... Miami river The Ohio Company of Massachusetts was organized in Boston in March 1786 A year was allowed within which to obtain the necessary amount of subscriptions to the stock of the company and on March 8th 1787 at a meeting of the stockholders held in Boston Samuel H Parsons Rufus Putnam and Rev Manasseh Cutler were chosen to be directors of the company and charged to make application to Congress--the Old Congress - for the purchase of ...
... THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS AT MONROE MICHIGAN JOHN M BULKLEY The erection at Monroe Michigan in September 1904 of a monument to fitly commemorate one of the most important as it was one of the most tragic events in the history of the Northwest was a notable occasion in that city and witnessed by a most distinguished assemblage of men and women of Michigan Ohio and Kentucky The monument was made possible by the persistent and patriotic efforts of the ladies composing ...
... Railroad to completed 304 Bank of 289 Transportation Cost of 244 Pioneer grave in 83 Pioneer 240 297 Settlement of 84 Treaties Brownsville 288 West Virginia Semi-centennial history Ft Stanwix 268 of 323 Greenville 128 Wheat shipments of 304 Trumbull County Lutherans in 274 Whittlesey Col Chas 328 Trustees Officers of 407 Wilkinson Gen James 368 Tuscarawas County Dohrman's grant in Willard Frances E 225 227 Wilson Pres Woodrow Message to Per V ...
... Little is known of his early life but it is said that he was a relative of General Hugh Brady an American general who served under Wayne and won distinction for his bravery According to one record Brady was left an orphan at an early age and that he went to live with relatives whether with General Brady or not is not certain The family with whom he lived had previously adopted a lad named Simon Girty who was the same age as the orphan lad The ...
... Miamis was their leader and their loss was estimated at about 150 killed and several wounded but because of their custom of carrying away or concealing the slain it is difficult to ascertain the number of their slain The Americans had thirty-nine officers killed and twenty-two wounded and their entire loss was estimated at 677 killed including 30 women and 271 wounded Among the prominent officers killed were Gen Richard Butler Maj Ferguson of ...
... Little Beaver Creek Here Little Beaver There he found some of the surveyors The others were expected soon to come in They were being called together by Hutchins in order that he might consult with them concerning the work Sargent was not satisfied with this procedure The Indians whom he had encountered had been friendly It was his opinion that they should have continued the work and thus ...
... Miami toll and carrying Miami would repay them Miami Ottawa Piankashaw Miamis Also the use of mouths of rivers and of harbors along lakes adjoining Indian lands was granted the Americans for purposes of shelter and safety51 The United States relinquished claims to all other Indian lands ...
... 302 Ohio Arch 302 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications THE FIRST COURT IN OHIO From the American Pioneer The first court held northwest of the river Ohio under the forms of civil jurisprudence was opened at Campus Martius Marietta September 2d 1788 It will be remembered that on the preceding 7th of April General Rufus Putnam with forty-seven men had landed and commenced the first permanent settlement in what is now the state of Ohio General Harmar with his regulars occupied Fort Harmar ...
... Miami river to cook provisions and cut grass for the horses when we were fired on by a party of Indians from the bank We took to our boats expecting to cross the river and was fired on by another party in a number of canoes and soon we became a prey to them They killed the Col and a number more after they were prisoners The number of our killed was about forty They marched us that night about eight miles up the river and encamped Aug 25 We ...
... Little Turtle and Tarhe the Crane were frequenters of this old Harrison Trail and occasional residents of this place Under the treaty of 1817 the Indian title in Ohio was finally extinguished and the land opened for settlement The place now known as Spiegel Grove became a portion of the northwestern quarter of section three in the United States Reserve Sandusky which was entered by Josephus B Stewart and William Oliver When the patent was ...
... The Firelands Grant The Firelands Grant 435 THE FIRELANDS GRANT BY CLARENCE D LAYLIN This article is the outgrowth of a paper read before the Political Science Club of Ohio State University The discussion which followed the reading of the paper among members of that club led to further investigation the result of which is the article as here produced-EDITOR In treating of the settlement of new countries the general and proper method is to recite the history of its pioneer days Without the ...
... 280 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly 28 0 Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly present war in such manner that the said lands be sold out or otherwise disposed of for the common benefit of all the states and that the money arising from the sale of those lands or the quit rents reserved thereon may be deemed and taken as part of the monies belonging to the United States and as such be appropriated by congress towards defraying the expences of the war and the payment of ...
... Centennial Celebration Centennial Celebration 11 The court house square was soon covered with stone and lumber for the present building but the corner stone was not laid until July 12th 1855 when the Hon Thomas Scott and myself had the honor of delivering addresses on the occasion from a point where the northeast pillar of the portico now stands Such was my personal connection with the building on whose frontage we have this day placed a tablet commemorating 'The site on which stood the first ...
... Miami when the little band of pioneers were massacred at this place On the edge of this great territory small parties of bold men watched and toiled waiting for the time when British agents would cease to send the savage on his errands of murder The first seven years of the settlement along this border was as has already been said a continuation of the Revolutionary War which began at Big ...
... Miami University assuming that position in the year 1849 and holding it for many years afterward Of the descendants of Fergus Moorhead many have risen to wealth a score or more have been lawyers and clergymen of distinction and one of them a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania It was men like these who laid the foundations and who have given to the family of American Commonwealths which now fill the great Valley from east to west that ...
... Miami Seneca Sauk and Miami upon the Shawnee Miami or Picts 300 Mingo Miami 300-Schoolcraft Indian Tribes iii pp 560 561 The Sauk Foxes and Iowa numbered some 1400 warriors 7 July 13 1775-Amer Archives 4th ser ii p 665 Ohio Valley Hist Ohio Valley Hist Ass'n Fifth Annual Meeting 75 8 ...
... NEWS FROM THE MUSKINGUM1 NEWS FROM THE MUSKINGUM1 SALEM September 9 Extract of a letter from a gentleman at the new settlement on the Muskingum to a person in this town dated July 20th We had a beautiful passage down the Ohio from Pittsburg in company with 3 Kentucke boats Without sails or oars we glided down the fair river and in 48 hours arrived at the enchanting spot It is really a delightful situation The first thing which presented itself when we ascended the bank by a grand and easy pair ...