Description: The caption reads: "Pontiac The great chief of the Ottawas, leader of the Indians of the Middle West in the Seven Year War." Chief Pontiac was born circa 1720. By 1755, he was a chief of the Ottawa Tribe. Pontiac subscribed to the religious beliefs of Neolin, a prophet of the Delaware people, who encouraged native people to forsake English goods and customs. When the French and Indian War ended in 1763, all French lands in North America were turned over to the English. American Indians lost their long-time French ally and worried that more British settlers would come to the Ohio Country. Pontiac and the Ottawas, in the interest of protecting their lands, encouraged tribes in the Ohio Country to rise up in 1763. The Ottawa attacked Fort Detroit in May 1763; the Shawnee, Munsee, Wyandot, Seneca and Delaware people also raided English settlements in the Ohio Country and in western Pennsylvania during 1763. The English military invaded the Ohio Country from Pennsylvania in the fall of 1764 and subdued the area's American Indian tribes. Pontiac's Rebellion ended in the fall of 1764, and Pontiac formally surrendered to the English in July 1766. In 1769, he was murdered by a member of the Peoria Tribe. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07606
Subjects: Pontiac, d. 1769; American Indian history and society; American Indians in Ohio; Ottawa Tribe; American Indian tribal leaders
 

Description: Lake Erie Shoreline on Gibraltar Island in Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05434
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Jay Cooke III and Edward Lewis rolling the lawn in preparation to play tennis, on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1889. Reverend Henry Cooke looks on from under the tree. Henry Cooke was the son of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05440
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Fred Lohman killing chickens in the yard of the Cooke home on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, 1886. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05492
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Agriculture; Chickens; Gibraltar Island (Ohio)
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting a young girl leaning a tree with a tennis racket, Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, ca. 1880. For many years, Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05494
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Children
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Disk made of quartzite has large circular indentations on both sides. The edges are rounded. It is mottled yellow, yellowish brown and orange with one area of red. The stone was used in a game played with spears. Item was found in Erie Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07247
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Games; American Indian history
Places: Erie Township (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Small building, possibly a cow shed, on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05429
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Other--Family History
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05430
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Summer; Houses
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the summer home of the Jay Cooke family, called "Cooke's Castle," on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05433
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Lake Erie Islands (Ohio); Other--Family History; Houses; Summer
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: The Ottawa County courthouse was constructed by architects Wing and Mahurin between 1898-1901. The Richardsonian Romanesque style building includes architectural details such as arches, steeply pitched gables with finials, and a 132 foot clock tower. The building ia made of North Amherst sandstone and pink Tennessee marble. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_001_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Courthouses--Ohio--History.; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.
Places: Port Clinton (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lake Erie Shoreline on Gibraltar Island in Ottawa County, Ohio. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05431
Subjects: Erie, Lake; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a modern contact print made from a glass plate negative depicting Sallie Stem and Esther Clarkson Russell Cooke playing croquet on Gibraltar Island, Ottawa County, Ohio, in the summer of 1886. Sallie was the niece of Gibraltar caretaker Anna McMeens. Esther was the wife of Reverend Henry Cooke and daughter-in-law of prominent businessman Jay Cooke. For many years Gibraltar was the summer home of the Jay Cooke family. Today, the island is owned by The Ohio State University, who maintains the Stone Laboratory, a freshwater research and teaching facility. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05439
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Games; Lawns; Sports for women
Places: Gibraltar Island (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)