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Mt. Carmel Hospital, 669, 670. St. Anthony's Hospital, 670, 671. St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, 671.
St. Mary's of the Springs, 672, 673. Catholic cemeteries, 673, 674.
Church History ; Congregational, I, 830-852 : Talbot, Rev. Benjamin, 830. First Congregational church in Ohio, 830. Other early Congregational societies, 830, 831.
First Congregational society in Colum- bus, 831.
Congregational Club of Central Ohio, 832. First Congregational Church of Colum- bus, 833-840. Plymouth Church, 840-843. Third Congregational Church, 843, 844. North Columbus Church, 844, 845. Eastwood Church, 816, 847, 848.
Church History-Continued. Mayflower Church, 848-850.
Welsh Congregational Church, 850, 851. South Congregational Church, 851, 852. St. Clair Avenue Chapel, 852. Church History ; Lutheran, 1I, 693-704:
First Lutheran services in Columbus, 693.
First Lutheran church building, 693, 694. First Lutheran society, 694, 695, 696, 697. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 693-696, 697. Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, 696, 697, 698, 699. Grace Lutheran Church, 699, 700.
St. Mark's English Lutheran Church, 700.
Christ Lutheran Church, 700. St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Mission, 700.
Capital University, 701-704 : Its origin, 701.
Temporary location at Canton, 701. Removal to Columbus, 701.
Original site in that city, 701. Faculty and course of instruction, 701, 702, 703, 704. Town Street location, 703.
Site donated by Doctor Lincoln Goodale, 703. Removal to present site, 703.
Church History ; Methodist, I, 784-829 : Sketch of Rev. J. C. Jackson, 784. Early Methodism in Columbus, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788.
Its origin, 784. First Methodist society, 784, 785.
Its earlier pastors, 787, 788, 789.
Pastors during the thirties and forties, 789, 790, 791, 792, 793. Pastors from 1850 to 1890, 793, 794, 795.
Wesley Chapel, 795-801. Its destruction by fire, 799.
"The new Wesley Chapel, 800. Third Street Church, 801-807. Gift Street Church, 808. Heath Chapel, 808-812.
Neil Chapel, 813, 814. Broad Street Church, 814-817.
King Avenue Church, 817-819. Third Avenue Church, 801, 819-823.
Shoemaker Chapel. 823.
North Columbus Church, 824.
Christie Chapel, 825. Mt. Avenue Church, 826, 827. Donaldson Church, 829.
Church History ; Presbyterian, I, 757-852 : Sketch of Rev. W. E. Moore, 757. Presbyterian pioneers of Central Ohio, 758. Presbyterianism defined, 758, 759. First presbytery in the United States, 759.
. General Synod of 1788, 759,
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Church History-Continued.
Early churches in Ohio, 760. Franklinton Church in 1811, 760.
Arrival of Rev. James Hoge, 760, 761.
First Presbyterian society, 761. Its call to Rev. James Hoge, 762.
First Presbyterian society in Columbus, 762, 763.
Original First Presbyterian Church in Columbus, 764, 765, 766. Trinity in Unity, 766.
Fiftieth anniversary of the First Church, 767.
Rev. James Hoge and the public chari- ties. 768.
Doctor Hoge's retirement, 769.
Second Presbyterian Church. 770-778.
Westminster Church, 778, 779.
Hoge Church, 779, 780.
Fifth Avenue Church, 780, 781.
Welsh Church, 781.
United Presbyterian Church, 781, 782. Broad Street Presbyterian Church, 782. City of Columbus, First Years of; II, 3-14: Transition from the borough, 3.
Its business and professional personnel in 1834, 4, 5.
The capital in 1836, 5.
How it appeared in 1839, 5, 6.
Michigan boundary dispute of 1835-6, 6, 7, 8. New Statehouse act of 1838, 8.
The capital removal episode, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
The William B. Lloyd incident, 9, 10.
Legislative retaliation, 9, 10.
Adoption of the Spalding resolution. 10. The Statehouse act repealed, 11.
Proposals for relocation of the capital invited, 11.
History of the original location reviewed, 11, 12.
Effect of the location on local taxa- tion, 12.
Financial stress as a hindrance to State- house construction, 12.
Licking County's bid for the seat of government, 13.
Committee report thereon, 13. End of the capital removal schemes, 14. City, Evolution of the ; 1, 199:
The Forest Settlement, 201-235.
Original seat of State government, 201, 204.
Statehouse at Chillicothe, 201, 219.
Commission to permanently locate the capital, 201, 235.
Objections to Franklinton, 204. Columbus proprietors' proposals, 204, 205 Original owners of the Columbus plateau, 204.
Act permanently locating the seat of government, 208, 219-234.
City, Evolution of the-Continued.
The capital named Columbus, 208, 234, 235.
Original plat of the city, 202, 203. Survey of the plat, 210, 212.
Partnership of the original proprietors, 210. First sale of the original lots, 212, 213.
Original purchasers, 213, 214.
Site of the new capital described, 212, 213, 272. First dwellings erected, 214.
Early inns, shops and tradingplaces, 214, 215, 216.
Christian Heyl's experiences, 215.
First postoffice, mill and markethouse, 216, 217.
First newspaper, 217.
First physicians and lawyers, 217.
First religious societies and churches, 217, 218.
First birth and first marriage, 218.
First census of the settlement, 219.
Early streets and thoroughfares, 219. Worthington petition, 219, 220, 222, 223.
City Council, see Municipality.
City government, see Municipality.
City Poor Fund, II, 745. Civil War, see l'ar for the Union.
Clarke, Rev. Dennis A .; portrait, II, 640, biography, 827.
Clay, Henry ; I, 263, 268, 272, 322, 323; II, 61, 62, 379.
Climate, I, 685, 695-715 :
Meteorology of Central Ohio, 695, 696, 697, 698, 713, 714, 715.
Earthquakes, 696, 701, 709, 715.
A summerless year, 696. 697.
Notable storms, 696, 697, 706, 707, 709.
Meteoric storm of 1833, 698, 699, 700.
Aurora borealis, 700, 702, 703, 704, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710.
Extreme cold, 697, 698, 701, 703, 704, 705, 708.
Comet of 1843, 702.
Great frost of 1859, 705.
Comet of 1860, 706.
Occultation of Venus, 706.
Comet of 1861, 706.
Lunar rainbow, 707.
Seventeenyear locusts. 708.
Weather observations, 695, 696. 697, 698, 702, 709, 711, 712, 713. 714, 715.
Clayton, John; I, 18.
Clinton, Governor De Witt ; I, 72, 332, 333, 334.
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Coffeehouses and Taverns, I, 281-290 : Early innkeeping, 281.
Pioneer tavern in Columbus, 281.
Russell's Globe Inn, 281, 285. The Columbus Inn, 281, 282.
White Horse Tavern, 282.
Swan Tavern, 282, 283, 284. Red Lion Hotel, 284.
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GENERAL INDEX.
Coffeehouses and Taverns-Continued.
The Ohio Tavern, 284. The Black Bear Inn, 285. The Golden Lamb, 284. The Golden Plough, 284. Gale's Tavern, 285. Union Tavern, 286. Meneely's wagonyard, 285. Culbertson Tavern, 285.
John Young's Eagle Coffeehouse, 285, 286, 287. Tontine Coffeehouse, 287.
Temperance Tavern, 287.
National Hotel, 287, 288. The Neil House, 288.
The American House, 288.
The Buckeye House, 288, 289. United States Hotel, 289. " Old Rosin the Bow," 289, 290. Colden, Cadwallader; I. 80. Commercial Travelers, Order of; II, 772, 773. Congregational Churches. see Church History. Congress lands, I, 616. Conventions, see Political Events.
Cornplanter, the Indian chief; I, 102.
Cornstalk, the Indian chief ; I, 75, 93, 95, 96, 99, 104.
Courts, see Bench and Bar.
Courthouse, see Borough, Bench and Bar, Events, and Municipality.
Countyseat, see Franklinton, Borough, City, Bench and Bar.
Cox, Samuel Sullivan ; portrait, I, 448 ; bi- ography, 893. See also Press.
Crawford, Coionel William ; I, 95, 98, 101, 102. Critchfield, Leander J .; portrait, I, 584; biography, 902.
Croghan, Major George ; I, 18, 84, 86, 91, 92. Cumberland, Fort ; I, 325.
Cutler, Manasseh ; I, 14, 107, 109, 112, 184.
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Darby, the Big; I, 9, 11, 17, 48, 57, 98, 99, 151. Dawes, E. C .; I, 120.
Deaf and Dumb, Institution for the ; II, 599- 610 :
Sketch of Professor Robert Patterson, 599, 600.
Origin of the institution, 601, 602. Memorial of Rev. James Hoge, 602.
Act to establish the institution passed, 603.
The school at Tallmadge, 603. Scope of the Columbus institution, 604. Its first location and opening, 604. Removal to Front Street, 606. Erection of a building provided for, 606. Its cornerstone laid, 606.
Its completion and opening, 606, 607. The institution made free, 607. Its system of instruction, 607, 608.
Deaf and Dumb-Continued. Daily routine, 608.
Superintendents and their services 609, 610.
Beneficent work of the institution, 610. Delaware Indians, I, 40, 70, 73, 74, 79, 84, 92, 99, 101, 102, 114.
Deshler, Mrs. Betsy Green; I, 265-271, 369. Disciples of Christ, II, 710, 711.
Doe Run, I, 274.
Douglas, Frederick, I, 354.
Douglas, Stephen A .; II, 426, 438, 439.
Dunmore's War, I, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99. Dutch Prairie, I, 171.
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Earthquakes, see Climate. Egan, Patrick A. ; portrait, I, 736 ; biography, 909.
Electric light ; see Street Lightiny.
Ellinipsico, the Indian chief ; 1, 95, 99.
Emminger, Allen F. ; portrait, II, 760; bi- ography, 840.
Eries, the; I, 6, 7, 69, 79.
Esquimaux, the ; I, 63. Ettwein, Rev. John ; I, 92.
Evans, Maurice; portrait, II, 570; biog- raphy, 825.
Events Current in the Fo ties and Fifties, II, 55-71 :
Prosperity and growth of the city, 55-60. Its increase in population, 55, 56.
New additions laid out, 56.
Town Street in 1852. 56, 57.
Rich Street in 1852, 57, 58.
Improvements during the fifties, 58, 59,60. Cuban independence meeting, 60.
Thomas Francis Meagher meeting, 60, 61.
Henry Clay obsequies, 61, 62.
Know Nothing riots of 1855, 62-65. First attack on the Turnverein, 62.
The Männerchor threatened, 63.
Riot of July 4, 1855, 63, 64.
Henry Foster killed, 65. Arrest of the Turners, 65. Their trial and discharge, 65, 71.
The Kane obsequies, 65, 66, 67.
Breslin-Gibson treasury defalcation,67-70.
Indignation meeting in Columbus, 68.
Particulars of the embezzlement, 68, 69. Treasurer Gibson's resignation, 69. His indictment and trial, 69, 70.
Events Current since 1865; II, 221-232 :
City improvements during the Civil War, 221, 222.
Death of Governor Brough, 221.
Visitors entertained by the Municipality, 222. North End Markethouse, 222. City Hall built, 222. New bridges thrown, 222, 223. " Old landmarks" removed, 221, 223
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Events Current since 1865-Continued. Reception of Ex-President Grant, 223,224, 225, 226, 227, 228 New Courthouse erected, 228, 229, 230, 231. Schiller monument, 231, 232. The city's growth in population, 232.
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Feebleminded, Institution for the; II,617-620: Suggested hy Doctor William M. A w1.617. Recommended by Governor Medill, 617, 619, 620.
Senator Townshend's resolution and committee, 617.
First opening of the institution, 618.
Its original location, 618.
Purchase of present site and erection of buildings thereon, 618.
Central building destroyed by fire, 618. Its reconstruction, 618.
The institution's plans of instruction, 619. Its chief present need, 619.
Felber, Jacob; portrait, II, 344; biography, 836. Female Benevolent Society, II, 731-737.
Fieser, Frederick ; portrait, I, 432; biogra- phy, 893.
Financial disturbances, I, 262, 268, 269. See also Banks and Banking and Business.
Finley, Rev. J. B .; 1, 76.
Finney kidnapping case ; see Bench and Bar.
Floods ; see Scioto River and Climate.
Fire Protection, II, 544-555 :
The borough fire companies and appara- tus, 541, 545.
Fire service bounties, 545, 560.
Fire ordinance of 1835, 546.
Earlier organizations of firemen, 546.
Hand fireengines, 547, 548, 549, 550, 55I. The Franklin Engine Company, 547, 548. Contemporary firemen's organizations, 548, 549.
Dispute between the fire companies and the council, 549.
The companies disband, 549.
First steam fireengine in Columbus, 549, 550.
Dissensions in the Fire Department, 549, 550.
First Silsby steamer, 551. Office of chief engineer created, 551.
Firealarm signals, 544, 549, 552.
Important fires, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554. Reliance on the Holly forcepumps, 553. Return to the steamers, 555.
Contention over the firechieftainship,554. Fort Ancient, I, 29. Fort Hill, I, 28.
Franklin County, 111, 135, 137, 152, 153, 162, 163, 174-183, 279. Franklin County Civil List, I, 174-183.
Franklin County Agriculturail Society, see Industrial Events.
Franklinton, settlement and town of; I, 135- 173:
Lucas Sullivant's surveying party, 135. Sullivant's history, 135.
His assignment as surveyor, 135.
His surveys on Deer Creek, 136.
Indians attack and disperse his party, 136, 137.
His subsequent explorations in Franklin County territory, 137.
Adventure with a panther, 137.
A camp cook's expedient, 137.
An unbidden bedfellow, 137.
Adventure on the Whetstone, 137, 138.
How Boke's ('reek was named, 138.
Snakeden at. Marble Cliff. 138, 139.
Sullivant's land acquisitions, 139.
Franklinton settlement founded, 139.
Its pioneer inhabitants, 139, 140. Original plat of Franklinton, 140. John Brickell's career, 140.
His captivity with the Indians, 141-145.
Adventures of Jeremiah Armstrong, 145- 149.
First store in Franklinton, 149.
Primitive mealmaking, 149.
First Franklinton ferry, 150.
Lucas Sullivant's permanent settlement, 150
Lyne Starling's arrival, 150.
Other arrivals of pioneer settlers, 150, 151. Franklin County set off and organized, 152. Its seat of government located at Frank- linton, 152, 153.
Its first courts, 153, 162.
First county jail, 157, 163.
Personal mention of Franklinton pio- neers, 158, 159, 160.
Major Nathan Goodale's captivity and fate, 160, 16I.
History of Franklin Township, 162, 163. Anecdote of Lyne Starling, 163.
Pioneer life in Central Ohio, 164.
Hardships of early settlers, 164.
Pioneer housekeeping, 166.
Greiner's Song of the Pioneers, 168, 169. Gallagher's poetry of pioneer life, 169, 170. Indian trade at Franklinton, 170.
Adventure with a bear, 171.
A pioneer courtship, 171, 172.
First religious society in Franklinton, 172, 173.
Lyne Starling's land purchases on the Columbus plateau, 173.
His Mississippi trading ventures, 173 Freeman, George D .; portrait, Il, 192; biogra phy, 812.
Friends, church of the ; II, 711.
Frisbie, Charles H .; portrait, I, 368 ; biogra- phy, 885. Fuel gas, II, 559, 560.
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GENERAL INDEX.
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Gahanna, I, 56, 151. Gallagher, William D .; I, 8, 169, 449, 488. Galloway, Samuel ; portrait. 1, 32; biography, 856.
Game of the Central Ohio woods, particularly around Columbus, 291-300 :
Wyandot and Mohawk hunters in the Scioto Valley, 291.
Game known to the early settlers, 29, 292. Buffaloes and elks, 11, 292.
Panthers and wildcats, 11, 292, 293.
Bears, wolves and wild deer, 10, 11, 293, 294
Squirrels and their migrations, 12, 18, 295, 296.
Grand squirrel hunt, 295, 296.
Quails and wild ducks and geese, 14, 296. Martins, 296, 297. Wild pigeons, 12, 13, 14, 297, 298. Buzzards and eagles, 15, 16.
Song birds, 16. Serpents, 299, 300. Fish, 298, 299.
Garrison fugitive slave case, see Bench and Bar.
Gas, see Street Lighting.
Geological Survey, 1, 13, 28, 29, 39, 41, 42, 300.
Geology and Geography, I, 663-694 : The Ohio geological scale, 664. Geological situation of Columbus, 665. Helderburg limestone, 665. Its divisions, 665. Its utility, 665, 666, Its history, 666, 667. Its fossils, 667, 668, 669, 670. Ohio black shale, 671. Its fossils, 671, 672, 673. Its concretions, 673, 674.
Its petroleum and gas springs, 675, 676. Its waterbearing qualities, 676. Soils derived from it, 676. Its geological history, 676. Surface deposits : Drift beds, 678. Boulder clay, 678. Sand and gravel, 678.
Alluvial and glacial action, 679, 680, 681. Explanations of the drift, 681, 682, 683. Geographical situation of Columbus, 683. Its topography, 683, 684, 685. Climate, 685.
Temperature, 686. Rainfall, 686 Sanitary conditions, 686. Sewerage, 684, 687, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694. Water supply, 687, 688, 689, 690. Analysis of water, 690. German immigrants, see Borough.
Girtys, the; I, 102, 103, 104, 141. 55*
Gist, Christopher ; I. 18, 73, 75, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86.
(ilacial period and boundary, I, 19, 20, 21. Gnadenhütten, I, 20, 92, 100, 101, 102.
Goldschmidt, Rev. John C .; portrait, II, 656, biography, 829.
Goodale, Major Nathan ; J, 160, 161, 192, 217. Goodale store in Franklinton, I, 165.
Graham, A.A .; I, 195, 235.
Grand Army of the Republic, see Military and National Encampment.
Grant, General U. S .; reception of; II, 223- 228.
Granville, I, 13. Graveyard in Franklinton, I, 163. Graveyard, Old North ; 1, 210.
Gray, D. S. ; portrait. II, 240; biography, 814.
Greene, Milbury M .; portrait, I, 240; biog- raphy, 870.
Grenadier Squaw, 1, 75.
Greenville, Treaty of ; I, 116, 170. Griffon, voyage of the ; 1, 81, 82. Groveport, I, 60.
Grubs, William H .; portrait, II, 784 ; biog- raphy, 838. Griin, Dietrich; portrait, II, 288; biography, 816.
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Hamlin, Keziah; I. 218. Harris, Thaddeus Mason ; I, 7, 15, 17.
Harrison, Richard A .; portrait, I, 600; biog- raphy, 903.
Harrison, W. H .; 1, 2, 17, 40, 51, 70, 72, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 236-250. Harrison Elm, treaty at the; I, 244, 245, 250.
Hebrew Tabernacle, II, 714, 715.
Heckewelder, John ; I, 41, 76, 92. 99, 114. 115. Heddäus, Rev. Christian ; portrait, II, 704; biography, 830.
Hendrickson, O. P .; portrait, II, 592 ; biog- raphy, 826.
Hennepin, Louis ; I. 4, 81.
Hildreth, Abel ; portrait, I, 376 ; biography, 885.
Hillery, Luther ; portrait, I, 816 ; biography, 872.
Himman, Edward L .; portrait, I, 256 ; biog- raphy, 872.
Home for the Aged, II, 743. Horticultural Society, see Industrial. Hoster, Louis; portrait, 1, 752 ; biography, 915. Hubbard, William B .; portrait, I, 416 ; biogra- phy, 890.
Hughes, John R .; portrait, I, 264; biography, 873.
Humane Society, 11, 744, 745. Hutchins, Thomas; 1, 107, 108.
866
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Hygiene, I, 716-729:
Bilious disorders in the frontier settle- ments, 716, 717, 718. Milk sickness, 716, 717.
Jewett & Smith's dam as a cause of sick- ness at Columbus, 717, 718.
Chills and fever. 718.
Cholera, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727.
Foulness of streets and alleys, 719, 721, 722, 725, 726.
Epizootic, 726, 727.
Diphtheria, 726.
Smallpox, 727. Yellow fever, 728.
Scarlet fever, 728.
Pinkeye, 728.
Trichina spiralis, 728.
State Sanitary Association, 728. State Board of Health, 728.
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Idiot Asylum, see Feebleminded. Independent Protestant German Church, II, 709, 710. Indians, the ; see Iroquois. Industrial Events, II, 341-365.
Mechanics' Beneficial Society, 341-342.
Russell's Planetarium, 341.
Columbus Typographical Society, 342.
Absconding apprentices, 342.
Convict labor competition, 342, 343, 348, 351.
Ohio State Agricultural Society, 343, 334, 345, 346, 350, 351.
First Ohio agricultural paper, 344.
First State Fair, 346.
Columbus Horticultural Society, 346, 347. Labor strikes, 348, 350, 353, 354, 355, 357, 358, 359.
First State Fair at Columbus, 348,
Franklin County Agricultural Society, 328, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 356, 357.
Miscellaneous industrial societies, 351- 359.
Agricultural schools proposed, 344, 345, 350.
Ohio Centennial Exposition, 359-365. Inns, see Coffeehouses.
Insane, Central Asylum for the; II, 591-598: Disposal of the insane prior to the asy- lums, 591.
Their condition in jails and poorhouses, 591.
Doctor Awl's sympathies for them awak- ened, 591.
Origin of the Central Asylum, 592.
Its original site and plan of construction, 592, 593.
Its completion and first occupation, 593. Its management under Doctor Aw1, 594. Its destruction by fire, 594, 595, 596.
Insane, Central Asylum for-Continuod. Reconstruction on the old site begun, 596. Removal to a new site urged and accom- plished, 596 597.
Sale of the old site, 596. Cornerstone of the new building laid, 597. The chronic insane provided for, 597.
Partisanship in the care of the insane, 597, 598. Iroquois and Algonquins, I, 62-80: Aboriginal Americans, 62, 63. Their languages, 62.
The Indian races :
1. Algonquins, 63. 2. Iroquois, 63.
3. Florida Indians, 63. Physical characteristics, 63. Tribal government, 64, 65, 66. Ohio Indians, 66. The Iroquois League, 67.
The Andastes, 68.
The Wendats, 68.
The Huron confederation, 68.
Huron cosmogony, 68.
The Ottawas, 69, 74.
Neutral Nation, 69.
The Eries, 69.
The Miamis, 69, 70, 73.
The Delawares, 70, 73.
The Shawnees, 70, 74.
The Iroquois conquest, 71, 72.
Iroquois cosmogony, 72.
Mengwe and Mingoes, 73.
Indian migrations, 73.
The Wyandots, 75, 78. Execution of Leatherlips, 76, 77, 78. Israel, Congregation of B'nai ; II, 714, 715.
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Jaeger, Christian ; portrait, I, 224; biogra- phy, 869.
Jaeger, Frederick ; portrait, II, 496 ; biogra- phy, 821. Jails, see Franklinton, Bench and Bar, and Municipality.
Janney, John J .; biography of, I, 396 ; por- trait, II, 256.
Jessing, Rev. Joseph ; portrait, II, 648 ; biog- raphy, 828.
Jesuits, the ; I, 3-72.
Johnson, Orange ; portrait, I, 312; biography, 912.
Joliet, Louis ; I, 4.
Jones, J. K .; portrait, II, 80; biography, 807. Jones, Richard ; portrait, I, 304; biography, 876. Jonesburg, I, 278.
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Kane obsequies, II, 65, 66, 67. Kenton, Simon ; I, 96, 97, 104.
867
GENERAL INDEX.
Kilbourn, James, Senior; portrait, 1, 184; biography, 866.
Kilbourn, James, Junior; portrait, II, 128; biography, 810.
Kilbourn, Lincoln ; portrait, I, 336; biogra- phy, 878.
Knight, H. W .; portrait, II,528; biography,824. Know Nothing movement, II, 420, 430-434. Know Nothing riots, II, 62-65.
Kossuth's Reception and Visit, II, 38-48 : The Hungarian revolution, 38.
Kossuth's arrival in the United States, 38.
His reception and speeches, 38, 39.
His personal appearance, 39.
His westward journey, 39.
His reception in Columbus, 39, 49.
Welcoming mass meeting on High Street, 41, 42, 43.
His reception by the General Assembly, 43, 44.
Franklin County Hungarian Association, 43. Ohio Association of Friends of Hungary, 45, 46.
Kossuth's concluding addresses in Col- umbus, 45, 46.
A juvenile tribute, 47.
The City Council denounced, 47.
Kossuth's departure, 47, 48.
Columbus contributions to the Hunga- rian fund, 48.
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Labor, see Industrial. Lands and Land Titles, I, 616-662 : Classification of Columbus lands, 616. The Indian and French titles, 617, 618, 620. The English title, 619, 621. 622, 623.
Claims of the colonies, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628. Indian titles extinguished, 629, 630. Greenville treaty, 630, 631.
Virginia Military lands, 616, 628, 632, 637, 638. Refugee lands, 616, 632, 634. 635, 638. United States Military lands, 616, 632,633, 634, 635.
Congress lands, 616, 632, 638, 639, 640.
Disputed titles, 608, 609, 640, 641-647. Conveyances by will, 647. Rates of taxation, 647, 648, 661. Records of land titles, 648, 649, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656.
Burning of the Franklin County records, 649-652.
Prices and growth in value of Columbus real estate, 656, 657, 658 659. Deeds and mortgages. 661. Cost of street improvements, 662. La Salle, Cavelier de la ; I, 3, 72, 81, 82. Leatherlips, see Iroquois and Algonquins.
Lee, Alfred E .; portrait, I, 504; biography, 480, 481, 900.
Le Moine, Simon ; I, 71.
Lenni Lenape, I, 40, 41, 67, 70.
Leonard, Theodore: portrait, I, 296; biog- raphy, 876.
Licking Summit, I, 18.
Liederkranz, The; II. 769, 770, 771.
Light, see Street Lighting.
Lilley, M. C .; portrait, II, 16; biography, 803. Lindeman, Louis ; portrait, I, 384; biogra- phy, 887.
Little Turtle, I, 115, 116.
Lincoln, Abraham; 1, 97; II, 148-155, 426, 442, 436, 437, 438.
Lizard Creek, I, 274.
Löwer, Valentine; portrait, II, 272; biogra- phy, 816.
Logan, the Indian chief ; I, 75, 93, 94, 96, 97, 99. Logstown, I, 84, 85, 86, 91. Lutheran churches, see Church History.
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Männerchor, The ; II, 768, 769.
Masonic Bodies, II, 747-764, 775, 776.
Mätzel, George H .; portrait, II, 224; biog- raphy. 814.
Mail and Stagecoach, I, 341-356 : Colonial mail service, 341.
Early postal service in Franklin County, 341, 342.
Franklinton postoffice, 341, 342.
First Columbus postoffice, 342, 343.
Early mail routes in Ohio, 343, 344, 345.
Express post, 344.
Philip Zinn's mail service, 344, 345.
Columbus and Sandusky route, 345.
William Neil's mail and stagecoach en- terprises, 345, 346, 347. .
Extension of mail routes, 346, 347.
Improvements in speed, 347. Stagedriving and drivers, 348.
Stage adventure, 348, 349.
Neil Moore & Company's lines, 350, 353. Express mail, 350. Columbus and Cleveland line, 351.
" Unparalleled speed," 351.
Credits for postage, 352.
Coin payment required, 352.
National Road Stage Company, 352.
People's Line, 353.
Stage accidents, 353, 354.
Frederick Douglas incident, 354. Hinton mail robberies, 354, 355. Hinton's trial, 356.
End of the old stage service, 356.
Mail and telegraph, I. 357-367 : Imperfections of the stage mail service, 357. Reduction of postage rates, 357, 358. Railway postoffices, 358.
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HISTORY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
Mail and Telegraph-Continued. Beginning of free delivery, 358. Free delivery in Columbus, 358, 359. First letter carriers, 358. Postoffice locations, 359. Present postoffice building, 359, 360. Criminal delinquencies in local mail ser- vice, 360, 361, 362. For telegraph and telephone service, see Telegraph. Manufactures, II, 315-340 :
Mills of the early settlers, 315, 316, 337. The Worthington Manufacturing Com- pany, 316.
Jewett & Hines's spinning mill, 316, 317.
Ransburg's fulling mill, 318.
The Ridgway foundry, 318, 319.
White's coach factory, 319.
Tanneries, 316, 319, 324, 331.
Breweries, 316, 319, 320, 321.
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