... Miami valley It is Miami river in Warren county By some oversight the number of acres authorized to be purchased did not include the entire fortification and there still remains a portion of the south or old fort and little of the north end unpurchased A bill was afterward introduced by Senator Jesse N Oren through whom the first bill was ...
... Little remains there now where the roar of battle broke the air and the devoted band of patriots stood their ground under the shower of iron hail and shrieking shells that for days were hurled upon them The long green line of the grand traverse with its four gateways still stretches across the plain and the peaceful kine are browsing along its sides And nearby sunken unmarked weed-grown and neglected are the graves of the heroic dead who fell ...
... SIEGE OF FORT MEIGS SIEGE OF FORT MEIG S The Cleveland Herald and Gazette of June 3 1840 printed an extract from a speech delivered by the brave Col John O'Fallon at the raising of the log-cabin in St Louis This was during the famous Log Cabin Campaign summer and fall of 1840 The speech reflecting the political and public sentiment of the time will be read with interestEDITOR Colonel O'Fallon-who it may be stated delivered his speech from the ramparts of a miniature Fort Meigs -was an aid of ...
... Little River one of the Little Wabash which was reached on the 15th through incredible difficulties far surpassing anything that any of us had ever experienced Often in wading the streams or wide fields of water is was necessary to stop and make boats or rafts with which they could transport their baggage and accoutrements Captain Bowman in his Journal has the following 16th Marched all day ...
... Railroad by 164 Plans of for central west 117 Wright G FrederickWater highways and carrying places Archaeological research of 352 Taylor 356 Wyandots 133 Water highways Military uses of 365 Farewell sermon preached to 442 Watershed Barn 473 Farewell song of 442 Wayne Gen 161 Wayne Treaty Line 158 Webster Daniel 157 Y Estimate of Ordinance of 1787 of 148 Yellow Springs Darnell's Leap near Webster H D L - 426 Loecna written by 433 Antioch ...
... Miami There is no cause of apprehension this side of Huron River and none there but from a few stragglers who may steal the Cattle that are left when they find the People have gone offI hope the people at Grand River will not be scaring one another One wagon going off starts fifty moreCol Cass is going on with me and we are in great haste 458 Ohio Arch 458 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications The trip to Washington was successful ...
... Miami On the next page Miami University Library has no copy of these Notes The stockade at Pickawillany was built late in 1750 Christopher Gist was there in February 1751 The fort was destroyed in June 1752 by the French and Indians because of the English traders who had built and occupied the fortmost or all of the English traders were from Philadelphia they were weaning some Indian tribes ...
... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications memory of heroic deeds and he urged each citizen to appreciate the value of such a gift and let it be an inspiration to learn more of the history of the county and this locality The singing of the Star Spangled Banner concluded the exercises at the site of Ball's battlefield The children who participated in the program were little Misses Gertrude Hafford Betsy Bell Brown Jessie and ...
... Miami and Scioto LittleMiami rivers Pennsylvanians selecting the Seven Ranges tract Connecticut and New York colonists the Western Reserve Among these settlers many educated men came from New England's noted colleges with the Bible in one hand and a school-book in the other They built their log cabins and erected schoolhouses and churches ...
... Little Turtle of the Little Turtle the shrewd Little Turtle's argument Little Turtle was convinced On July 28 he said I do not believe the hatchet was ever before buried so deep I fancy it has always heretofore been cast into shallow running water which has washed it up on dry land--a ...
... Miami below the rapids where the Union Jack had greeted him after the Battle of Fallen Timbers He visited the battlefield and felt a glow of pride as he reviewed the happenings of that historic day Three days later he was in Detroit and saw the American flag flying at last over that stronghold on the Lakes thirteen years after a solemn treaty had ceded it to the United States Through the rest of the summer and autumn of 1796 he remained at ...
... CAMP CHARLOTTE SITE MARKED CAMP CHARLOTTE SITE MARKED A granite monument erected near the site of Camp Charlotte bears a bronze tablet with the following inscription CAMP CHARLOTTE Near this spot -- the famous Treaty was made between Lord Dunmore Governor of Virginia and Chief Cornstalk of the Shawnees and Allied Tribes in October -- 1774 This Camp was named Charlotte after the Queen of England Erected by the Pickaway Plains Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1774 1928 This monument ...
... Miamis now Ft Wayne have been carried there Sandosk e May 28 1748 M de Longueuil reports that a faithful Indian who had gone to gather up the Indians who had deserted from the village of Otsandoske Nic- 378 Ohio Arch 378 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Old Fort Sandoski of 1745 and The Sandusky Forts Old Fort Sandoski of 17 45 and The Sandusky Forts 379 olas's village near the mouth of the river reported that Nicolas with 11 9 ...
... An Outing on the Congo An Outing on the Congo 3 49 AN OUTING ON THE CONGO A VISIT TO THE SITE OF DUNMORE'S TREATY WITH THE SHAWNEES 1774 BY WILLIAM H SAFFORD Many of your readers are doubtless familiar with Stanley's expeditions in Africa tracing the wendings of that hitherto unknown river of her western deserts called the Congo His first exploration was in search of Livingston and the second of his voyages was for the purpose of locating that eminent and eccentric traveler Emin Pasha and thus ...
... Miami Rivers reserved in Miami River to the Miami which would please Miami line as making the Miami River calling their attention to the act for taking the census and expressing the belief that it would appear that the number of ...
... 366 Ohio Arch 366 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications HUDSON CENTENNIAL APPENDIX DAVID HUDSON AND HEMAN OVIATT Hudson is town four Range ten and was purchased of the Connecticut Land Company by David Hudson Birdseye Norton Nathaniel Norton Stephen Baldwin Benjamin Oviatt and Theodore Parmele for fifty-two cents an acre In the original survey it was laid down as a swamp township and in order to make it equal to the average townships there was annexed to it from the equalizing townships 10000 ...
... JAMES BACKUS CITIZEN OF MARIETTA 1788-1791 JAMES BACKUS CITIZEN OF MARIETTA 1788-1791 By JOSEPHINE E PHILLIPS There are about 150 Horses Sixty Cows amp Seven Yoak of Oxen here The Emigrants that pass down the river for Kentucky amp other parts of the Western Country are amazing We have a militia formed who assemble every Sunday amp are fined for not attending We have preaching or service read regularly once a week likewise a school Thus wrote James Backus1 from Marietta to his parents in ...
... The McGuffey Society at the Logan Elm 367 The McGuffey Society at the Logan Elm 367 accomplishments of the Americans who came here and out of a wilderness carved a commonwealth Following this came the illuminative and interesting address by former Governor James E Campbell President of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society entitled LOGAN AND THE LOGAN ELM Ladies and Gentlemen Logan whose Indian name was Tah-gah-jute was the chief of the small tribe of Indians known as the Mingos ...