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Ohio History Central You have to go back to 1994 to find a time when the state budget allocated less money to the Ohio Historical Society than in the current budget version now in the Ohio Senate. Our tangible state and local history are what help make Ohio special, especially when times are tough. Today's "Hot Issue" in the Dispatch deserves your attention...

The Hot Issue: Should state money be spent to keep Ohio's historical sites open to the public?

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Ohio History Central
We have updated the following 23 entries:

Algonquian Indians
American Indians
Articles of Confederation
Bacon, David
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of the Thames
Battle of Tippecanoe
Beaver Wars
Betz, Adam
Boone, Daniel
Brodhead, Daniel
Burr, Aaron
Campbell, Mary
Celeron de Bienville's Expedition
Centinel of the North-Western Territ...ory
Chippewa Indians
de Bienville, Celeron
de Bienville's Expedition
Duer, William
Dunlavy, Francis
Latrobe, Benjamin H
Native Americans
United States Constitution

These updates are based upon peer-reviews recently completed by expert historians. Ohio History Central engages these scholars as part of an ongoing program to ensure the accuracy and quality of our entries.
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Ohio History Central We have added 3 new entries today. Thay are:

Atlatl
Bannerstone
Hopewell Mica Cutouts

The encyclopedia now has 3466 entries!

Ohio History Central We have added 10 new entries today. Thay are:

South Charleston, Ohio Confrontation
Stewart, Charles
Summerfield, Ohio
Tallentire, John Rubie
West Jefferson, Ohio; and Jefferson (Madison County), Ohio
West Liberty, Ohio
Willoughby, Ohio
Wilson, Robert
Woodruff, Amos
Zanesfield, Ohio

Ohio History Central We have added 12 new entries to the encyclopedia. They are:

Nichols, Eli
Plain City, Ohio;
Westminster, Ohio
Pleasant Valley (Madison County), Ohio
Pomeroy, Alanson
Putnam Greys
Sarahsville, Ohio
Sciotoville Railroad Bridge
Sciotoville, Ohio
Smith, Adam
Somerset, Ohio
Middletown, Ohio (Perry County)

Ohio History Central
We have added 11 new entries to Ohio History Central. Many of them are related to abolitionism and the Underground Railroad. The new entries are:

Batesville, Ohio
Belle Center, Ohio and Belle Centre, Ohio
Benedict, Aaron
Benton, Lyman
Black String Band
Burrell, Almond Hervey
Clinton Chapel
De Vore, Nicholas
Deaver, Affadilla
Dex...ter City, Ohio
Dillingham, Richard

You can use the browsing features to find these entries. You won't be able to search for them until Google indexes the site in a couple of days.

Harry Searles
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Ohio History Central We have finished adding the new weather entries. In all, we added 21 new entries and 99 new photographs. We hope you enjoy looking at them.

Ohio History Central We have added more severe Ohio weather event entries to OHC. You can see a complete list, to date, at http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/topic.php?nm=climate_and_weather&rec=25. More to come...

Ohio History Central We have added a new topic to the encyclopedia, Climate and Weather http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/topic.php?nm=climate_and_weather&rec=25. We have added some very interesting articles about Ohio weather disasters under the new topic. More to come.

Ohio History Central
The editor just added and updated references to 49 Civil War-related history entries in Ohio History Central.

Andrew Johnson's Impeachment
Army of the Potomac
Artillery Units
Ashley, James
Association of Ex-Pupils
Battle of Buffington Island
Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Chickamauga
Battle of Fort Donelson
Battle of Fort Fizzl...e
Battle of Fort Henry
Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett
Bleeding Kansas
Brough, John
Brown, John
Buell, Don Carlos
Burnside, Ambrose
Bushnell, Asa
Camp Anderson
Camp Chase
Camp Dennison
Camp Goddard
Camp Harrison
Camp Jackson
Camp Jefferson
Camp Putnam
Camp Scott
Camp Taylor
Camp Wool
Campbell, James Edwin
Cavalry Units
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell
Cincinnati Rover Guards
Cleveland Grays
Coffin, Levi
Columbus Fencibles
Columbus Videttes
Cooke, Jay
Corwin, Thomas
Covington Blues
Cox, Jacob Dolson
Dayton Light Guards
Dennison, William, Jr.
Emancipation Proclamation
Fighting McCooks
General Order No. 38Read More

Ohio History Central
Ohio's newly elected federal and state officials have been sworn into office. Do you know that you can access the websites of Ohio's major government officials from Ohio History Central? Just click on the "Ohio Quick Facts" button on the top menu bar of any page. When you land on the Quick Facts page, select the govern...mental body you are looking for from the menu options on the right side of the page, near the middle.Read More

Ohio History Central
We have updated Ohio History Central's "Ohio Quick Facts" to enhance your browsing experience. We have replaced the old single page, and its long list of information, with multiple pages that focus on specific topics. No more scrolling through long lists to find the facts you are looking for! Each "Quick Facts" page al...so contains a menu that enables you to easily jump between topics. We hope this improvement enhances your browsing experience on Ohio History Central.

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Ohio History Central
The editor just added and updated references to 21 prehistory entries in Ohio History Central.

Adena Mound
Ater Mound
Chillicothe Earthworks
Circleville Earthworks
Edwin Harness Mound
Fort Ancient Earthworks
Great Circle Earthworks
High Bank Earthworks
Hopeton Earthworks
Hopewell Mound Group
Inscription Rock
Leo Petroglyph
Mound Ci...ty Group
Newark Earthworks
Octagon Earthworks
Piketon Mounds
Portsmouth Earthworks
Seip Mound and Earthworks
Serpent Mound
Worthington Earthworks
Wright EarthworksRead More

Ohio History Central The editor just added references and suggested readings to 100 entries.

Ohio History Central
Ohio History Central has added the following new entries:
Anderson, Elijah (Erie County)
Anderson, Elijah (Gallia County)
Appleby, Calvin W
Barnes, Jacob
Battle of Lumbarton
Brown, Elias, Jr
Brown, George
Cheadle, Rial
Davis, Hiram
Dueber Watch Case Company
Dueber-Hampden Watch Company
Ebersole, Jacob
Edward, Hannah, and Susan (F...ugitive Slaves)
Fowler, Chauncey
Gardner, Ozem
Geneva College
Gray, Thomas L
Gyser, John
Hampden Watch Company
Hill, Leverett B
Huber, Charles B
Hyde, Udney H
Jane (Fugitive Slave) and Ohio's First Fugitive Slave Case
Johnston, John Black
Jones v. Van Zandt
Lewis (Fugitive Slave)
McQuerry, George Washington
Patterson, Isaac
Pickrell, Henry
Sims, Marcus
Sleet, Will
Stephenson, William
Sutliff, Levi
Thomas, Nathan M
Timken Company
Union Baptist Church
Van Zandt, John
Walnut Street United Methodist Church
Watkins (Accused Fugitive Slave)
White, AddisonRead More

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