| CHAPTER I. - RELATED STATE
HISTORY - pg. 33 |
| |
- First White Men in Northwest
Territory - English and French Claims
- Three Successive Sovereign Flags Over Present
Ohio Territory
- Passing of the Indians
- Battle of Fallen Timbers
- Northwest Territory
- Ohio, the First Northwest State
- Early Settlements
- Activities of the Traders
- French and Indian War
- Pontiac's Conspiracy
- Northwest Territory and Quebec Act
- Revolutionary Period
- George Rogers Clark and His Campaign
- First Surveys and Early Settlers
- Ordinance of 1787
- First Stage of Government Under the Ordinance
- Second Stage
- Organization of the Northwest Territory
- Representative Stage of Government
- First Territorial Legislation
- Division of 1800
- Census of 1800
- Symmes Purchase and Other Early Settlements
- County Organization
- Indian Wars
- Formation of a New State
- Date of Ohio's Admission to the Union
- Capitals of Northwest Territory and of Ohio
Constitutional History of Ohio
- Military Record
- Land Sections
- Ministerial Lands
- School Sections
- Ohio Politics
- Boundary Lies
- Organization of Counties and Early Events |
| CHAPTER III. - TOPOGRAPHY AND
GEOLOGY - pg. 81 |
| |
- Surface Features of the Land
- Soil Formation
- Moraines
- Streams of the County
- Mineral Resources of the County
- Tests for Oil and Clay |
| CHAPTER II. - INDIANS IN PUTNAM
COUNTY - pg. 85 |
| |
- Indian Mounds
- Their Contents
- Theories as to Their Origin
- Artifacts and Relics
- First Ownership of the Land and Occupancy by
the Indians
- The Ottawa Reservation
- Deportation of the Indians
- Pe-ton-i-quet
- The Tauwas Indian Village
- Treatment by the Government
- Ancient Burial
- Places in Putnam County
- Ft. Jennings
- A Bit of Squaw Justice
- A Tough Citizen
- The "Light House"
- Indian Sugar Camps |
| CHAPTER IV. - EARLY SETTLERS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY - pg. 98 |
| |
- First White Family
- Settlers During the Years 1825-34
- The German Swiss Settlement
- Hardships of the Pioneers
- Pioneer Honeymoons
- The Mennonites |
| CHAPTER V. - COUNTY ORGANIZATION
- pg. 103 |
| |
- Indian Cessions Comprising
Putnam County Territory
- Legislative Act Creating the County
- Destruction of Earls County Records
- Organization of County
- Location of County Seat
- First Court House and Jail
- Changes in County Area
- Township Organization
- County Officials
- Clerks of Court
- Auditors
- Recorders
- Treasurers
- Sheriffs
- Coroners
- Surveyors
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- Probate Judges
- County Commissioners
- Representatives in Congress
- Representatives in State Legislature
- State Senators
- County Infirmary
- Tax Commissioners |
| CHAPTER VI - TOWNSHIP SETTLEMENT
AND ORGANIZATION - pg. 115 |
| |
-
Blanchard Township
- Gilboa
-
McCulloughville
-
Livingston
- Greensburg Township
- Jackson Township
- Jennings Township
- Ft. Jennings
-
Rushmore
-
Liberty Township
-
West Leipsic
(includes pictures of
Continental, Ohio)
- Elm Center
-
Monroe Township
-
Hartsburg
-
Wisterman
- Rice aka Marice City
- Continental
- Monterey Township
- Ottoville
- Ottawa Township
- Ottawa
- Glandorf
- Brickner
-
Palmer Township
-
Miller City
- Kieferville
- North Creek
-
Hector
- Perry Township
-
Franconia
-
Dupont
-
Cascade
-
Cloverdale
-
Pleasant Township
- Columbus Grove
-
Riley Township
-
Pandora
-
Webster
- Sugar Creek Township
- Vaughnsville
- Rimer
- Jones City
- Union Township
- Kalida
- Van Buren Township
-
Leipsic
- Belmore
-
Spitzer
-
Ward |
| CHAPTER VIII - CHURCHES OF
PUTNAM COUNTY - pg. 172 |
| |
- Methodist Episcopal Churches
- Presbyterian Churches
- Congregational Church
- United Brethren Churches
- Christian Churches
- Mt. Zion Church
- Lutheran Church
- Church of the Brethren (Dunkard)
- Township Churches
- Catholic Churches. |
| CHAPTER IX - NEWSPAPERS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY - pg. 196 |
| |
- But Few Daily Papers Before
the War
- Difficulties of Early Publishers and the
Character of the Papers
- Brief Mention of the Various Newspapers Which
Have Existed in the County. |
| CHAPTER X - BANKS AND BANKING -
pg. 204 |
| |
- Banks of Ottawa, Continental,
Belmore, Leipsic, Columbus Grove, Kalida,
Pandora, Ottoville
- Building and Loan and Insurance Companies. |
| CHAPTER XI - SECRET SOCIETIES,
FRATERNITIES AND CLUBS - pg. 212 |
| |
- Free and Accepted Masons, and
Its Auxiliary Organizations
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Knights of the Maccabees
- National Union
- Knights of Columbus
- Catholic Knights of Ohio
- The Research Club
- Kappa Phi Delta
- Putnam Club
- Catholic Ladies of Columbia
- The Centennial Club
- The Study Club
- Federation of Clubs
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
| CHAPTER XII - THE MEDICAL
PROFESSION - pg. 224 |
| |
- Efficiency of the Early
Physicians
- Their Difficulties and Hardships
- List of the Doctors Who Have and Are Now
Practicing in Putnam County. |
| CHAPTER XIII - COURTS AND
LAWYERS - pg. 226 |
| |
- First Term of Court in Putnam
County
- First Appointees
- Tavern Licenses
- First Grand July
- First Case in County Court
- Attorneys of the County
- Associates Judges
- Common Pleas Judges
-Circuit Court Judges |
| CHAPTER XIV - PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY - pg. 231 |
| |
- A Marked Change in the System
of Education in Putnam County
- The Old and Present Systems
- Directory of Present Supervision Districts
- Columbus Grove Schools
- Vaughnsville High School
- Crawfis College
- Leipsic High School
- Pandora High School
- Ottawa High School
- County Spelling Contest |
| CHAPTER XV - MILITARY RECORD OF
PUTNAM COUNTY - pg. 246 |
| |
- Civil-war Enlistments from the
Various Township
- Putnam County Officers in the Civil War
- Gen. Americus V. Rice
- Thrifty Soldiers
- Soldiers Relief
- A Civil war
- Voters of 1847
- Militia Days
- Ohio National Guard
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Soldier's Monument
- Soldiers of the Revolution and of the War of
1812. |
| CHAPTER XVI - SIDELIGHTS OF
PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORY - pg. 262 |
| |
- Business and Professional
Interests of Putnam County in 1870
- The Story of Johnny Appleseed
- Early Taverns
- An Early Distillery
- County Expenses in 1849
- Kalida Market in 1847
- Cholera at Gilboa in 1852
- Early Liquor Violations
- An Early Postmaster of Gilboa
- A Kalida Rat trap
- The Wolf-scalp Industry
- The First School on the Reservation
- Selecting Postmasters in 1845
- Iron Bridges of Putnam County
- Early Debating Societies
- A Wonderful Rail Fence
- Colored People in Putnam County
- The First Deed Recorded in the County
- Saloons in Putnam County
- The Greatest Flood of Ottawa
- Political History of Putnam County
- Dewey Celebration
- Population Statistics
- Highway Statistics |
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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - pg. 281 |
