| CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY AND DESCRIPTIVE |
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- Introductory
- First Lords of the Soil, the Mound Builders
- Speculations and Traditions as to the Mound Builders
- The Indians not the Aborigines
- Coming of the white Man
- Resistance of the Indians
- Area of Miami County
- Its Division into Twelve Townships
- Topography, Elevation, Drainage
- Fertility of the Soil
- Disappearance of the Forests
- Conditions Favorable to Agriculture
- Tributaries of the Miami
- Geological Foundations
- Prehistoric Remains
- Indian Occupancy -
- Early Abundance of Game. |
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| CHAPTER II. - FIRST WHITE AN IN THE
COUNTY |
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- The Call of the West
The Pioneer Settler
- De Bienville's Expedition of 1749
- Attack on Pickawillany
- Expedition of Christopher Gist
- Location of Pickawillany
- Washington's Journey
- Expeditions of George Rogers Clarke
- Experiences of Abram Thomas
- Battle on the Johnston Farm
- Beauty of the Country at the Time of Clarke's Expedition
- Coming of John Knoop, 1797
- Pioneer Settlers |
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| CHAPTER III. - FORMATION OF THE COUNTRY;
THE HOME IN WILDERNESS |
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- Pontiac's Conspiracy
- Bouquet's Expedition
- Block Houses Built at Cincinnati
- New York and Virginia Relinquish Charter Claims
- Fort Harmar Erected
- The Settlement at Marietta
- Quick Settlement of the Ohio Valley
- Ordinance of 1787
- Slavery Forbidden
- St. Clair Made Governor
- Formation of Hamilton and Montgomery Counties
- Formation of Miami County
- Abrogation of the Indian Title
- Wayne's Victory of the Fallen Timbers and Treaty of Greenville
- The Miami Indians
- The Symmes Purchase
- School Districts Reserved
- Sale of Public Lands on Time Payments
- The First Court
- Homes of the Pioneer Settlers
- Pioneer Habits and Customs
- Domestic Industries
- Early Circulating Medium
- Militia Musters
- County Officials. |
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| CHAPTER IV. - THRILLING INCIDENTS OF
PIONEER LIFE |
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- Contrast of Past and Present
- Emigrant Trails
- Encounters with Wild Animals
- Pioneer Reminiscences
- England Pays Bounty on Scalps
- Indian Murders
- Adoptions into the Tribes
- The Moffit Boys
- Col. Johnson |
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| CHAPTER V - EARLY TRANSPORTATION |
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- Corduroy Roads
- First Gravel Road
- The National Road
- Braddock's Road
- Early Stage Lilnes, Stages and Stage Drivers
- Famous Taverns
- Water Transportation
- Freighting on the Miami
- To New Orleans by River in 1819; an Unfortunate Voyage
- Dr. Dorsey's Recollections of Flat Boat Navigation
- Canal Construction
- The Miami and Erie Canal
- Benefits of the Canal
- the old Mail Service
- Postal Rates in 1816
- Postoffice Established at Piqua
- The Early Postmaster
- A Mail Carrier's Adventure
- A Century's Progress |
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| CHAPTER VI. - THE TOWNSHIPS (WESTERN) |
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- Washington, Concord, Monroe, Union,
Newton and Newberry Townships; Their Boundaries and History
ds - Early Settlers
- Heroes of the Revolution and War of 1812
- Development of Natural Resources
- First Mills, Founding of the Villages; Tippecanoe, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER VII. - THE TOWNSHIPS (EASTERN) |
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| - Brown, Springcreek, Staunton,
Lostcreek, Elizabeth, Bethel. |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - TROY, THE COUNTY SEAT |
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- Establishment of the County Seat
- Rivalry Between Staunton and Piqua; Troy Enteres the Contest
- First Survey by Andrew Wallace
- Absence of Graft
- Description of Troy in 1815
- Log Court House Built
- Brick Court House Built in 1816
- Overfield's Tavern
- Queer Real Estate Transactions
- William Barbee
- "Squire" Brown and Other Early Settlers
- The "Broadford War"
- First Railroad
- Opening of the Canal
- The Cholera Scourge in 1850
- First Court of Common Pleas
- Troy Merchants in 1828
- The Jackson-Adams Campaign
- Runaway Apprentices
- Appearance of the County Seat in 1853
- Mayors Since 1840
- Early Schools and School Teachers
- Churches
- The Postoffice
- City Government
- Covner Stone of the Court House Laid, 1885
- Masonic Temple Erected |
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| CHAPTER IX. - PIQUA, THE BORDER CITY |
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- Origin of the City
- Its Historic Associations
- An Indian Legend
- Piqua Formerly Called Washington
- Coming of Job Gard
- Reminiscences of Joseph Hilliard
- Piqua a Place of Rendezvous in the War of 1812
- Land Office Established in 1819
- Piqua Becomes a Town in 1843
- First Election Under the Charter
- Early Mayors
- Amusing Ordinances
- Population in 1826
- The Act of Incorporation
- The Ewing Tavern
- Early Merchants and Leading Citizens
- Piqua Benefited by the Canal
- Coming of the Railroad
- The Hydraulic Canal
- Business Statistics
- The Town Hall
- The John Vail Academy
- Early Schools
- Education Soldiers' Aid Societies
- War Memorials
- Postmasters
- Fire Department
- City Government |
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| CHAPTER X - MIAMI IN THE WARS |
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- The War of 1812
- Employment of the Indians by England
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Tecumseh
- Services of Col. John Johnston
- Results of Perry's Victory on Lake Erie
- Miami Heroes of the War
- The War of the Rebellion
- Prompt Enlistments
- The Gravity of the Struggle Realized
- Miami Soldiers on Many Battlefields
- Eleventh Ohio Volunteers
- Forty-Fourth Infantry and Eighth Cavalry
- The Seventy-first Ohio Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment
- Spanish American War Volunteers
- Roster of Veterans |
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| CHAPTER XI. - THE BENCH AND BAR: FAMOUS
TRIALS, ETC. |
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- First Court Session, 1807
- First Grand Jury Impanelled
- First Case Docketed
- Early Lawyers
- Manner of Holding Court in the Late Forties
- Some Famous Cases
- The Present Bench and Bar
- Court Officers in 1908
- Amusing incidents. |
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| CHAPTER XII. - EDUCATIONAL |
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- The Log Schoolhouse Early Teachers
- First Text Books
- Methods of Discipline
- Advent of the Salaried Teacher
- Coming of the Graded School
- Latter Day Improvements
- Schools of Troy and Piqua
- Educational History of the Townships
- Parochial Schools
- Teachers' Examinations
- Results Accomplished |
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| CHAPTER XIII. - THE PRESS: LITERARY
ACHIEVEMENTS, ETC. |
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- Early News Conditions
- Early Newspapers Destitute of Local News
- Their Contents
- Presses in Use
- The Old Time Compositor
- First Newspaper in Miami County, The Piqua Gazette
- The Intelligencer
- The Miami Reporter
- Troy Times
- The Miami Union
- The Troy Sentinel
- The Troy Democrat
- The Daily Record
- The Buckeye
- The Enquirer and Piqua Journal
- Miami County Democrat
- The Helmet
- The Daly CAll
- The Piqua Leader-Despatch
- The Miami Post
- The Reflector
- The City Item
- The Harold
- Stillwater Valley Gazette
- Greenville Advocate
- The Covington Gazette
- The Covington Tribune
- The West Milton Record
- The West Milton Buckeye
- Local Literature and Authors. |
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| CHAPTER XIV. - AGRICULTURE |
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| - Primitive Farm Machinery of Pioneer
Days - Lack of Transportation Facilitlies
- The Early Farmers Without Wagons
- Improvements Gradually Introduced
- The First Crops Grown in Miami County
- Livestock Easily Raised
- Orchards Planted
- The First Agricultural Society
- Miami Represented at the State Pomological Exhibition in 1851
- The Miami County Agricultural society
- Fair Grounds Purchased
- Present Condition of the Society and Roster of Officers
- The Grange Movement
- The Farmers' Institute
- The Miami County Horticultural Society
- Farm Products of Miami County
- Stock Breeding |
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| CHAPTER XV. - PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS |
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- The Children Home
- Benevolence of John H. Knoop
- The Schmidlapp Free Public School Library, Piqua
- The Troy Free School Library
- The Young Men's Christian Association
- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- The Young 'woman's Christian Temperance Unions
- Colored People's Temperance Union
- Woman's Christian Association of Troy
- The Ball Memorial Hospital at Piqua
- The Altrurian Club of Troy
- The Civic League
- Regimental and other Military Organizations
- The Maryland Association. |
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| CHAPTER XVI. - BANKS AND BANKING |
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- Early Currency; Its Instability
- The Old State Bank
- The First National Bank of Troy Organized
- The Miami County Bank and Troy National Bank
- The Piqua National Bank
- The Citizens' National Bank of Piqua
- The Piqua Savings Bank Company
- The Tippecanoe National Bank
- The Citizens' National Bank of Tippecanoe City
- banks of West Milton, Covington, Pleasant Hill, Bradford, Etc.
- Stability of Miami County's Financial Institution |
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| CHAPTER XVII. - THE MEDICAL PROFESSION,
PAST AND PRESENT |
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- The Pioneer Doctor
- Crude Methods of a Century Ago
- Home Remedies
- Charm Doctors
- Bleeding the Main Reliance of the Old-Time "Regular"
- Devotion of the Pioneer Physicians
- diseases Prevalent in Early Days
- The Charlatan of Former Days
- Some Early Physicians
- The Medical Profession of the Present Day
- The Miami County Medical Society |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. - THE PIONEER PREACHER |
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- Charles Frederick Post, the
Missionary
- The Presbyterians, Baptists and Catholics Early Represented
- Controversialism
- Salary of the Backwoods Preacher
- Hardships Endured
- His Devotion
- Stories of the Itinerant Preachers
- The Results They Accomplished |
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| CHAPTER XIX. - PRESENT RELIGIOUS
DENOMINATIONS OF THE COUNTY |
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- Local History of the Baptists,
Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Friends or Quakers,
Episcopalians
- German Baptists
- Christians, Roman Catholics, Etc. |
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| CHAPTER XX. - COUNTY POLITICS OLD AND
NEW. |
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- Smallness of the Voting Population
in Early Days
- First Elective Officers
- Political Parties
- Methods of Electioneering
- Local Issues
- Some Political Editorials
- The Adams-Jackson Campaign
- Coming of General Harrison in 1837 and 1840
- The Campaigns of 1856 and 1860
- The Campaign of 1864
- Later Presidential Campaigns
- Congressional Battles
- Humorous Incidents
- Present Day Politics. |
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| CHAPTER XXI - SOME COUNTY HISTORY NOT
GENERALLY KNOWN |
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- The General Harrison Land
- The Randolph Slaves
- Last Indian in Elizabeth Townshp
- Revolutionary Pensioners
- The July Fourth Celebration of 1827 at Troy
- Prominent Miami County Lady
- John Morgan's Raiders
- A Lincoln Letter |
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| CHAPTER XXII. - MANUFACTURERS OF THE PAST
AND PRESENT |
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- Early Mills and Distilleries
- Brick and Tile Making
- Present Industries of the County. |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. - |
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| - Fraternal Orders, Building and Loan
Associations, Population, Etc. |
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REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS |
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