Antique Maps and Prints of Historic Ohio.
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REFERENCE PAGE is designed to provide no more than a 'glimpse' of
the history of the State,
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STATE OF OHIO
The article below was written in 1885 and makes interesting reading.
Topography: The greatest length of Ohio east and west is 225 miles; greatest breadth, 200 miles; area, 41,060 square miles, or 26,278,400 acres. Kelley's Island and the Bass islands in Lake Erie, north of Sandusky, belong to Ohio.
The great divide which forms the water-shed passes diagonally across the State from Trumbull county in the northeast to Mercer and Darke counties in the west, and has a general elevation of about 1,200 feet above the sea level, rising to 1,500 feet in Logan county.
The surface slopes gradually from the divide north and west to Lake Erie, which is 565 feet above the sea, and southwest to the Ohio river, which at Cincinnati is about 430 feet above sea level.
The Ohio is the principal river, and has a course of 430 miles on the southern and eastern border. It flows through a lovely valley, with wooded hills rising from it to a height of 500 to 600 feet, and is one of the most beautiful of American streams.
The Muskingum, Scioto, Hockhocking, Mahoning, and Great and Little Miami are the next in importance, and all flow south into the Ohio. There are no especially striking natural features in the State, but the river valleys present some beautiful scenery.
On the north there are smaller streams, such as the Cuyahoga, Vermillion, Huron, Chagrin, Rocky, Black, Portage, Sandusky and Maumee, which drain into Lake Erie.
Climate: The mean annual temperature is from 50º to 54º Fahrenheit, the warmest section being the southwest along the Ohio river.
The climate is, as a rule, mild, but the changes of temperature are often sudden. Considerable snow sometimes falls in the north, but not in quantities to interfere with communication, or to do any damage to the crops.
The mean annual precipitation of rain and melted snow varies from thirty-six inches on the Lake Erie shore to forty-seven inches in the extreme south.
History: The territory now included in the State of Ohio was first explored by La Salle in 1679. The French claimed the country, and repelled by force of arms the counter-claim of the English-speaking settlers, who held under grants from King George.
It was not until 1763 that the dispute was settled, when by the provisions of the treaty of Paris the title vested in Great Britain, which retained at least a nominal possession until 1784, when it passed to the United States.
Prior to this time the State of Virginia had claimed title, not only to Ohio but to the entire northwest, while New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts demanded a share, claiming possession under old charters granted by the British crown. The difficulties were adjusted in 1784-86.
A few settlements were made on the Muskingum by Moravian missionaries between 1762 and 1780, and in 1760-61 Major Rogers crossed overland from Sandusky to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh), with about 200 troops.
In 1781 the Moravians were forcibly removed to Sandusky by the British. The expedition of Colonel Bouquet in 1764 was the most important military movement made on Ohio soil prior to the Revolution. In 1774 occurred the "Dunmore war," and the battle on the Scioto between Gen. Lewis and "Cornstalk's" warriors, in which the latter were defeated with great loss.
The successful expedition of Col. George Rogers Clarke, of Kentucky, against the Indians along the Miami river took place in 1782. Marietta was founded in 1788. In 1794 occurred Gen. Wayne's great victory over the Miamis. Ohio was included in the "Northwest Territory" until May 7, 1800, when it was erected into a separate Territory, and April 30, 1802, it became a State.
The seat of government was at Chillicothe from 1800 to 1810, then for two years at Zanesville, and again from 1812 to 1816 at Chillicothe; Columbus becoming the capital in 1816.
The original State constitution was revised in 1851. Cincinnati was founded in 1789, and soon became an important shipping point. By the year 1820 Ohio had reached the fifth place in the sisterhood of States, and at the census of 1880 was found to rank third in population.
In the Civil war the State enthusiastically supported the government, and contributed in all 313,180 troops to the Federal armies.
Population: Census of 1880: Males, 1,613,936; Females, 1,584,126; Native, 2,803,119; Foreign, 394,943; White, 3,117,920; Colored, 80,142, including 109 Chinese, 3 Japanese, and 130 Indians.
VIEW OF CINCINNATI
Published in the Illustrated London News in 1855.
ANTIQUARIAN MAP OF OHIO
Published by Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1880
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