Add to ORKGReproduction of a portrait of John Cleves Symmes. Symmes was a political leader in both New Jersey and Ohio, a land developer, and a businessman. During the 1780s, Symmes became interested in the Ohio Country. In 1794, President Washington approved a land patent for Symmes and some of his associates to purchase land between the Great and Little Miami Rivers. This was known as the Symmes or Miami Purchase. Text below the image reads "John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814, North Bend) The pioneer land proprietor between the Miamis.
This is a photograph of Samuel Lyons, an ex-slave who lived at 726 Dibert Street in Springfield, Ohi...
View of the Symmes Family Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio, ca. 1930. The dark, rectangular box is the gr...
Back caption reads: "A familiar scene before the development of the street railways in Dayton–Rowing...
Map of the State of Ohio 1807 by John Mansfield. Caption in the lower right-hand corner reads: "Map ...
Reverse reads "Harrison Memorial State Park. District #12, Hamilton Co., North Bend" The tombstone...
This photograph is a formal portrait of Jefferson Stone Combs (1870-1946), a member of the 79th Ohi...
Front caption reads: "The Miami Canal at Dayton. This photograph was taken when the canals were in t...
This image is a photographic reproduction of a portrait of Charles Hammond (1779-1840). In this port...
Caption reads: "Miami and Erie Canal. First Transportation System in Dayton (Except the Overland St...
Harman Blennerhasset's mansion on the Ohio River, ca. 1820-1829. In 1798, Irish native Harman Blenn...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows an unidentified canal in Ohio, with small boats docked on...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a man standing in a canal, leaning on a cane, at an unkno...
This photograph shows two canal boats on the Miami and Erie Canal, south of Dayton, Ohio, in July 19...
This is a photograph of Ahaz Merchant's 1835 rendering which was the first accurate, published map o...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a canal boat, seemingly called the Ohio and built for the...
This is a photograph of Samuel Lyons, an ex-slave who lived at 726 Dibert Street in Springfield, Ohi...
View of the Symmes Family Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio, ca. 1930. The dark, rectangular box is the gr...
Back caption reads: "A familiar scene before the development of the street railways in Dayton–Rowing...
Map of the State of Ohio 1807 by John Mansfield. Caption in the lower right-hand corner reads: "Map ...
Reverse reads "Harrison Memorial State Park. District #12, Hamilton Co., North Bend" The tombstone...
This photograph is a formal portrait of Jefferson Stone Combs (1870-1946), a member of the 79th Ohi...
Front caption reads: "The Miami Canal at Dayton. This photograph was taken when the canals were in t...
This image is a photographic reproduction of a portrait of Charles Hammond (1779-1840). In this port...
Caption reads: "Miami and Erie Canal. First Transportation System in Dayton (Except the Overland St...
Harman Blennerhasset's mansion on the Ohio River, ca. 1820-1829. In 1798, Irish native Harman Blenn...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows an unidentified canal in Ohio, with small boats docked on...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a man standing in a canal, leaning on a cane, at an unkno...
This photograph shows two canal boats on the Miami and Erie Canal, south of Dayton, Ohio, in July 19...
This is a photograph of Ahaz Merchant's 1835 rendering which was the first accurate, published map o...
Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a canal boat, seemingly called the Ohio and built for the...
This is a photograph of Samuel Lyons, an ex-slave who lived at 726 Dibert Street in Springfield, Ohi...
View of the Symmes Family Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio, ca. 1930. The dark, rectangular box is the gr...
Back caption reads: "A familiar scene before the development of the street railways in Dayton–Rowing...