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	Search results for Ohio    Refine your search Subject Artists (2) Military Uniforms (2) Teachers (2) Abolitionists (1) African Americans (1) Show more... Where in Indiana Marion County -- India... (2) Boone County -- Zionsv... (1) Harmony in Posey Count... (1) Indiana Territory (1) Knox County -- Vincenn... (1) Show more... When in Indiana 1790s (1) 1814-1824 (1) 1826-1847 (1) 1840-1856 (1) 1854-1901 (1) Show more... results 1-10 of 10 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Name: Subject: Notable For: 1. Tecumseh Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813; Indians of North America; Tribal chiefs Tecumseh was born in the Shawnee town of Piqua, Ohio. His brother Tenskwatawa, or The Prophet, were important Shawnee leaders. When the Treaty of Greenville was signed giving most of Ohio to whites, Indian... 2. William Forsyth Forsyth, William, 1854-1935; Artists; Teachers; Mustaches Forsyth studied art at the Royal Academy of Munich. When he returned to Indiana he taught with other artists and eventually joined the staff at Herron Art School. Forsyth enjoyed painting Hoosier landscapes... 3. Nancy Noel Noel, Nancy A.; Artists; Posters; Portraits Noel is a poster artist. She received her BA from Mount St. Joseph College in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1967. She taught art to gifted children with emotional and psychological problems and opened the Noel Gallery... 4. Anthony Wayne Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Military officers; Military uniforms In 1794 when negotiations with the Indians over land failed, Wayne was authorized to fight them. In August his men defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in Ohio. In September he established... 5. Duke Hampton Family Orchestra Jazz; Big bands; Jazz musicians; Families; Musicians; Wind instruments; Pianos; Drums; African Americans; Trombones; Trumpets; Saxophones; Brass instruments; Stringed instruments; Musical instruments; Music ensembles; Orchestras; Bands Jazz Music 6. Benjamin Harrison Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Presidents; Legislators; Politicians; Generals Harrison, the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, moved to Indiana from Ohio in 1854. He was a lawyer and was active in politics. He was in the 70th Indiana Infantry in the Civil War reaching... 7. Levi Coffin Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877; Underground railroad system; Abolition movement; Abolitionists; Business people Coffin was born in North Carolina and moved with his family to Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana, in 1826. He became a leading merchant and miller. In 1844 he began selling only goods not produced by... 8. George Rogers Clark Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818; Explorers; Surveyors; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Clark's Expedition to the Illinois, 1778-1779 Clark was from Virginia and was a trained surveyor and frontiersman. He also fought in the Revolutionary War. His brother William was famous for the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1778, Patrick Henry,... 9. George Rapp Rapp, George,1757-1847; Rappites; Harmony Society; Germans--United States; Harmonists; United States--Emigration and immigration; Immigrants; Germans--Indiana In 1814 George Rapp and his followers came up the Wabash River by flatboat and founded the utopian community of Harmonie. The Harmonists were a group of Lutheran dissenters who had left Germany in 1805... 10. Saint Theodora Guerin Nuns; Saints; Teachers; Missionaries; Religious education; Religious orders; Women; Clothing & dress; Theodora, Mother, Saint, 1798-1856; Sisters of Providence (Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.) Saint Theodora came to Indiana in 1840. She overcame religious, gender, and cultural prejudice and established St. Mary-of-the-Woods, the oldest Catholic women's liberal arts college in the United States.... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-10 of 10 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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