... THE ROUSH FAMILY IN AMERICA THE ROUSH FAMILY IN AMERICA Their Contribution to the New Country BY REV L L ROUSH In these days when almost every one is writing and when so many details of history are brought out of their hiding-places by some historian especially equipped for that purpose and whose chief business is to bring to the public eye such discoveries one hesitates before he sets himself to the task of adding anything to this voluminous collection However no student dares venture far ...
... THE TORY PROPRIETORS OF KENTUCKY LANDS THE TORY PROPRIETORS OF KENTUCKY LANDS BY WILBUR H SIEBERT Professor of European History Ohio State University From the days of its earliest settlement down through the American Revolution the Kentucky country was the scene of proprietary projects or hostile activities by Loyalists several of whom were first connected with Fort Pitt and afterward with the British post at Detroit It is needless to say that the hostile activities included more or less ...
... Mound Builders' Fort within Toledo's Limits Mound Builders' Fort within Toledo's Limits 381 MOUND BUILDERS' FORT WITHIN TOLEDO'S LIMITS BY S S KNABENSHUE TOLEDO OHIO It will probably surprise most of the readers of the Quarterly to be told that there once existed an ancient defensive earthwork on the banks of the Maumee within the present city limits The writer was unaware of the fact until some time ago when he found a reference to it in a somewhat rare book-the first volume of the ...
... Dedication of the Logan Elm Dedication of the Logan Elm 295 chief Leatherlips who lies buried on the spot where he was killed about fifteen miles northwest of Columbus A significant feature of the program was an address by Mr Frank Tallmadge of Columbus a lineal descendant of Colonel Cresap the man that Logan believed to be responsible for the massacre of his family Mr Tallmadge sought to show that the Red Man was mistaken and spoke as follows ADDRESS OF MR FRANK TALLMADGE Roll back-my soul-to ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA VOL XXVI No 2 APRIL 1917 FORT LAURENS PURCHASED It will be recalled that the autumn winter and spring of 1777-8 was the period of the low ebb of the cause of the Colonial Revolutionists In the late spring of 1778 while Washington was just emerging from Valley Forge George Rogers Clark entered upon the daring expedition to save the Northwest to the Colonies The British-Canadian authorities were planning not only to circumvent Clark but to carry the war into Africa by ...
... MINUTES MINUTES 0F THE Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society HELD IN COLUMBUS FEBRUARY 18 AND 1 9 18 91 Thursday February 19th the society came to order in the State Library There being present the following members Wm E Moore of Columbus A A Graham of Columbus N S Townshend of Columbus H A Thompson of Westerville J A Anderson of Columbus L B Wing of Newark Geo F Bareis of Canal Winchester A R McIntire of Mt Vernon D J Ryan of Portsmouth J J Janney of Columbus S S Rickly of Columbus Thos E Van ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE ADOPTION OF OHIO'S FIRST CONSTITUTION The Centennial of the adoption of the Constitution of Ohio was celebrated at Chillicothe Saturday November 29 1 902 by the unveiling of a tablet marking the site of the first state house of Ohio which is the site of the present court house The weather was very inclement snow and rain interfering with the ceremonies to the extent at least that the audience was small and the ...
... A GUIDE TO THE COMMUNISTIC COMMUNITIES A GUIDE TO THE COMMUNISTIC COMMUNITIES OF OHIO BY KENNETH WILLIAM MCKINLEY One of the greatest obstacles to the study of the social sciences has been the inability to experiment Human lives cannot be molded and adjusted like so many pieces of metal or so many chemical elements For this reason it is important that history be made the laboratory of the social sciences The author of this brief guide therefore feels justified in presenting in an historical ...
... ORIGIN OF OHIO PLACE NAMES ORIGIN OF OHIO PLACE NAMES MRS MARIA EWING MARTIN Paper read before the Fifth Ohio State Conference Daughters of the American Revolution held at Toledo October 29 1903EDITOR The Iroquois War on the Shawanese tribes along the Ohio gave white men in 1670 their first knowledge of that river La Salle's expedition down its waters to the Falls promptly followed but eleven years later when he stood at the mouth of the Mississippi and took possession for the King of France ...
... INDEX TO MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF INDEX TO MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF OHIO HISTORY Compiled by WILLIAM D OVERMAN Introduction In 1918 the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society published a Bulletin of Source Material for the Study of American History as found in the Publications of the Society covering Volumes 1-26 inclusive Because of a growing interest in state and local history and in the enlarged educational program of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and ...
... HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE COL E L TAYLOR COLUMBUS On the 28th of June 1 90 4 the Columbus Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution did themselves and their organization great honor by placing in Martin Park in the western part of the City of Columbus a large bowlder of igneous origin bearing a very handsome designed tablet in commemoration of the important council or conference which General William Henry Harrison had with the chiefs of certain ...
... THE PART THAT THE PIONEER PHYSICIANS OF THE PART THAT THE PIONEER PHYSICIANS OF OHIO PLAYED IN THE COMMUNITY AS EXEMPLIFIED IN THE CHURCH AND LODGE By JAMES J TYLER MD The church has had an important place in the development of the frontier The first forty years of religious development in Ohio is full of absorbing interest and vital realities It produced permanent results in the establishment of our Commonwealth The minister of the Gospel the lawyer the teacher and the doctor comprised the ...
... INDIANS IN UNION COUNTY INDIANS IN UNION COUNTY BY COLONEL W L CURRY In 1797 before a white settler had found a home in the tract of country now forming the county of Union a town was laid out on a large scale in what is now Darby Township on the south side of Big Darby Creek by Lucas Sullivant who named it North Liberty Doubtless Mr Sullivant expected his town would at some not distant day be a busy metropolis but he ruined its prospects by laying out in August of the same year 1797 the town ...
... medicines of those days - on the joists hung dried pumpkins peaches apples beans etc The hominy block sat in one corner the broom was of split hickory and the 'duster' was a wild turkey wing These round log cabins stood many years after better houses were erected they served for stables sheep-pens blacksmith shops loom-shops school houses and meeting houses Every one of these first cabins are long since gone and the exact places where they ...
... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EARTHWORKS OF OHIO THE following bibliography was prepared by Mrs Cyrus Thomas under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and is published by permission from the manuscript copy Its publication will serve two ends In the first place to impart information already obtained and in the second place to solicit information supplementary to what is here contained Any observers in the State who have facts concerning the earthworks of Ohio in ...
... FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 FAIRFIELD ON THE RIVER THAMES1 By FREDERICK COYNE HAMIL The name Moraviantown is well known to students of the War of 1812 for it was near this place that General William Henry Harrison defeated Colonel Henry A Procter and the famous Indian Chief Tecumseh was killed The Battle of the Thames is also known as the Battle of Moraviantown American histories of the war following official accounts usually omit to mention the sequel to the battle the plundering and ...
... 372 Ohio Arch 372 Ohio Arch and His Society Publications THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER IN THE VALLEY OF THE LITTLE MIAMI BY WILLIAM ALBERT GALLOWAY M D VICE PRESIDENT OHIO SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION In considering The Revolutionary Soldier in the Valley of the Little Miami I am impressed with the significance of the territorial enactments which particularly designated his settlement in this beautiful and fertile location The territory granted by King James I to the company which founded the ...
... 80 Ohio Arch 80 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications arrive at its position till the first assault was nearly over After a volley or two in which the British sustained some slight loss the troops at this point also were ordered to retire The loss amounted to 26 killed 29 wounded and missing and 41 wounded most of them slightly and brought away total 96 The Americans state their loss at one killed and seven wounded Considering the way in which they were sheltered and the circumstances of the ...
... THE EVOLUTION OF SANDUSKY COUNTY THE EVOLUTION OF SANDUSKY COUNTY BASIL MEEK The limits of the following sketch will allow only in brief outline some of the more important facts and incidents pertaining to the governmental relations of that portion of country lying immediately south of Lake Erie which became Sandusky County and also of the greater area known as the Northwest Territory holding the same in embryo while it was passing to its organic limits as a separate county A view of the ...
... EARLY CINCINNATI EARLY CINCINNATI JOSEPH WILBY CINCINNATI The following article was written by Mr Joseph Wilby and read before The Optimist Club Cincinnati March 1st 1902 Mr Wilby is at present the president of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio -EDITOR The first council meeting of the town of Cincinnati is said to have been held on the 5th of March 1 80 2 The present occasion lacks a few days of being the one hundredth anniversary of that date but affords a fitting opportunity ...