... northwestern Canada who had traveled some four thousand miles to be present upon this memorial day When he rose to speak clad in native costume it was called to mind that he stood upon almost the identical spot where 150 years ago another Indian stood and rebuked in language immortal the whites for their indifference and ingratitude Other speakers 1 Mrs Jones was invited to the speaker's stand but modestly declined 532
... JOHN WHITE GEARY JOHN WHITE GEARY As Kagi in his letters to the press severely criticized Governor Geary it is but fair to state here that the Governor went to Kansas Territory as he afterwards freely admitted with erroneous opinions as to conditions there He was sincerely desirous to do justice to the contending parties but his preconceived prejudices were in favor of the pro-slavery party This led to severe criticism on the part of the free state men It was not long however until the ...
... northwest the Third in the northwest corner of the city the newest of them all The names of the constables were not on the tickets for their election was not made a party matter The names of two of the candidates for that office are presented after the old fashion We are personally acquainted with Mr Joseph White who lives on Walnut street opposite the college and are desirous that he should ...
... settlements being small it was necessary to adopt an itinerant practice in order to procure a livelihood An examination of the Cincinnati papers during the period 18171824 enables one to form an estimate of the qualifications of some of those itinerant pioneers among whom were Dr E Parmly who was later to become the first president of the first dental society in the world--the Society of Dental Surgeons of the City and State of New York ...
... northwestern part of this state I refer to the discovery of coal and the uses of coal I refer to the discovery of the great iron mines at the upper lakes whose product could be so easily as it turned out brought down over this natural waterway to our shores at the north The combination of our iron and coal and our limestone with these almost ready-made highways coupled with the remarkable talents and resources of the people who had already ...
... settlement in Ohio located above the Muskingum River had as its showpiece the remains of an extensive ancient fortification Then appeared Point Harmar below the Muskingum and Hockingport on the Big Hocking River The moonlight view of Blennerhassett's Island with its picturesque ruins of a splendid mansion and the wooding-up scene of the steamer Brilliant was the most beautiful island ...
... settlement and western expansion In Indiana for the most part a machine man he worked hard for the building of roads and canals for the establishment of public works and schools on a sound fiscal basis for the revision of the law as applied to the property inheritance of married women In the national arena as a Congressman from 1843 to 1847 he was a vigorous expansionist an exponent of Manifest Destiny On the slavery question he took the ...
... FORT HILL INDIAN CEMETERY FORT HILL INDIAN CEMETERY BY FELIX J KOCH Antiquarians and others interested in the lost races of this continent have been delighted recently at the news of the discovery of still another Indian burial ground on Ft Hill at the mouth of the Big Miami River in the very southwest corner of Ohio Workmen building a road through the territory found arrow-heads and other Indian implements such as to indicate the proximity ...
... northwestern Virginia campaign is found in Douglas Southall Freeman R E Lee A Biography New York 1934-35 I 545-578 See also Official Records V 184-193 John S Carlile to Lincoln telegram August 15 1861 Lincoln Manuscripts Carlile to Salmon P Chase telegram August 16 1861 Salmon P Chase Manuscripts Library of Congress 54 Official Records V 864 55 Ibid 148-149 56 Ibid 118-119 Clement A Evans ed Confederate Military History Atlanta 1899 II 36 57 ...
... NOTES ON CHOLERA IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO NOTES ON CHOLERA IN SOUTHWESTERN OHIO By DAVID A TUCKER JR M D The first invasion of the North American continent by epidemic or Asiatic cholera occurred in 1832 The disease appears to have been carried across the Atlantic by emigrants from Ireland who landed during April and May at Gross Isle thirtytwo miles below the city of Quebec Cholera had appeared ...
... settlement at Jamestown before settlements First came scattered New England families dissatisfied with the regulated life of the New England towns and beckoned onwards by the greater economic opportunities of what was then the West Such a family was that of the Lincolns moving in successive generations from England to Massachusetts then to New Jersey on the Pennsylvania through West Virginia ...
... SONG WRITERS OF OHIO SONG WRITERS OF OHIO TWO SONGS INSPIRED IN OHIO BY C B GALBREATH While much has been said and written of the achievements of Ohio's men the public has not fully appreciated perhaps the extent of the influence of the gifted women of the state This is due doubtless to ...
... settlements west of Ohio on settlements Quaker families settlement of lands and land hunger early influential characters particularly with Samuel Merrill the New Harmony community with its peculiar contributions to the civilization of the state and Nation the beginning of Indiana ...
... settlement of the lower Scioto settlements and many The Feurt Mounds and Village Site The Feurt Mounds and Village Site 449 account for the apparent change in their relationship toward one another Aside from this phase of the investigation the inhabitants of the Feurt Villagesite are shown to have belonged to the great Fort Ancient culture They were very similar in practically every ...
... OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 249 OHIO HISTORY CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 249 AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION FOR WAR 1917-1918 By H A DE WEERD Admiral A T Mahan once described his fellow Americans as being aggressive combative and war-like but he added they are the reverse of military being out of sympathy with military tone and feeling1 A neglect of the study of military history and ...
... northwest to southeast The sides were formed of similar slabs set on edge with the tops sloping outward the measurements to the top of the outside row were about 712 and 812 feet Bones were found in the earth from three to six inches above this floor but none were lying on the stones The grave as it appeared when cleared out is shown in figure 1 Stone Graves in Brown County Ohio Stone ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS The Hero in America By Dixon Wecter New York Charles Scribner's Sons 194 1 530p 350 Here is something entirely new in literature--or as near brand new as is possible in these days of multiple coverage of all fields It is a brilliant book at times a bit too brilliant with apt quotations dragged in occasionally when the dazzled reader might prefer perhaps to take things a little easier Professor Wecter of the Department of English at the University of California has set ...
... Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 Fortieth Annual Meeting 261 In addition to the usual repairs and upkeep it became necessary to reroof the dwelling of the custodian including a new roof over the porch and to repair the summer-house This has been done at a cost of 12747 The great increase of visitors at the Park has required an additional supply of drinking water and made it necessary to drill an additional well on the premises This has been done at a cost including casing and pump of 1982 0 The ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 117 tion from his voice--he needed no pen--the subject-matter being wide and comprehensive He gave us the benefit of his thought and wit upon such topics as The Boston Tea Party Washington in the West Our First Inhabitants The Original Ohio Land Company etc etc but the crowning favor was bestowed just one year ago on Washington's birthday when his subject was Americanization at Home and Abroad We ...
... settlement the log house settlements of Scotch-Irish settlements learned that style settlement As a consequence settlements in the New World settlement period which