The Encyclopedia of Ohio History http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org Copyright 2006 The Ohio Historical Society 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. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=709 11/09/2009 In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the Virginia Military District was an early land division in what would eventually become Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=817 11/02/2009 The Ridges was formerly an asylum for the mentally ill in Athens, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3355 10/21/2009 Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff, better known as Doris Day, was one of the best known actresses in America in the mid to late twentieth century. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1845 09/18/2009 In 1848, E.G. Folsom established Folsom's Business College in Cleveland, Ohio. Only two students enrolled in the school's first academic term, but the institution grew quickly. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2512 09/15/2009 In 1848, E.G. Folsom established Folsom's Business College, the predecessor of Dyke College and eventually Chancellor University, in Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3478 09/15/2009 In 1848, E.G. Folsom established Folsom's Business College, the predecessor of David N. Myers College and eventually Chancellor University, in Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2757 09/15/2009 In 1848, E.G. Folsom established Folsom's Business College, the predecessor of David N. Myers College and eventually Chancellor University, in Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2506 09/15/2009 In 1848, E.G. Folsom established Folsom's Business College, the predecessor of Dyke College and eventually Chancellor University, in Cleveland, Ohio. Only two students enrolled in the school's first academic term, but the institution grew quickly. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2507 09/15/2009 Throughout the American Revolution, Shawnee warriors conducted raids against American settlements in Kentucky. In November 1782, George Rogers Clark, hoping to prevent further attacks, led a detachment of militiamen against the Shawnee Indians living at modern-day Piqua, Ohio. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=477 09/09/2009 The Christian Church founded Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 1852. The college admitted its first students the following year. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=652 09/09/2009 George White was a prominent twentieth-century political leader who served as Ohio's Governor from 1931 to 1935. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=408 09/08/2009 William Clarke Quantrill was a leader of Confederate guerrilla forces during the American Civil War. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=317 09/08/2009 During the 1980s and 1990s, medical officials began observing an increased rate of cancer, especially leukemia, among students at Marion, Ohio's, River Valley Schools. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1622 08/26/2009 James Madison was the fourth President of the United States. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=251 08/24/2009