by Randy McNutt
Fort Defiance, 114
Fort Meigs, 113–14
Fort Rowdy (Miami County), 187
Fort Sandusky, 21
Fox sisters, 82
Franklin County, 187–88
Franklinton (Franklin County), 187–88
Friendly Neighbor Home Demonstration Club, 127
Funk Bottoms, 188
Funston, John, 195
Galatea (Wood County), 124
Gallatin (Allen County), 190
ghosts, 80, 181, 197; in Great Black Swamp, 124–25; at Ohio State Reformatory, 91–92, 95, 99–101; in Waynesville, 104–5, 108–10; in Zoar, 76–78
Girty, Simon, 113
Glattke, Arthur and Helen, 95
Gloyd, Michael R., 138
Grant, Ulysses S., 200
Great Black Swamp, 111–27; disappearance of, 120–21, 126–27; diseases from, 114–17; ghost towns in, 123–25; roads in, 117–18, 120, 124
Great Miami River, 28–29; towns on, 191–92, 196–97
Greene County, 179–80
Grenadier Squaw Town (Pickaway County), 188–89
Grierson, Walter D., 4
Haldeman, Cyrus Benton “Ditty,” 32
Hall, William D., 86–87
Halley, Edmund, 57
Hamilton County: horse stealing in, 161–62; towns of, 184, 191–92, 194–95, 197–98
Hamilton (Hamilton County): Rossville and, 196–97; Symmes family and, 53–59, 61–62, 64
Hanson, Melanie, 31
Hardyman, John, 5–6
Harmon, R. L., 187
Harper, R. Kevin, 105
Harris, Bill, 188
Harrison, William Henry, 114, 190
Harrison Tunnel, 189–90
Harsha, Paul, 42
Harshaville (Adams County), 42
Hartford (Allen County), 190
Helton, Dorothy, 132
Hemlock (Perry County), 190
Henry County, 123, 199
Henson, Josiah, 23–24
Heywood, Russell H., 26
Hiett (Fizzleville), Ohio, 3–9
Highland County, 10, 186–87
Hill, James B., 120–21
Hill, N. N., 199–200
Hillsboro (Highland County), 17
Hines, Bob, 138–40, 142
Hobson’s Choice, 191
Hocking Hills, Robbers’ Roost in, 163
Hollow Earth Convention, 55
Hollow Earth Society, 60
Holmes County, 148
Houdini, Harry, 85
Howe, Henry, 58, 112, 189
Huebner, Paul, 123
Huffman, John, 188
Humrickhouse, T. S., 201
Hutt, Fred, 162
Hyob, Lawrence, 30
Indiana, canal from Cincinnati to, 189–90
Indian Hill (Hamilton County), 161
Indians, 21; Mount Nebo and, 79, 82; relations with pioneers, 43, 181–82, 194; Richardville Reservation of, 196; towns of, 181, 188–89, 199–201
Jackson, Andrew, 191
Jacksonville (Adams County), 191
Jamison, Rose, 138
Jefferson (Ashtabula County), 33–34
Jennings, John and James, 184–85
Johnson, William K., 201
Jones, Theo, 5
justices of the peace, 131
Kelley, Stephen, 40–50, 191
Kendall, Molly, 132, 135
Kepler, Johannes, 57
Kirtland, Turhand, 35
Klippart, John H., 120
Koons, Jonathon, 82–86
Kuhn, Marvin, 162
Lake Erie, 24, 33; and Great Black Swamp, 111–12, 114; ports on, 22–23, 25
Larrick, Louisa Stetson, 102–4, 105–10
Larsen, John, 197–98
Lauber, Christian, 113
Lemmon, Jack, 138–39, 141–44
Licking County, 180, 185, 199–200
Little Miami River, 184
Lorenz, Alma and John, 4, 6
Losantiville (Hamilton County), 184
Loveland, James (Hamilton County), 194–95
Lucas, Robert, 114
Lucas County, 126, 195–96
Lynch, Ed and Joe, 185
Macmillan, Bruce, 45
Mahoning Valley, 34
Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, 91–93, 100–101
Mansfield (Richland County), 90–101
Marble Furnace (Adams County), 42–43
Marietta (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad, 195
Marion County, 162–63
Marirovits, Susan, 34
marriage, in Aberdeen, 128–36
Mason, William P., 23
Massie, Nathaniel, 43
Mast, David, 148
Matthews, Thomas, 57
Maumee River, 195; Great Black Swamp and, 111, 113, 115
Maysville, Kentucky, 128–29, 133, 155
McBride, James, 56, 58
McDaniel, Joel, 137
McIlvaine, Right Reverend Bishop, 25–26
McKimie, Robert “Little Reddy,” 18–19
McMahan, John, 39
Mercer County, 162, 183, 186
Miami and Erie Canal, 190, 195
Miami campaign, against Indians, 182
Miami County, 187
Miami (Hamilton County), 192
Middlebury (Van Wert County), 192
Miller, John C., 151–52
Mineral Springs (Adams County), 43–50
monsters, 185
Moore, Isaac, 184
Morgan, John Hunt, 162
Morning Star Community, 86–88
Morrison, Charlie, 139–40, 144
Mount Nebo (Athens County), 79–89
Mueller, Bob, 189
Mueller, Jamie, 193–94
Murphysboro, 186
Naturalist’s Guide to the Americas (Braun), 47
Naylor, Harriet, 158–59
Naylor, Jim, 157, 159
Naylor, Linda Sue, 159–60
Naylor, Verna and Harry, 157–59
Newark (Licking County), 185
Newport (Adams County), 192
New Rome, 192–94
Niebel, John W., 98
Nofziger, Jacob, 113
Nonhelema, 188
Nordhoff, Charles, 71–72
North Bend (Hamilton County), 191–92
O’Banionville (Hamilton County), 194–95
Ohio and Erie Canal, 66, 69, 71–72
Ohio Historical Society, Zoar maintained by, 67, 74
Ohio River, 128
Ohio Small Town Museum, 137–44
Ohio State Reformatory, 90–101, 97
Ohio University, at Athens, 79–80
oil industry, 124, 183, 195
Owensville (Clermont County), 167–71
Parker, Grafton, 156
Patterson, Robert, 184
Paulding County, 113, 121–22, 125
Pauli, H. C., 21
Payne (Paulding County), 125
Peach Grove (Hamilton County), 194
Peach Ridge (Athens County), 87–88
Peary, Robert E., 63
Pence, Nathaniel, 159, 164–66
Perky, George W., 114
Perry County, 190
Perrysburg (Lucas County), 116
Petro, Jim, 193
Peyton, John, 118
Pickaway County, 137, 188–89
Pickleheimer, A. C., 195
Pifer, Mrs. Roy, 183
Pine Hill (Wayne County), 194
Poe, Edgar Allan, 63
Pontiac (Ottawa chief), 21
Post Boy, 195
Prisley, Joanne, 81
Prohibition, Cincinnati breweries in, 49–50
Providence (Lucas County), 195–96
Pruiss, Jeanette Macmillan, 45
Quakers, 17, 68, 104
Raab (Paulding County), 126
railroads, 117, 163; towns’ growth or decline and, 34, 37, 191–92, 195
Rains, George, 17
Rainsboro (Highland County), 10–
14, 17–19
Ramsey, William, 195
Rathbun, Keith, 148
Reed, Monica, 95
Rees, Hillis, 44
Reiner, Martha S., 31–32
Renollet (Paulding County), 125–26
Reynolds, Jeremiah N., 61–63
Rhonemus, Al and Patty, 6–7, 9
Richards, Giles and George, 29–30
Richardson, Dorothy, 133–36
Richardville Indian Reservation, 196
Richland County, 90–101
Riley, James, Sr., 117
roads, 155, 195; in Great Black Swamp, 117–18, 120, 124
Robbers’ Roost (Hocking Hills), 163
Rock Creek (Ashtabula County), 34
Rogers, George, 82
Ross/Venice (Butler County), 27–32
Rossville (Butler County), 196–97
Ruffin, William, 196
Ruggles, Graham, 130–31
Ruritan Club, in Footville, 38
Ryan, Eugene, 41
Salem Heights (Hamilton County), 197–98
Saltair (Clermont County), 198
Sandusky (Erie County), 22–24
Sauder, Daniel, 118
Schlabach, Dale, 147, 153–54
Schonhart, Harold, 22–23, 25–26
Schradin family, 30–31
Scioto Valley Railroad, 140
Scofield, Levi T., 90
Scott, J. W., 118
Scott, John Reber, 138
Searight, William, 194
Sefton, George, 30
Separatists, Zoar commune of, 66–72
Shackleton, Ernest, 63
Shasta (Van Wert County), 199
Shelton, Gerlinde (George), 4–6, 8
Shelton, Thomas, 130–33, 136
Sherman, William T., 200
Shockey, Walter, 123
Shonk, Steve, 72–74
Shunk (Defiance County), 124–25
Simon Kenton Bridge, across Ohio River, 128
Smith, George R., 149–50
Smith, James, 196
Smith, John A., 199
Smith, Samuel A., 151
Snaketown (Henry County), 199
Sodaville (Adams County), 41, 44–45
Spafford, Hiram, 39
spiritualism, and Mount Nebo, 79, 81–89
Sprankle, Don, 148, 152
Squawtown (Licking County), 199–200
St. Clair, Arthur, 53
Steam Furnace (Adams County), 42–43
Stetson, John Batterson, 102–4, 107–9
Steuk’s Winery, 26
Stillwater River, 187
Stites, Benjamin, 184
Sugarcreek, 147, 149–54
Sullivan, G. W., 201
Sullivant, Lucas, 187
Sutherland, John, 196
Symmes, Americus Vespucius, 59, 62, 64–65
Symmes, Captain John Cleves, 53–64
Symmes, John Cleves, 53–58, 54, 191–92
Symmes, John Cleves, Jr., 59, 64
Symmes, Judge John Cleves, 58–59
Symmes, William Henry Harrison, 59, 64
Symzonia: Voyage of Discovery (Symmes), 57–58
210 Row (Athens County), 200–201
Tafur, Edgar, 54–55
telegraph, 163
Tobasco (Clermont County), 200
Toney, John, 101
tornados, 125–26
Tumbleson, Leo, 156, 164–66
Tuscarawas County, 148, 201
Tuscarawas River Valley, 68, 70
Tykodi, Martha, 180
Underground Railroad, 23, 33
Van Wert County, 182, 196; towns of, 192, 199
The Vegetation of the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County (Braun), 47
Venice: in Butler County, 27–29; in Erie County, 20–26, 29–30; Underground Railroad in, 23–24
Virginia, 35
Von X, Ritter, 55
vultures, 42
Walhonding (Coshocton County), 201
Walker, Erastus, 186
Walton, Wilson, 5, 7–8
Ward-Hines, Annabelle, 139
War of 1812, 114
Warren County: horse stealing in, 160–61; towns of, 70, 101–2, 184–85
Wayne, Anthony, 113–14, 187, 191; at Battle of Fallen Timbers, 182, 199
Wayne County, 194
Waynesville (Warren County), 101–2, 104–5
Webb, Ike, 99–100
West, John C., 97–99
Western Reserve land, 35
Western Reserve Road, 117
West Millgrove (Wood County), 123
West Union (Adams County), 155
Wheeler, Henry, 122–23
Wherley, Winona, 195
White Eyes Town (Tuscarawas County), 201
Wilson, John T., 192
Wise, Chuck, 138
Wogner, Clarence, 14–16
Wolcutt, George, 82
Woodbridge, William, 113–14
Wood County, 121, 123; Great Black Swamp in, 126–27; towns of, 124, 126
Woodruff, Charles and Ruth, 167–71
Woodruff, Roy, 169–70
Woodruff’s Pharmacy (Owensville), 167–71
Woodville (LeSeuer), 124
Workman, Orin Bernard, 126
Worley, Sandy, 73
Worstville (Paulding County), 122–23
Zane, Ebenezer, 155
Zane’s Trace, 155
Zimmerman, Claude, 150
Zoar (Warren County), 66–78, 70; Number One House in, 68