History of Logan County and Ohio

History of Logan County and Ohio
Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from its earliest
settlement to the present time, embracing its topography,
geological, physical and climactic features; its agricultural, stock-
growing, railroad interests, etc.; a History of Logan County, giving
an account of its aboriginal inhabitants, early settlement by the
whites, pioneer incidents, its birth, its improvements, organisation
of the county, its judicial and political history, its business and
industries, churches , schools, etc. ; Biographical Sketches;
Portraits of some of the Early Settlers and Prom- inent Men,
By O. L. Baskin & Co., 1880
778 pages, indexed

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History of Ohio From Its Earliest Settlement to 1854
By W. H. Carpenter,Published 1854, 277 pages

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The American settlement of Ohio began in the early 19th century.
Isaac Zane and James McPherson first came to the area as captives of
the Wyandot and Shawnees, respectively. Tarhe-the Crane, the principal
chief of the Wyandot, adopted the nine-year-old Zane after Wyandot
warriors captured the boy on a raid.

Zane grew up in the Wyandot culture, but a prisoner exchange forced
him to go back to his white home in Virginia. Zane served in the
Virginia House of Burgesses (state government), but after a couple of
years he decided to return to his Indian home. He came back to Logan
County and married Tarhe’s daughter, Myeerah. Tarhe gave Zane his
village on the Mad River and the Wyandot chief moved to Solomon's Town
in the north central part of the county. The Mad River village then
became known as Zane's Town.

Isaac Zane became an important liaison between the Indians of Logan
County and the Americans. The southern, southeastern and central
regions of Logan County were settled first by Americans. The villages
of West Liberty, Zanesfield and Bellefontaine were officially laid out
around 1820. The rest of the county followed soon after, except in
the northwest corner. This area remained part of the Lewistown
Reservation until 1832. Very few Americans moved there after the
Indians left because the land was too swampy to farm or build homes.

Settlement in this area did not begin in earnest until after the
reservoir was built and much of the swampy land was covered with the
lake. The population rose greatly after the state established Indian
Lake State Park in 1898 and better roads and railroads reached the
region from other places in the county starting in the early 20th
century.

Part I
CHAPTER I. —Introductory. Topography, Geology
CHAPTER II.—Explorations In Thk West 19
CHAPTER III.—English Explorations, Traders
CHAPTER IV.—Pontiac's Conspiracy, Its Failure.
CHAPTER V.—American Exploration, Dunmore's War,
CHAPTER VI.—American Occupation, Indian Claims
CHAPTER VII.—Indian War of 1795.
CHAPTER VIII.—Jay's Treaty, State Rights
CHAPTER IX.—First Territorial Representatives
CHAPTER X.—Formation Of The State
CHAPTER XI.—The War Of 181i, Growth of the state
CHAPTER XII.—Mexican War, Continued
CHAPTER XIII.—Ohio IN THE Centennial
CHAITER XIV —education, Early School Laws, Notes
CHAPTER XV.—Agriculture, Area of the State
CHAPTER XVI.—Climatology, Outline

PART II. HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY.

CHAPTER I.—Introductory, Topography, Geological
CHAPTER II.—Prehistoric Races, The Mound Builders
CHAPTER III.—The Miami And Mad River Valleys
CHAPTER IV.—The Medical Profession, the Legal
CHAPTER V.—Religious History, Pioneer Preachers
CHAPTER VI.—War History, The Early Conflicts.
CHAPTER VII.—Lake Township. Descriptive
CHAPTER VIII.—Bellefontaine.
CHAPTER IX.—Miami Township, Organization
CHAPTER X. — McARTHUR Township, Settlement
CHAPTER XI —Jefferson Township

PART III.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Biographies Too Late for Alphabetical Insertion..... 683
Bloomfield Township 729
Bokes Creek Township 659
Harrison Township 619
Jefferson Township 789
Lake Township 587
Liberty Township 704
McArthur Township 816
Miami Township 773
Monroe Township 666
Perry Township 645
Pleasant Township 835
Richland Township 797
Rush Creek Township 682
Stokes Township 627
Union Township 786
Washington Township 733
Zane Township 629

ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAITS.
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