Description: Return Jonathan Meigs was elected United States Senator from Ohio in 1808 to fill a vacant seat. In 1810 he was elected the fourth governor of Ohio. He served two two-year terms as governor and left office in 1814. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04007
Subjects: Governors--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of French expedition led by Joseph Pierre Celoron de Bienville, here depicted burying a lead plate. On these plates were pronouncements laying claim to the Ohio Country in the name of the king of France. At the places where major rivers joined the Ohio, the party stopped and buried one of the tablets. On a nearby tree, a metal plaque was placed, asserting the claims of France and stating that the tablet lay nearby. This practice of burying plates first began in Europe in the Middle Ages and was a common way to show landownership. In total, De Bienville is believed to have buried six plates. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04622
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio--History; Land settlement--Ohio; Explorers;
 

Description: Home of Peter Hitchcock (1781-1853), known as the "Father of the Ohio Constitution." Hitchcock served on the Ohio Supreme Court, and was Chief Justice for 21 years. The home was located in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, but was later relocated to Century Village, an authentic representation of a Western Reserve Village from 1798 to the turn of the 19th Century operated by the Geauga County Historical Society. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00347
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Burton (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic reproduction of an engraved portrait depicting Josiah Harmar, ca. 1790-1799. The original portrait was engraved by John Sartain and based on a painting by Raphael Peale. Harmar served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was then appointed commander of the American Army in the Ohio Country where there was conflict between Native Americans and white settlers. In 1790 Harmar launched an attack on the Miami, Shawnee, Delaware and other native people in western Ohio. Initially the tribes retreated, but a successful counter attack led by Little Turtle of the Miami routed Harmar's troops and they retreated. Because of the heavy casualties his troops suffered, in 1791 he was court-martialed for misconduct during the campaign. Though the court-martial cleared him of all charges, Harmar retired from the army in 1792. He returned to Pennsylvania and served as the state's Adjutant General from 1793 until 1799. He died August 20, 1813. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02989
Subjects: American Indians; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History--Military Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of Thomas Worthington's portrait, painted while he was governor of Ohio, that hangs in the Ohio Statehouse. He served as one of the first U.S. Senators from Ohio, from 1803 to 1807 and from 1811 to 1814. From 1814 through 1818, Worthington served two two-year terms as governor of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02715
Subjects: Ohio--Capital and capitol; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the interior hall at Adena, the home of United States Senator and Ohio Governor Thomas Worthington, near Chillicothe, Ohio. The photograph, taken in July 1896, shows fireplace with antlers above the mantle and a grandfather clock. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04731
Subjects: Ross County (Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Worthington, Thomas, 1773-1827; Ohio History--State and Local Government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial to Ebenezer Zane & Simon Kenton, Zanesfield, Logan County, Ohio. The memorial was unveiled September 8, 1914. The photograph is ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00367
Subjects: Monuments & memorials; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio History
Places: Zanesfield (Ohio); Logan County (Ohio)
 

Description: Hand-colored map of Ohio showing its canals, roads and distances, from "A New Universal Atlas" by S. Augustus Mitchell (Philadelphia, 1848). Also included on the map is a profile of the Ohio Canal and mapped steamboat routes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: ohiomap_0034_4
Subjects: Maps--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Canals--Ohio--History--19th century; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This hand-colored map titled "Colton's Railroad and Township Map of the State of Ohio" features individually-colored counties, routes of railroads (both under construction and finished), canals, post roads, and census listings by county for the years 1840 and 1850. A vignette in the lower right corner shows the "State capitol at Columbus." The J. H. Colton Company was founded by Joseph Colton in 1831, and produced high-quality prints maps with distinctive decorative borders. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM_0126_0014F
Subjects: Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio Statehouse (Columbus, Ohio); Canals; Railroads--Ohio;
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Illustration of Simon Girty, Ohio Country frontiersman, from "History of Ohio in Words of One Syllable" by Anne Cole Cady, printed in "An Ohio Portrait" by George W. Knepper. Girty was born in Chambers Mill, Pennsylvania, in 1741. During the French and Indian War, his family sought refuge in Fort Granville, which was captured in 1755 by an army of French soldiers and native Indians. Girty eventually found himself in the hands of the Seneca Indians who took him to the Ohio Country and adopted him. His knowledge of Indian culture and language was highly sought after during the American Revolutionary War as both the British and Americans hoped to secure alliances with various local tribes. Girty first aligned himself with the Americans. However, he was discharged from the American military in 1777 and afterwards offered his help to the British. After the war, Girty continued to aid the Indians of the Ohio Country in resisting further settlement of the Ohio Country, participating in the Ba View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2697_Girty_002
Subjects: American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; American Indians in Ohio; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; Forts & fortifications; American Indian history; American Indians--Warfare; American Indians; Ohio History; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Map of the Ohio Company Purchase. This plan illustrates the first tract of Ohio land to be sold by the Continental Congress to the Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company. The company was formed on March 1, 1786, by former Revolutionary War officers and soldiers, Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Samuel Holden Parsons and Manasseh Cutler in Boston, Massachusetts. Parsons, Putnam, and Cutler were chosen as directors while Winthrop Sargent became the secretary. The company established the first permanent settlement at Marietta in April 1788 and sent pioneers from New England to settle the Northwest Territory. In 1796, the Ohio Company divided its shares and ceased to exist as a land company. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07517
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Ohio Company (1786-1796); Marietta (Ohio); Northwest Territory--History; United States. Continental Congress
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Street scene in Chillicothe depicting decorations for the celebration of the Ohio centennial, 1903. In 1802, as Ohio moved toward statehood, Chillicothe hosted the Ohio Constitutional Convention. When Ohio became a state in 1803, Chillicothe was named its capital, in part due to its central location as well as the prominent political figures, like Edward Tiffin and Thomas Worthington, who resided there. The city served as Ohio's capital until 1810, when state government moved to Zanesville. The capital returned to Chillicothe two years later, only to move to Columbus, 45 miles to the north, in 1816. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01153
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Horse-drawn vehicles -- Ohio; Centennial celebrations; Capitals; Ohio--Politics and government
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)