Description: Carte de visite of General John A. Logan, who served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Originally from Jackson County, Illinois, he fought at Bull Run, Vicksburg, and Atlanta. Post war, he went on to become State Senator from Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_01
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Logan, John A., 1826-1886
Places: Ohio; Jackson County (Illinois)
 

Description: Ethan Anson Hanna lived in Jackson County, Ohio, and wrote about his youth on the family farm in Jackson County, construction of the family home, and migration to Montgomery County, Illinois, where he joined the Masons and ran a post office and store. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07062
Subjects: Other--Family History; Jackson County (Ohio)
Places: Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: A postcard of the home of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. The house where Abraham Lincoln lived with his wife, Mary, and their four children is located at Eighth and Jackson Streets at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_011
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: A postcard of the Abraham Lincoln's family sitting room. Titled "Family Sitting Room, Fire Place and Lincoln's Chair in A. [Abraham] Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Illinois." The house where Abraham Lincoln lived with his wife, Mary, and their four children is located at Eighth and Jackson Streets at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_012
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: A black and white photographic print of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. In the front of the house is an elm tree planted by Lincoln. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_030
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: This memorial to explorer John Wesley Powell is located near the county courthouse in Jackson, Ohio. Completed in 1938, the monument is built of stones donated by the Improved Order of Red Men. The image measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). Powell (1834-1902) was born in New York, but moved to Jackson with his family when he was four years old. He became interested in natural history as a boy and pursued a career in the field, becoming a curator at the Illinois State Natural History Society in 1858. He served in the Civil War, sustaining a serious wound in the Battle of Shiloh that required the amputation of his right forearm. In 1869, he took a team to explore the southwestern United States and became one of the first white men to navigate the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. From 1880 to 1894 Powell served as director of the United States Geological Survey and as director of the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology from 1880 to 1902. The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the oldest fraternal organizations in the United States. It is supposedly descended from the Sons of Liberty, which during the colonial period worked secretly to achieve independence from England. The Ohio Council was organized in 1853, six years after the national organization, the Great Council of the United States, was founded in Maryland. Freedom, friendship, and charity were its main concerns. Its rituals and terminology were borrowed from American Indians, who were excluded from membership. Prominent members claimed by the order include Theodore Roosevelt, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was adopted in 1930 at the DeWitt Clinton Hotel in Columbus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3022_3636510_001
Subjects: Arts and Entertainment; Geography and Natural Resources; Monuments & memorials; Explorers; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Rocks; Fraternal orders
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Scientist and explorer of the American West, John Wesley Powell moved from New York to Jackson with his family in 1838 and lived here until 1846. He developed an early interest in geology from his tutor "Big" George Crookham, a Jackson salt boiler, educator, and abolitionist. Powell served in the Union Army during the Civil War and lost his right arm at Shiloh in 1862. Later he became professor of geology at Illinois Wesleyan University. In 1869, he led a nine-man expedition in the first exploration of the entire length of the Colorado River, providing the first scientific description of the Grand Canyon. Subsequently Powell helped found the U.S. Geological Survey and served as its director from 1881 to 1894. Photo taken by WPA between 1939-1943. Historical marker erected in 2001 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_002_001_001
Subjects: Civil War; Geology; Colorado River; Exploration; Military; American Legion
Places: Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: A black and white photographic print of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. In the front of the house is an elm tree planted by Lincoln. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_032_001
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: New Salem (Illinois); Menard County (Illinois)
 

Description: A black and white picture of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. In the front of the house is an elm tree planted by Lincoln. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_028_001
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: This photograph shows a street scene of William Harrison's inauguration. William Henry Harrison was an American political and military leader and the ninth President of the United States. He was born in Charles County, Virginia, on February 9, 1773. He attended and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and, at his father's insistence, studied medicine from 1790 to 1791 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Upon his father's death in 1791, Harrison immediately joined the United States Army. Harrison continued to serve in the military until 1798, when he resigned and accepted a new position as the Secretary of the Northwest Territory. He held this position until 1799. Because of Harrison's excellent political skills, President John Adams selected him to be the governor of the Indiana Territory on May 12, 1800. The Indiana Territory included modern-day Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. He held this office until 1813. In 1812, the War of 1812 began between the United States and Great Britain. President James Madison promoted Harrison to the rank of brigadier-general and put him in command of the Army of the Northwest. In October 1813, Harrison led the Army of the Northwest against a combined British and Native American force led by General Henry Proctor and Tecumseh. Known as the Battle of the Thames, the United States emerged victorious. The British ran from the battlefield, leaving the Native Americans to fight on alone. The Americans defeated the Native Americans, killing Tecumseh. Following the War of 1812, Harrison returned to politics. He made his home at North Bend just west of Cincinnati, Ohio. He represented Ohio in the United States Congress for two terms. He also served as the United States ambassador to Colombia in 1828 and 1829. In 1836, he ran as a member of the Whig Party against Democrat Martin Van Buren for the Presidency of the United States. Van Buren, Vice President under Andrew Jackson, won the election. In 1840, Harrison ran against the incumbent. He emphasized his military record against Tecumseh and the British in the War of 1812 with John Tyler of Virginia as his running mate. His campaign slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." The sixty-eight-year-old Harrison was inaugurated into office on March 4, 1841, on a cold, overcast day. His speech was one of the longest inauguration speeches in presidential history at 8,445 words. He served the shortest time in office of any man elected to the presidency. He died from pneumonia on April 4, 1841, one month after taking office. John Tyler was his Vice president and successor. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07698
Subjects: Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Presidents--Inauguration--United States; Politicians
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: A black ink sketch of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. The sketch was created by Dorothy H. Moore. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_035
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)
 

Description: A black and white photographic print of Abraham Lincoln’s house located at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in this house from 1844 to 1861 before Lincoln being elected President. The house is located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets in Springfield. In the front of the house is an elm tree planted by Lincoln. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV83_B01F04_029
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Pictorial works
Places: Springfield (Illinois); Sangamon County (Illinois)