... THE HUMILIATION OF HENRY WARD BEECHER IN THE HUMILIATION OF HENRY WARD BEECHER IN THE WEST by DAVID MEAD Assistant Professor of English Michigan State College In the columns of Ohio's newspapers of nearly a century ago lies the dramatic account of Henry Ward Beecher's rejection as a lecturer by the indignant citizens of the West a story which has not been revealed by the biographers of the great Eastern divine Not that Beecher was the first ...
... northwestern corner of the state After five months in camp first at Monroeville and then at Camp Dennison outside Cincinnati the regiment campaigned as part of General Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio in Tennessee Northern Alabama Northern Mississippi and Kentucky Next in William S Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland the regiment was present at the Battle of Stone's River took part in the ...
... THE GATEWAYS TO FORT ANCIENT THE GATEWAYS TO FORT ANCIENT BY THOS J BROWN During a recent visit to Fort Ancient after a period of several years I was greatly impressed by the improvements that have taken place there since I have been acquainted with the fort My visits to it were begun forty-seven years ago and have been repeated at short intervals until late years then not so often When I first saw it and continuing until about the time the State acquired title to it it was one of the most ...
... settlement have been presented at past meetings and are on file in the society's collection SALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY Salem George H Bowman Jr President The society is planning active participation with other city organizations in Salem's sesquicentennial in 1956 A proposed organization chart for setting up the celebration prepared by President Bowman was presented to the members at the June meeting Further plans were outlined at a meeting in ...
... GEORGE WELLS KNIGHT GEORGE WELLS KNIGHT Dr George Wells Knight joined the Faculty of the Ohio State University in 1885 He served as teacher of History in that institution to within a short time of his death which occurred Wednesday morning February 10 1932 In this long and uninterrupted service his teaching and personality left an impression upon a large number of students who in their turn will transmit it in an ever widening circle of ...
... THE RISE OF THE DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE THE RISE OF THE DENOMINATIONAL COLLEGE BY RUSSELL M STOREY Of all the groups that had their part in the early educational life of the Ohio Valley none more completely ran the gamut of pioneer experiences than the founders and builders of the denominational colleges They were hewers of wood and drawers of water in their persons they combined the functions of builder janitor teacher business manager and ...
... settlement eliminated the need settlement openly and directly however They apparently feared the potential divisiveness of the issue too much to make a major issue of it34 On the other hand the Free Democrats as the Free Soilers now called themselves35 hoped to capitalize on the potential antislavery sentiment in Ohio and prepared for an ...
...ohioan XXXIII No 3 June 1961 2-4 Twenty islands in western Lake Erie with some historical background 354 THE OHIO HISTORICAL QUARTERLY 354 THE OHIO HISTORICAL QUARTERLY THESES ON OHIO SUBJECTS IN OHIO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BALDWIN ...
... OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY--PART 6 OHIO MEDICAL HISTORY--PART 6 THE VAULTING IMAGINATION OF JOHN L RIDDELL By ADOLPH E WALLER Whatever makes the past or future predominate over the present exalts us in the scale of thinking beings--Johnson The name of John Leonard Riddell is perhaps best remembered today for his Synopsis of the Western Plants In 1835 when this was published Cincinnati was the ...
... MATTHEW OYOS MATTHEW OYOS The Mobilization of the Ohio Militia in the Civil War Fort Sumter's fall in April 1861 broke like a thunderclap over Ohio Overnight fervent patriotism replaced months of indecision regarding Southern secession When President Abraham Lincoln called for 75000 militia on April 15 thousands of enthusiastic Ohioans ...
... Robert C Schenck and Robert C Schenck and The Emma Mine Affair By CLARK C SPENCE THE PLAYER WITH A WORTHLESS HAND had generally better begin by 'raising' when he goes in or else nobody will be likely to believe in his pretended strong hand Thus wrote Robert C Schenck celebrated author of Draw-poker in 18801 Schenck was of course referring to the game on which he was the country's foremost expert but this statement might also have been applied to another area within the field of his ...
... Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 633 Minutes of Forty-second Annual Meeting 633 us to give the names of the members of most of the households The first log cabin is nearly completed and is attracting a large number of visitors Most of the logs have been hewn for the Schoolhouse and the hand-split shingles are ready Through the personal interest of Mr C B Galbreath we have secured from Dr W N Schwarze Archivist of the Moravian Church in Bethlehem Pennsylvania over 100 pages of translation ...
... AboutSA2002 Summer-Autumn 2002 Contents Editorial Staff and Advisory Board Instructions for Authors OHS Board of Trustees PDF of these pages Click page numbers to view articles PDF links are also provided for printing articles Can't read PDFs Get Adobe Acrobat Reader ARTICLES 101 Visions of America 17871501788 The Ohio of Reverend Manasseh Cutler by Louis W Potts PDF of this article 121 The Political Judge Justice John McLeans Pursuit of the ...
... SIEUR DE LA SALLE SIEUR DE LA SALLE The Great French Explorer Along the Maumee and Wabash Rivers in the years 1669 and 1670 BY CHARLES E SLOCUM M D PH D DEFIANCE OHIO M Jean Talon Intendant of New France wrote to Louis XIV king of France under date of loth October 1670 that he had dispatched persons of resolution who promise to penetrate further than has ever been done the one to the West and to the
... HISTORICAL NEWS HISTORICAL NEWS Historical Organizations CRESTLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY Crestline Ernest G Hesser President The guest speaker for the April 28 meeting was Edward S Thomas curator of natural history of the Ohio Historical Society He spoke on the subject Outdoor Ohio in Natural Color and illustrated the talk with his own colored slides of landscapes birds wild ...
... Public Opinion and the Chinese Question 1876-1879 by GARY PENNANEN Diplomatic problems are not considered to have been of much consequence during the presidency of Rutherford B Hayes While not many preWorld War I judgments concerning the history of the period have escaped revisionism an assessment of Hayes's diplomacy made by Charles R Williams in 1914 has withstood the test of time Few subjects of large importance in the foreign relations of the Government demanded action or attention during ...
... THE COFFIN OF EDWIN COPPOCK THE COFFIN OF EDWIN COPPOCK BY THOMAS C MENDENHALL There has recently been added to the collection of John Brown relics in the museum of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society another concerning which I have been requested to tell the following story On the morning of the tenth of April 1865 I left my room which was over the Farmers' National Bank on Main Street Salem
... JANET R JANET R DALY BEDNAREK False Beacon Regional Planning and the Location of Dayton's Municipal Airport Introduction At first glance one might logically conclude that the location of Dayton's municipal airport represented a case of deliberate regional planning Approximately eleven miles north of the city's central business district its placement near the city of Vandalia Ohio suggests that those who chose that location had an image or ...
... The Soldier's Creed The Soldier's Creed By LESTER J CAPPON Patriotism is an essential factor in waging war and shaping its outcome Since the causes of a war as fixed in the minds of the participants affect both the deeper and shallower feelings of patriotism and are in turn influenced by it loyalty and the will to fight are closely interrelated The concern of the military in recent years with the soldier's ideas of war aims has aroused interest in his attitudes during previous conflicts Among ...
... Editorialana Editorialana 603 DEATH OF CALEB H GALLUP Hon Caleb Hathaway Gallup for many years a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Trustee by election of the members for a period of six years from 1909 to 1915 died at Norwalk his home on Saturday October 16 1915 He was a man of unusual ability endowed with a strong determined character His life was a busy and fruitful one He was born in Norwalk