... EARLY NEWSPAPERS OF CINCINNATI EARLY NEWSPAPERS OF CINCINNATI BY V C STUMP The first newspaper was printed in Cincinnati November 9 17931 At that time Cincinnati was a small village in the wilderness Only the hardier pioneers had dared to face the hardships and to cross the Alleghany Mountains in spite of the menace of the British and Indians on the North Among these few was one William Maxwell an editor from New Jersey who set up a little printing office in a log cabin which stood on the ...
... A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS IN OHIO HISTORY A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS IN OHIO HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY AUGUST 1948--JULY 1949 Compiled by S WINIFRED SMITH AGRICULTURE GATES Paul Wallace Cattle Kings in the Prairies Mississippi Valley Historical Review XXXV 1948-49 379-412 Ohio source and market for cattle HAYTER Earl W Seed Humbuggery among the Western Farmers 18501888 Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly LVIII 1949 52-68 JONES Robert Leslie The Introduction of Farm ...
... PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL OHIO HISTORY PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE Including the Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Ohio Academy of History and the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Columbus Genealogical Society Held at Columbus April 4-6 194 0 in Cooperation with Ohio State University the Committee on Archives and Medical History of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Local ...
... CONSTRUCTION OF THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE WABASH AND ERIE CANAL By LEE NEWCOMER Perhaps the most important event in the early history of northwestern Ohio was the opening in 1843 of the Wabash and Erie Canal from Toledo to Lafayette Indiana During the brief period between that date and the coming of the railroads this canal was responsible for opening up a large and important agricultural area Immigrants from the East poured into the Maumee Valley farms were cleared and ...
... The Beef Cattle Industry in Ohio The Beef Cattle Industry in Ohio Prior to the Civil War--II By ROBERT LESLIE JONES v The Cattle Industry Outside the Specialized Grazing and Feeding Regions The grazing industry in Madison County and its neighbors and the feeding industry of the Scioto Valley attracted so much attention that it is difficult to realize that together they comprised only a minor fraction of the beef cattle industry in Ohio before 1850 The 20000 or so cattle driven from Madison ...
... TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR FEBRUARY 18 1896 TO FEBRUARY 1 1897 GEN R BRINKERHOFF President E 0 RANDALL Secretary COLUMBUS O JANUARY 1 897 291 292 To His Excellency Asa S To His Excellency Asa S Bushnell Governor of Ohio SIRI have the honor to submit herewith the twelfth annual report of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society covering the year from February 19 1896 to February 1 1897 This ...
... 26 Ohio Arch 26 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications extent of the town and the obligations of the founders Incidentally they show that sometime between October 6 and December 15 1821 the town acquired the name of Bucyrus Colonel Kilbourne was a man of varied accomplishments for his day He was soldier minister educator congressman and we are told a musician whose songs delighted companions and audiences Someone has said half in jest half in earnest Poetry is lies and it follows that poets ...
... AN INDENTURE OF 1831 IN PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO AN INDENTURE OF 1831 IN PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO By FREDERICK C WAITE The procedure of apprenticeship in the crafts as a method of preparing for a vocation is of ancient origin It was firmly established in Europe when the American Colonies were settled and was prevalent in these colonies and in the United States until well into the nineteenth century Although the method is familiar to all that are acquainted with the history of the crafts comparatively ...
... THE STORY OF A FLAG THE STORY OF A FLAG BY GENERAL J WARREN KEIFER At the annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society General J Warren Keifer presented a flag and told the story of its capture by the Confederates and its return to him The story as he related it was full of thrilling interest and brought forth frequent applause from the audience The flag is now one of the prized possessions of the Society In response to a special request General Keifer has furnished ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 65 NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 1956 Carl Schurz and Rutherford B Hayes By CARL WITTKE The German Revolution of 1848 ended in the emigration of large numbers of political refugees to the United States Among them were men of substance social standing and education young intellectual radicals fresh from the universities and older more reserved agitators for reform whose dreams of a united republican Germany were shattered by the military ...
... A BRAND FROM THE CRITICS' FIRE OR A WORD FOR A BRAND FROM THE CRITICS' FIRE OR A WORD FOR WHITLOCK by WINTHROP TILLEY Associate Professor of English University of Connecticut Now in midcentury when so much badly needed revaluation of America's literary product is going forward seems an appropriate time to speak a word for Brand Whitlock The new Literary History of the United States by Spiller and others mentions Whitlock only as a single-taxer a humanitarian and an early realist and adds that ...
... WHISTLE-STOPPING Through Ohio by RICHARD O DAVIES Ohio played an important role in returning Harry S Truman to the White House in 1948 Prior to the election he had been foredoomed to defeat by all reputable political seers Ohio was seen as being safely within the Republican fold and was supposedly prepared to take part in a nationwide Republican blitz Elmo Roper for example quit taking samples of voter preference as early as September 9 with the comment that only a political convulsion could ...
... THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOC I ETY SOCIETY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO September 25 1918 The meeting was called to order by President G Frederick Wright There were present G Frederick Wright George F Bareis W H Cole B F Prince W L Curry E F Wood Mrs Howard Jones J S Roof J E Campbell H F Burket D J Ryan A M Schlesinger J M Henderson William Walker E O Randall D H Gard W C Mills H C Shetrone L P Schaus J ...
... 130 OHIO HISTORY 130 OHIO HISTORY not to be bound by the result23 Under these circumstances talk of a Hayes Garfield or other candidacy persisted Hayes lightened the tension perhaps by giving a reception Monday evening for the incoming Republican governor General Edward F Noyes It was attended by the warring factions and described by Hayes as A very lively happy thing24 Late on Tuesday evening two Republicans--a state senator and a representative--rang Hayes's doorbell They assured him that ...
... Organizing a National Convention Organizing a National Convention A Lesson from Senator Dick E dited by THOMAS E FELT FROM THE CIVIL WAR to the present the engineers and operators of Ohio's major party machinery have been obliged by circumstances to learn their trade thoroughly The state's strategic geographic position its coveted electoral votes and its diverse economic interests have made it not only a home of presidents and would-be presidents but a school for party managers as well In this ...
... CLAUDE MEEKER CLAUDE MEEKER 1861-1929 IN MEMORIAM Addresses Delivered at a Special Meeting of the Kit-Kat Club of Columbus Ohio December 2 1930 Interesting remarks were also made on this occasion by Mr Osman C Hooper who brought a message from Professor French and with it a copy of Mr Meeker's book-plate which Professor French had made for him Mr Arthur C Johnson Sr spoke of Mr Meeker's never failing interest in newspaper work and stated that he had prepared a number of articles the last year ...
... 370 Ohio Arch 370 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications MILITARY DAY The third day was Military day and no other county has better right to commemorate the memory of the soldier than Jefferson whether he be of the Revolutionary war of the Second War for Independence the Mexican war or the War Between the States Jefferson county furnished thousands of the bravest men in the Federal army during the War Between the States It is not necessary to mention their names - the mere mention of this ...
... 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 Moreover this is legislative history--not social for the latter although far more valuable is subtle and ...
... IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONS IN CLEVELAND IMMIGRANT INSTITUTIONS IN CLEVELAND By WELLINGTON G FORDYCE The immigrant's church has been the strongest single force in preserving his racial solidarity Like the Pilgrim fathers the immigrants brought with them their Bibles hymn books clergy and churches These churches were strongly attached to the homeland depending upon it for literature and clergy Political and social antagonisms have been aroused among native Americans and the immigrant's religious ...
... A WILSONIAN PARADOX A WILSONIAN PARADOX by PHILLIP R SHRIVER Historians are often prone to conjecture What might have happened if-- Perhaps no other event in the history of the United States has been the subject of as much hindsight speculation as this nation's refusal to join the League of Nations after the conclusion of the first World War Not a few historians have suggested that World War II was in large degree made inevitable when the United States declined to assume the role of world ...