At the close of the Revolution, the Eastern States were old and prematurely gray, and poverty, bankruptcy and starvation induced the patriotic soldiers to accept pay for their services in unsurveyed wild land in the “North-west Territory.” The new acquisition was lauded as a country flowing with equivalents to “milk and honey,” and would sustain a large population, make delightful homes, and furnish an easily-acquired subsistence. As soon as the Indian dangers were no longer detrimental, the homeless poor, with guns, ammunition and land certificates, flocked in from all quarters of the world, took possession of the country, and became the progenitors of a great and pre-eminent people--“_The Squirrel Hunters of Ohio_.” TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAP. I. OHIO--EARLY SETTLEMENT, 1 II. OHIO--EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL, 51 III. OHIO--PROFESSIONS: MEDICAL, MINISTERIAL AND LEGAL, 107 IV. OHIO--HER BEASTS, BIRDS, AND TREES: AIDS TO HIGHER CIVILIZATION, 166 V. OHIO--HER COACH, CANAL, AND STEAMBOAT ERA, 267 VI. OHIO--HER RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH ERA, 310 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FRONTISPIECE. Home of the Pioneer, 7 This is Freedom! 9 The Gum Tree, 12 Stray Pup, 30 Gamer, 33 Our Cabin, 1821, 37 Ground Hog Club--Certificate of Membership, 58 Ohio School-house from 1796 to 1840, 64 School-house of 1851, in which President Garfield Taught, 92 The Olive Branch, 95 Hunter and Dog, 118 Man of Special Providences, 128 Church, Residence, and Court-house, 131 Public School Building, Pickaway County, O., 1851, 148 A Squirrel Hunter, 171 A Herd of Bison, 174 Camp Red River Hunters, 176 Turkey River, Iowa, 1845, 221 Sequoia Park, 235 Conflict in Pre-emption Claims, 250 Chillicothe Elm, 252 Logan Elm, 253 Map--Lord Dunmore’s Campaign, 256 Monument, Boggs Family, 263 Indian Raid, 264 Spinning Wheel, 275