Description: This 10 page booklet contains the text of Governor Robert Lucas’ message to the 33rd General Assembly of Ohio on June 8, 1835. Lucas (1781-1853), Ohio’s first Democratic governor, held the position from 1832 to 1836. During his second term, Lucas was pivotal in the Toledo War, which resulted from a dispute between Ohio and the Michigan territory regarding a strip of land near the Maumee River significant for economic and transportation reasons. Lucas mobilized the Ohio militia to face off against the Michigan troops at the border, but there was little interaction between them. President Jackson ultimately intervened to settle the dispute in Ohio’s favor. Lucas also served as chairman of the first Democratic national convention and the first governor of the newly established Iowa territory. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Piketon (Ohio); Pike County Ohio)
 

Description: The American Association of University Women officially began in 1921 with the merger of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae and the Southern Association of College Women. Even before 1921, however, the groups were dedicated to women's opportunities in higher education and the workplace. There was a Zanesville branch for the local university which put on such events as the three one-act plays for which this program was printed. Lash Auditorium, where the plays are being held, was in Lash High School. It was built in 1908, and had 1,000 seats. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS559_B13F03_001
Subjects: Theater--Ohio; Actresses; Arts and entertainment; Women--Societies and clubs;
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Louis Rossi, of Mahoning County, was electrocuted April 29, 1924, for the murder of Nick Ferresi. He was a white male, thirty fife years old and his occupation is unknown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08151
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Prisons--Ohio
Places: Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Guidon of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Swallowtail flag measures 68 cm high by 101 cm wide. This swallowtail guidon of the national colors was used by the 13th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. The flag was manufactured in the United States between 1861 and 1863. The guidon has 34 gold-painted stars on a blue canton. The stars are arranged in a double-circle pattern with an additional star in each of the canton's four corners. The flag has thirteen alternating red and white stripes. A guidon flag, usually a swallowtail, is a type carried by artillery or cavalry company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01841
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Guidon; Flags--Ohio, Civil War, 1861-1865
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Governor Thomas Kirker delivered an annual message to the General Assembly of Ohio on Dec. 5, 1807. These three pages are excerpted from the 1807/1808 Senate Journal. The Democratic-Republican Kirker served as Ohio’s second governor from Edward Tiffin’s resignation in 1807 until the term ended in 1808. Upon hearing of a threatened Indian uprising in 1807, Kirker called up the militia and sent authorities to frontier towns to investigate the danger. However, they found no hostilities and Kirker called back the Ohio troops. Though he was not reelected, Kirker served many terms in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Presidents and Politics; Ohio Government; Governors
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio); Liberty Township (Ohio); Adams County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads: "Negroes building fortifications for the Confederates at James Island, S. C., under direction of General Beauregard, to repel the land attack of the Federal troops." ALTERNATE TEXT: A large Confederate army camp during the American Civil War: A group of African Americans digging a hole in the ground, none are dressed as soldiers. They are largely in farming type clothes, including bibbed overalls. Most men are using pick axes and shovels to work the ground. One man is pushing a wheelbarrow full of dirt. A man on a horse watches the men dig. A few men on a hill near the digging site stand and talk. There are two cannons near the middle of the scene, and horses are pulling a train at the far middle of the scene. Down the hill from the scene are large tents in the rest of the army camp. There is a fort to the far right of the camp and what looks to be water and boats near the fort. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_31
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Two horses during a harness race at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. The first Wyandot County Fair was held in 1851 on the Thompson farm, (now the site of the Fairhaven Community on Marseilles Avenue) in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The fair was held in that location until 1856 when the current fairgrounds site was purchased. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07802
Subjects: Sports; Horse racing; Fairgrounds; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Art and Artists
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Painting of national colors of the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Text on flag reads: 92nd Regt. O.V.[I.] Chickamauga. [?] Mission Ridge. Rock[y] [?] Jonesboro. Atlanta. S[?] Charleston. Bentonville. Rale[igh]. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02522
Subjects: Flags--Ohio; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Cabinet photograph of an unidentified Civil War soldier from Chillicothe, ca. 1861-1865. During the American Civil War, Ohio provided the United States government with three types of military units: artillery units, cavalry units, and infantry units. Ohio supplied the federal government with more than 260 regiments of men, not counting several companies that formed the basis of regiments in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Massachusetts. A total of 310,654 Ohioans served in the Northern army for varying lengths of time. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC4613_001
Subjects: American Civil War, 1861-1865; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs; Photography--Ohio--History--19th century;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Workmen unload a tree to be planted adjacent to the parking area. This photo was taken as part of Project No. 34, Planting. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 3076_89_11_sep34_b9_08
Subjects: Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939, Fort Hill State Memorial (Ohio); Planting; Tree planting
Places: Hillsboro (Ohio); Highland County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Citizens' Relief Association of Zanesville, Ohio appointed Thomas Lewis to write this account of the disastrous flood of 1913. Proceeds from the sale of the book were used to award valor medals to the "brave men who risked their lives to save others" during the flood. The book includes the story of the Licking River flooding the city of Zanesville and the aftermath. It details fires that erupted in the town, as well as efforts to feed the displaced and clean up after the flood. It is 94 pages long and measures 6.25" x 9" (15.88 x 22.86 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om2894_3085273_001
Subjects: Natural disasters; Geography; Climate and weather; Floods
Places: Zanesville (Ohio); Muskingum County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Clark County, Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1936. Madonna of Trail Monument at Masonic Home." The Madonna of the Trail Monuments were dedicated by state chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution to honor early women settlers who used the old National Road to travel west. There are twelve such monuments, one in each state through which the road traveled. Springfield's Madonna of the Trail Monument was the first to be dedicated on July 4, 1928. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_003_1
Subjects: Monuments--Ohio--Springfield
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)