... CALEB ATWATER VERSATILE PIONEER CALEB ATWATER VERSATILE PIONEER A RE-APPRAISAL By HENRY C SHETRONE BACK EAST Educator minister lawyer and antiquarian advocate of internal improvements co-founder of Ohio's school system Ohio's first historian intellectual and social pioneer of the Middle West Such was Caleb Atwater of Massachusetts New York--and Ohio Without an understanding of the times in which Caleb Atwater lived particularly of his years in the East before coming to Ohio one might well ...
... Bigelow Winter-Spring 2001 pp 5-25 Copyright 2001 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved This article is presented page by page and footnoted according to the original print version If a sentence appears to be incomplete scroll down to continue with the next page Columbus's Pioneer Doctor John M Edmiston The Fabric of His Life and Death By Ann Clymer Bigelow My Poor Father was a man of fine fealing but the Cold hand of death Laid him low from the journal of Evan Edmiston1 Dozens of ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXII INDEX TO VOLUME XXXII Alder Jonathan early pioneer honored Bible Indian translates Gospels into with marker 533-536 sketch of life Shawnee language 339-340 Bibles proby great-granddaughter 534-535 advided for prisoners at Ohio Penidresses by C B Galbreath L C tentiary 390 Dick and others 535 unveiling by Bibliography Shorthorn Cattle 65-66 descendants 535 list of descendants works of George Kennan 226 Mitchpresent 535-536 ener's Legend of the White Woman Alford Thomas ...
... Dedication of the Hayes Memorial Dedication of the Hayes Memorial 451 Rich in saving common-sense And as the greatest only are In his simplicity sublime Surely we shall be dull indeed of apprehension if we catch no inspiration from his ardor for humanity if we feel no impulse to emulate the virtues which made his service to the world so great I at least thing of him always as of One who never turned his back but marched breast forward Never doubted clouds would break Never dreamed though right ...
... ROBERT CUMMING SCHENCK FIRST CITIZEN AND ROBERT CUMMING SCHENCK FIRST CITIZEN AND STATESMAN OF THE MIAMI VALLEY by FRED B JOYNER Professor of History Miami University In 1937 in a radio address celebrating Founders Day of Miami University President A H Upham called attention to the fact that the university had sent two ambassadors to the Court of St James Whitelaw Reid was one Robert Cumming Schenck was the other The work of the former is well known The career of Schenck is less well known A ...
... 234 Ohio Arch 234 Ohio A rch and Hist Society Publications right we must be just as scrupulous in doing justice to the man of great wealth as in exacting justice from him Wrongdoing is confined to no class Good and evil are to be found among both rich and poor and in drawing the line among our fellows we must draw it on conduct and not on worldly possessions Woe to this country if we ever get to judging men by anything save their worth as men without regard to their fortune in life In other ...
... Ethan Allen Brown Ethan Allen Brown And Ohio's Canal System By JOHN S STILL The most important stimulus to Ohio's economy in the first half of the nineteenth century was the construction of a canal system and the individual most responsible for this accomplishment was Ethan Allen Brown Yeoman service it is true was rendered by Alfred Kelley Micajah Williams and others but from the years when his was a voice in the wilderness until the canals were actually in use Brown stood at the forefront ...
... I Whipped Six Texans A Civil War Letter of an Ohio Soldier edited by FRANK L KLEMENT James Pike a grandnephew of Zebulon M Pike the noted explorer was an unusual soldier in more ways than one He was the son of Sam Pike an outspoken critic of the Lincoln administration and a longtime editor of the Hillsboro Weekly Gazette the organ of Copperheadism in Highland County while the son performed heroically on the battlefields the father was accused of secessionist sympathies James Pike's prewar ...
... TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY May 31 1911 The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the Hunter Society Room Page Hall Ohio State University Columbus Ohio at two o'clock P M Wednesday May 31 1911 The following members were present Prof M R Andrews Marietta Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Mr A J Baughman Mansfield Mr H E Buck Delaware Mr C H ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries The Society of American Archivists SAA will hold its 1994 annual meeting at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis Indiana September 6 through September 11 The general theme will be The Archival Core Defining the Profession in the Information Age For more information about the meeting contact either Bruce L Johnson Director of the Library at the Indiana Historical Society at 317 232-1879 or Eric Pumroy Head of Special Collections and Archives at Indiana ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA FORT STEPHENSON CELEBRATON August 2d 1906 was the ninety-third anniversary of the gallant defense of Fort Stephenson the site of which is now the center of the attractive and enterprising city of Fremont The heroic and unparalleled holding of the little stockade fort by Major George Croghan on August 2d 1813 against some two thousand British troops under General Proctor and an equal number of Indian braves under Chief Tecumseh is one of the most memorable events not ...
... 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 William C Mills Theodore A Wegener Joseph C Goodman B ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Jonathan Stealey an adjunct assistant professor of art at The University of Findlay has been named to the Bicentennial Planning Committee of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation Inc The Foundation based in Washington DC encompasses a wide spectrum of government officials historians and enthusiasts dedicated to preserving national interest in the historical worth of the nation's best-documented exploration of the American west Commissioned by ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 333 And now Mr Speaker having covered the points I think necessary I submit for an immediate vote of the House a bill which urges that Groundhog Day be set back from February 2d to January 2d so that we may have an earlier spring THE HEROES OF FORT MEIGS We cheerfully publish the circular sent out by the Wives and Daughters of the Boys in Blue to the soldiers of the United States and all others interested in behalf of the laudable purpose of purchasing and preserving ...
... THE CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF 1828 THE CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF 1828 MARY BAKER FURNESS CINCINNATI Cincinnati began its existence as a city under its first charter March 1 1819 By an act of the General Assembly passed January 26 1827 a new charter was granted which superseded the old one and did away with all the legislation which had been enacted under it According to this second charter the city boundaries began with the Ohio River at the east corner of partial section No 12 ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY The annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society will be held in the Museum and Library Building Saturday September 9 1922 The forenoon session which opens at nine o'clock will be devoted chiefly to reports of officers and the various committees of the Society Matters of more than ordinary importance will be ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews The Selected Letters of Charles Sumner Volume One 1830-1859 Edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer Boston Northeastern University Press 1990 xxxvii 538p illustrations editing principles chronology abbreviations list of recipients notes 13000 per set The Selected Letters of Charles Sumner Volume Two 1859-1874 Edited by Beverly Wilson Palmer Boston Northeastern University Press 1990 vii 703p illustrations notes index 13000 per set Literary giant Henry James dubbed him the ...
... Twenty Years at Hiram House by JUDITH A T RO LANDER Toward the end of the nineteenth century the settlement movement reached the United States Hull House the most outstanding and second oldest settlement was established in Chicago in 1889 The first social settlement in Cleveland to actually do settlement work as such was Hiram House founded in 18961 Today however Hiram House has been largely forgotten partly because George Bellamy the founder and director throughout its existence published ...
... McKINLEY MONUMENT McKINLEY MONUMENT DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 30 1907 Soon after the tragic death of President William McKinley many leading citizens of the nation such as Senator Hanna Justice Day Governor Herrick Hon George B Cortelyou and other prominent state and national officials united in the organization of The McKinley National Memorial Association The purpose was the erection at Canton Ohio of a monument suitable to the memory of the beloved and noble President Subscriptions poured in from ...
... 626 Ohio Arch 626 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications trees which are greatly in need of expert attention and care Some of these fine old trees have already died and others are dying for want of proper attention The appropriations for Fort Meigs have never been adequate to care properly for the most necessary things and it is utterly impossible to even think of taking care of trees much as we would like to do so Our appropriation for this year for all purposes at Fort Meigs is 62500 We ...