The Encyclopedia of Ohio History http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org Copyright 2006 The Ohio Historical Society McConnelsville is the county seat of Morgan County, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1973 03/13/2010 In 1836, the state of Indiana began construction on the Whitewater Canal in the southeastern part of the state. Cincinnati, Ohio, businessmen, concerned that the Whitewater Canal might reduce their business once it was completed, decided that it was necessary to build a canal that would connect the city to the Whitewater Canal. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2689 03/11/2010 The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was formed in 1885. It was a predecessor of the present Ohio Historical Society. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=954 03/09/2010 On August 3, 1829, members of the Shawnee Indians and the Seneca Indians signed the Treaty of Lewistown with the United States. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1417 03/09/2010 In 1862, brothers Frank and Elisha Hurd built their first cheese factory, the Silver Creek Cheese Factory, in Aurora, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2624 03/08/2010 Joseph Smith, Jr., established The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, on April 6, 1830, in Seneca County, New York. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=611 03/06/2010 Harriet Taylor Upton was a prominent suffragist and the first woman to serve as vice-chairperson of the Republican National Committee. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=388 03/05/2010 William Moore McCulloch was a civil rights activist and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio in the mid-twentieth century. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3479 03/01/2010 The Plano cultures of prehistoric North America developed from the preceding Clovis culture beginning at around 8000 B.C. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2045 02/27/2010 The Clovis culture is the oldest widely recognized archaeological culture in North America. The hallmark of the Clovis culture is the Clovis spear point. It is named for Clovis, New Mexico, where it was first recognized as an artifact made by Ice Age hunters. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2044 02/27/2010 Exactly when the first people discovered America is one of the most hotly debated subjects in American archaeology. There is increasing evidence that people arrived in the New World before the Clovis culture (9500 B.C. to 8000 B.C). http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2043 02/27/2010 William Allen was Ohio's 31st governor (1874-1876). He also represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives (1833-1835) and the United States Senate (1837-1849). http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=132 02/27/2010 Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American author and ardent abolitionist. She is most notable for authoring Uncle Tom's Cabin, a fictional work that demonized the evils of slavery, and galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the North prior to the American Civil War. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=360 02/26/2010 Albert Bruce Sabin was an American medical researcher who developed an oral vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=330 02/26/2010 Judith Resnik was an American astronaut who tragically died in the explosion of the Orbiter Challenger on January 28, 1986. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1772 02/26/2010