Description: After migrating from New Jersey to Ohio in 1828, Major William Hunt (1797-1867) purchased a Springfield (Clark County), Ohio, farm that belonged to Simon Kenton. Hunt was postmaster of Urbana from 1828 to 1858, founded the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, and was a partner in a wholesale livestock and grain business. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03784
Subjects: Springfield (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Railroads
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)
 

Description: In this 4.25" by 6.25" (10.80 by 15.88 cm) image, William C. Mills, archeologist and curator for the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society (now called the Ohio History Connection), observes workmen at the excavation site of Tremper Mound in Scioto County, Ohio. The excavation took place in July and August, 1915. A collection of 60 effigy pipes created by the prehistoric Hopewell people were unearthed. In Ohio, the Hopewell Indians (100 B.C.-A.D. 500) built burial mounds and large earthen enclosures in geometric shapes (circles, squares, and octagons) to mark the places where the people gathered periodically to participate in many social and ceremonial events. Some of these sites were quite large; the Newark Earthworks complex spread over a 4-square-mile area. The Hopewell people also maintained a large trade network extending as far as the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, the Florida coast and Appalachians, and northern Lake Superior. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00765
Subjects: American Indians in Ohio; Hopewell Culture (A.D. 1-400) (A.D. 1–400); Archaeology; Excavation; Mounds (Burials)
Places: Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Mirror Lake on The Ohio State University campus, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1895-1900. Mirror Lake is a recognizable symbol of the university. Today, students jump in Mirror Lake the Thursday before the Ohio State Buckeyes football team plays their rival, the University of Michigan. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03639
Subjects: Ohio State University; Universities and colleges Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Table Rock at Kelly's Island in Lake Erie. Erie County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00338
Subjects: Kelleys Island (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Kelleys Island (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lighthouse at Grand Lake, St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00316
Subjects: Lighthouses--Ohio
Places: St. Marys (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lake Hope in Zaleski, Vinton County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00419
Subjects: Zaleski (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Zaleski (Ohio); Vinton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Old lighthouse at Fairport Harbor, built in 1825, Lake County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. Presently, housing the Fairport Harbor Marine Museum. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00363
Subjects: Historical museums--Ohio; Lighthouses
Places: Fairport Harbor (Ohio); Lake County (Ohio)
 

Description: Members of the Gym Daisies at Cedar Point, Columbus, ca. 1915. The Gym Daisies was a club of 30 Columbus working girls who named their club for their interest in gymnasiums and physical exercise. Club members took annual trips to Cedar Point, Vermilion and other destinations along the coast of Lake Erie. Headquartered at the Godman Guild in Columbus, the club's colors were red and black. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06305
Subjects: Beaches; Women--Ohio--History; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Clothing & dress; Photography--Ohio;
Places: Cedar Point (Ohio); Erie County (Ohio)
 

Description: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay with a view of Lake Erie, ca. 1930-1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00244
Subjects: Ottawa County (Ohio); Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Put-in-Bay (Ohio); Ottawa County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows a Ku Klux Klan musical band from Dayton, Ohio, parading in Springfield, Ohio, on September 8, 1923. The musicians are wearing white robes and conical hats, but their faces are unmasked. Leading the band is a drum major holding a baton. Bystanders are watching the parade from the sidewalk. After a period of decline during the Jim Crow years, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) emerged again during the 1910s. This reversal was partly due to the Great Migration, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to the North, seeking jobs in the North's industrialized cities, including many cities in Ohio. In addition, many people in the U.S. became involved in reform movements during the first decades of the twentieth century. Some of these movements supported middle-class, Protestant values and believed that non-whites and foreigners were a danger to these beliefs. Because of these fears and concerns, the Ku Klux Klan was able to find new supporters. The Ku Klux Klan was especially strong in Ohio during the 1910s and 1920s. In Summit County the Klan claimed to have fifty thousand members, making it the largest local chapter in the United States. Many of the county's officials were members, including the sheriff, the Akron mayor, several judges and county commissioners, and most members of Akron's school board. The Klan was also very popular in Licking County, where the group held its state konklave (convention) in 1923 and 1925. More than 70,000 people attended each event. The konklaves were held at Buckeye Lake, a popular tourist attraction in the early twentieth century. By the mid 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan began to decline in popularity, but saw a revival once again during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Ku Klux Klan continues to exist in the twenty-first century. It is, however, at present quite small in both numbers and influence. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04363
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Ohio--History--20th century; Racism--United States--History--20th century; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)