... 1902 the Secretary of the Society journeyed to the Mound and was present to witness the erection of the tablet in the Mound Park in accordance with the provisions of the deed The site selected for the monument was the summit of the circular prehistoric mound which is located on the highest elevation of the park and is about 492 Editorialana Editorialana 493 300 feet south of the coiled tail of the great serpent The mound is some ten feet ...
... Mills our Curator is not Mills follows these Mills Curator and Mills 50 Prof Stephen D Peet 1 Prof John B Peaslee 1 Bishop B W Arnett 4 Chas Geo Carnegys 1 Isreal Williams 1 Clarence B Moore 7 R A Smith 1 E O Randall 60 Chas Wm Burkett 1 E F Wood 11 Col Wm A Taylor 1 Clark Bell 10 Gen ...
... ADDRESS OF JUDGE JOSEPH COX ADDRESS OF JUDGE JOSEPH COX THE BUILDING OF T HE STATE THE first settlement in this State at Marietta and organization of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 were the most notable events in the history of our country and deserve to rank among the greatest of the civilized world The Territory having been wrested from the domination of foreign nations by the combined strength of the American Colonies after the eight years' struggle of the Revolutionary ...
... MillsLake ErieChillicothe at 209 Battle of 461 464 Pioneer 198 Results of Battle of 464 Missouri Compromise Ohio's attitude on La Fayette Lands granted to 319 233 Lands - Moravians - Bounties in 305 Society publishes Mss of 253 Canals for 239 Morrow Governor Jeremiah 427 Congress donates to Revolutionary Mound Builders 331 Soldiers 318 Mounds - Contests over titles of 217 Art used in building 355 Overlapping of claims to 236 Effigy 335 336 ...
... THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO THE STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD IN OHIO BY RUHL JACOB BARTLETT M A The admission of Ohio as a state into the Union marked the end of a long and bitter political contest both within and without the Northwest Territory It was that age old conflict between the forces that are progressive and those that are conservative for it must be remembered that the closing years of the 19th century marked a period of rapid political transition in American history The colonists ...
... 1902 to 9 feet Vol 1902 provided for an examination at and below Pool No 1 with a view of securing increased depth and additional harbor facilities for the city of Pittsburgh A Board of Officers of the Corps of Engineers ordered to consider and report upon this matter was of the opinion that to meet the demands of traffic a depth of 9 feet should be provided from Davis Island Lock No 1 to ...
... REPORT OF FIELD WORK REPORT OF FIELD WORK CARRIED ON IN THE MUSKINGUM SCIOTO AND OHIO VALLEYS DURING THE SEASON OF 1896 BY WARREN KING MOOREHEAD IN CHARGE OF EXPLORATIONS PREFACE It is interesting to note that as general archaeology progresses in the United States men are more inclined to confine their observations to special or limited areas A generation ago before the Government the Museums of our various cities and the Scientific and Historical Societies undertook large explorations it was ...
... Note - Historical Note - Historical 443 Adieu to the roads which for many a year I traveled each Sabbath the gospel to hear The news was so joyful and pleased me so From hence where I heard it it grieves me to go Farewell my white friends who first taught me to pray And worship my Savior and Maker each day Pray for the poor native whose eyes overflow With tears at our parting Alas I must go NOTE - HISTORICAL In the excellent article On the Origin of Ohio Place Names printed in the July issue ...
... 64 Ohio Arch 64 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications Vo L 4 BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN OHIO AND VIRGINIA INTRODUCTORY Previous to 1783 Virginia never laid any claim to the Ohio River--or in fact to any territory west of the Alleghenies because this region was originally a part of the vast district claimed by the French and known as Louisiana The Mississippi River was discovered by French missionaries and was subsequently explored to its mouth by LaSalle who according to the customs of the nations ...
... Mills W C 347 Colleagues Mills W C receives honors at 93 Hanby's political 205 Mission of 113 Holy Hour 2C6 Noble's John W Address at 114 I am king o'er the land and the sea Ohio Building at 116 306 Ohio Commission at 101 Little Tillie's Grave 193 Ohio Day at 101 102 Lorena 437 Ohio Exhibit at 106 My first music lesson 302 Prayer on Ohio Day at 102 My home on old Ohio 300 Society at 90 339 ...
... NEWS FROM THE OHIO NEWS FROM THE OHIO Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at the Muskingum to the Printer of the MASSACHUSE T TS SPY written on the spot where the first city of that territory is to be built1 ADELPHI May 16th 1788 MR THOMAS I embrace the earliest opportunity of communicating to you such information as I am capable of giving respecting the Western Country in general and in particular of that part purchased by the Ohio Company With respect to the country in general and even of ...
... THE MOUND BUILDERS OF CINCINNATI THE MOUND BUILDERS OF CINCINNATI MARIE PAULA DICKORE' A M History's tales have inspired the great artist to his magnificent pictures the bard to lofty epics the composer to stirring national hymns Her illustrious name calls forth a brilliant array nation follows upon nation--Assyrian and Egyptian Greek and Roman Celt and Gaul Teuton and AngloSaxon We hear of primitive peoples and the highest civilizations of the rise and the fall of nations History has set her ...
... Mills Lexington Road to Georgetown leading away Northwest -Hunter's hut Old Fort some dist N of road on 'Elk Riv' i e Elkhorn Creek Tavern Frankfort Kentucky River It will be seen that this list includes many names that are not only familiar but are in actual use to this day The drawing of the road itself is exceedingly well done and is highly interesting The fact that this adventurous foreigner thought it worth while to make and publish a map ...
... ORATION OF HON ORATION OF HON JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER LL D The last decades of our century bristle with centennial anniversaries the landmarks of human progress in the free institutions of a Christian civilization The Old World with its crowded populations with its social orders and castes and its despotic forms of government was stagnant and unhealthful Commerce reached forth its bold and eager arms for new fields for human enterprise and a larger and freer civilization Motives of gain mingled ...
... THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 SOME INVESTIGATIONS AS TO THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE FAMOUS SIXTH ARTICLE COL W E GILMORE CHILLICOTHE Senator Roberts of Pennsylvania in the great debate over the bill for the admission of Missouri to the Union in 1820 characterized the Ordinance of 1787 as that immortal Ordinance which with its elder sister the Declaration of American Independence will shed eternal and inextinguishable lustre over the annals of our country Daniel Webster in a speech upon ...
... Adena Mound in Chillicothe Ross County 1901 O S A H M simple twined weave Warp about thirteen to the inch double woof four to the inch Alexanderville Montgomery County O S A H M simple twined weaving Warp about seventeen to the inch double woof cords one-half inch apart ...
... Adena mound and other mounds of the Hopewell culture aside from the fine specimens taken from the Tremper mound The explanation of course of the finding of types of one culture in the mounds of another is the inter-tribal commerce or exchange of commodities which existed between comtemporaneous peoples living contiguously 363 364 Ohio Arch 364 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications MISCELLANEOUS ARTIFACTS Associated with the pipes ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 351 Reviews Notes and Comments 351 action makes very little change in the status of the Society while it offers large opportunities for co-operation with the various branches of the Department of Education The Superintendent of Public Instruction now becomes ex-officio a member of our Board of Trustees ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR SOLDIERS OF THE WORLD WAR A constitutional amendment providing for issuing bonds for adjusted compensation for service in the World War was ...