... 228 Ohio Arch 228 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications by assumed super and supra-natural means but in accordance with the laws which govern in the every day world of to-day The twelve labors of Hercules were not more onerous nor more beset with impending perils than were his efforts in the council chambers of chancellories and the closets of cabinets none the less along nervous lines of gathering armies in his task of arousing supine Europe to the point of stamping out the nameless ...
... 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 ...
... It is the fate of defeated generals and admirals to be forgotten It is the fate of defeated generals and admirals to be forgotten Everyone in Ohio and the Old Northwest hears of the victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry on Lake Erie in 1813 but ordinarily remains ignorant of the British commander he defeated England is a country most proficient in ignoring unsuccessful military figures The fate of Perry's opponent may not have been just but it was typical Exactly what happened to him has ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIOHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND PROCEEDINGS FOR THE YEAR 1885 WITH ABSTRACTS OF ADDRESSES AND PAPERS PRESENTED BEFORE THE SOCIETY PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE A PRELIMINARY conference to take steps towards the organization of a State Archaeological and Historical Society was held at Columbus on the evening of February 12 1885 Prior to this time there had been in existence a State Archaeological Association which had however ...
... TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY FEBRUARY 26 1908 The twenty-third annual meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the parlors of the Y M C A building Columbus Ohio at 10 A M Wednesday February 26 1908 The following members were present Prof Martin R Andrews Marietta Gen R Brinkerhoff Mansfield Mr George F Bareis Canal Winchester Hon J H Beal Scio Dr D H Gard Columbus ...
... Editorialania Editorialania 285 mortal enemies Five of their chief Werowances came aboard us and crossed the bay in their barge The picture of the greatest of them is signified in the mappe The calfe of whose leg was three-quarters of a yard about and all of the rest of his limbs so answerable to that proportion that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld His hayre the one side was long the other close shore with a ridge over his crown like a cockes comb His arrows were five quarters long ...
... TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY JUNE 2 1905 The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the lecture room of the Y M C A Building Columbus Ohio at 230 P M June 2d 1905 The following members were present Rev J W Atwood Columbus Judge J H Anderson Columbus Prof M R Andrews Marietta Mr E H Archer Columbus General R Brinkerhoff Mansfield Mr George F Bareis ...
... 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 ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXXI INDEX TO VOLUME XXXI Abbott Julius D tells of the last visit tobacco pipes 513-522 bone impleof Grant to Clermont County 245 ments 522-523 chipped flint impleAbbott Louise her paper on The Grants ments 523-525 implements made of at Bethel 241-245 copper 525-528 ornaments of copper Adams Charles Francis Jr 83 his let529-555 bead necklaces 555-556 beads ter urging Carl Schurz to take part in of metal 556-557 objects made of Ohio political campaign of 1875 83-84 shell 557-559 ...
... JOHN BROUGH JOHN BROUGH OSMAN CASTLE HOOPER John Brough is generally thought of as the last of Ohio's war governors the sturdy Union man who as a candidate for the executive office in 1863 defeated Clement L Vallandigham by the then unheard of majority of more than 100000 votes He was all that but he was more than that and it is the duty as well as the pleasure of Ohioans to recognize it If ever a masterful man sat in Ohio's executive chair it was John Brough No general in the field was more ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 70 NUMBER 1 J A N U A R Y 1961 The Corwin Amendment In the Secession Crisis By R ALTON LEE THE ELECTION of a Republican president in November 1860 on a platform opposed to further extension of slavery sparked the secession of South Carolina from the United States Between December 20 1860 and February 1 1861 the other six cotton states followed South Carolina out of the Union Never since the world began was there a more ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 469 folio volumes comprising some 10000 fools-cap pages of notes of the recollections of frontier warriors and pioneers either written by themselves or taken down from their own lips and wellnigh 5000 pages more of original manuscript journals memorandum books and old letters written by nearly all the leading border heroes of the West This collection under the direction of Dr Thwaites has been classified mounted in folios catalogued and indexed in a most accurate and ...
... INDEX TO VOLUME XXVII INDEX TO VOLUME XXVII EXPLANATORY NOTE With the exception of a few pages Volume Twenty-six is made up of two articles History of Educational Legislation in Ohio by Prof Miller and The Indians in Ohio by H C Shetrone These articles are so foreign to each other that few of the subjects treated are identical hence an index covering both would possess no special advantage Besides these articles are of such value in themselves that there will be undoubtedly a demand for their ...
... A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS 241 A SURVEY OF PUBLICATIONS 241 BAIRD Clarke B Pataskala Memories Ohio Archaeologist XI 1961 123-124 The author's recollections of archaeological finds in the 1890's Cache of 280 Blades Discovered by D E Baker Ohio Archaeologist XII 1962 7-9 Found in Defiance County along the banks of the Auglaize River GOSLIN Robert M Projectile Point in Elk Skeleton Ohio Archaeologist XI 1961 85 The skeleton was found in Lake Mac-O-Chee Logan County PRUFER Olaf H The Paleo-Indian ...
... LINCOLN'S MINISTER TO MEXICO LINCOLN'S MINISTER TO MEXICO by J JEFFERY AUER Associate Professor of Speech Oberlin College Among the incongruities facing Abraham Lincoln in 1861 was the fact that his minister to Mexico would hold America's most important diplomatic post1 Although France and England the chief consumers of southern cotton were powerful nations possessed of great maritime strength in the event of a Union blockade of the South they could continue the cotton trade only through the ...
... BRIAN HARTE BRIAN HARTE Land in the Old Northwest A Study of Speculation Sales and Settlement on the Connecticut Western Reserve Settlers who came to the American West from the Northeast carried with them a vision of what their new lives would involve The act of moving to the West required a leap of faith a presumption that they could convert their vision into reality Despite their uncertainties these pioneers were aware of and depended on certain existing parameters that would stabilize their ...
... THE MEMORIAL STRUCTURE AT MARIETTA THE MEMORIAL STRUCTURE AT MARIETTA REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MADE APRIL 6 1888 THE erection of a monumental structure at Marietta to commemorate the important historical events that became a fulfillment of the past as well as the foundation of the future when on the 7th day of April 1788 the pioneer band settled down upon the virgin soil of the Northwest Territory has been a favorite object in the proceedings of ...
... DAVID FRENCH DAVID FRENCH Elizur Wright Jr and the Emergence of Anti-Colonization Sentiments on the Connecticut Western Reserve Probing the origins of reform sentiment is the sort of sleuthing particularly attractive to students of social history The Connecticut Western Reserve has evoked considerable scholarly discussion much of which vastly over-simplified the interaction of reformers with their environment The origins of sentiments in the Western Reserve in opposition to schemes for ...
... Book Reviews Book Reviews Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Richard Nixon 1969 Washington DC Office of the Federal Registrar National Archives and Records Service General Services Administration 1971 lii 1081p appendices and index 1450 Most students of the history of the United States particularly those working in the recent period have long since found this continuing series to be a valuable research tool one to which they can turn with confidence for a standard and ...
... 462 Ohio Arch 462 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications will stand as the testimonial of a grateful people to the life and services of a truly beloved man To this building and the beautiful grove surrounding it will come generations of American citizens our children grandchildren and their descendants and draw an inspiration to a life of unselfishness and honor as they become more and more familiar with the life and character of Rutherford Birchard Hayes that crowned and glorious life ...