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by Randy McNutt


  Fort Defiance, 114

  Fort Meigs, 113–14

  Fort Rowdy (Miami County), 187

  Fort Sandusky, 21

  Fox sisters, 82

  Franklin County, 187–88

  Franklinton (Franklin County), 187–88

  Friendly Neighbor Home Demonstration Club, 127

  Funk Bottoms, 188

  Funston, John, 195

  Galatea (Wood County), 124

  Gallatin (Allen County), 190

  ghosts, 80, 181, 197; in Great Black Swamp, 124–25; at Ohio State Reformatory, 91–92, 95, 99–101; in Waynesville, 104–5, 108–10; in Zoar, 76–78

  Girty, Simon, 113

  Glattke, Arthur and Helen, 95

  Gloyd, Michael R., 138

  Grant, Ulysses S., 200

  Great Black Swamp, 111–27; disappearance of, 120–21, 126–27; diseases from, 114–17; ghost towns in, 123–25; roads in, 117–18, 120, 124

  Great Miami River, 28–29; towns on, 191–92, 196–97

  Greene County, 179–80

  Grenadier Squaw Town (Pickaway County), 188–89

  Grierson, Walter D., 4

  Haldeman, Cyrus Benton “Ditty,” 32

  Hall, William D., 86–87

  Halley, Edmund, 57

  Hamilton County: horse stealing in, 161–62; towns of, 184, 191–92, 194–95, 197–98

  Hamilton (Hamilton County): Rossville and, 196–97; Symmes family and, 53–59, 61–62, 64

  Hanson, Melanie, 31

  Hardyman, John, 5–6

  Harmon, R. L., 187

  Harper, R. Kevin, 105

  Harris, Bill, 188

  Harrison, William Henry, 114, 190

  Harrison Tunnel, 189–90

  Harsha, Paul, 42

  Harshaville (Adams County), 42

  Hartford (Allen County), 190

  Helton, Dorothy, 132

  Hemlock (Perry County), 190

  Henry County, 123, 199

  Henson, Josiah, 23–24

  Heywood, Russell H., 26

  Hiett (Fizzleville), Ohio, 3–9

  Highland County, 10, 186–87

  Hill, James B., 120–21

  Hill, N. N., 199–200

  Hillsboro (Highland County), 17

  Hines, Bob, 138–40, 142

  Hobson’s Choice, 191

  Hocking Hills, Robbers’ Roost in, 163

  Hollow Earth Convention, 55

  Hollow Earth Society, 60

  Holmes County, 148

  Houdini, Harry, 85

  Howe, Henry, 58, 112, 189

  Huebner, Paul, 123

  Huffman, John, 188

  Humrickhouse, T. S., 201

  Hutt, Fred, 162

  Hyob, Lawrence, 30

  Indiana, canal from Cincinnati to, 189–90

  Indian Hill (Hamilton County), 161

  Indians, 21; Mount Nebo and, 79, 82; relations with pioneers, 43, 181–82, 194; Richardville Reservation of, 196; towns of, 181, 188–89, 199–201

  Jackson, Andrew, 191

  Jacksonville (Adams County), 191

  Jamison, Rose, 138

  Jefferson (Ashtabula County), 33–34

  Jennings, John and James, 184–85

  Johnson, William K., 201

  Jones, Theo, 5

  justices of the peace, 131

  Kelley, Stephen, 40–50, 191

  Kendall, Molly, 132, 135

  Kepler, Johannes, 57

  Kirtland, Turhand, 35

  Klippart, John H., 120

  Koons, Jonathon, 82–86

  Kuhn, Marvin, 162

  Lake Erie, 24, 33; and Great Black Swamp, 111–12, 114; ports on, 22–23, 25

  Larrick, Louisa Stetson, 102–4, 105–10

  Larsen, John, 197–98

  Lauber, Christian, 113

  Lemmon, Jack, 138–39, 141–44

  Licking County, 180, 185, 199–200

  Little Miami River, 184

  Lorenz, Alma and John, 4, 6

  Losantiville (Hamilton County), 184

  Loveland, James (Hamilton County), 194–95

  Lucas, Robert, 114

  Lucas County, 126, 195–96

  Lynch, Ed and Joe, 185

  Macmillan, Bruce, 45

  Mahoning Valley, 34

  Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, 91–93, 100–101

  Mansfield (Richland County), 90–101

  Marble Furnace (Adams County), 42–43

  Marietta (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad, 195

  Marion County, 162–63

  Marirovits, Susan, 34

  marriage, in Aberdeen, 128–36

  Mason, William P., 23

  Massie, Nathaniel, 43

  Mast, David, 148

  Matthews, Thomas, 57

  Maumee River, 195; Great Black Swamp and, 111, 113, 115

  Maysville, Kentucky, 128–29, 133, 155

  McBride, James, 56, 58

  McDaniel, Joel, 137

  McIlvaine, Right Reverend Bishop, 25–26

  McKimie, Robert “Little Reddy,” 18–19

  McMahan, John, 39

  Mercer County, 162, 183, 186

  Miami and Erie Canal, 190, 195

  Miami campaign, against Indians, 182

  Miami County, 187

  Miami (Hamilton County), 192

  Middlebury (Van Wert County), 192

  Miller, John C., 151–52

  Mineral Springs (Adams County), 43–50

  monsters, 185

  Moore, Isaac, 184

  Morgan, John Hunt, 162

  Morning Star Community, 86–88

  Morrison, Charlie, 139–40, 144

  Mount Nebo (Athens County), 79–89

  Mueller, Bob, 189

  Mueller, Jamie, 193–94

  Murphysboro, 186

  Naturalist’s Guide to the Americas (Braun), 47

  Naylor, Harriet, 158–59

  Naylor, Jim, 157, 159

  Naylor, Linda Sue, 159–60

  Naylor, Verna and Harry, 157–59

  Newark (Licking County), 185

  Newport (Adams County), 192

  New Rome, 192–94

  Niebel, John W., 98

  Nofziger, Jacob, 113

  Nonhelema, 188

  Nordhoff, Charles, 71–72

  North Bend (Hamilton County), 191–92

  O’Banionville (Hamilton County), 194–95

  Ohio and Erie Canal, 66, 69, 71–72

  Ohio Historical Society, Zoar maintained by, 67, 74

  Ohio River, 128

  Ohio Small Town Museum, 137–44

  Ohio State Reformatory, 90–101, 97

  Ohio University, at Athens, 79–80

  oil industry, 124, 183, 195

  Owensville (Clermont County), 167–71

  Parker, Grafton, 156

  Patterson, Robert, 184

  Paulding County, 113, 121–22, 125

  Pauli, H. C., 21

  Payne (Paulding County), 125

  Peach Grove (Hamilton County), 194

  Peach Ridge (Athens County), 87–88

  Peary, Robert E., 63

  Pence, Nathaniel, 159, 164–66

  Perky, George W., 114

  Perry County, 190

  Perrysburg (Lucas County), 116

  Petro, Jim, 193

  Peyton, John, 118

  Pickaway County, 137, 188–89

  Pickleheimer, A. C., 195

  Pifer, Mrs. Roy, 183

  Pine Hill (Wayne County), 194

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 63

  Pontiac (Ottawa chief), 21

  Post Boy, 195

  Prisley, Joanne, 81

  Prohibition, Cincinnati breweries in, 49–50

  Providence (Lucas County), 195–96

  Pruiss, Jeanette Macmillan, 45

  Quakers, 17, 68, 104

  Raab (Paulding County), 126

  railroads, 117, 163; towns’ growth or decline and, 34, 37, 191–92, 195

  Rains, George, 17

  Rainsboro (Highland County), 10–
14, 17–19

  Ramsey, William, 195

  Rathbun, Keith, 148

  Reed, Monica, 95

  Rees, Hillis, 44

  Reiner, Martha S., 31–32

  Renollet (Paulding County), 125–26

  Reynolds, Jeremiah N., 61–63

  Rhonemus, Al and Patty, 6–7, 9

  Richards, Giles and George, 29–30

  Richardson, Dorothy, 133–36

  Richardville Indian Reservation, 196

  Richland County, 90–101

  Riley, James, Sr., 117

  roads, 155, 195; in Great Black Swamp, 117–18, 120, 124

  Robbers’ Roost (Hocking Hills), 163

  Rock Creek (Ashtabula County), 34

  Rogers, George, 82

  Ross/Venice (Butler County), 27–32

  Rossville (Butler County), 196–97

  Ruffin, William, 196

  Ruggles, Graham, 130–31

  Ruritan Club, in Footville, 38

  Ryan, Eugene, 41

  Salem Heights (Hamilton County), 197–98

  Saltair (Clermont County), 198

  Sandusky (Erie County), 22–24

  Sauder, Daniel, 118

  Schlabach, Dale, 147, 153–54

  Schonhart, Harold, 22–23, 25–26

  Schradin family, 30–31

  Scioto Valley Railroad, 140

  Scofield, Levi T., 90

  Scott, J. W., 118

  Scott, John Reber, 138

  Searight, William, 194

  Sefton, George, 30

  Separatists, Zoar commune of, 66–72

  Shackleton, Ernest, 63

  Shasta (Van Wert County), 199

  Shelton, Gerlinde (George), 4–6, 8

  Shelton, Thomas, 130–33, 136

  Sherman, William T., 200

  Shockey, Walter, 123

  Shonk, Steve, 72–74

  Shunk (Defiance County), 124–25

  Simon Kenton Bridge, across Ohio River, 128

  Smith, George R., 149–50

  Smith, James, 196

  Smith, John A., 199

  Smith, Samuel A., 151

  Snaketown (Henry County), 199

  Sodaville (Adams County), 41, 44–45

  Spafford, Hiram, 39

  spiritualism, and Mount Nebo, 79, 81–89

  Sprankle, Don, 148, 152

  Squawtown (Licking County), 199–200

  St. Clair, Arthur, 53

  Steam Furnace (Adams County), 42–43

  Stetson, John Batterson, 102–4, 107–9

  Steuk’s Winery, 26

  Stillwater River, 187

  Stites, Benjamin, 184

  Sugarcreek, 147, 149–54

  Sullivan, G. W., 201

  Sullivant, Lucas, 187

  Sutherland, John, 196

  Symmes, Americus Vespucius, 59, 62, 64–65

  Symmes, Captain John Cleves, 53–64

  Symmes, John Cleves, 53–58, 54, 191–92

  Symmes, John Cleves, Jr., 59, 64

  Symmes, Judge John Cleves, 58–59

  Symmes, William Henry Harrison, 59, 64

  Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery (Symmes), 57–58

  210 Row (Athens County), 200–201

  Tafur, Edgar, 54–55

  telegraph, 163

  Tobasco (Clermont County), 200

  Toney, John, 101

  tornados, 125–26

  Tumbleson, Leo, 156, 164–66

  Tuscarawas County, 148, 201

  Tuscarawas River Valley, 68, 70

  Tykodi, Martha, 180

  Underground Railroad, 23, 33

  Van Wert County, 182, 196; towns of, 192, 199

  The Vegetation of the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County (Braun), 47

  Venice: in Butler County, 27–29; in Erie County, 20–26, 29–30; Underground Railroad in, 23–24

  Virginia, 35

  Von X, Ritter, 55

  vultures, 42

  Walhonding (Coshocton County), 201

  Walker, Erastus, 186

  Walton, Wilson, 5, 7–8

  Ward-Hines, Annabelle, 139

  War of 1812, 114

  Warren County: horse stealing in, 160–61; towns of, 70, 101–2, 184–85

  Wayne, Anthony, 113–14, 187, 191; at Battle of Fallen Timbers, 182, 199

  Wayne County, 194

  Waynesville (Warren County), 101–2, 104–5

  Webb, Ike, 99–100

  West, John C., 97–99

  Western Reserve land, 35

  Western Reserve Road, 117

  West Millgrove (Wood County), 123

  West Union (Adams County), 155

  Wheeler, Henry, 122–23

  Wherley, Winona, 195

  White Eyes Town (Tuscarawas County), 201

  Wilson, John T., 192

  Wise, Chuck, 138

  Wogner, Clarence, 14–16

  Wolcutt, George, 82

  Woodbridge, William, 113–14

  Wood County, 121, 123; Great Black Swamp in, 126–27; towns of, 124, 126

  Woodruff, Charles and Ruth, 167–71

  Woodruff, Roy, 169–70

  Woodruff’s Pharmacy (Owensville), 167–71

  Woodville (LeSeuer), 124

  Workman, Orin Bernard, 126

  Worley, Sandy, 73

  Worstville (Paulding County), 122–23

  Zane, Ebenezer, 155

  Zane’s Trace, 155

  Zimmerman, Claude, 150

  Zoar (Warren County), 66–78, 70; Number One House in, 68

 

 

 


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