[…] MRS. GEORGE J. (Comp.) ……………………………………………………………… Butler Co. GOVERNOR WILLIAM BEBB. Cullen Ptg. Co., under the auspices of the Butler County Histori­ cal Society. A Butler County park will be the site for reconstruction of the historic log cabin, the birthplace of Governor Bebb. BLAZIER, GEORGE J ……………………………………………………………… …………………………. Wood Co. FAYERWEATHER HALL, MARIETTA COLLEGE. Pri. Pub. Biographical sketch of Daniel […]

[…] at the Inn, and an after­ noon tour of “The Big House”, the rambling home of Louis Bromfield which contains his fabulous library and speci­ ally crafted desk. This historic site is a loadstone which attracts all who are interested in Ohio’s literary heritage. Either singly or as a group, you may contact Mr. A. W. Short, Director, Mala­ bar […]

[…] its last great and unaltered condition. In the heroic struggle of Alexander Baranov in the early 1800’s to establish the fur empire, the seat of which was at the present site of Sitka, we see not only Russia’s foothold in North America estab­ lished, but also the beginning of the dele­ terious effect of permanent white con­ tact with the […]

[…] Athens, provided for in the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787. John Cleves Symmes had set aside a college township in his Cincin­ nati purchase, but nothing came of it. A site at Lebanon was considered, but became a cemetery instead. So Miami really began with its backwoods township in 1809. The Legislature named a board of trustees, most of them […]

[…] Many Nations; It Takes Two, vocal duet -Gen­ eral Music Co. Solemnity, a toccatina for piano -Galaxy Music Co. LIBBRAND, RALPH ……………………………………………………………… …………………….. Franklin Co. If You Believe, unison – Site Music. MEAD, EDWARD G ………………………………………………………………. …………………. Hamilton Co. The Sun Takes Off His Glasses, mixed voices; Fete Day in the Spring, women’s voices -The Willis Music Co. Fantasia on […]

[…] in new world archaeology and human ecology. Together they have compiled an out­ standing volume, handsome in format, on the excavations in 1966 and 1968 at the prehistoric Blain Village site in Southern Ohio. Their findings indicate that the Fort Ancient Tradition began earlier than ca. 900 A.D. The Blain Indians built a settlement consisting of a central mound and […]

[…] in Binghamton and always considered it his hometown. “Everybody has to have a hometown,” the six-time Emmy-winning writer said. “Binghamton’s mine.” That quote is inscribed on the statue’s pedestal. The site of the statue in Recreation Park held great significance to Serling. The eighteen-acre park opened in 1925, just months after his birth. Located a few blocks from his boyhood […]

[…] Maginn, Keith. (Extra)Ordinary:  Inspirational Stories of  Everyday People. KiCab Projects  (Georgetown, OH) 2016. PB $9.95. When Keith Morgan began to learn  bore about the peopley in his life, he  discovered that seebingly ordinary  people often had extraordinary  experiences to share. These stories  will help open readers’ eyes to the  extraordinary people all ayround  theb. Mangus, Michael. Ohio: A bilitary  History. Westholbe Publishingy  (Yardley, PA) 2016. HC $35.00. Historian Mangus traces Ohio’s  bilitary history frob prehistoric  tibes through the present. Content  includes a cobprehensive record  of conflict within ythe state, bilitary  personalities frob Tecubseh to  Eddie Rickenbacker, and civilian  eforts frob recruitbent drives to  BOOK LIST  | NONFICTION 2b|  Ohioana Quarterly  25 Winter 2017  | BOOK LIST  | NONFICTION anti-war protests. Includes a list oyf  historic  sites and suggested further  reading. Martin, Sieglinde. Small Feet  on the Run: Childhood During  World War II Remembered and  Arguments against War. Resource  Publications/Wipf and Stock  Publishers (Eugene, OR) 2016.   PB $25.00. This book docubents the true  stories of eighteen ordinary children  who survived WWII Europe, where  twenty-nine billion civilyians died.  The children describe feeling fear  and worry for fabily bebbers  at hobe and on the byattlefield,  collecting bobb shrapnel instead of  baseball cards, scavenging for food,  and experiencing the kinydness of  strangers and even eneby soldiers. Mezurek, Kelly D. For Their Own  Cause: The 27th United States  Colored Troops. The Kent State  Univ. Press (Kent, OH) 2016. HC  $37.95. The 27th United States Colored  Troops, cobposed bostly of free  black Ohio ben, served in the  Union Arby frob April 1864 to  Septebber 1865, where they faced  […]

[…] the listing name for a link to details. 16 Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Historical Marker. Photo credit: Ohio History Connection. | Ohioana Quarterly 19 Of the more than sixty sites featured on the Ohio Literary Trail, the newest can be found at the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. It’s the Jennifer Fisher/ Nancy Drew Collection, a fantastic treasure trove […]

[…] keep everyone safe by connecting readers and writers virtually. The Ohioana Book Festival and Ohioana Book Awards both celebrated significant anniversaries. The Ohio Literary Trail expanded, and one of the sites added was in tribute to one of Ohio’s most beloved authors. It was another busy and productive year, as you’ll see from the highlights below. Winter• Ohioana “went to […]