Why the West Went to War in 1812
The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum 203 East Main Street, Loudonville, OHThis talk answers the question: What was the link between western states and territories and the War of 1812? Investigating backcountry culture and its influence on shaping the Northwest Territory’s organization is central to understanding why settlers living in trans-Appalachia adamantly supported war against Great Britain and their Indian allies. Expressions of backcountry culture can...
Conflict and Memory: Digging into the Copus Massacre
The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum 203 East Main Street, Loudonville, OHIn September 1812, during the War of 1812, tensions between settlers and Native Americans in north-central Ohio reached a violent climax at what came to be known as the Copus Massacre. Following the forced removal and destruction of the nearby Greentown Indian village, many Native residents were betrayed by the US Army and blamed their...
Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum 203 East Main Street, Loudonville, OHThe story of the women’s suffrage movement is often oversimplified as a peaceful transition in which male politicians willingly extended the right to vote to women. In reality, it was...