... UNVEILING OF TABLET AT FORT GOWER UNVEILING OF TABLET AT FORT GOWER Appropriate and interesting exercises marked the unveiling of a tablet by the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution on the site of old Fort Gower at Hockingport Athens County Ohio The exercises preliminary to the dedication were held in the city of Athens Friday evening November 9 The formal dedication and unveiling of the tablet occurred on the day following at Hockingport The granite monument bears two tablets one ...
... THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE THE SALE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE AT the beginning of the Revolutionary War the State of Connecticut claimed the strip of land lying within her charter limits forty-one degrees and forty-two degrees two minutes north latitude extending from the Delaware River to the Mississippi River The State of Pennsylvania also claimed so much of this strip as lay within her charter limits that is east of a meridian line five degrees west of the Delaware A bitter controversy ...
... OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS NOTES AND COMMENTS BY THE EDITOR UNVEILING OF MEMORIAL TO ELIZABETH ZANE An event of more than passing interest in the pioneer history of the Ohio Valley was appropriately celebrated at Walnut Grove Cemetery Martins Ferry Ohio May 30 1928 This was the unveiling of a statue as a memorial to Elizabeth Zane--Heroine of Fort Henry Fort Henry named in honor of Patrick Henry was built on a hill within ...
... OHIO OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS LORAMIE AND PICKAWILLANY The following articles concerning the stations forts and early settlements known respectively as Pickawillany and Loramie were obtained by the Editor of the Quarterly from the Rev William Bigot now a resident of Dayton These articles contain much first-hand information relating to the location of the historic points in question The sketch of Father Bigot - pronounced Bego - is by the Editor For further discussion on ...
... Reviews Notes and Comments 581 Reviews Notes and Comments 581 the entire list of the regiment before finding the name of the soldier whose record is sought If the name of his regiment is not given the quest is almost hopeless In such cases it is a great saving of time to write at once to the War Department at Washington for the record This will not be necessary in searching for the record of a World War veteran Any person having access to this World War Roster can readily without assistance ...
... A LETTER FROM COLONEL JOHN ALLEN A LETTER FROM COLONEL JOHN ALLEN BY EDGAR B WESLEY John Allen author of the following letter was the son of James Allen and was born in Rockbridge County Virginia on December 30 17721 The family moved to Kentucky in 1787 and settled near the present Hustonville Lincoln County John experienced the usual excitements of the frontier and on one occasion pursued a band of Indians down Rolling Fork into what is now Casey County2 About 1790 the family moved to ...
... 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 ...
... OHIO UNIVERSITY-THE HISTORIC COLLEGE OHIO UNIVERSITY-THE HISTORIC COLLEGE OF THE OLD NORTHWEST CLEMENT L MARTZOLFF Situated on the winding Hock-Hocking amid the picturesque hills of Southern Ohio is the little city which according to Theodore Roosevelt with queer poverty of imagination and fatuous absence of humor has been given the name of Athens Probably the strenuous ex-president would have considered it more appropriate to have named it Hog-Hollow or Buzzards' Glory or some such euphonious ...
... A SURVEYOR ON THE SEVEN RANGES A SURVEYOR ON THE SEVEN RANGES BY B H PERSHING By the Treaty of Paris of 1783 American ownership of the region later known as the Old Northwest was acknowledged by Great Britain Much however remained to be done before the land could be occupied by actual settlers The British flag continued to wave over the posts at Detroit and Michilimackinac while scowling Indian tribes announced that the white man should not pass across the Ohio River The settlement of the ...
... INDIAN ATTACK ON FORT DUNLAP INDIAN ATTACK ON FORT DUNLAP STEPHEN DECATER CONE Mr Cone is a resident of Hamilton Ohio During a long life he has been a student of Ohio history has written many articles for publication and with Mr Bert S Bartlow was one of the co-editors of the Centennial History of Butler County-- EDITOR In the far-famed Miami valley nine miles below Hamilton on the banks of the Miami river more than one hundred and fourteen years ago there occurred an incident of our pioneer ...
... THE TOWNS CALLED CHILLICOTHE THE TOWNS CALLED CHILLICOTHE In Volume XI page 230 of the Society's Publications was a valuable article by Prof R W McFarland of Oxford Ohio on the Chillicothes This article led to an interesting discussion in the Chillicothe News-Advertiser of which Mr W H Hunter one of the trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society is editor We reprint the articles which speak for themselves The communications by Dr Morgan and Prof McFarland appeared in the ...
... 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 ...
... 266 Ohio Arch 266 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications tiers it might be the means of terminating all future differences without war of cultivating harmony and friendship among the tribes of bringing offenders on both sides to justice and causing treaties to be respected throughout the different nations If such a system could be introduced cultivation and instruction would naturally follow and the Americans and Indians would become one people and have but one interest at heart -the good of ...
... JOSEPH VANCE AND HIS TIMES JOSEPH VANCE AND HIS TIMES BY BENJAMIN F PRINCE Professor of History and Political Science Wittenberg College Springfield Ohio The men who made Ohio for its first fifty years were persons of remarkable character and quality Four or five states gave choice selections for the settlement of that region They proved themselves good and true for the work they had to do and brought honor and success to the interests committed to their care Connecticut Pennsylvania Maryland ...
... 374 Ohio Arch 374 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Upon whose bosom snow has lain Who intimately lives with rain Poems are made by fools like me But only God can make a tree' After the formal reading of Logan's Speech by John R Horst from McGuffey's Fourth Reader edition of 1853 informal addresses were made by J W Johnson of Circleville editor of the Democrat and Watchman Professor C C Miller of Lancaster and Mrs Orson D Dryer of Shepard Ohio Mrs Dryer's contribution to the day's ...
... OHIO BANKING INSTITUTIONS 1803 TO 1866 OHIO BANKING INSTITUTIONS 1803 TO 1866 BY A B COOVER A bank as we understand and use the word is simply a plan of organizing capital by which the full benefits of the latter are secured The separate means of individuals are united together and a large sum thus constituted is hired out at interest to those who need it This combination and the manner of its use may be compared to a dam across a valley and the accumulation in one body the water of separate ...
... THE DEBT OF THE STATE OF OHIO FROM THE DEBT OF THE STATE OF OHIO FROM 1900 TO 1938 INCLUSIVE By HENRY F WALRADT One method of raising money with which to make governmental expenditures is to issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness The record of the State Government of Ohio during the twentieth century as to debt may well be studied in this day when so many political units too recklessly meet their present desire or need for revenue by the easy expedient of going into debt At the beginning ...
... THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS THE RIVER RAISIN MONUMENTS AT MONROE MICHIGAN JOHN M BULKLEY The erection at Monroe Michigan in September 1904 of a monument to fitly commemorate one of the most important as it was one of the most tragic events in the history of the Northwest was a notable occasion in that city and witnessed by a most distinguished assemblage of men and women of Michigan Ohio and Kentucky The monument was made possible by the persistent and patriotic efforts of the ladies composing ...
... WAYNE AND THE TREATY OF GREENE VILLE WAYNE AND THE TREATY OF GREENE VILLE by DWIGHT L SMITH It has generally been assumed that the chief architect of the Treaty of Greene Ville at the end of the Indian Wars in the Old Northwest was General Mad Anthony Wayne The discovery of hitherto unknown manuscript material however furnishes documentary evidence that Wayne was operating under very specific orders from the war department Further a draft treaty for his guidance and use predetermined to a ...
... EDITORIALANA EDITORIALANA FORT STEPHENSON CELEBRATON August 2d 1906 was the ninety-third anniversary of the gallant defense of Fort Stephenson the site of which is now the center of the attractive and enterprising city of Fremont The heroic and unparalleled holding of the little stockade fort by Major George Croghan on August 2d 1813 against some two thousand British troops under General Proctor and an equal number of Indian braves under Chief Tecumseh is one of the most memorable events not ...