Foreword
In preparing this history of West Central Ohio four main essentials have been kept in mind: First,
to create a unified history from the viewpoint of the inside looking out as contrasted with the
fragmentary treatment of West Central Ohio from the standpoint of the outsider looking in, or
looking past this section toward other objectives.
Second, to establish more just proportions in the erection of the historical structure, it being held
that distortions have occurred to the vast detriment of West Central Ohio. Emphasis have
previously been placed wrongly, and truth in history falsified by errors of omission as well as
commission. It is specifically held that importance of Vincennes and Kaskaskia in the winning of
the Northwest have been overemphasized to the detriment of West Central Ohio and the Detroit
area. Third, to separate the history of West Central Ohio from that of Eastern Ohio in its earlier
developments, detaching it from Marietta and more justly uniting it with Kentucky and Virginia
through Cincinnati. Fourth, to draw attention to some errors of statement made concerning events
and characters associated with West Central Ohio. Errors are inseparable from history. It is a man
made record and subject to human failings. The compositor, the proofreader and the author are
alike subjejct to slips or mistakes. Homer nods. Errors once injected seemed cursed with a faculty
of being impossible to get corrected. Authors copy authors and repeat mistakes.
West Central Ohio suffers more than its share due to much of its history being treated as
secondary to some main theme pursued by a writer. Also tradition and memory are allowed too
much play in the earlier American records. Dates are confused, events misplaced and locations
fixed in a hit or miss fashion, the
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authors not allowing for the shifts of the tribes or the Indian habit of carrying a name from one
locality to another.
There are said to be seven Chillicothes, three Piquas, not counting Pickaway county and
Pickaway Plains, all versions of the same name. The three Miamis are confused, the two Clark
expeditions of 1780 and 1782 have their events intermingled and garbled in a maddening
fashion. Historical errors are of three kinds: of facts, which can be corrected; of conjectures and
surmises which are difficult to eradicate and worst of all; of proportion, emphasis and omission
which once made with the weight of great names and reputations behind them are virtually
impossible to wholly correct.
New times compel new viewpoints, new orientations; and fuller information made available by
modern research warrants different conclusions from those current in the past. West Central Ohio
has a historical unity and importance which justify a separate treatment and with a new historical
era dawning, an acknowledgment of that fact should be timely.
ORTON G. RUST.
Springfield, Ohio.
February 10, 1934.
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Table of Contents
Chapter I—Introduction—America in Miniature - 33
Chapter II—Advent of the White Man - 41
Chapter III—Crogan and Gist - 51
Chapter IV—Destruction of Pickawillany - 61
Chapter V—Physical Features—Primitive Conditions - 67
Chapter VI—Indian Tribes and Their Characteristics - 71
Chapter VII—Indian Customs - 81
Chapter VIII—French and Indian War Period - 91
Chapter IX—Formative Period of Historical Characters - 97
Chapter X—Rise of the Shawnees to Power - 103
Chapter XI—Ohio Confederacy - 109
Chapter XII—Point Pleasant - 119
Chapter XIII—The Shawnees and Beginning of the Revolution - 125
Chapter XIV—Pre-Revolution Military Movements - 133
Chapter XV—The Current of History - 139
Chapter XVI—The Year of the Three Bloody "7's" - 145
Chapter XVII—The Salt Makers - 151
Chapter XVIII—Clark and Boone - 157
Chapter XIX—The Bowrnan Expedition - 163
Chapter XX—Bowman and the Battle of Old Town - 171
Chapter XXI—Battle of Old Town and Its Effect - 179
Chapter XXII—Activities During the Revolution - 191
Chapter XXIII—Campaign of 1780 - 199
Chapter XXIV—Ruddell's Station - 207
Chapter XXV—Clark's Plans and Preparations - 217
Chapter XXVI—Battle of Piqua - 229
Chapter XXVII—Effect of the Battle of Piqua - 243
Chapter XXVIII—Hair Buying - 251
Chapter XXIX—The Campaign of 1782 - 255
Chapter XXX—Crawford - 263
Chapter XXXI—The Great Council of Wapatomica - 267
Chapter XXXII—End of 1782 Campaign - 275
Chapter XXXIII—Post Revolution and Logan's Campaign - 283
Chapter XXXIV—The Symms Purchase - 295
Chapter XXXV— Harmar and St. Clair - 301
Chapter XXXVI—St. Clair's Defeat - 309
Chapter XXXVII—Wayne's Preliminaries - 319
Chapter XXXVIII—Fort Recovery, Fallen Timbers and Greenville - 327
Chapter XXXIX—Early Day Immigration - 339
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Chapter XL—Pioneer Conditions and Customs - 351
Chapter XLI—Biography - 365
Chapter XLII—Indian Chiefs - 407
Chapter XLIII—Transportation - 435
Chapter XLIV—Churches - 451
ChapterXLV—Schools - 469
Chapter XLVI—Law in West Central Ohio - 479
Chapter XLVII—Banking in West Central Ohio - 485
Chapter XLVIII—The Press - 493
Chapter XLIX—Medicine - 497
Chapter L—Industry and Natural Resources - 503
Chapter LI—Agriculture - 513
Chapter LII—Political Parties - 525
Chapter LIII—Art and Literature - 545
Chapter LIV—Local Effect of Wars in West Central Ohio - 555
Chapter LV—Counties of West Central Ohio - 567
Chapter LVI—Growth of Towns and Cities - 603
Biographical Section - 609
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Biographical Index
Allen, F. LeRoy - 1195
Alspaugh, E. H., D. V. M. - 1041
Altschul, Justin A. - 650
Amos, Ernest C. - 941
Amrine, William Frederick - 770
Anderson, Oliver H. - 859
Anderson, William Raymond - 1049
Arnold, Von D. - 939
Auer, Chester L. - 904
Augur, Willis Tredwell - 1187
Bailey, William Edward - 652
Baker, Margaret Evelyn - 675
Baker, Scipio Eugene - 672
Barr, Hon. Ortha O. - 1104
Barrett, Arthur M. - 734
Batdorf, Henry Franklin - 996
Baumgardner, Walter E. - 958
Beckett, Charles M. - 822
Beckstedt, Aloys - 1012
Berry, Clyde William, M. D. - 1087
Best, Marshall M., M. D. - 913
Biggert, E. A. - 898
Bilikam, William A., Jr. - 616
Billingsley, Thomas Arthur - 976
Bluffton-Richland High School - 1140
Boesel, Otto J. - 1070
Boisen, P. A. - 885
Boswell, Robert Echo, M. D. - 1109
Boxwell, John T., M. D. - 930
Brain, Charles King - 686
Brain, Willard - 701
Bratton, Paul C., M. D. - 1116
Braun, Frank John - 689
Brenner, Hon. Harry A. - 656
Brookhart, Walter - 1095
Broomhall, Baird - 986
Brown, E. H. - 726
Brown, Matthew L. - 786
Brown, Ray McClure - 1000
Brown, Samuel V. - 1214
Bryan, Hon. Chester E. - 793
Buchholtz, Charles F. - 679
Burden, Ellsworth - 1093
Burrell, Nial Lansing, M. D. - 663
Burtner, William Loren - 1004
Buss, Albert Charles - 1225
Byerman, Wilbur P. - 687
Calhoun, Edward A. - 1052
Cale, Willard G. - 874
Campbell, Theodore Ambrose, M. D. - 1090
Carmony, E. J. - 695
Cheetham, Joseph Kenton - 890
Chenoweth, Austin Kennedy - 784
Clark, Roy H. - 808
Clarke, James Richard - 864
Clayton, George Fogas - 945
Clouse, Conrad - 1244
Coffin, John R. - 1098
Cokefair, Charles Burton - 1211
Coleman, Warren, M. D. - 988
Collins, William Willard - 1252
Cook, Joseph Bradford - 964
"Cook Spot," The - 966
Cook, W. Roy - 1021
Cookson, Charles W. - 1267
Copenhaver, W. Reese - 691
Corrill, Roy Elsten - 756
Corry, Cliff C. - 680
Corry, Homer Campbell - 659
Corry, Lee B. - 681
Cory, C. H. - 1005
Cotterman, Francis Earl - 1003
Craig, W. Crawford - 1198
Cress, Orlando E., M. D. - 1037
Creswell, Paul H. - 1277
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Croll, Frank - 875
Crothers, Frank A. - 648
Cully, Harold B. - 1040
Dabe, Everett C. - 877
Dabbelt, Aloysius Hubert, D. V. M. - 1019
Dalton, George Lewis - 1217
Danaher, Thomas William - 1107
Davison, John Hay - 1008
Davison, Joseph H. - 1139
Davison, Professor John - 1009
Dawson, Clyde William, M. D. - 757
Dawson, William Marcus, D. D. - 758
Deam, Emerson - 1046
Detrick, Arthur Ward, M. D. - 754
Diener, Urban Edward - 1031
Disher, Charles Henry - 1236
Donovan, George H. - 1268
Dougherty, Frank C. - 1191
Downey, Bert F. - 666
Drake, James M. - 692
Dues, Herman J. - 1167
Durbin, Francis W. - 1117
Eidenmiller, Kenneth - 934
Elliott, John Oliver - 668
Elliott, John Sudler - 669
Elsass, Hon. Fred P. - 1072
Emery, Hon. Peyton R. - 791
Erbaugh, A. C. - 836
Ervin, Leon Marshall - 751
Evans, Weldon - 1146
Faulder, George B., M. D. - 1078
Fields, Edward Foster - 1162
Finefrock, Hon. R. H., M. D. - 922
Fink, Charles B. - 1188
Fischer, Carl D., Jr. - 1024
Flory, Harry L. - 1001
Fox, John E. - 720
Frank, Ira - 907
Frierott, Anthony W. - 1113
Frock, John D. - 790
Fross, Harold M. - 628
Fulmer, E. W. - 731
Fulton, Ralph - 851
Furst, Harold Dale - 916
Gagoudy, George John - 973
Gayer, Carroll Daniel - 779
Gearhart, Clifford A. - 950
Gerstner, Samuel W. - 714
Ginn, William M. - 1223
Glancy, George M. - 1249
Goodrich, Frank C. - 923
Gowdy, Hon. R. L. - 763
Gram, Hon. Harry G. - 614
Grantham, Kern Hamilton - 804
Gray, Horace E. - 1168
Green, Charles Edward - 925
Greenawalt, E. Paul, M. D. - 642
Greenawalt, Rev. Dr. Samuel E. - 640
Greenawalt, Ross M. - 737
Greiner, E. E. - 736
Greulich, Herman J. - 931
Groner, Walter T. - 765
Haberman, Carl F. - 908
Hackett, W. R. - 853
Hadley, Herman H. - 963
Haines, Remer Leroy, M. D. - 850
Halloran, Aaron J. - 654
Hambright, Mont C. - 665
Hammerle, Louis F. - 771
Hauce, W. A. - 848
Harris, Philip B., D. D. S. - 1045
Harvey, Hubert B. - 789
Hawver, Kenneth G., M. D. - 1069
Hawvermale, Ercelle Fleming - 982
Hedges, Edmund H., M. D. - 1126
Heffner, Ralph Rufus - 1239
Heil, Ernest J. - 1149
Hemmert, Christian John - 1106
Henke, John H. - 1254
Hentrich, Charles J. - 962
Herzing, Albert - 1257
Hierholzer, Edward J. - 1171
Higgins, Harry A. - 767
Hildebrant, Hon. Charles - 805
Hires, Welty Raymond - 1259
Hiser, Charles Henry - 637
Hodson, Harry W. - 1182
Holl, William D. - 704
Hoolopeter, George W. - 997
Hormell, M. L. - 910
Hornbeck, Hon. Roscoe G. - 819
Howard, Raymond B. - 802
Howell, Ferdinand L. - 1101
Huffer, Clarence R. - 1159
Humphreys, Robert M. - 881
Hunt, Edward Eyre - 1181
Hunt, W. L. - 893
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Hurt, John William, M. D. - 778
Hussey, Cyril Christopher, M. D. - 1053
Hyde, Burton E. L., M. D. - 987
Ickes, Gus Owen - 1156
Igou, Dennis T. - 738
Ingmire, Bernard E., M. D. - 827
Ingmire, Joseph P., M. D. - 1151
Jackson, Charles Franklin - 670
Jackson, Frank S. - 879
Jones, Robert Paul - 892
Jordan, William C. - 643
Joslin, William R. - 1059
Judkins, Clarence C. - 1027
Jurgens, Urban R. - 683
Kaser, Hon. Robert F. - 1091
Kaufman, Morris - 968
Keifer, Gen. J. Warren - 623
Keifer, William White - 621
Kemper, Paul W. - 1276
Kettering, Charles F. - 609
Kirchwehn, John A. - 700
Klay, John J. - 1228
Knapke, Rev. Othmar F. - 1174
Korn, Paul G. - 978
Krapp, Paul W. - 639
Kuhn, Robert J. - 1119
Kunkle, Hon. Albert Henry - 617
Lamborne, Joseph L. - 1224
Layton, Col. Roy E. - 1056
Layton, Hon. Fernando Coello - 992
Lemen, Nelson W. - 646
Littleton, Herbert A. - 721
Lockstead, John P. - 886
Longsdorf, A. J. B. - 1192
London Prison Farm, The - 768
Loudenback, Hamilton Lafayette - 953
Loviner, William H. - 797
Lucas, R. Stanley - 816
Lytle, J. Arthur - 698
McCallister, Marcus E. - 764
McConnell, A. R. - 783
McCoy, H. Stanley - 725
McCracken, Col. Arthur James, M. D. - 1179
McFarland, Leo J. - 974
McKee, Charles P. - 1111
McKee, Merrill B. - 1063
McKeever, Daniel Dyke - 1080
McKinley, H. C. - 1197
McKinney, Otho L. - 651
McLeod, Harry S. - 1120
McMillin, Frank B. - 1201
McMillin, Lawrence - 1067
McShane, William Michael, M. D. - 773
Mahar, W. Y. - 655
Malone, James B. - 1264
March, Garfield - 1186
Marlin, Hugh C. - 1238
Marlin, Joseph Henry - 995
Marshall, Hon. L. T. - 761
Marshall, William C., M. D. - 831
Martin, Oscar T. - 632
Martin, Paul C. - 631
Martz, Jacob Teuchinan - 985
Martz, James Jamison - 984
Matthews, Hon. James M., Jr. - 760
Maurer, Edward Henry - 1061
Maurer, Frederic G., M. D. - 1128
Menschel, Max Richard - 1082
Mesarvey, Hon. John Quiney - 1013
Metz, William Payne - 743
Meyer, Paul Marcus - 1015
Mickley, Henry A. - 928
Miller, Edward Rush - 693
Miller, Edwin Ellsworth - 1051
Miller, Hon. Azariah D. - 1122
Miller, Hon. Henry A. - 1088
Miller, John I. - 1029
Miller, Lehr Elsworth - 1123
Mills, Joseph A. - 708
Mills, Robert H. - 728
Mills, William - 709
Milner, James Everett - 712
Mitman, Clarence L. - 696
Montanus, Edward S. - 706
Montanus, Philip Edward - 707
Montgomery, Willard Allison - 1176
Moore, L. B. - 895
Moritz, Fay W. - 1058
Morris, Dr. Joseph E. - 1242
Mott, George L. - 1270
Mounts, James Frank - 1039
Mueller, Rev. Otto - 1165
Murlin, Charles Hugh - 1169
Murphy, Charles R. - 902
Murphy, E. Frank - 903
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Murphy, R. H. - 903
Myers, Edward F. - 710
Naragon, Hon. Wilbur Thurman, Sr. - 857
Netts, Charles L. - 861
Noble, C. R. - 715
Norris, Michael Edward - 932
Nussmeyer, Harry H. - 1112
O'Brien, George - 979
O'Brien, Joseph C. - 824
O'Leary, William H. - 946
Ogan, D. E. - 915
Oldham, Oscar Edwin - 948
Osborn, Verne R. - 920
Patton, Carter M. - 896
Pedlow, Edward B., M. D. - 1135
Perrott, Stanford John - 825
Peters, Fred E. - 753
Petersime, Ira M. - 1233
Petty, Hiram H. - 905
Pfenning, Edward Anthony - 1103
Pierce, John Raymond - 1246
Pontius, Abram H. - 1017
Portz, Harvey O. - 629
Price, Edwin J. - 718
Princehouse, William Henry - 1048
Purdy, Morgan Richard - 1042
Purmort, Clyde Allen LaDoyt - 1154
Puterbaugh, Charles F., M. D. - 935
Quigley, William D. - 1216
Raup, George S. - 636
Raup, Mitchell Wagner - 633
Raup, Rev. Gustavus P. - 634
Reck, John Lewis - 990
Reed, Andrew Johnson - 1234
Reed, Versel E. - 926
Reeder, Homer E. - 1142
Reid, Leslie - 1184
Rhoades, Nelson M., M. D. - 900
Rice, Morris D. - 839
Ridgway, Keith B. - 911
Riley, J. T. - 863
Riley, Robert Ellsworth, M. D. - 1015
Ritenour, A. D., M. D. - 838
Robbins, Capt. Chandler - 776
Robbins, Major William H. - 774
Roby, John W. - 998
Roebuck, L. L., M. D. - 887
Rusler, C. A. - 1152
Rusler, Hon. William - 1136
Rust, J. Harvey - 630
Rust, Orton G. - 1274
Ryan, J. T. - 889
Sailor, John G. - 1064
Saint Charles Seminary - 1175
Saint Marys Preparatory Seminary - 1166
Sarber, Donald F. - 1134
Sarber, Jess L. - 1132
Schaefer, George A., Jr. - 729
Schaefer, George A., Sr. - 730
Schmidt, Clarence B. - 703
Setty, Frank A. - 807
Sexauer, Carl A. - 956
Sexauer, John Althoff - 955
Sexauer, Raymond A. - 957
Shanks, Carl Harmon - 799
Shelton, Frank M. - 612
Shibler, Herman L. - 1245
Shoemaker, Verna M. - 685
Shouvlin, P. J. - 835
Sibert, Samuel Henry, M. D. - 1096
Sidney Journal, The - 949
Slaughter, Scott DeWitt - 846
Smalley, Dillon Richard - 1022
Smith, Charles Montgomery - 1043
Smith, H. Collier, Jr. - 1230
Smith, George Bancroft - 1209
Smith, Melville C. - 800
Snodgrass, Harry W. - 658
Snyder, Frank A. - 1212
Sousley, Harry J. - 1265
Spencer, Malcolm Earl - 620
Spieler, August J. - 1177
Spieler, William H. - 1020
Spining, Arthur Milton - 740
Stadler, Charles E., M. D. - 1158
Stambaugh, John B. - 1263
Stamm, Ralph Lawrence - 981
Stanley, Roy C. - 937
Star Beverage Company, The - 1115
Startzman, Clyde Kress, M. D. - 1189
Stelzer, Dieter - 1161
Stelzer, Harold L., M. D. - 1160
Stephenson, C. C. - 845
Sterline, Webster Kelsey - 967
Stewart, Chase - 661
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Stewart, Perry M. - 748
Stoops, James - 1034
Strong, Col. Luther M. - 1194
Swartz, Carl Forest - 1085
Swinehart, Ward E., D. D. S. - 940
Swonger, William B. - 1253
Tatum, Stewart L. - 645
Taylor, Earl W. - 1077
Thomas, Harry P. - 872
Thomas, Marvin Estey - 994
Thompson, Frank E. - 746
Tiffany, Earl W. - 723
Timmerman, J. Paul - 1144
Townsley, Gardner H. - 1261
Trenor, C. N. - 899
Triplett, R. L. - 1163
Trostel, Garrett P. - 734
Trostel, George W. - 744
Trump, J. Fuller - 870
Tulloss, Rees Edgar - 828
Tuttle, Louis Pearl - 856
Tuttle, Roger E. - 856
Tuttle, William E. - 854
Tyrrell, George A. - 818
Van Cleve, Hon. Harry L. - 788
Vaubel, Hon. Herman S. - 1083
Veenfliet, Ernest M. - 1108
Veit, Alfred W., M. D. - 1075
Vogelsang, Ralph R. - 1074
Voke, Ambrose I. - 1269
Waggoner, Neal - 977
Wagner, Hon. Fred A. - 618
Wagner, Jacob Samuel - 782
Wagner, Louis Rauth - 970
Wagner Manufacturing Company - 971
Wagner, Milton Mathias - 972
Wagner, Ray - 781
Walters, Doyt Allen - 1026
Walters, Hon. Sumner Elliott - 1218
Warner, R. J. - 796
Weadock, James J., Jr. - 1199
Wear, Orville - 619
Welch, Brent A., M. D. - 951
Welker, Lionel O. - 1220
Weller, Edgar G. - 716
Wenger, William Edward - 1232
Wetherbee, Ralph H. - 732
Welty, Elmer E. - 1127
Whitlatch, John B. - 676
Whitmeyer, Webb W. - 677
Wieland, Hon. Phil H. - 1147
Willcutts, Stephen V. - 1055
Wilkinson, John Benjamin - 1251
Wilson, L. D. - 1272
Wilt, Albert P. - 1066
Winget, Leo Middleton - 944
Wise, Warren J. - 1240
Wolf, Edward C. - 1222
Wood, William Boal - 919
Wood, William Wilson, III - 917
Wright, Clifford L. - 1100
Wyman, Hon. Charles M. - 960
Yauger, Ralph E. - 1260
Yauss, Rev. Louis H. - 1215
Young, Clement M. - 1033
Young, Oscar N. - 1130
Zimmerman, Isaac - 813
Zimmerman, Hon. Charles Ballard - 810
Zimmerman, John Luther, Jr. - 812
Zimmerman, John Luther, Sr. - 811
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Historical Index
Adair, Gen. John - 368
Agriculture - 513
Alder, Jonathan - 397
Allen County - 583
Altitude, Highest - 67
Ambitions, Land - 113
America in Miniature - 33
American Revolution, Beginning of - 125
Anderson, Gov. Charles - 378
Animals, Wild - 352
Appleseed, Johnny - 367
Art, Development of - 545
Artists, Early - 546
Attorneys, Standard of - 482
Auglaize County - 586
Authors - 550
Aviation - 441
Aweecony, Chief - 426
Baptists, The - 467
Baker's Trading Pest, Tragedy of - 114
Banks, Early Day - 485
Banking Conditions, Pioneer - 485
Bar, Early Rules of Admission to - 481
Barges - 448
Battle of Old Town, Effect of the - 179
Battle of Piqua, Effect of - 243
Bedinger, Maj. George M. - 391
Bellefontaine - 570
Big Cat, Chief - 425
Blackfish, Chief - 424
Blue Jacket, Chief - 424
Boone, Daniel - 373
Bowman, John - 377
Bowman Expedition, The - 163
Brant, Joseph - 301
Brice, Calvin - 386
Brown, Dr. B. S. - 500
Browne, Charles Farrer - 365
Bryan's Station - 277
"Buck," Origin of - 195
Bus Travel - 442
Bushnell, Asa - 398
Butler, Gen. Richard - 370
Butler's Death, General - 315
Campaign of 1780 - 199
Campaign of 1782 - 255
Campaigns, Political - 534
Camp Meetings - 453
Canal Legislation - 436
Cannon, Introduction of - 203
Catholic Church - 463
Celina - 593
Cement Plants - 510
Ceramic Plants - 510
Champaign County - 582
Characteristics, Indian - 72
Characters, Historical - 97
Chiefs, Indian - 407
Cholera, Epidemic of - 501
Christian Church - 460
Churches - 451
Cincinnati College, Influence of - 473
Cities and Towns, Growth of - 603
Civil War - 559
Clark County - 596
Clark and Boon - 157
Clark, William - 387
Climatic Conditions - 522
Clinton County - 576
Clinton, George - 370
Colleges - 477
Conditions, Primitive - 67
Conestoga Wagon Days - 444
Congregational Church - 44
Corwin, Thomas - 372
Council, First Great - 110
Courage, Indian - 142
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Court, First - 480
Court Proceedure, Early - 478
Cox, James M. - 384
Craft, Types of River - 447
Crawford's Expedition, The Ill fated - 263
Creepers - 461
Crogan, George - 51
Crucial Period - 198
Crusade, Temperance - 535
Currency, Early Day - 487
Current of History, The - 139
Darke County - 574
Darke, Gen. William - 390
Dayton - 595
Defeat, St. Clair's - 309
Deforestation, Influence of - 521
Delaware - 581
Delaware County - 580
Denominations, Protestant - 459
Dentistry - 500
Depression - 491
DePeyster's Council - 283
Detroit, the Key - 128
Divide, Watershed - 520
Doctors, Pioneer - 497
Dow, Lorenzo - 454
Drainage - 520
Dunbar, Paul L. - 383
Dunkards - 466
Dunmore War, The - 130
Eaton - 590
East, Revolutionary War in the - 136
Electric Railroads - 442
Elliott, Matthew - 396
Erie Canal - 436
Erosion, Soil - 521
Fairbanks, Charles W. - 383
Fallen Timbers - 333
Farm Machinery - 516
Farm Methods, Pioneer - 514
Fayette County - 578
Filson, John - 367
Financial Troubles - 194
Finley, Rev. Jas. B. - 454
Flaget, Bishop - 465
Flatboating - 445
Fleming, Miss - 372
Formative Period - 97
Fort Henry, Siege of - 146
Fort Laurens - 193
Fort McIntosh, Treaty of - 285
Fort Recovery - 327
French Agents - 44
French and Indian War - 91
Fur Traders - 53
Funston, Gen. Frederick - 380
Gallatin, Albert - 444
Gallagher, William Davis - 367
Gavitt, Rev. Elnathan - 456
Gas, Discovery of - 504
Girty, Simon - 92
Girtys, The - 392
Gist, Christopher - 51
Greene County - 572
Greenville - 574
Greenville, Treaty of - 336
Gnadenhutten, Massacre at - 257
Hardin, John - 383
Hardin County - 575
Harding, Warren G. - 382
Harris, Andrew L. - 389
Hays, Rutherford B. - 386
Hair Buying - 251
Hamilton's Attitude - 305
Hamilton, The Capture of - 166
Harmar, Josiah - 373
Health Conditions, Pioneer - 498
Henderson's Land Company - 134
Heritage, Political - 539
Highway Improvement - 449
Hinkson, Thomas - 379
Howe, Henry - 369
Howell, J. Morton - 397
Howells, William Cooper - 389
Hull's Surrender - 557
Immigration, Early - 339
Indian Customs - 81
Indians, Occupation by - 42
Indian Tribes - 71
Industrialism, Growth of - 507
Industry - 503
Influences, Rival - 46
Invention - 504
Issues, Evolution of Political - 526
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Janney, Abel - 398
Johnson, Charles - 373
Johnson, Duplicity of Sir William - 111
Judges, First - 479
Judiciary System - 479
Jesuit Missionaries - 464
Kaskaskia - 127
Keelboats - 448
Kekewepellethy, Chief - 426
Kenton, Simon - 401
Kirkwood, Captain - 391
Knight, Dr. John - 390
Langlade, Charles - 61
Law in West Central Ohio - 479
Lawyers, Prominent Early - 483
Lebanon - 572
Lewis, Chief Tom - 423
Lewis, Command of Col. Andrew - 116
Lima - 584
Limestone - 511
Lincoln at Dayton - 531
Literature - 550
Logan, Chief - 408
Logan, Ben - 396
Logan County - 568
London - 571
Loramie, Pierre - 370
Lutheran Church - 459
McGuffys, The - 390
McKee - 158
McKee, Alexander - 395
McLean, Justice John - 379
Machine Age - 508
Madison County - 571
Malott, Capture of Catherine - 283
Mann, Horace - 366
Manufacturing - 505
March, Logan's - 288
Marion - 588
Marion County - 587
Marrow County - 589
Marysville - 573
Maumee-Miami Canal - 437
Medicine - 497
Mennonites - 466
Mercer County - 592
Messhawa, Chief - 423
Methodists - 542
Mexican War - 558
Miami Canal - 437
Miami County - 593
Military Movements, Pre-Revolution - 133
Military Roads - 557
Mineral Resources - 509
Mississippi, Opening of the - 349
Moluntha, Chief - 423
Moluntha, Death of - 288
Montgomery County - 595
Morals, Shawnee - 57
Morgan's Raid - 561
Morrow, Gov. Jeremiah - 380
Mount Gilead - 589
Montours, The - 410
Museums and Clubs, Art - 548
Nationalities, Influence of - 38
National Banks - 490
National Road - 443
Nations, The Six - 111
Navigable Rivers - 446
Navigation on the Ohio - 447
New England Influence - 35
Newspapers - 494
Newspaper, First - 493
Newspapers, Political Influence of - 532
Normal University, National - 476
Northwest Territory, Claims to - 129
Ohio Canals, Father of - 436
Ohio Company - 54
Ohio Confederacy - 109
Oil, Discovery of - 504
Old Town, The Battle of - 171
Organizations, Political - 541
Painters - 548
Patterson, Col. Robert - 391
Parochial Schools - 474
Periodicals - 495
Physical Features - 67
Physicians, Modern - 499
Piatts, The - 404
Pickawillany, Destruction of - 61
Pioneer Conditions - 351
Pipe, Captain Chief - 407
Piqua - 594
Piqua, Battle of - 229
Plans and Preparations of Clark - 217
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HISTORY OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO
Point Pleasant, Battle of - 119
Political Parties - 525
Powder, Clark Obtains - 135
Preachers, Itinerant - 454
Preble County - 590
Prejudice, Political - 532
Presbyterians - 456
Press, The - 493
Prices, Farm - 519
Probate Court Established - 480
Prohibition - 536
Prophet, The - 408
Protestant Episcopal Church - 459
Quakers - 460
Qubec Act, The Second - 115
Raids, Indian - 145
Railroads Arrive - 439
Rattlesnakes - 356
Reformed Church - 460
Reid, Whitelaw - 366
Relics, Indian - 74
Religious Conditions, Early - 451
Report, Clark's - 237
Reservoir, Mercer County - 439
Revivals - 453
St. Clair, Arthur - 378
St. Mary's - 587
Salt Makers, The - 151
Schools - 469
School Lands - 469
Secondary Schools - 477
Settlements, Pioneer - 358
Settlers, Early - 339
Shakers - 461
Shallabarger, Samuel - 371
Shawnees, Rise of - 103
Shelby County - 591
Sidney - 592
Skyles, Jacob - 373
Slavery Question - 526
Slover, John - 375
Social Habits - 357
Soils - 521
Spanish-American War - 563
Specie Payment, Suspension of - 488
Spencer, O. M. - 388
Springfield - 596
Squaws, Customs of - 78
Stagecoaches - 443
State Banks - 489
State Highway Department - 449
Steamboat, First River - 448
Strategy, British - 191
Streams - 520
Subscription Schools - 470
Supreme Court, First - 481
Surveys, Land - 351
Symmes' Purchase, The - 295
Taxes, School - 475
Taylor, Col. Richard - 319
Teachers, Pioneer School - 470
Tecumseh, Chief - 411
Tetepachksi, Chief - 426
Three Bloody "7s", Year of the - 145
Tingle, Jedidiah - 379
Tall Roads - 443
Topography - 68
Tories, Activities of - 115
Tragedies, Family - 96
Trails, Indian - 75
Transportation - 435
Trent, Capt. William - 371
Tribes, Indian - 73
Troubles, Indian - 341
Turnpike, First - 440
Turtle, Little - 407
Union County - 573
United Brethren - 467
Universities - 477
Urbana - 582
Vallandingham, Clement L. - 400
Vance, Gov. Joseph - 379
Van Wert - 580
Van Wert County - 579
Vincennes - 127
Wapakoneta - 586
Wapatomica, The Great Council at - 267
Ward, Capture of John - 95
War of 1812 - 555
Warren County - 571
Warriors, Cornstalk's - 117
Wars, Local Effect of - 555
Washington Court House - 578
Washington, George - 98
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HISTORY OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO
Wayne, Anthony - 373
Wayne's Campaign, General - 319
Wells, William - 367
Wheat Raising - 518
White Man, Advent of - 41
Whitely, William Needham - 405
Whittaker, James - 370
Wilkinson, James - 384
Williams, Rear Admiral Clarence S. - 401
Willis, Frank B. - 387
Wilmington - 578
World War - 563
Wright Brothers - 381
Writers - 552
Xenia - 573
Zane, Betty - 278
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