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Apr 6, 2017 · The University opened in 1808, with one building, three students, and one professor, but it grew into what is now Ohio University in Athens, Ohio's oldest educational institution. Rufus Putnam, who led the first 48 to Ohio, was an early trustee of the university. In 1926, Ohio University's Putnam Hall was named in honor of this early Ohio pioneer.
Early Pierce Township. Clermont was established as the eighth county in the Northwest Territory on December 9, 1800, three years before Ohio became a state in 1803. Pierce Township was formed from Ohio Township in 1852 and named for President Elect Franklin Pierce. Amelia is the only incorporated village in Pierce Township.
Some Early Ohio Settlements. Before Ohio became the 17th State, it had a fairly complicated history. You have the better part of two centuries where countries like the British Empire, France, and Spain tried to claim ownership, even though the native population had clearly been here long before them. You also had a number of settlers from other ...
The Story of Early Ohio: Indians, Frontiersmen, Pioneers, Statesmen and War by William Dean Howells and C. Stephen Badgley; ISBN – 0615988180. History of Ohio: A Captivating Guide to the People and Events That Shaped the History of the Buckeye State by Captivating History; ISBN – 1637167350. Joe Giesting.
The village was the most populous in state history to be dissolved (2010 census was 4,801), and the first to ever be divided between two townships, Batavia and Pierce. In 1831, the Ohio Turnpike Company was incorporated to build a toll road from Cincinnati to Portsmouth, but only 21 ½ miles were ever built, beginning at the Little Miami River in Hamilton County and ending at Bethel.
Jul 13, 2023 · Professors in OHIO’s College of Arts and Sciences, Timothy G. Anderson and Brian Schoen, have worked to present the rich early history of Ohio through a newly edited book titled, “Settling Ohio: First Peoples and Beyond,” published by the Ohio University Press. The book is a collection of essays with a foreword by President Emeritus and ...
Apr 27, 2023 · Cincinnati and the counties surrounding Hamilton County became gathering points as new lands opened up in Indiana. Early settlers stayed close to the Ohio River, but after 1800 they began to fill the area of the Greenville cessions. In 1803, with more than the required sixty thousand population, Ohio became a state.
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