OH's Western Reserve : a regional reader / edited by Harry F. Lupold and Gladys Haddad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lupold, Harry Forrest.

Haddad, Gladys.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ohio--History.

Ohio.

Western Reserve (Ohio)--History.

Western Reserve (Ohio).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ohio's Western Reserve

Place of Publication:

Kent, OH : Kent State University Press, c1988.

Summary:

This volume collects essays and documents from a wide selection of sources--many now out of print and difficult to locate--to provide a highly readable story of the settlement and development of the "New Connecticut" region of Ohio. Four divisions in the book logically organize the social, economic, and political study of the region: "Conquest and Settlement: Native Americans to New Englanders"; "The Pioneers: Town Building, Society, and the Emergence of an Economy"; "The Transition Years; Slavery, the Civil War, and the Reserve in National Politics, 1850-1880"; and "A Changing Legacy: Industrialism, Ethnicity, and the Age of Reform." The volume ends in 1920, when the unique features of the Western Reserve of Ohio--the architecture, the landmarks, the New England lifestyle--had largely faded into American history as a result of industrialism, urbanism, and the pressure of a changing ethnic base.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""PART I: Conquest and Settlement: Native Americans to New Englanders""; ""The Beaver Wars and the Destruction of the Erie Nation""; ""Archaeology and History: Some Suggestions from the Historian's Viewpoint""; ""With Moses Cleaveland's Surveying Party, 1796""; ""Early Migration to the Western Reserve""; ""The Firelands and the Settlement of Vermilion""; ""Samuel Huntington: A Connecticut Aristocrat on the Ohio Frontier""; ""Additional Reading""

""PART II: The Pioneers: Town Building, Society, and the Emergence of an Economy""""David Hudson: The Howling Wilderness""; ""Frontier Living Conditions in Kirtland""; ""Cleveland as Canal Town""; ""Fairport: The Transformation of a Lake Erie Port, 1812-1870""; ""Eastern Criticism of Frontier Religion""; ""Shakers and Mormons in the Early Western Reserve: A Contrast in Life Styles""; ""The First Women's Colleges""; ""Student Life at Western Reserve College""; ""Additional Reading""; ""PART III: The Transition Years: Slavery, the Civil War, and the Reserve in National Politics, 1850-1880""

""1820-1860 Anti-Slavery Activities in a Western Reserve County""""Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Cases, 1858-1859""; ""Lincoln and Rumors of War Cleveland Plain Dealer March 4, 1861 April 5, 1861 April 6, 1861 April 8, 1861""; ""Cleveland During the Civil War""; ""Civil War Prisons: Johnson's Island""; ""Building the Railroads""; ""Garfield's Front Porch Campaign: The Mentor Scene""; ""The Funeral of the Century: James A. Garfield""; ""Additional Reading""; ""PART IV: A Changing Legacy: Industrialism, Ethnicity, and the Age of Reform""

""Personalities of an Era... Intersections: Rockefeller, Mather, Tarbell""""When Euclid Avenue Was Somebody""; ""A Couple of Giants: Mark Hanna and Tom Johnson""; ""Northeastern Ohio's Mennonite and Amish Folk""; ""Social Reform and Philanthropic Order in Cleveland, 1896-1920""; ""Racism at High Tide: Cleveland, 1915-1920""; ""Additional Reading""; ""Epilogue: New England and the Western Reserve in the Nineteenth Century: Some Suggestions""; ""Contributors and Editors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-61277-019-3