Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Put-In-Bay:: The Construction of Perry's Monument
    Put-In-Bay:: The Construction of Perry's Monument
    Put-In-Bay:: The Construction of Perry's Monument
    Ebook187 pages41 minutes

    Put-In-Bay:: The Construction of Perry's Monument

    By Jeff Kissell

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    "We have met the enemy and they are ours. . . ." So wrote Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison following his decisive victory over a British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. Perry's victory served as a catalyst both for this battle and for ending hostilities in the Old Northwest Theater of the War of 1812. Captured here in over 200 vintage images from the Monument archives, is a pictorial and technical record of how a monument befitting this naval victory and the resulting peace became a reality.During the remainder of his life, the country heralded Perry as a national hero whose bravery and fortitude enabled the U.S. to win, or gain an honorable peace from, its war with England. A deserving result of this victory was creation of a monument to honor Perry and his men. The story of the construction of the monument is as thrilling as the bravery that inspired it-seen here are the original photographs taken by prominent Put-in-Bay photographer G. Otto Herbster, capturing the builders, architects, mishaps, and triumphs that occurred during the construction of one of Ohio's most revered treasures.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439630020
    Put-In-Bay:: The Construction of Perry's Monument

    Read more from Jeff Kissell

    Related to Put-In-Bay:

    Related ebooks

    Architecture For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • UNLIMITED

      Before the Mint Got There: HOMEGROWN GOLD COINS

      Jun 17, 2022

      Serious collectors of gold coinage, as well as those of us who really enjoy the history of our coins, know that for a brief time, the United States Mint operated branch facilities in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Dahlonega, Georgia. For a much longe

      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Superlative Era

      Feb 11, 2022

      Superlative Era
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Guy, A Horse, A Hat, A Sunset

      Dec 6, 2022

      A Guy, A Horse, A Hat, A Sunset
      6 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Layers of Fun

      Feb 21, 2023

      Layers of Fun
      18 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Towpath Tune

      Sep 24, 2019

      Towpath Tune
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Good As Gold

      Mar 1, 2022

      Good As Gold
      10 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Reel Farm Rebel Yells

      Nov 1, 2022

      Reel Farm Rebel Yells
      1 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Hank Adams, The 'Most Important Indian,' Dies At 77

      Dec 25, 2020

      Hank Adams, a lifelong Native American civil rights advocate, died Dec. 21 at the age of 77. Adams is most well-known for his work in getting the federal government to uphold tribal treaty rights.

      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Dynamite Destination

      May 3, 2022

      A Dynamite Destination
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Gold Hill, Nevada

      May 23, 2023

      Gold Hill, Nevada
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Slavery Takes Root

      Sep 1, 2019

      Slavery Takes Root
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Dramatic Changes

      Sep 1, 2022

      Dramatic Changes
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Surfcaster’s Lament

      Dec 27, 2022

      A Surfcaster’s Lament
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      The Festival City

      Jun 18, 2021

      The Festival City
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Unique Animals

      Apr 1, 2022

      Unique Animals
      1 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Time To Laugh, A Time To Weep

      Jul 1, 2020

      A Time To Laugh, A Time To Weep
      7 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      West Yorkshire

      May 3, 2022

      West Yorkshire
      3 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Texas Warmth

      Jan 16, 2023

      Texas Warmth
      2 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Facing Off With The Flivver

      Jul 9, 2019

      Henry Ford was notoriously reluctant to change the Model T, his “Universal Car,” which he felt was more than adequate for the transportation needs of America and the world. Dissent on this point was treated harshly. According to Ford biographer Rober

      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      From Eurasia via Buffalo

      Feb 21, 2020

      From Eurasia via Buffalo
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Alley Cats

      Feb 22, 2022

      Alley Cats
      13 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Heroes Shine Again

      Aug 2, 2022

      Heroes Shine Again
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Northern Exposure

      Jul 18, 2023

      Northern Exposure
      5 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      Cook’s Legacy

      Jun 27, 2018

      Cook’s Legacy
      4 min read

    • UNLIMITED

      A Stop For Immigrants

      Apr 1, 2022

      A Stop For Immigrants
      3 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Put-In-Bay:

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Put-In-Bay: - Jeff Kissell

      noted.

      BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE

      "We have met the enemy and they are ours...." So wrote Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to General William Henry Harrison following his decisive victory over a British fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. On September 10, 1813, Perry’s squadron of nine vessels defeated and captured an English fleet of six vessels. The victory not only secured control of the best means of transportation into the expanding frontier, but served as a turning point in the War of 1812.

      After the battle, American control of Lake Erie enabled unhindered troop movement to Canada, where General William Henry Harrison defeated a combined British, Canadian, and Native American force at the Battle of the Thames. Perry’s victory served as a catalyst both for this battle and for ending hostilities in the Old Northwest Theater of the War of 1812.

      During the remainder of his life, the country heralded Perry as a national hero whose bravery and fortitude enabled the United States to win, or gain an honorable peace from, its war with England. A deserving result of this victory was creation of a monument to honor Perry and his men. This book presents a pictorial and technical record of how a monument befitting this naval victory and the resulting peace became a reality.

      ISLAND HISTORY

      The earliest known inhabitants of South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) were the indigenous peoples. They were known to island hop in order to canoe across Lake Erie. These Native Americans were also known to visit the island in the winter when ice conditions allowed crossing the lake to hunt raccoons.

      There were some unidentified travelers who came to the island in July 1789. Charts were made of the island naming it Pudding Bay because of the shape of the harbor (of Put-in-Bay) resembling a pudding bag. It has also been recorded that the bottom of the harbor was soft like pudding, unlike the hard bottom of the rest of Lake Erie. British vessels of 1789 have notes referring to the harbor as Puden Bay.

      The earliest known white inhabitants of the island were French. In 1807, the Connecticut Land Company was formed in order to sell land in this area, known as the Western Reserve. In that same year, Pierepont Edwards acquired South Bass Island as part of an attempt to equalize the territory allotment he purchased, which was on an indented shoreline and not on a straight rectangle like other townships. An agent for Edwards, Mr. Suth Done came to the island and drove off the French squatters. After having brought laborers to the island to clear over 100 acres of land, he planted wheat and brought sheep and hogs to the island. After raising a spring wheat crop, his workers were busy threshing grain in the fall of 1812, when British soldiers drove them off the island and destroyed the crop. The following year, the British troops abandoned the island and in 1813, Oliver Hazard Perry made Put-in-Bay his base of operations.

      MOVEMENT TOWARD A NEW MONUMENT

      Homage to Perry’s Victory at the Battle of Lake Erie demanded a monument of proportional size and significance. A lack of widespread concerted effort hindered its completion, although a few river mouth settlements on Lake Erie’s shoreline raised modest statues honoring Perry. These settlements ultimately joined their state and national governments to erect, on South Bass Island, a monument more befitting to memorialize the battle. Prior to the Civil War, a variety of designs and locations including Middle Bass, South Bass, and Gibraltar Islands were proposed for building a monument honoring Perry. Each of these islands had something special, scenically and geographically, to offer as a site for a Perry monument.

      Various landholders on Middle Bass offered tracts of land for a monument, particularly after 1900, when it appeared feasible on the island. Gibraltar Island, located in Put-in-Bay harbor and said to have figured importantly in pre-battle activities as Perry’s lookout point for British ships, was considered. Civil War financier Jay Cooke, who later owned this island, dedicated himself to assisting in the creation of a monument to Perry. South Bass Island was the scene of an act that tipped the scale in its favor. Six officers killed in the battle from both navies were laid to rest on September 11, 1813, in a common grave on South Bass Island.

      The first organized movement toward a monument began in 1852, which marked the approach of the 40th anniversary of the battle. On June 28, the Sandusky Register proposed the

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1