter members of the Society his death leaves Mr D H Gard the only surviving charter member Professor Derby was very much interested in the general welfare of the Society Professor George Frederick Wright Oberlin
...early established by the early all the questions early unanimous To add to early all the newspapers early in the morning early ninety years old 2 Homer C Hockett Thomas Corwin in ...
... 142 Ohio Arch 142 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications LAST EDITORIAL The following from The Columbus Evening Dispatch of September 2 1 919 is believed to be the last editorial contribution from Mr Randall to that paper It may be considered his final word on a subject to which he had given much thought and on which he had frequently written WHO WERE THE MOUND BUILDERS The remarkable ...
... 518 Ohio Arch 518 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Following Mr Burton's address President Johnson said We may well hope that a million radio listeners scattered from lakes to gulf and from coast to coast have been sitting at their instruments listening to these lessons of truth and magnetism We are greatly indebted to Mr Burton for the message which he has brought us I am sure you ...
... early reference by Worthington to the possibility of war with England see his letter in the Scioto Gazette Chillicothe Ohio February 6 1806 3 Two of Campbell's letters to Worthington April 12 and June 17 1812 leave little doubt that his attitude toward war paralleled Worthington's Rice Collection Ohio Historical Society Thomas Worthington ...
... early as 1637 His early settler a very earlyOhio History Mrs Sarah M McGirr of Marietta presented a paper concerning her great-grandfather Ebenezer Nye a pioneer of Marietta in 1790 Many other papers were read and addresses made and the proceedings were interspersed with musical ...