CHAPTER I -
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Recent Archaeological Discoveries
Relating to the Antiquity of Human Life in this Region --- 7 |
CHAPTER II -
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New Discoveries Touching the
Mound builders, the Vanished Race View, the Indian Theory,
the Inca, Toltec, Asiatic, Egyptian, Irish, Welsh and "Lost
Tribe" Speculations --- 13 |
CHAPTER III -
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The Indian Live and Character:
Scenes Illustrating Tribal Society, Customs, Amusements,
Industries, Linguistics, Warfare, and Something of Savage
Romance within our Borders --- 29 |
CHAPTER IV -
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Unimportant Incidents in
Coshocton Indian Life Which Have Made This Region Famous in
the Country's Indian History --- 39 |
CHAPTER V -
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Pioneer Coshocton, From "King
Charley's" Tavern Where Louis Philippe of France Clashed
with American Sovereignty, Down to the Forties -- 53 |
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PIONEERS OF COSHOCTON COUNTY - The Colonists of the Earliest
Decades in the County's First Century, Including Those who
Cut the Path for Civilization Through - 76 |
CHAPTER VI -
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The Sickle and Cradle Days -
Barrel and Tin Cup Temperance - The Coshocton County Line of
the "Underground Railroad"{ from Slavery to Freedom - "All
Abord for Mexico.!" --- 93 |
| CHAPTER VII. - |
The Faster Pace Set by the
Railroad - Last of the Stage Coach - County Politics Boiling
- Medill and his "Hunker"' Editorials - from Coshocton
Publisher to Chicago Millionaire. - 99 |
| CHAPTER IX. - |
Coshocton County in the Civil
War - Two Thousand Five Hundred Who Served the Country -
Honors Won on the Battlefield - Woman's Part in the Struggle
--- 108 |
| CHAPTER X - |
Larger Epochs in the Last Quarter
Century - Railroad Expansion - Development of Coal Riches -
The Greater Coshocton - Organized Labor - The New Farm Life
--- 208 |
| CHAPTER XI - |
The Press - Partisan, Commercial
and Otherwise - The Passing of the Hidebound Party Organ -
Observations Touching Editorial Policy. --- 221 |
| CHAPTER XII - |
Volunteers in the Spanish War -
At Fever Stricken Camp Alger - Coshocton Soldiers in the
Philippines - Present Representation in Both Arms of the
Service --- 227 |
| CHAPTER XIII - |
The Bench and the Bar - The
Advocate of Yesterday and the Business Lawye3r of Today -
Advance in Jury Intelligence - Disappearance of Emotional
Pleading --- 232 |
| CHAPTER XIV - |
County Officials -
Representatives in Congress and State Legislature -
Coshocton Men in Various Public Offices - Postmasters and
Mayors of Coshocton --- 235 |
| CHAPTER XV - |
A Look at Local Taxes - Heavy
Toll Taken from the Land Owners While Others Pay Less by
Grace of Legislation - Conditions that Invite a Public
Upheaval --- 246 |
| CHAPTER XVI - |
Ecclesiastical and Educational
- Fraternal and Social - The Minister in Politics - The
Temperance Movement from the Crusaders to the Rose Law ---
255 |
| CHAPTER XVII - |
Our Soil, Clay, Timber and
Crops as Viewed by Government Observers - Oil and Natural
Gas Development - Market Conditions - Fish and Game --- 263 |
| CHAPTER XVIII - |
The Medical Profession -
Changes in a Century - Progress Against Quackery - The Local
Need for a Hospital --- 268 |
| CHAPTER XVIII - |
Coshocton Notes - Banking -
County Fair - Work of Brush and Pen - Our Successes Abroad -
"And the Witchery Ne'er Leaves You Once You call Coshocton
Home." --- 270 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL --- 279 |
