... MARVIN FLETCHER MARVIN FLETCHER War in the Streets of Athens On an August evening in 1904 terror struck the citizens of the small southeastern Ohio town of Athens Thousands of Ohio National Guard and regular army troops were on joint maneuvers in the area On the evening of August 19 some of the regulars marched into town with the aim of freeing one of their comrades who had been arrested by ...
... BEVERLY WILSON PALMER BEVERLY WILSON PALMER Towards a National Antislavery Party The Giddings-Sumner Alliance Shortly after meeting Joshua Reed Giddings in 1846 Charles Sumner in a 30 December 1846 article in the Boston Courier praised the Ohio Congressman for his opposition to the Mexican War Emphasizing Giddings's roots in New England Sumner wrote New England may be happy that her voice was heard at so early a stage of this important ...
... FROM CINCINNATI'S WESTERN MUSEUM TO FROM CINCINNATI'S WESTERN MUSEUM TO CLEVELAND'S HEALTH MUSEUM by BRUNO GEBHARD MD Director Cleveland Health Museum Cleveland prides itself in having the first health museum in the United States opened November 13 1940 But in 1820 Cincinnati established the first public science museum west of the Alleghenies the Western Museum Both were started by physicians who seem to have a natural affinity for museums Perhaps this is because a good physician must be a ...
... settlement to the next sometimes being away from home for a week On one occasion he was called to go to Cleveland a ride of twenty-five miles on a stormy night to extract an aching tooth Harry C Rosenberger in his article entitled David long Cleveland's First Physician' paints a verbal portrait of Cleveland in 1810 Ohio had been admitted to the Union but seven years previously and Cleveland ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR ANNIVERSARY OF VISIT OF LAFAYETTE TO OHIO CELEBRATED IN CINCINNATI One great city in the United States at least appropriately celebrated the centenary of Lafayette's visit to America The city of Cincinnati under ...
... 164 OHIO HISTORY 164 OHIO HISTORY A key maneuver in Hayes's attempt to implement his Southern policy was the appointment of Frederick Douglass as Marshal of the District of Columbia--a move which seems to have reconciled both white and black to the Hayes administration82 Hayes himself chose to look upon the appointment of Douglass as symbolic of an intention to upgrade the Negro in the eyes ...
... settlement of the Old Northwest while only about one-third of the narrative is devoted to the statehood movement the proper focus of the work The various sections of the book are not effectively integrated within the strict chronological format and the overall product is of uneven quality The treatment of the British regime and the Revolutionary War 1763-1783 are as excellent as the handling ...
... 28 Ohio Arch 28 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications master introduced Mrs Herbert Backus Vice-President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution RESPONSE OF MRS HERBERT BACKUS Mr Toastmaster Distinguished Guests and Friends A story was told me the other day of a farmer who took unto himself his second wife He brought her to the home of her predecessor After some time had ...
... 268 Ohio Arch 268 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications PRESERVATION OF HARRISON'S TOMB A sentimental motive prompted Colonel Russell B Harrison son of the late ex-President of the United States to come to Cincinnati yesterday He had a case in the United States Court but his important reason for the visit was to have a conference with his distant relative Colonel Lewis W Irwin in regard to ...
... The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly The OHIO HISTORICAL Quarterly VOLUME 67 NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1958 Woodrow Wilson's First Romance By GEORGE C OSBORN MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN about Abraham Lincoln's romance with Ann Rutledge Although Ann first aroused Lincoln's romantic emotions very few facts are known about this love affair Indeed nearly all that has been written about Ann and Abe's romance is ...
... Index Index COMPILED BY LAURA RUSS E LL ABOLITIONISM Theodore Dwight Weld's Anti-Slavery Mission in Ohio by Vernon L Volpe 5-18 Abolitionist Actuarv Atheist Elizur Wright and the Reform Impulse by Lawrence B Goodheart rev 168-170 Abzug Robert Passionate Liberator Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform 6 8 9 Adjutant General's General Order Number 12 1916 45-46 Adjutant General ONG office of 40-56 Agriculture Butter and Egg Business ...
... settlements and missions which settlement of the lake shores settlement in the Ohio region after 1787 Before General Wayne's successful conquest of the Indians of the Maumee Valley in 1794 two United States armies under General Josiah Harmar and General Arthur St Clair had met disastrous ...
... CONSTITUTION OF CONSTITUTION OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY1 ARTICLE I Name and Location Section 1 This Society which is organized as a corporation not for profit under the laws of the State of Ohio shall pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation be known as The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and ...
... Emilius Oviatt Randall Emilius Oviatt Randall 85 It is fitting that Mr Hooper should speak for the Club on this occasion Mr Hooper is a charter member of the Club was its first President and has been for many years its Secretary and active Executive I have the privilege of presenting Mr Osman C Hooper RANDALL OUR PRESIDENT BY OSMAN C HOOPER Secretary of the Kit-Kat Club The Kit-Kat Club meets today in sorrow Death has entered our circle and taken our President Emilius Oviatt Randall who ...
... northwestern section of the state-were frequently dismissed with the slightest of comments Historical trends which now seem obvious were often overlooked while matters now long forgotten were elaborately discussed In one paper a discussion of the annexation of Texas rates only eleven lines while one hundred and thirty lines were used to refute the belief that comets influence fruit crops and the nation's health We often raise the question ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 95 ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA The latest and one of the best encyclopedias to appear is that known as the Encyclopedia Americana published under the auspices of the Scientific American Company and edited by Frederick Converse Beach and a corps of competent assistants It comprises sixteen large volumes and is produced in the best mechanical and typographical form with copious illustrations maps tables etc One of its excellent features is that the articles on leading ...
... Liedel Summer-Autumn 2003 pp 68-86 PDF of this article CONTENTS of this issue Copyright 2003 by the Ohio Historical Society All rights reserved Property and Power Women Religious Defend Their Rights in Nineteenth-Century Cleveland By Leslie Liedel During the first half of the nineteenth century Catholics fought over concerns of power and authority in the local church that often appeared in debates addressing the ownership of church property ...
... settlements in the West Indies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the expedition secured a considerable quantity of valuable records photostatic copies and photographs The cost of the expedition was borne by the Rosenwald Foundation of Jenkintown Pennsylvania ANTHONY WAYNE PARKWAY BOARD Columbus J Richard Lawwill Director Research for markers for five unmarked Indian War fort sites has been completed by the parkway board which is ...
... WHITELAW REID IN COLUMBUS WHITELAW REID IN COLUMBUS EDWARD L TAYLOR Whitelaw Reid's first experience as a correspondent for a newspaper was in Columbus It began late in April or in May 1861 Before that time he had been for a few years the proprietor and editor of the Xenia Torchlight a paper published weekly at Xenia Ohio In the fall or early winter of 1860 his health not being good he disposed of that paper and went to Minnesota where he ...
... MICHAEL J MICHAEL J DEVINE The Historical Paintings of William Henry Powell In 1865 the Ohio General Assembly commissioned William Henry Powell to paint a large historic picture depicting the heroic naval victory of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and his men over the British in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813 A former resident of Cincinnati Powell had won fame in the eastern urban centers of the United States as well as European capitals and ...