... THREE CENTURIES OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY THREE CENTURIES OF THE MAUMEE VALLEY By M M QUAIFE The name Maumee is a variant of Miami and comes from the Miami Indian tribe When the French first came into the Northwest they found the Miami living in eastern Wisconsin Following LaSalle's advent in the Illinois country they moved southward around Lake Michigan and for many years c 16901702 one of their important towns was located in the presentday Chicago Loop Eventually they journeyed eastward to the ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 5 61 their enthusiasm in and loyalty to the order to which they belong We do not give the proceedings in full as they will be published in book form by the Columbus Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution HARWOOD R POOL Mr Harwood R Pool a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society died in New York December 30 1903 He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Pool and was born in Elyria Ohio October 22 1860 He went to New York in 1868 ...
... 318 Ohio Arch 318 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications STANTON DAY Tuesday morning at ten o'clock the exercises of the day opened at the opera house with Capt John F Oliver master of ceremonies There was a fair audience of school children and others who had gathered to hear Dr W H Venable's address on Ohio Men and Ohio Ideas After an invocation by Rev E W Cowling rector of St Stephen's parish and lately from the mother state of Virginia the home of Jefferson Mr D W Matlack principal of ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII INDEX TO VOLUME XXVIII A Allen - Col commands KenAbbott David Ohio Presidential Electtucky infantry Ft Wayne 1812 or 1812 367 326 327 329 358 Indians kill spies Abolition in Kansas 192-205 of 359 Abolitionists 21 372 Allen County 376 Ackley J M Dr prominent CleveAllen E Rev 132 133 land physician 80 Allen John W Cleveland mayor 80 Adams American vessel 1812 355 Allen William Gov 100 Adams Ashel in War 1812 314 Almanac pioneer use of 267 HagersAdams Charles Francis 20 21 ...
... Book Notes Book Notes Ohio Pottery and Glass Marks and Manufacturers By Lois Lehner Des Moines Iowa Wallace-Homestead Books 1978 113p illustrations notes bibliography A useful updating of John Ramsay's 1947 check list of Ohio potteries with additional material on Ohio glass manufacturers this work contains brief company histories arranged alphabetically by town or city and accompanied by reproductions of known ware marks The bibliography indicates an uneven utilization of available material ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOI XXVI No 1 JANUARY 1917 TARHE AND THE ZANES The Editor of the QUARTERLY has seen occasional references to the tradition or fact if it be the latter that Isaac Zane married a daughter of Tarhe the Crane Learning that General Robert P Kennedy was familiar with and an authority on this matter having gotten his information at first hand from members of the Zane family we wrote the General concerning the same and received the following reply which we regard worthy of ...
... THE OHIO STATE THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING April 6 1945 The annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society convened in the auditorium of the Ohio State Museum at 103 0 AM April 6 1 9 45 The meeting was called to order by Mr Arthur C Johnson President of the Society Other members of the Board of Trustees present were Mr Wolfe Mr Amos Mr Eagleson and Mr Florence Considering present day difficulties in ...
... Notes and Queries Notes and Queries Ohio University Press is launching a new series of books to commemorate Ohio's two-hundredth anniversary in 2003 The Ohio Bicentennial Series will provide the public scholars and students with a comprehensive picture of the development of Ohio life Ten books are planned for the series tentative titled include Transportation in Ohio Documentary Heritage of Ohio Women in Ohio History Indigenous Peoples of Ohio Vernacular Architecture of Ohio Governors of Ohio ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Greek Revival Architecture in America By Talbot Hamlin New York Oxford University Press 1944 Cloth 439p 750 The author who is librarian of the Avery Memorial library and the Fine Arts library at Columbia University is an architect and the author of a number of books on architecture In this book he has traced the important trend in American architecture and life during the period previous to the Civil War emphasizing the development of Greek revival architecture in the ...
... The OhioMichigan Boundary Line Dispute a The Ohio - Michigan Boundary Line Dispute 199 THE OHIO-MICHIGAN BOUNDARY LINE DISPUTE TOD B GALLOWAY Sing 0 Goddess Muse From whence arose so fierce a strife In the examination of the questions involved in the OhioMichigan boundary dispute I find myself very much in the position of the Justice of the Peace who after hearing the plaintiff's side of the case was ready to decide in his favor but upon the defendant having presented his argument he exclaimed ...
... PICTURE OF A YOUNG COPPERHEAD by CARL M BECKER As he pursued his contentious course during the Civil War the great Copperhead Clement Laird Vallandigham drew around himself in Dayton Ohio a circle of political supporters and personal admirers Local politicians and newspaper editors followed in his wake and nameless men identified themselves as votaries of Val These supporters often embraced Copperheadism out of conviction but no doubt the strength and firmness of their faith were tinctured by ...
... THOMAS SMITH GRIMKE THOMAS SMITH GRIMKE BY C B GALBREATH Beautiful in winter when the earth is robed in white beautiful in the springtime when the grass comes creeping everywhere when buds open and the robin and the bluebird are heard among the trees beautiful in the summer twilight when the foliage is dense and green when the katydid in the tree top in staccato song answers to the chirp of the cricket below when the well-kept mounds are decked with flowers sweet prophecies of the resurrection ...
... MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN AN AVERAGE CITY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN AN AVERAGE CITY CLEVELAND 1876-1900 by JAMES B WHIPPLE Instructor in History Western Reserve University I Studies of municipal politics have tended to emphasize the best governed city or the worst In many ways this may be an accurate reflection of the national scene where contemporaries were preoccupied with the same extremes Cleveland between 1876 and 1900 does not fall into either of these classifications Nevertheless taken as ...
... THE HUMILIATION OF HENRY WARD BEECHER IN THE HUMILIATION OF HENRY WARD BEECHER IN THE WEST by DAVID MEAD Assistant Professor of English Michigan State College In the columns of Ohio's newspapers of nearly a century ago lies the dramatic account of Henry Ward Beecher's rejection as a lecturer by the indignant citizens of the West a story which has not been revealed by the biographers of the great Eastern divine Not that Beecher was the first celebrity to be humiliated by Ohio's lecture public ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 471 July sixth was known as Military Day A large section of the state militia under the command of Brigadier General William V McMaken paraded the streets of the city headed by the Eighth Regiment Band and the Marietta Guards Governor Herrick and his military staff reviewed the movements of the troops This was followed by a gathering at the fair grounds where speeches were made by Col W R Warnock Governor Myron T Herrick and Senator C W Dick In the evening there was ...
... 420 Ohio Arch 420 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Birchard to Buckland Buckland to Hayes thence to Spiegel Grove where the following program and exercises were carried out by the Odd Fellows in dedication of their memorial window in the Hayes Memorial Library and Museum The Noble Grand G L Roach as chairman opened the exercises with prayer by W D Pearce Vice Grand of the lodge and he not being present the prayer was read by J E Courtney Chaplain of the lodge which is as follows ...
... THE OHIO CANAL THE OHIO CANAL AN ACCOUNT OF ITS COMPLETION TO CHILLICOTHE BY GEORGE PERKINS About this time 1831 the news of the completion of the Ohio Canal reached our village This immense undertaking was brought about by the lack of proper means of transportation The roads throughout the state were primitive The wagons that traversed them were inadequate to transport products and needed goods and a universal sentiment was aroused for building a canal Uncle John Briggs and Samuel Probst ...
... THE OHIO ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION OF 1836 THE OHIO ANTI-SLAVERY CONVENTION OF 1836 By ROBERT PRICE The Rev Jacob Little pastor of the Granville Presbyterian church for over thirty-nine years beginning in 1827 once recorded1 that during the year 1834 the village of Granville was beset by seven distinct evils namely 1 embarrassing financial conditions 2 a killing frost on May 15 3 a serious drought following the frost 4 a torrential rain at midnight of July 1 followed by a great flood 5 an ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 125 WHIP-POOR-WILL Whip-poor-will to which reference is made in preceding pages of this issue was the youthful newspaper venture of two lads Wilson Lindsley Gill and Emilius Oviatt Randall aged respectively fourteen and fifteen years Fortunately a complete file of this paper is in the possession of Mrs E O Randall through whose courtesy we are able to present accurate information concerning it together with extracts and illustrations The paper ...
... THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME OF THE TOWN OF WORTHINGTON BY HELEN M DUDLEY The lovely village of Worthington Ohio is a charming bit of old New England set down in the heart of Ohio's Scioto country near the pleasant slopes of the Olentangy Its atmosphere having been preserved intact by the careful protection of the many original features attesting its exceptional history and by the adaptation of new things to the old it has the distinction of being one of the ...