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PART I.
HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY |
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| Geographical Position |
19 |
American Settlements |
59 |
| Early Explorations |
20 |
Division of the Northwest
Territory |
65 |
| Discovery of Ohio |
32 |
Tecumseh and the War of
1812 |
69 |
| English Explorations &
Settlements |
34 |
Black Hawk and the Black
Hawk War |
73 |
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PART II
HISTORY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. |
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| History of Ohio |
93 |
Governors of Ohio |
160 |
| French History |
96 |
Ancient Works |
174 |
| Ordinance of 1787, No. 32 |
105 |
Some General
Characteristics |
177 |
| The War of 1812 |
122 |
Outline Geology of Ohio |
179 |
| Banking |
126 |
Ohio Rank During the War |
182 |
| The Canal System |
128 |
A Brief Mention of
Prominent Ohio Generals |
191 |
| Ohio Land Tracts |
129 |
Some Discussed Subjects |
196 |
| Improvements |
132 |
Conclusion |
200 |
| State Boundaries |
136 |
Comments upon
the Ordinance of 1787
from the Statutes of Ohio. Edited by
Salmon P. Chase, and Published in the
year 1833 |
204 |
| Organization of Counties |
137 |
| Description of Counties |
137 |
| Early Events |
137 |
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PART III.
HISTORY OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY. |
| CHAPTER I. -
Preliminary Survey |
215 |
| CHAPTER II -
Topography and Geology |
220 |
| CHAPTER III -
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239 |
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The Aborigines - The Mound
Builders - Their Forts, Mounds, Implements -
Indians - Conquest of Ohio by the Five Nations -
The Delawares - Traditional History - Subjugation
- Occupation of the Tuscarawas - Chiefs and
Villages - Habits and Customs |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
251 |
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Early Military Expeditions -
Roger's Expedition - Bouquet's Expedition - Fort
Laurens. |
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| CHAPTER V. |
264 |
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The Moravian Missions - The
Moravian Church - Post's First Effort in Ohio -
Missions Established on the Tuscarawas - Carried
into Captivity - The Massacre of Gnadenbutten -
The Wandering Moravians - Return and Founding of
Goshen - Sketches of the Missionaries - First
Child Born in Ohio - The Gnadenhutten Monument |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
323 |
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Lands and Surveys - Congress Lands
- Dohrman's Grant - United States Military
District - Its Extent - The Location of Quarters
by Speculators - Subdivision of Certain Quarters
into One Hundred Acre Lots - Conversion of the
Unappropriated Residue to Congress Land - Western
Reserve School Lands - Moravian Tracts - Survey of
the Greenville Treaty Line. |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
328 |
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The Pioneers - Emigration -
Selection of a Home - The Cabin - The Earliest
Pioneers - Preparing the Soil - Mills - Wild Game
- Ginseng - Hunting - Domestic Animals and their
Enemies - Whisky - Clothing - Social Gatherings -
Churches - Schools - First Road - Gleanings
from the "Chronicle" - The Pioneer Association |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
353 |
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Official and Statistical -
Organization of Tuscarawas County - Formation of
Townships - The First Commissioners' Proceedings -
County Buildings - County Officers - State and
National Officers - Presidential and Gubernatorial
Vote - Population - Valuation and Taxation -
Churches. |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
374 |
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Court, Bench and Bar - Court Rooms
- First Cases - The Funston Trial - Associate and
President Judges - Common Pleas Judges - First
Attorneys - Prominent Lawyers - The Present Bar. |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
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Court, Bench and Bar - Court Rooms
- First Cases - The Funston Trial - Associate and
President Judges - Common Pleas Judges - First
Attorneys - Prominent Lawyers - The Present Bar. |
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| CHAPTER X. |
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Canals and Railroads - Early
Legislation - Surveys and Route of the Ohio Canal
- Its Construction Through Tuscarawas County -
Contractors - Abram Garfield - Effects in
Stimulating Agriculture - Management of the Canal
- The Sandy & Beaver Canal and its Failure - The
Steubenville & Indiana Railroad - The Cleveland &
Pittsburg Railroad - The Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling Railroad - The Marietta & Pittsburg
Railroad - The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway - The
Valley Road - The Connotton Valley Railroad |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
400 |
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Agriculture and Agricultural
Societ - First Domestic Animals - Early Crops -
Tobacco Crop Statistics - Organization of the
Agricultural Society - First Fair - Growth and
Present Condition. |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
406 |
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Tuscarawas County in the Wars of
1812 and 1846 - State of the County in 1812 -
Departure of the Indians - Panic - Number of
Soldiers Engaged - Gallant Defense in behalf of
Three Indian Prisoners at New Philadelphia -
Mexican War - Brief Campaign of Tuscarawas Guards |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
413 |
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The War of the Rebellion -
Enlistment of the Tuscarawas Guards - Camp Meigs -
Drafts - Morgan's Raid - Tuscarawas County in the
Field - Quantrill, the Rebel Guerrilla |
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PART IV.
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES. |
| AUBURN TOWNSHIP |
503 |
PERRY TOWNSHIP |
619 |
| BUCKS TOWNSHIP |
509 |
RUSH TOWNSHIP |
627 |
| CLAY TOWNSHIP |
515 |
SALEM TOWNSHIP |
683 |
| DOVER TOWNSHIP |
527 |
SANDY TOWNSHIP |
643 |
| FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP |
545 |
SUGAR CREEK TOWNSHIP |
654 |
| FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP |
550 |
UNION TOWNSHIP |
661 |
| GOSHEN TOWNSHIP |
494 |
WARREN TOWNSHIP |
666 |
| JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP |
557 |
WARWICK TOWNSHIP |
672 |
| LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP |
564 |
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP |
678 |
| MILL TOWNSHIP |
577 |
WAYNE TOWNSHIP |
682 |
| OXFORD TOWNSHIP |
607 |
YORK TOWNSHIP |
685 |
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