... THE OPENING SCENES OF THE REBELLION THE OPENING SCENES OF THE REBELLION BY COLONEL S K DONAVIN In the spring of 1861 I was a reporter and traveling correspondent on the Daily Exchange newspaper of the City of Baltimore When the telegraph announced that Mr Lincoln had reached Pittsburg en route for Washington City to be inaugurated President of the United States I left Baltimore by the Northern Central Railway for the purpose of meeting him and noting the incidents of his journey When I reached ...
... STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STORY OF THE FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO 1835 - 18 42 BY PAUL WAKELEE STODDARD INTRODUCTORY NOTE The purpose of this paper is conceived to be the story of the First Geological Survey of Ohio not the findings of the Survey or the discoveries made It deals with the rise and fall of popular sentiment and the corresponding reaction in legislative halls ...
... FUNERAL OF ADAM WILLIS WAGNALLS FUNERAL OF ADAM WILLIS WAGNALLS September 24 1843 Adam Willis Wagnalls first opened his eyes to the light in the village of Lithopolis Fairfield County Ohio On Wednesday evening September 3 1924 at the close of a life rich in good works and meritorious achievements Adam Willis Wagnalls closed his eyes for the last time on earthly scenes at Doremi Manor Northport Long Island New York the home of his daughter Mrs ...
... 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 ...
... northwestOhio his army was entrapped and cut to pieces It was necessary to send Gen Anthony Wayne to complete the task to which St Clair had been assigned As territorial governor he fell into conflict with the ruling element in the state chiefly over the prerogative of establishing counties and through that out of harmony with President Jefferson at Washington and as a result was removed The ...
... SONG WRITERS OF OHIO SONG WRITERS OF OHIO BENJAMIN RUSSEL HANBY Author of Darling Nelly Gray C B GALBREATH A plain brick structure of ample size and pleasing proportions rising on firm foundations from a well-kept campus a mute array of sentinel trees guarding the shady silence of the place and leading outward along the avenue in two noble ranks that stretch forth their arms in salutation to ...
... settlement aided by Winthrop settlement at Marietta settlement of the deluded Parisians at Gallipolis That incident is the vaudeville act in the history of Ohio it is the comedy amid many tragic surroundings Another theatrical scene on the
... settlement Central Mexico Land of the Montezumas Land of the Montezu m as 323 some of the tribes may have tarried here and built this city Should the traveler go to Mexico in the old fashion by way of the Gulf he will land at Vera Cruz From that city to Jalapa over the longest tramway line in Americamore than eighty miles-the journey is delightful It is made in one day the four mules attached to each car being frequently changed and ...
... settlement of questions then in dispute between the governments of England and the United States These questions in the main arose over damages to American commerce from vessels that had been built in English shipyards and used by the Southern Confederacy during the Civil War General Schenck proved to be a popular minister to the Court of St James No important questions arose during his tenure of office Routine matters were attended to ...
... northwestern part of the northwestern section of the state Ohioans were not pleased with this development The conflict however was resolved through legislative negotiations Ohio agreed to construct that part of the Wabash-Erie Canal which lay within its borders and Indiana gave up its ...
... Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 31 engaged strong and able men at all points along the river Pittsburgh ever at the front in enterprise has contributed her full share It is our good fortune to have homes in this Valley dear to many of us as our birthplace and to all of us by fond memories and cherished associations We who love the Valley and the River here pay ...
... RAREY THE HORSE'S MASTER AND FRIEND RAREY THE HORSE'S MASTER AND FRIEND BY SARA LOWE BROWN It is one of the honors of Franklin county Ohio that early in the second quarter of the Nineteenth century it produced in the person of John Solomon Rarey a man who bore to all the world the message that in kindness there is power Ralph Waldo Emerson said of him that he had turned a new leaf in civilization while William Lloyd Garrison testified to his ...
... northwest army who had lost OHIO'S CONGRESSMEN 183 OHIO'S CONGRESSMEN 183 their horses and McLean advocated relief for families of militia or volunteers who had died in service In such cases insisted McLean the only question ought to be--was he when he fell fighting under the eagles of his nation against the enemies of his country34 More ...
... settlement and fresh 108 Ohio Arch 108 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications concern is being manifested by the nation in the glowing tale of the Ohio River when it was the broad highway to the virgin prairies and primeval woodlands of the West But important as are these celebrations ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 393 left little or nothing to be desired in the treatment of his subject To the presentation of his facts he gives logical organization and from the results draws a judicial and convincing conclusion After a painstaking minute and unprejudiced investigation the author sums up the evidence -in his chapter on the Legal Aspects and the Equities - and elicits the verdict that the seating of Mr Hayes was a justifiable compromise of a doubtful perversion of political rights ...
... A FLIGHT ACROSS OHIO THE ESCAPE OF A FLIGHT ACROSS OHIO THE ESCAPE OF WILLIAM WELLS BROWN FROM SLAVERY by W EDWARD FARRISON Chairman Department of English North Carolina College at Durham It was January 1 1834 On the previous night Captain Enoch Price a commission merchant and steamboat owner of St Louis Missouri had arrived on his steamer The Chester in Cincinnati This was a pleasure as ...
... settlement of Ohio there were already agricultural societies in the eastern states These were mostly in the larger towns and were in practice restricted to men of capital and education that is to those who were or who aspired to be gentlemen farmers They were in general patterned after British societies of a little earlier period All of them were supported by fees from their members which ...
... MINUTES MINUTES OF THE NINTH ANNUAL MEETING STATE LIBRARY ROOM STATE CAPITOL COLUMBUS OHIO February 20 1894 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society met in annual session with the President Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff in the chair The following members were present Gen Roeliff Brinkerhoff President Mansfield Rev Wm E Moore Vice President Columbus S S Rickly Treasurer Columbus E O ...
... settlements or neighbourhoods settlement in Kendal Ohio in settlements but the people in settlement in Butler County settlement New Harmony In 1825
... settlement in Warwick Township Tuscarawas County was for a number of years known as Tuscarawas or Tuscarawastown but later the name was changed upon petition to Trenton Since a post office named Trenton already existed in Butler County the original name of Tuscarawas has been retained for the village in Tuscarawas County Mansfield History of Tuscarawas County 676 5 Ohio Roster Fifty-First ...