... settlement had the settlement encourage settlement was stimulated in areas served by the canals Yet the through traffic from river to lake which had been anticipated did not materialize and the products of the southern part of the state continued to find an outlet at New Orleans Actual construction costs on the other hand proved to be ...
... settlement of the Scioto settlement at Chillicothe in 1798 he arrived with an appointment as a major in the militia and as a judge in the court of common pleas Worthington eventually became the owner of 18273 acres as well as a United States Senator and a Governor of Ohio A man of intelligence and talent Worthington also possessed from the ...
... 394 Ohio Arch 394 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications productive but Fact as related to this venture may well congratulate itself that here the richest of soil only awaits cultivation The Ohio Magazine will endeavor to afford the people of this state a monthly medium for their enlightenment and entertainment with the aid of the pen ...
... FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHI FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHI STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO Wednesday October 6 1926 900 A M The meeting was called to order by Secretary C B Galbreath There were present B F Prince Arthur C Johnson C B Galbreath Mrs C B Galbreath Edward Orton Jr H R McPherson Mrs H R McPherson Mrs Howard Jones Mrs Anna M Keirn Dr J M Dunham E F Wood Dr F C Furniss Dr ...
... settlement upon which is now settlement in Ireland and the latter Scotch-Irish emigration to America He does full justice to the place which these noble and valiant people had in the American Revolution He makes the remarkable statement that at the outbreak of the Revolution the thirteen colonies numbered among their inhabitants not less than 800000 Scotch and Scotch-Irish or a little more ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Prehistoric Antiquities of Indiana By Eli Lilly Indianapolis Indiana Historical Society 1937 293p illus Within the past few years there has been a renewed and intensified interest in the study of archaeology in the United States As a result much new evidence has been brought to light and new methods and techniques have been evolved for securing and interpreting archaeological facts In the Middle West the Indiana Historical Society has played a leading part in the ...
... 596 Ohio Arch 596 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications for regret nor yet a wrongful act although the methods employed were not always beyond reproach It was not in the scheme of things that such a vast and fertile country should remain the abode of a handful of savages -- perhaps never more than 50000 in number the advance of civilization demanded the change and the Indian gave way to ...
... TRAVEL NOTES OF A MID-NINETEENTH TRAVEL NOTES OF A MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCHMAN By BERTHA RUTH LEAMAN Extended travel and a great variety of experience had left the curiosity of Jean Jacques Ampere a learned Frenchman of the mid-nineteenth century unsatisfied consequently in search of new information he came to America1 Landing in New York the French visitor traveled through the New England States went to Montreal and Quebec journeyed to Niagara Buffalo and Detroit and then proceeded to ...
... settlements these mounds have been matters of curiosity though little examined and in the improvement of the territory many of them fell into cultivated fields where they were reduced by the plow and in some instances orange groves were planted over them During the last fifteen years the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences under the immediate supervision of Mr Clarence B Moore has conducted a most thorough and systematic investigation of ...
... TRIAL OF WILLIAM BEBB TRIAL OF WILLIAM BEBB BY C B GALBREATH For many years an interesting bit of literature has been going the rounds that has in many instances gained currency as a chapter in the history of the governors of Ohio Under the caption A Story of William Bebb it has found its way into the schools and the public and private libraries of the state Here it is without omission or addition If you should visit the State House in ...
... AN OHIO ARMY OFFICER OF WORLD WAR I AN OHIO ARMY OFFICER OF WORLD WAR I MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH T DICKMAN by SISTER MARY CLEMENT STUEVE CPPS The various political and economic upheavals which invariably follow major wars often tend to obscure the history of the men who were personally engaged in the conflicts And men who gave their entire life to a military career and who are necessarily absent ...
... DEDICATION OF THE WAGNALLS MEMORIAL DEDICATION OF THE WAGNALLS MEMORIAL Memorial Day 1925 will not be forgotten by the two thousand people who were present at the dedication of the Wagnalls Memorial in the village of Lithopolis Clear skies and normal temperature for the merging of spring into the summertime put everyone present into a mood to appreciate the appropriate ceremonies of the occasion Lithopolis is a beautiful village and on this eventful day in its history was in its most ...
... settlement in Ohio But peace had not settled upon that new frontier In October 1793 one of Pennsylvania's more irascible generals Mad Anthony Wayne moved the Legion of the United States into winter quarters at the site of Greenville in the Ohio wilderness There he trained his men in the not gentle arts of Indian warfare and in the spring of ...
... northwestern Ohio made large northwestern part of the northwestern or newest northwestern section of the State enabled the counties there to elect members of the House of Representatives in their own rights As the population suffered a ...
... Dedication of the Haves Memorial Dedication of the Haves Memorial 437 Bless we pray the Republic of which we are a part Be with all who are in places of leadership Guide the Nation through all dangers to a safe harbor Help us to become to all nations the truest expression of the divine program for human government We ask all in the name of Jesus Christ who has given us the ideals upon which all lasting human civilizations must stand Amen The Star Spangled Banner was then sung by the Col George ...
... settlements in Connecticut it consisted of a Congregational church which migrated bodily through the wilderness from Dorchester in Massachusetts and it is not improbable that Thomas Orton came with the first settlers Here he was married June 16 1641 to Margaret Pratt here he lived fourteen years removing in 1655 to Farmington a little further south He seems to have been one of the most substantial men of that town he represented it in the ...
... Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 591 Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 591 torical Society at Nazareth are assured that every precaution will be taken to insure its safety Some day I hope every one of you can go to the old Church and sit in front of the old fireplace which we discovered was twelve feet long and six feet deep We will have candlesticks along the wall we will serve you on a Moravian service such as was used one hundred and fifty years ago when the Moravians held services there I know the ...
... 40 Ohio Arch 40 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications ring a man's relationship to the God who made him and the home over which he presides has a political significance You might as well talk of removing politics from business as to talk of asking the sun to stop shining as long as a human being votes upon the election of a man who will vote for a law there is always politics and there ...
... settlements of the western 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 their enterprise They then elected Felix Renick Esq of Ross County another pioneer of ...