The First Century of Piqua, OhioMagee Bros. Publishing Company, 1916 - 372 էջ |
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... wooden posts or palis- ades , eight or ten inches in diameter with the stones built up on each side to help support it . Of course nothing now remains but the stones . It is easy to trace , and encloses about eighteen acres . There are ...
... wooden posts or palis- ades , eight or ten inches in diameter with the stones built up on each side to help support it . Of course nothing now remains but the stones . It is easy to trace , and encloses about eighteen acres . There are ...
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... woods . When they arrived at the camp they observed several men approaching who they at first took to be neighbors , but as they came nearer were soon discovered to be Indians . John raised his gun and aimed at the foremost redskin who ...
... woods . When they arrived at the camp they observed several men approaching who they at first took to be neighbors , but as they came nearer were soon discovered to be Indians . John raised his gun and aimed at the foremost redskin who ...
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... Wood street . Here he kept a small stock of merchandise and traded with the settlers and Indians . This was probably the first store in town , and Ewing's two sons followed the trading business for many years with success . Of Nathaniel ...
... Wood street . Here he kept a small stock of merchandise and traded with the settlers and Indians . This was probably the first store in town , and Ewing's two sons followed the trading business for many years with success . Of Nathaniel ...
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... woods that night about twelve miles from Piqua . When in the vicinity of Fort Wayne , the Indians endeavored to surprise them in the night , but finding them prepared reported to the main body that the " Kentucks " were coming thick as ...
... woods that night about twelve miles from Piqua . When in the vicinity of Fort Wayne , the Indians endeavored to surprise them in the night , but finding them prepared reported to the main body that the " Kentucks " were coming thick as ...
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... order , or civil proclamation , or by tacit agreement of the settlers during these troublesome times , there was very little discharging of fire - arms in the woods . A gun - shot would always attract 30 THE FIRST CENTURY OF PIQUA.
... order , or civil proclamation , or by tacit agreement of the settlers during these troublesome times , there was very little discharging of fire - arms in the woods . A gun - shot would always attract 30 THE FIRST CENTURY OF PIQUA.
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appointed army Ash street Barrington boat bought Bowdle boys brick bridge building built Caldwell called Camp canal Capt cemetery Chas church Cincinnati citizens Clark Clerk Constables corner of Main council David David Hunter Dayton Defrees Downing street early east elected Elliott erected farm fire Freight Garvey Harrison Harvey Clark Hilliard Hugh Scott Hunter Huntersville Indians Jacob Landes John Garvey John Johnston July June Justice Peace Keyt Lock Mill Main street March Mathew Caldwell Mayor McCorkle Miami county Miami river miles mill O'Ferrall Ohio present President Public Square railroad Rayner record river Robert Young Robt Rossville Sept side sold soldiers soon Stephen Johnston Sycamore Tamplin TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS Treasurer tribes Troy Trustees Upper Piqua Ward Washington Washington Township Water street Wayne Wood Young
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Էջ 18 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED.
Էջ 18 - In Testimony whereof I Chester A. Arthur President of the United States of America have caused these letters to be made Patent and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 18 - An act providing for the sale of the Lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky River...
Էջ 18 - Basye, his heirs and assigns forever. In testimony whereof, I have caused these letters to be made Patent and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 18 - President of the United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Know Ye, That...
Էջ 18 - Michigan, this 25th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the thirty-third.
Էջ 280 - Madam, if I live to be a hundred years old, I shall never forget the look that came into his face then.
Էջ 29 - ... dangerous situation in consequence of their being exposed to invasion and depredations from them, they being contiguous to the enemy: hence every opportunity of conveying information to them of our situation, moving off and joining them, and doing much mischief from their knowledge of our country, &c. This brief petition we would humbly beg your Excellency to take into consideration, and relieve us from a state of uneasiness and alarm, by having them removed into the interior of the State, where,...
Էջ 273 - From 1820 he resided at Hampstead, the beautiful neighbourhood of which chiefly occupied his pencil for the remainder of his life. He was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1829, having been for ten years an associate; and he exhibited altogether 104 works at the Academy.
Էջ 359 - The minimum breadth of this canal at water line is 40 feet; at bottom, 26 feet; and the depth, 4 feet. The number of lift-locks on this canal is 152; number of guard-locks, 9. MIAMI AMi KIIIE CANAL.