... western history of our western reader The problem western boundaries dreaded western lands should become western boundary of western lands reserving a
... reservewestern Ohio was possessed of an exceedingly sparse white population during and immediately after the Revolution and none or practically none of these were members of Wayne's Legion of the United States so local family records do not avail Reviewing briefly the numerous references heretofore cited we find that Mott Knapp Averill Gunckel Spears MacAfee Killits and Randall and Ryan all ...
... 30 Ohio Arch 30 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Battle of Point Pleasant Treaty twenty years before was its beginning Had the pioneers been successful in that conflict the Americans would not have rebelled It would have shown the impossibility of success But Colonel Lewis was successful and Anthony Wayne was successful The Revolution culminated in independence but not for Ohio until Wayne fought the last battle that gave our people instead of England the land upon which we now stand ...
... BOWMAN'S EXPEDITION AGAINST CHILLICOTHE BOWMAN'S EXPEDITION AGAINST CHILLICOTHE May-June 1779 Draper MSS Border Forays 5 D chap 27 pp 1-20 The following account of Captain Bowman's expedition against Chillicothe on the Little Miami in 1779 is from the original manuscript of the Draper collection in the archive department of the Wisconsin Historical Society Madison Wisconsin During the past summer 1910 through the courtesy of Dr Reuben Gold Thwaites Secretary of the Wisconsin Historical Society ...
... western Pennsylvania and western trade These westerners with a military and naval force in securing control of the Mississippi and New Orleans Honors rewards and military rank in the British army were to be bestowed upon such influential inhabitants of Kentucky as would raise a force to be paid armed and equipped by Dorchester who would ...
... western frontier Singularly enough the War of 1812 was won on the land in two great battles in what was known as the West -- one the Battle of the Thames under the leadership of William Henry Harrison and the other the Battle of New Orleans under the leadership of General Andrew Jackson However the victory at New Orleans came too late to be of effect At least two events can be easily remembered with reference to the War of 1812 -- first the ...
...reserved in imperishable bronze and granite where future generations may pause and read the story of their sacrifices and their sufferings while marking out the path of Empire As we stand before this consecrated record sublime reveries and holy reflections crowd upon our mind and extort the sigh of sadness which a scene like this inspires In the cycles of the centuries three generations have played their parts on this tragic stage of human life ...
...reserve peace in his reserved the fact that the Shawanoes Delawares Wyandots etc were once here But in the volumes on Ohio Valley history is our permanent record It is a sad one a record written in blood Reviewed after the passing of several generations we can today see that many of the expeditions were totally unnecessary and barren of results that much of the Indian war could have been ...
... INDIAN ATTACK ON FORT DUNLAP INDIAN ATTACK ON FORT DUNLAP STEPHEN DECATER CONE Mr Cone is a resident of Hamilton Ohio During a long life he has been a student of Ohio history has written many articles for publication and with Mr Bert S Bartlow was one of the co-editors of the Centennial History of Butler County-- EDITOR In the far-famed Miami valley nine miles below Hamilton on the banks of the Miami river more than one hundred and fourteen years ago there occurred an incident of our pioneer ...
...reserved and handed down to succeeding generations Commodore Perry's victory on Lake Erie September 10 1813 was a notable event in the War of 1812 While the British held control of the waters of the lakes no successful advance of our army into the enemy's territory in Canada could be made to attack and destroy the army of Proctor The Americans must submit to be on the defensive The gallant and successful defense of Fort Stephenson by the brave ...
... JONATHAN ALDER JONATHAN ALDER COL WM CURRY The tales of adventure and bloodshed related by the early pioneers of Ohio of their dangers and hardships have been familiar to me since boyhood Among others of whom I heard many harrowing stories related by my father and other pioneers was of Jonathan Alder who was at one time a resident of Union county Ohio and a noted pioneer and frontiersman Like Captain Samuel Davis the famous Indian fighter he was taken captive by the Indians and the latter part ...
...reserved the great Northwest for the United States Little remains there now where the roar of battle broke the air and the devoted band of patriots stood their ground under the shower of iron hail and shrieking shells that for days were hurled upon them The long green line of the grand traverse with its four gateways still stretches across the plain and the peaceful kine are browsing along its sides And nearby sunken unmarked weed-grown and ...
...reserved it might have been equally famous with Logan's The Circleville Chapter D A R are to be congratulated on placing this monument and bronze tablet here to mark the spot where the famous treaty of 1774 was held The ground of the camp comprising some ten or twelve acres should be owned and kept up by the great state of Ohio The program closed with the singing of America and benediction by Reverend Dr McElfresh After the exercises a number ...
...western Ohio rising in the western town and bands from western Indians and to western Indians in the western tributary of the western hunting grounds
... western settlements of the western tribes to Fort western pioneer Great land western forts-- three in western Pennsylvania western Pennsylvania and his Revolutionary War bonus ...
... MAJOR GEORGE ADAMS MAJOR GEORGE ADAMS GEO A KATZENBERGER GREENVILLE OHIO This section of Ohio is replete with historical events many of which have been chronicled while some have come down to us in the guise of legends In the early days of the pioneers many soul-stirring events occurred with but few participants who realized that the recording of the same would be of value and of great interest to later generations One of the men very prominent in the early history of this section of Ohio was ...
... reserved by a wise and far-seeing Providence to be in after times the proud the high blessing the bright prospect the noble deliverer of his country Fort Meigs was invested and cannonaded with bomb shells and red hot balls for seven days during all which time Gen Harrison was ever at the point of danger planning and directing the defence and his manner his voice his sagacious conduct and his undaunted courage inspiring his officers and men ...
... western tribes The Shawnees were the chief constituency of this union and Cornstalk their leader was recognized as the head of the tribal alliances About six miles south of Circleville the county seat of Pickaway county in an open field by the roadside stands an ancient elm tree whose broad branches stretch over a wide space and whose sturdy trunk has withstood the storms of two centuries With each passing year it becomes more and more an ...
...reserve the horses amp reserved them There was not more than 2 or 3 head lost during the whole of the campaign 13 th October Early in the morning a patrole of horsemen captured a Shawanoe Indian 14 th October Colonel Hardin was detached with 600 light troops to push for the Miami Village I believe that this detachment was sent forward in consequence of the intelligence gained of the Shawanao ...