| Introduction | ||
| 1 | George Croghan and the Emergence of British Influence on the Ohio Frontier | 1 |
| 2 | John Cleves Symmes and the Miami Purchase | 14 |
| 3 | Arthur St. Clair and the Establishment of U.S. Authority in the Old Northwest | 26 |
| 4 | Little Turtle, Blue Jacket, and the Second Tribal Confederation, 1783-1795 | 41 |
| 5 | Thomas Worthington and the Quest for Statehood and Gentility | 60 |
| 6 | Philander Chase and College Building in Ohio | 72 |
| 7 | John Campbell and the Blending of Industrial Development and Moral Uplift in Early Ohio | 84 |
| 8 | John P. Parker and the Underground Railroad | 95 |
| 9 | Frances Dana Gage and Northern Women's Reform Activities in the Nineteenth Century | 108 |
| 10 | Clement L. Vallandigham, the Ohio Democracy, and Loyalty during the Civil War | 121 |
| 11 | George H. Pendleton and the Resurrection of the Democratic Party | 137 |
| 12 | B. F. Goodrich and the Industrialization of Ohio | 151 |
| 13 | Martin Foran and the Creation of Cleveland's Labor Movement | 164 |
| 14 | Benjamin Arnett and the Color Line in Gilded Age Ohio | 178 |
| 15 | Tom L. Johnson and Progressive Reform in Cleveland | 192 |
| 16 | William Oxley Thompson on Popular Education, Social Justice, and Social Control in Progressive Era Ohio | 207 |
| 17 | Florence E. Allen and "great changes in the status of women" | 218 |
| 18 | Jane Edna Hunter and Black Institution Building in Ohio | 228 |
| 19 | Martin L. Davey: Horatio Alger in the New Worlds of Tree Care and Partisan Politics | 240 |
| 20 | George DeNucci and the Rise of Mass-Production Unionism in Ohio | 254 |
| 21 | John W. Bricker and the Slow Death of Old Guard Republicanism | 269 |
| 22 | James A. Rhodes and the 1960s Origin of Contemporary Ohio | 284 |
| 23 | Carl B. Stokes, Cleveland, and the Limits of Black Political Power | 299 |
| 24 | Dave Thomas, Fast Food, and Continued Opportunity in Ohio | 311 |
| List of Contributors | 325 | |
| Index | 331 |
