Description: This photograph depicts St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis, Illinois. Youngstown-Buckeye conduit was used in this building. On the photo is written: "ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL EAST ST. LOUIS YOUNGSTOWN BUCKEYE CONDUIT" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AC2_YHCIL_MSS0140_B03F48_004
Subjects: Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; Construction; Steel industry; East St. Louis, Ill.
Places: East St. Louis (Illinois); St. Clair County (Illinois)
 

Description: A bucket carrier, scraper conveyor type, made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio, is shown at this coal pocket. It is receiving the coal from the hopper and delivering it to the storage pocket. This photograph was taken at the Illinois Traction System Coal Pocket, St. Louis, Missouri, 1911. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01308
Subjects: Conveying machinery; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: St. Louis (Illinois)
 

Description: Birthplace of U. S. Grant. Ulysses Simpson Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In 1823, his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Grant lived there until he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1839. Grant graduated from West Point in 1843. He ranked twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine students. Grant served under General Zachary Taylor in the Mexican-American War. In the years before the American Civil War, Grant lived much of the time in St. Louis, Missouri, working as a real estate agent and as a farmer. He failed in both of these businesses. Grant also assisted his father in a tannery business. After the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Grant volunteered for military duty. He first served as colonel of the Twenty-First Illinois Infantry but soon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general due to his previous military experience. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to lieutenant general and named him supreme commander of all Union forces. By early June 1864, Grant had surrounded General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg, Virginia, and a ten month siege ensued. The Northerners finally drove the Confederates from Petersburg in early April 1865, and The Army of Northern Virginia surrendered on April 9, 1865. n 1868, the Democratic Party chose Horatio Seymour as its presidential candidate. Seymour, a former governor of New York, supported states' rights and opposed equal rights for African Americans with whites. The Republican Party selected Grant, a defender of equal opportunities for African Americans with whites and a supporter of a strong federal government. Grant easily won the Electoral College vote, capturing twenty-six of the thirty-four states. Grant's first term as president was troubled with corruption. Grant remained above the corruption, but some of the U.S. public faulted him for his poor leadership and his inability to control his cabinet. Grant sought reelection in 1872. He won easily, receiving fifty-six percent of the popular vote. Grant promised to end the violence in the South but did little about it during his second term. An economic depression in 1873 further alienated the public from Grant. Due to Grant's declining popularity, the Republican Party nominated Rutherford B. Hayes as president, although Grant had desired to seek a third term. Grant also sought the party's candidacy in 1880, but the Republicans selected James Garfield instead. Grant spent his last years in New York, writing his memoirs. When he was elected president, Grant had resigned his commission in the military. In 1885, the United States Congress reappointed Grant as General of the Army. His salary helped him pay rising bills. He died on July 23, 1885 from throat cancer. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07703
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-1885; Birthplaces; Historic houses
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 2.5 by 4-inch (6.35 by 10.16 cm) carte de visite depicts Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the eighteenth president of the United States and the second president from Ohio. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant Ohio, in 1839 Grant entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, where a roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. Grant served in the Mexican War, but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. After unsuccessful attempts at farming and real estate, Grant moved to Galena, Illinois, where he worked in his father's leather shop. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. Grant came to national attention by capturing the Confederate Forts Henry and Donelson, the first major Union victories of the war. In spite of a devastating defeat at Shiloh, Grant won major victories at Vicksburg and Chattanooga. In 1864, Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. In this position, Grant devised a concerted plan of action for all the Union armies. Although Grant lost to Confederate General Robert E. Lee in battle, other Northern armies were successful and weakened the Confederacy. He presided over General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. Southern reconstruction was one of the major issues of Grant's presidency. He occasionally encouraged the process with the force of federal troops. Although Grant is considered to have been honest himself, he was surrounded by dishonest men, causing his administration to be marred with scandal. He was re-elected in 1872 and ran for a third time in 1880 but was unsuccessful. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00540
Subjects: Military Ohio; Presidents and Politics; Civil War; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Places: Brown County (Ohio); St. Louis (Missouri)
 

Description: Photograph showing an automobile driven by an unidentified man and transporting explosives. The automobile itself carries several labels that read: "GOLD MEDAL DYNAMITE.," "AUSTIN POWDER CO. ILLINOIS POWDER M'F'G. CO. 1548 PIERCE B'L'D'G. ST. LOUIS." and "EXPLOSIVES, DANGEROUS." The handwriting located at the bottom-left corner of the photograph reads: "White & Tan." The Austin Powder company was founded during the westward migration. The industry produced black power, which was utilized to break rocks for mining purposes, and to construct canals. The company remains today the second-oldest manufacturing industry in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_007
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Manufacturing industries--Ohio
Places: Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)