Northwest Ohio

There are 214 entries matching this location. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

Allen County
Allen County Museum: The Allen County Museum is located in Lima, Ohio. The museum contains exhibits on history, natural history, science, and art. Its collections are especially strong in Lima's history. . . .
Anderson, Sherwood: Sherwood Anderson was a prominent American author and journalist in the first half of the twentieth century. . . .
Armstrong, Neil A.: Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. His parents were Stephen and Viola Armstrong. Stephen Armstrong worked as an auditor for the state of Ohio. . . .
Ashley, James: James Ashley was a prominent political and business leader in Northwest Ohio in the mid-nineteenth century, . . .
Auglaize County: Formed on February 14, 1848, Auglaize County was named from a French word meaning "clay-filled water.” The county was originally parts of Allen and Mercer Counties. . . .
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of the Sandusky: In 1782, William Crawford led a combined force of Virginians and Pennsylvanians in an attack on Mingo Indians and Delaware Indians along the Sandusky River. David Williamson and a number of the men who had participated in the Gnadenhutten Massacre of Delaware Indians were among his troops. . . .
Bellefontaine
Black and White Schoolhouse: The Black and White Schoolhouse was one of the earliest desegregated schools in Ohio. . . .
Black Swamp
Bluffton College
Bowling Green
Bowling Green State Normal College
Bowling Green State University
Bryan
Bucyrus
Carthagena: Carthagena was a predominantly African American community in Mercer County, Ohio. . . .
Celina
Central Mennonite College
Champaign County
Crawford County
Crawford, William: William Crawford was born in Virginia in 1732. He was a farmer and a surveyor for most of his life, although he is more commonly known for his military experiences. . . .
Croghan, George
Custer, George A.: George Armstrong Custer was an American military leader who became quite well known as a cavalry commander during the Civil War and in the opening of the West in the years after the war. . . .
Dana Corporation
Darke County
Defiance: Defiance is the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio. The city was named for Fort Defiance, which once stood in the confines of the city. In August 1794, . . .
Defiance College
Defiance County: On March 4, 1845, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Defiance County. The county was originally parts of Williams, Henry, and Paulding Counties. . . .
DiSalle, Michael V.: Michael Vincent DiSalle was born on January 6, 1908, in New York, New York. When DiSalle was three years old, his family moved to Toledo, Ohio, where Michael attended both public and religious-affiliated schools. . . .
Driver, Phyllis: Phyllis Diller is an American author, musician and entertainer. . . .
Eaton
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Findlay
Finley, James
Folded Paper Milk Carton
Fort Defiance: In August 1794, Anthony Wayne ordered the construction of Fort Defiance at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers. Wayne had the fort built during his campaign against Ohio Native Americans to provide his men with protection and as a staging ground for future operations. . . .
Fort Greene Ville: In late 1793, American General Anthony Wayne ordered the construction of Fort Greene Ville, named for his friend and comrade in the American Revolution Nathaniel Greene. Wayne's army was marching against Native Americans along the Maumee River. . . .
Fort Jefferson: In October 1791, General Arthur St. Clair ordered the construction of a fort roughly six miles south of modern-day Greenville, Ohio. He intended to use the site as a supply depot for his campaign against the Miami Indians. . . .
Fort Loramie: In 1794, General Anthony Wayne ordered the construction of Fort Loramie. It was located at the portage between St. Mary's River and modern-day Loramie's Creek. . . .
Fort Meigs: General William Henry Harrison ordered his men to build Fort Meigs on the southern bank of the Maumee River in February, 1813. This fort was to serve as a supply depot and a staging area for the invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. . . .
Fort Miamis: British soldiers constructed Fort Miamis in 1794. British authorities feared that Anthony Wayne and his army planned to march against Fort Detroit, a major stronghold. . . .
Fort Recovery: In December 1793, General Anthony Wayne ordered one United States artillery unit and eight infantry companies to the site of St. Clair's Defeat. The soldiers were to construct a fort on the former battlefield. Wayne intended to use this fort as a staging area for his assault against Ohio natives in the spring of 1794. He named the stockade Fort Recovery. . . .
Fort Sandusky: Following the French and Indian War (1756-1763) and the Treaty of Paris (1763), France turned over all of its North American colonies to England. Native Americans saw they had lost a possible ally and now stood alone against the English. . . .
Fort Stephenson: Not long after the War of 1812 began, George Croghan became commander of Fort Stephenson. Located on the Sandusky River, the fort was important to Ohio's defense against the British. . . .
Foster, Charles: Ohio governor Charles Foster was born on April 12, 1828. His father, Charles W. Foster opened a store in 1832 in the small community of Rome in Seneca County, Ohio. . . .
Fremont: Fremont is the county seat of Sandusky County, Ohio. It was originally known as Lower Sandusky. Lower Sandusky had its beginnings as a village of the Wyandot Indians. . . .
Fulton County: On February 20, 1850, the Ohio government established Fulton County. Residents chose the name Fulton in honor of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the first economically-viable, commercial steamboat. . . .
German Reformed Church: During the 1500s, John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli established the German Reformed Church in Switzerland. The church was formed in the midst of the Protestant Reformation. It was one of several denominations created in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church. . . .
Greenville: Greenville is the county seat of Darke County, Ohio. It is located on the site of Fort Greene Ville. In late 1793, Anthony Wayne ordered the construction of Fort Greene Ville, named for his friend and comrade in the American Revolution, Nathanael Greene. . . .
Hamilton, Scott
Hardin County
Hardin, John: John Hardin was a soldier in the American Revolution and in the early years of the new nation. He was born in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1753. . . .
Harmar's Defeat: In 1790, Josiah Harmar, commander of the American army in the Northwest Territory, was stationed at Fort Washington (present-day Cincinnati). Henry Knox, the Secretary of War, ordered Harmar to end the threat of Indian attack in western Ohio. . . .
Harrison's Road
Heft, Robert G.
Heidelberg College
Henry County
Inscription Rock: Inscription Rock is located in Erie County on Kelleys Island. It is one of Ohio's most famous rock art sites. Ancient Indians engraved more than one hundred designs onto a huge limestone boulder on the south shore of the island. . . .
Jackson, Jim
James A. Rhodes State College
Jeeps
Jones, Samuel M.
Kenton
Kenton, Simon: Simon Kenton was a legendary frontiersman in Ohio and the Midwest. He was born on April 3, 1755, in Fauquier County, Virginia. . . .
Kindergartens
Lambert, John W.
Libbey Glass Company
Lima
Lima Locomotive Works: The Lima Locomotive Works was established in 1879, in Lima, Ohio. It was originally known as the Lima Machine Works. The company produced primarily locomotives for railroad companies. In 1879, the company successfully built three locomotives. . . .
Lima Steele's
Lima Technical College
Logan County
Loramie's Store: In 1769, Pierre Loramie came to the Ohio Country as one of its earliest European settlers. Formally a citizen of France who lived in Canada, Loramie became an English citizen with the Treaty of Paris (1763). The English defeated the French in the French and Indian War. . . .
Lourdes College
Lower Sandusky: Lower Sandusky had its beginnings as a village of Wyandot Indians. During the 1750s, the French constructed a trading post to participate in the fur trade with the Wyandots. . . .
Lucas County
Maumee River
McKinley Street: McKinley Street is located in Bellefontaine, Ohio. Only thirty feet long, Bellefontaine residents claim that it is the shortest street in the world. Locals named the street after United States President William McKinley, who was born in Ohio. . . .
McPherson, James B.: General James Birdseye McPherson was the highest ranking Ohio soldier to die in the American Civil War. . . .
Michigan Survey
Miller, Wells W.: Wells W. Miller was Ohio's ninth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Mills Brothers: The Mills Brothers was an African-American vocal group that formed during the 1920s. . . .
Modern Paper Bags
Montgomery, Betty D.
Moses, Phoebe A.: Phoebe Anne Moses was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Mozee, Phoebe A.: Phoebe Anne Mozee was a world famous markswoman and entertainer who was better known by her stage name of "Annie Oakley." . . .
Napoleon
Northwest State Community College
Northwest Technical College
Ohio Oil Company
Oldfield, Barney: Barney Oldfield was born on June 3, 1878, in Wauseon, Ohio. His name was originally Berna Eli Oldfield. . . .
Order of American Knights: The Order of American Knights was also known as the Sons of Liberty. Members of this organization resided primarily in Northern states during the American Civil War and opposed the Union war effort. . . .
Otis, George K.: Ohioan George K. Otis was a famous businessman and Christian evangelist. . . .
Ottawa: Ottawa is the county seat of Putnam County, Ohio. Residents named the town, which was founded in 1833, in honor of the Ottawa Indians, who once had a village at the site of modern-day Ottawa. . . .
Ottawa County: On March 6, 1840, the State of Ohio authorized the creation of Ottawa County. Residents took the Indian word for "trader" as the county's name. . . .
Owens Bottle Machine Company
Owens State Community College
Owens Technical College
Owens, Michael J.
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Paulding
Paulding County
Peltier, Leslie C.
Perry, Oliver H.
Port Clinton
Preble County
Putnam County
Putnam, Israel: Israel Putnam was a political and military leader during and after the American Revolution. . . .
Rossford Arena Amphitheater Authority
Sandles, Alfred P.: Alfred Putnam Sandles was Ohio's eleventh Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
Sandusky County
Sandusky River
Sandy Beach Amusement Park
Sauder Village
Sauder Woodworking Company
Sauder, Erie J.
Self-Opening Sack
Seneca County
Shelby County
Sherwood, Isaac
Sidney
Siege of Fort Recovery: In 1792, President George Washington appointed Anthony Wayne as the commander of the United States Army of the Northwest, currently serving in the Northwest Territory. The major purpose of this army was to defend American settlers from Indian attack. . . .
Spicer Company
Spiegel Grove: Spiegel Grove is the former home of President Rutherford Birchard Hayes. It is located in Fremont, Ohio, and the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center currently occupies the site, which is open to the public under the direction of the Ohio Historical Society. Spiegel is the German word for mirror, and the home is named after pools of water that form on the estate’s grounds after a rain. . . .
Sprague, George: George Sprague was Ohio's fourth Secretary of Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. . . .
St. Clair's Defeat: St. Clair's Defeat was a major confrontation between the armed forces of the United States and the Native Americans of the Northwest Territory. . . .
Steedman, James: James Steedman was an Ohio political and military leader in nineteenth century America. . . .
Steinem, Gloria: Gloria Steinem is an author, journalist and well-known advocate of women's rights. . . .
Stilwell, Charles
Swedenborgian Church: Swedenborgians, also known as members of the Church of the New Jerusalem, are followers of eighteenth-century Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. . . .
Tarhe: Tarhe was born near present-day Detroit, Michigan, in 1742. He was a Wyandot Indian and eventually became one of the leaders of his people. Tarhe was also known by the nickname "The Crane." Some accounts state that this name is in reference to his tall, slender build. . . .
Tecumseh: Tecumseh was born in 1768, probably at Old Piqua, along the Mad River in Ohio. He was a Shawnee Indian and eventually became one of their greatest leaders. their greatest chiefs. . . .
Terra Community College
Terra State Community College
Terra Technical College
Tiffin
Tiffin University
Toledo
Toledo Black Pirates
Toledo Blue Stockings
Toledo Crawfords: The Toledo Crawfords was a professional African American baseball team. . . .
Toledo Jeeps
Toledo Jim White Chevrolets
Toledo Maroons
Toledo Maumees
Toledo Mud Hens
Toledo Slayers
Toledo Spitfire
Toledo Storm
Toledo Tigers: The Toledo Tigers was a professional African American baseball team. . . .
Toledo Twisters
Toledo War: The Toledo War was a border dispute between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory during the first several decades of the nineteenth century. . . .
Treaty of Fort Industry (1805): The Treaty of Fort Industry was signed on July 4, 1805. In this treaty the Wyandot Indians, the Ottawa Indians, the Chippewa Indians, the Munsee Indians, the Delaware Indians, the Potawatomi Indians, and the Shawnee Indians relinquished one-half million acres of land south of Lake Erie and west of the Cuyahoga River in northeastern Ohio. . . .
Treaty of Fort Industry (1805) (transcript): A treaty between the United States of America, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriers of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chipawa, Munsee and Delaware, Shawanee, and Pottawatima nations, holden at Fort Industry, on the Miami of the lake, on the fourth day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and five. . . .
Treaty of Greeneville (1795): On August 20, 1794, an American army commanded by Anthony Wayne defeated a Native American force led by Blue Jacket of the Shawnee at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. With this victory, Indians living in the western portion of modern-day Ohio knew that they had to sue for peace. . . .
Treaty of Greeneville (1795) (transcript): A treaty of peace between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias. . . .
Treaty of Lewistown (1829): On August 3, 1829, members of the Shawnee Indians and the Seneca Indians signed the Treaty of Lewistown with the United States. . . .
Treaty of Little Sandusky (1829): On August 3, 1829, Delaware Indians and representatives of the United States signed the Treaty of Little Sandusky. . . .
Treaty of Little Sandusky (1829) (transcript): Articles of agreement made between John M’Elvain, thereto specially authorized by the President of the United States, and the band of Delaware Indians, upon the Sandusky River, in the State of Ohio, for the cession of a certain reservation of land in the said State. . . .
Treaty of Little Sandusky (1831): On February 28, 1831, Seneca Indians residing along the Sandusky and the Little Sandusky Rivers signed the Treaty of Little Sandusky with representatives of the United States . . .
Treaty of Little Sandusky (1831) (transcript): Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at the City of Washington, on the twenty-eight day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by and between James B. Gardiner, specially appointed Commissioner on the part of the United States, of the one part, and the undersigned, principal Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca tribe of Indians, residing on the Sandusky river in the State of Ohio, on the part of said tribe, of the other part; for the cession of the lands now owned and occupied by the said tribe of Indians, lying on the waters of the Sandusky river, and situate within the territorial limits of the organized counties of Seneca and Sandusky, in said State of Ohio. . . .
Treaty of Maumee (1833): The Treaty of Maumee was signed on February 18, 1833. In this treaty, the Ottawa Indians living in Ohio gave up their claims to all of their lands located in the state. . . .
Treaty of Maumee (1833) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made at Maumee in the State of Ohio, on the eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, between George B. Porter, Commissioner on the part of the United States, of the one part; and the undersigned Chiefs and Head men of the Band of Ottawa Indians, residing on the Indian Reserves, on the Miami of Lake Erie, and in the vicinity thereof, representing the whole of said band, of the other part: . . .
Treaty of Miami (Maumee) Bay (1831): On August 30, 1831, representatives of the United States and the Ottawa Indians signed the Treaty of Miami (Maumee) Bay. . . .
Treaty of St. Mary's (1817): The Treaty of St. Mary's was signed on September 29, 1817. It was a supplement to the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids of 1817. . . .
Treaty of the Maumee Rapids (1817): Also known as the Treaty of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, the Treaty of the Maumee Rapids was signed on September 29, 1817. . . .
Treaty of the Maumee Rapids (1817) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, between Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners of the United States, with full power and authority to hold conferences, and conclude and sign a treaty with all or any of the tribes or nations of Indians within the boundaries of the state of Ohio, of and concerning all matters interesting to the United States and the said nations of Indians on the one part; and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, Shawanese, Potawatomees, Ottawas, and Chippeway, tribes of Indians. . . .
Treaty of Wapakoneta (1831): On August 8, 1831, four hundred Shawnee Indians agreed to relinquish their claims to land in western Ohio in the Treaty of Wapakoneta. . . .
Treaty of Wapakoneta (1831) (transcript): Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Wapaghkonnetta, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio on the 8th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by and between James B. Gardiner specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United States and John McElvain, Indian Agent for the Wyandots, Senecas and Shawnees residing in the State of Ohio, on the one part, and the undersigned, principal Chiefs, Headmen and Warriors of the tribe of Shawnee Indians residing at Wapaghkonnetta and Hog Creek, within the territorial limits of the organized county of Allen, in the State of Ohio. . . .
Treaty with the Delawares (1818): On October 3, 1818, the Delaware Indians agreed to relinquish all claims that they had to land in Indiana. In exchange, the United States government agreed to provide the Delawares with land west of the Mississippi River. . . .
Treaty with the Delawares (1818) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, in the state of Ohio, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners of the United States, and the Delaware nation of Indians. . . .
Treaty with the Miamis (1818): On October 6, 1818, the Miami Indians agreed to relinquish much of their land in Indiana and Ohio. . . .
Treaty with the Miamis (1818) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded, at St. Mary's, in the State of Ohio, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, Commissioners of the United States, and the Miame nation of Indians. . . .
Treaty with the Potawatomis (1818): On October 2, 1818, the Potawatomi Indians agreed to relinquish much of their land in Indiana. In exchange, the United States government agreed to pay the Potawatomi Indians a yearly annuity consisting of 2,500 dollars. . . .
Treaty with the Potawatomis (1818) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded at St. Mary's, in the state of Ohio, between Jonathan Jennings, Lewis Cass, and Benjamin Parke, commissioners of the United States and the Potawatamie nation of Indians. . . .
Treaty with the Senecas and Shawnees (1832): The Treaty with the Senecas and the Shawnees (1832) modified an earlier treaty made in 1831 by the United States with the Seneca and Shawnee Indians. . . .
Treaty with the Senecas and Shawnees (1832) (transcript): Articles of agreement, made and concluded at the Seneca agency, on the head waters of the Cowskin river, this 29th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by and between Henry. L. Ellsworth and John F. Schermerhorn, Commissioners, on behalf of the United States, and the Chiefs and Headmen of the "United Nation" of the Senecas and Shawnee Indians, on behalf of said Tribe or Nation. . . .
Treaty with the Senecas, Shawnees and Wyandots (1831): On July 20, 1831, the Seneca Indians and the Shawnee Indians agreed to relinquish their claims to land in western Ohio. In exchange, the United States government agreed to provide the tribes with sixty thousand acres of land west of the Mississippi River. . . .
Treaty with the Senecas, Shawnees and Wyandots (1831) (transcript): Articles of agreement and convention, made and concluded at Lewistown, in the county of Logan, and State of Ohio, on the twentieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by and between James B. Gardiner, specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United States, and John McElvain, Indian agent for the Wyandots, Senecas and Shawnees, on the one part, and the undersigned principal chiefs and warriors of the mixed band of Senecas and Shawnee Indians residing at and around the said Lewistown, of the other part; for the cession of the lands now owned and occupied by said band, lying on the waters of the Great Miami river, and within the territorial limits of the organized county of Logan, in said State of Ohio. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1832): On January 19, 1832, a group of Wyandot Indians agreed to relinquish all claims to a reservation in Ohio. The reservation consisted of sixteen thousand acres of land. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1832) (transcript): Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at McCutcheonsville, Crawford county, Ohio, on the nineteenth day of January, 1832, by and between James B. Gardiner, specially appointed commissioner on the part of the United States, and the Chiefs, Headmen and Warriors of the band of Wyandots, residing at the Big Spring in said county of Crawford, and owning a reservation of 16,000 acres at that place. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1836): On April 23, 1836, the Wyandot Indians agreed to relinquish all claims to three parcels of land in Crawford County, Ohio. Under this agreement, the United States government would sell the land and provide the Indians with all profits from the land sale. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1836) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded between John A. Bryan, commissioner on the part of the United States, and William Walker, John Barnett, and Peacock, chiefs and principal men of the Wyandot tribe of Indians in Ohio, acting for and on behalf of the said tribe. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1842) (Upper Sandusky): On March 17, 1842, the Wyandot Indians agreed to relinquish all claims to land in Ohio and Michigan. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots (1842) (Upper Sandusky) (transcript): John Tyler, President of the United States of America, by John Johnston, formerly agent for Indian affairs, now a citizen of the State ofOhio, commissioner duly authorized and appointed to treat with the WyandottNation of Indians for a cession of all their lands lying and being in theStates of Ohio and Michigan; and the duly constituted chiefs, counsellors, andhead-men, of the said Wyandott Nation, in full council assembled, on the other part, have entered into the following articles and conditions, viz: . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Senecas, and Miamis (1814): In 1814, William Henry Harrison and Lewis Cass negotiated a treaty with the Wyandot Indians, the Delaware Indians, the Shawnee Indians, the Seneca Indians, and the Miami Indians on the behalf of the United States government. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawnees, Senecas, and Miamis (1814) (transcript): A treaty of peace and friendship between the United States of America, and the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoese, Senecas, and Miamies. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots, Shawnees, Senecas, and Ottawas (1818): On September 29, 1817, Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners from the United States government, and representatives from the Wyandot Indians, the Shawnee Indians, the Seneca Indians, and the Delaware Indians began negotiations to determine the location of Native American land in Ohio. . . .
Treaty with the Wyandots, Shawnees, Senecas, and Ottawas (1818) (transcript): Articles of a treaty made and concluded, at St. Mary’s, in the state of Ohio, between Lewis Cass and Duncan McArthur, commissioners of the United States, with full power and authority to hold conferences, and conclude and sign a treaty or treaties, with all or any of the tribes or nations of Indians within the boundaries of the state of Ohio, of and concerning all matters interesting to the United States and the said nations of Indians, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors, of the Wyandot, Seneca, Shawnese, and Ottawas, tribes of Indians; being supplementary to the treaty made and concluded with the said tribes, and the Delaware, Potawatamie, and Chippewa, tribes of Indians, at the foot of the Rapids of the Miami of Lake Erie, on the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. . . .
Truax, Charles V.: Charles Vilas Truax was Ohio's second Director of Agriculture. The Director of Agriculture served as the head of the Ohio Department of Agriculture. . . .
Tyler, Amos
University of Toledo
Upper Sandusky: Upper Sandusky had its beginnings as a village of the Wyandot Indians. . . .
Urbana
Urbana University
Van Wert
Van Wert County
Vance, Joseph
Vanguard Technical Institute
Vietnam War Protestors: Thousands of Americans opposed United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Some of these people actively participated in protests. . . .
Waite, Morrison R.: Morrison R. Waite was a chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court who spent much of his adult life in Ohio. . . .
Wapakoneta: Wapakoneta was an important site to the Ottawa Indians before they left Ohio. By 1798, the Shawnee Indians had made Wapakoneta one of their principal towns. . . .
Wauseon
Wayne, Anthony: Anthony Wayne was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, on January 1, 1745. As a young man, a career in the military fascinated Wayne. Despite this desire, he attended his uncle’s private school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied to become a surveyor. . . .
Whitlock, Brand: Brand Whitlock was an American attorney, author, elected official and diplomat in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. . . .
Williams County
Willys-Overland Company
Wonders, J.C.
Wood County
Wyandot County
Yoder, Samuel: Samuel Yoder was a political leader form Ohio in the years after the American Civil War. . . .
Young, Rodger W.