Ohio district maps

Title from cover of PDF document (viewed Nov. 30, 2005).; "J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State."; "Created: 7/29/2004"--Document properties screen.; Harvested from the web on 11/30/0

Fort Meigs aerial photograph

Overhead photograph showing Fort Meigs State Park along the Maumee River. Fort Meigs, built during the War of 1812, was a strategic fortification along the banks of the Maumee in present-day Perrysburg, Ohio. The fort withstood two British sieges in 1813 and became a turning point in the war for the American forces. Today, the fort is the largest reconstructed wooden-walled fort in the United States and is an Ohio History Connection site as well as a National Historic Landmark. This photograph comes from a series of aerial photographs of Ohio's state properties, including universities and colleges, state hospitals, parks, lakes and reservoirs, and prisons. Each photograph is labeled with the institution name. Typically, there are two views of each property, oblique and vertical. The photographs were taken by the 112th Photo Section of the 37th Division Air Services in 1930

Preble County Women's Suffrage petition

This petition for women's suffrage, or the right to vote, was signed by citizens of College Corner and surrounding areas in Preble County, Ohio. The form indicates that the person asking for signatures was not paid for her efforts. Although Ohio women's suffrage supporters successfully petitioned to put women's suffrage on the 1914 ballot, the amendment was defeated in the September election. Not until June 16, 1919, did Ohio ratify the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and extend to women the right to vote. This petition is part of an extensive collection held by the Ohio Historical Society of suffrage petitions from nearly every county in Ohio. It is four pages and measures 8.5" x 14" (21.59 x 35.56 cm)

Elections calendar

Subtitle varies.; Description based on: 2006; title from caption of PDF document (viewed Apr.11, 2006).; Harvested from the web on 4/11/0

Suffrage initiative petitions

Twelve petitions from Franklin County, Ohio, dated 1914. The petition requested, "That section 1 of Article V of the Constitution be amended so as to extend the suffrage to women." There are three images of each petition. Only male voters could sign the petitions. In 1912, the Ohio Constitutional Convention elected to bring to a vote the question of removing the words "white male" from the state constitution with regard to voting rights. Women's suffrage in Ohio was defeated in a special election in 1912 and again in 1914 and 1916 before a resolution narrowly passed in 1917 allowing municipal voting by women in Columbus. In 1920, the 19th Amendment passed, extending the vote to women and prohibiting state and federal government from denying suffrage on the basis of sex

Profile Ohio

Title from PDF cover (viewed on Feb. 19, 2008).; "Originally published in 1990 under the title of 'Ohio Citizen's Digest,' this updated version was produced in 2007"--P. [3].; "Publication date: Dec. 2007"--P. [3].; "SOS 0302 12/07"--P. 4 of cover.; Harvested from the web on 2/19/0

Ohio municipal, township, and school board roster (Online)

Biennial; Vol. for 2010/2011- is a downloadable database; once the text file is downloaded, it can be opened using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access or any other database program that accepts comma-separated files

'Act establishing the county of Delaware'

This act divides Franklin County, Ohio, to create Delaware County. Delaware County was a part of the U.S. Military Lands, and was settled by Revolutionary War veterans. Delaware was named after the Delaware Indians who migrated to the region in the 1700s. Delaware County would eventually be divided again to create Crawford, Marion, and Union counties in 1820, and Morrow County in 1828. The city of Delaware was settled in 1808, and would remain the county seat. The one-page act was signed by Speaker of the House Protem John Sloane, and Speaker of the Senate Thomas Kirker

'Act establishing the county of Preble'

This act was signed on February 13, 1808. It created Preble County along the Ohio-Indiana border out of portions of Montgomery and Butler counties. Preble County was named in honor of Edward Preble, a U.S. naval officer and commander during the Revolutionary War. Capt. Edward Preble commanded the US naval frigate Constitution from 1803–1807 as head of the Navy’s 3rd Squadron during the United State’s confrontation with Morocco and the Barbary pirates, who harassed American merchant ships in the Mediterranean