Identifier : HistoricalCollectionsOfOhio1891V2 ( find matches )
Title : Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year : 1891 ( 1890s )
Authors : Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects : Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher : Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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Gale, Photo., 1886.The Wedded Trees of the Gkeat Miami. COL. JOHN JOHNSTON.
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Drawn by limnj Howe, in 1846. Upper Piqua. Seat of Col. John Johnston, long an Indian Agent. This is a spot of much historic interest. 523 MIAMI COUNTY. 525 as one would put a board through an uprightslat fence. My feet sank a foot or so lowerthan the ground outside. I then stood up-right, and the top of the slit came up toabout my waist; but little light came inthrough it. Above me the hole went up in-definitely. The walls were covered withpendent decaying wood. The place wasgloomy and musty. I could see but little,and was glad to quickly get out, feeling asthough I could not commend it for any per-manent habitation. Aged trees, like the sycamore here, are aptto be hollow within. This seems to make nodifference with their duration of life. Thefamous Charter Oak lived about 150 yearsafter the secretion of the charter within, andin its last years it held all the members oftwo fire companies at once. When it wasblown down in a gale about 1854, the bells ofHartford tolled and a military

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