Description: Sketches drawn by Charles Young as part of his West Point portfolio. The scenes and objects contained in this portion of the portfolio are “Sailboat,” “Scene w/ full moon,” “Rosette,” “Exercise X,” “Exercise XI,” “Exercise VII,” “Exercise VI,” “Exercise V,” “Les Marguerites” and “Molly Pitcher’s Carriage” (now preserved in Fort Clinton, West Point, New York). Young graduated from West Point in 1889 and was the third African American to do so. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: African American soldiers; West Point (Military academy); Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
Places: West Point (New York)
 

Description: This iron L-square is marked with inches and can be used to measure distances and ensure that angles are exactly 90 degrees. It is marked "Premium No. 3". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H73319
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Tools
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image is of a glass trinket basket. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H8314
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar--History; Glassware
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Louis Baus and dated 1900, this photographic reproduction shows Main Street in Zoar, Ohio, looking north. Dr. Breil's office appears on the left, along with the tailor shop and store. Town Hall and the tower of the Bimeler home are visible. The Zoar Hotel appears on the right, showing the new annex added in 1892. Led by Joseph Bimeler (sometimes spelled Bäumeler) in 1817, a group of Lutheran separatists left the area of Germany known as Wurttemberg and eventually established the small community of Zoar in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The community of Zoar was not originally organized as a commune, but its residents had a difficult time surviving in 1818 and early 1819. As a result, on April 19, 1819, the group formed the Society of Separatists of Zoar. Each person donated his or her property to the community as a whole, and in exchange for their work, the society would provide for them. Additional modifications to the society's organization were made in 1824 and a constitution established in 1833. In the decades following the establishment of the Zoar commune, the Separatists experienced economic prosperity. The community was almost entirely self-sufficient and sold any surpluses to the outside world. In addition to agriculture, Zoar residents also worked in a number of industries, including flour mills, textiles, a tin shop, copper, wagon maker, two iron foundries, and several stores. The society also made money by contracting to build a seven-mile stretch of the Ohio and Erie Canal. The canal crossed over Zoar's property, and the society owned several canal boats. The canal traffic also brought other people into the community, who bought Zoar residents' goods. By the second half of the nineteenth century, the community was quite prosperous. After Bimeler's death in 1853, the unity of the village declined, and by 1898 the Zoarites disbanded the society. The remaining residents divided the property, and the community continued to prosper in Zoar. Louis Baus was a prominent photographer in Cleveland, Ohio, who began his career with studio work, but in 1911 became a staff writer for the "Cleveland Advocate," a local newspaper that was later purchased by the "Cleveland Plain Dealer." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P223_B04_Vol1_2
Subjects: Society of Separatists of Zoar; Zoar (Tuscarawas County, Ohio); Streets; Stores and shops
Places: Zoar (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Auglaize County, between stations 5468 and 5538. Roads, properties, and other landmarks along the route are noted. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23162_004
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This 4.5 by 6.5-inch (11.43 by 16.51 cm) photograph shows Daniel A. Payne, who in 1863 became first African American president of Wilberforce University. Payne was born in 1811 in Charleston, South Carolina to free parents of mixed black, white, and American Indian ancestry. In 1835, he moved north to enroll in a seminary. He was licensed to preach in 1837 and ordained in 1839. Although affiliated with several denominations, Payne eventually settled on the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which ordained him bishop in 1852. In his ministry, Payne focused on education as the key to empowerment. In 1863 he was able to raise enough money to purchase Wilberforce University on behalf of the A.M.E. Church. Between 1863 and 1876, Payne provided leadership as president of the university, which became a respected leader in educating African Americans. Wilberforce University was established in 1856 in Green County under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was named for William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English abolitionist. When the African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the university in 1863, Union Seminary, which the A.M.E. Church founded in 1844, also became part of Wilberforce. The university was the first to be owned and run by African Americans. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_792530_109
Subjects: African Americans; Education; Universities and colleges; Students
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of an unidentified African American child seated on steps with his head resting on his left hand, from the collection of the Ohio Baptist General Association. He wears a tattered shirt and overalls, along with torn shoes from which his toes protrude. The Ohio Baptist General Association, an organization of African American Baptist churches with its headquarters in Columbus, was founded in 1895 as the Ohio Baptist State Convention and reorganized as the Ohio Baptist General Association in 1919. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P190_B02_03
Subjects: African American children; Portrait photography; Clothing and dress
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Photograph of a busload of Buckeye Trail hikers, 1963. The Buckeye Trail winds for about 1,444 miles through Ohio from Lake Erie near Cleveland to the Ohio River near Cincinnati. The Buckeye Trail Association, a non-profit organization created in June of 1959, maintains this trail. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03649
Subjects: Buckeye Trail Association; Hiking--Ohio--Buckeye Trail
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This illustration of John Hunt Morgan, a Civil War Confederate general, is from a German history textbook entitled "Gesthichte des Burgerkriep in den Uereinigton Stoaten," about the United States Civil War. John Hunt Morgan was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on June 1, 1825. He is known for "Morgan's Raid," which he led during the American Civil War. In 1863, his troops rode from Tennessee through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana, resulting in the northernmost presence established by Confederate forces. He died on September 4, 1864, in Greeneville, Tennessee, killed by Union cavalry men while attempting to escape. He was buried in Lexington Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04269
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Generals; Morgan's Ohio Raid, 1863
 

Description: This photograph shows the aftermath of the Moulton, Ohio, tornado of 1920. This photograph is a view of several houses and surrounding rubble. The two houses in the foreground (one of brick, the other a wood frame structure) are badly damaged. Other houses appear to be relatively untouched. On March 28, 1920 (Palm Sunday), an outbreak of 30 tornadoes across eight states killed 153 persons, ranking it among the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history. Four killer tornadoes moved into western Ohio from Indiana and another moved across Wood and Ottawa Counties. There were 29 deaths from these tornadoes in Ohio. The community of Moulton, Ohio, west of Wapakoneta, was leveled and three people were killed. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05949
Subjects: Tornadoes--Ohio; Tornado damage; Natural disasters;
Places: Moulton (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: This color photograph taken in 1993 shows the facade of St. Mary's Church, located in the German Village neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. St. Mary's Church was dedicated in 1868 in response to the spiritual needs of the growing German Catholic population of Columbus' South Side. The original schoolhouse, which stands behind the church, was erected in 1865 under the direction of Rev. Francis X. Specht, St. Mary's first pastor. It served as a temporary house of worship until the Gothic-style church was completed. St. Mary's distinctive spire, which soars 197 feet, was added in 1893. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07011
Subjects: Churches; German Americans; Columbus (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: U.S. Marines docking at Treasure Island, California, upon return from Korea and Japan, July 1954. Marine Corporal Michael John Petrucci returned home on this ship. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07509
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Treasure Island (California)