Central Catholic High School - Centripetal Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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t- 5 iff u-of mee just west of Perrysburg Oh1o It covered about n1ne acres of ground and was named n honor of the patrlotxc governor of Oh1o Return Jonathan Melgs The Brxtlsh commanded by General Proctor were statxoned dxrectly across the rlver whxle Tecumseh the great Shawnee 1n the grmp of h1s ldeal to defend the red men from the mvasxon of the wh1tes had h1s Indlans scat tered on both sldes of the r1ver Two S16geS oc curred one 1n May and one ln July The Brltlsh unsuccessful at length retreated On all sldes of the fort are graves of soldlers who fell 1n that v1c1n1ty durxng that war H fo -fc 0123 fl lllc Gt 1 5 7 fffr f if I, X HARRISON J-A On the lakes too the Amerlcans carr1ed on a glorlous campalgn On September 10 1813 Perry met and defeated w1th a home made fleet a large Br1t1sh fleet from Detroit takmg more pr1soners than h1s entlre force Th1s opened the way for Harr1sons operatlons at Detrolt where he defeated Proctor and Tecumseh at the battle of the Thames December 5 1813 breakmg the Indlan power for all t1me By the Treaty of Ghent December 1814 war was ended and the west reglon agam became peaceful In 1817 the Indlans rel1nqu1shed clalms and began the sad m1grat1ons westward They cast long farewell glances at the fertxle reglon as they slowly moved to the Indlan reservatlons west of the M1ss1ss1pp1 The Delawares left 1n 1829 the Ottawas ln 1838 and the Wyandots rn 1842 In 1832 the settlement Incllans Leaxlng the Maumee Valley 04 13 DO of Toledo was begun and 1ts rlse ln the last one hundred years has been phenomenal The Cathollc development of Oh1o has been even more remarkable than 1ts C1V1l h1s tory The labors of the early jesuxts have been rewarded by the spread of Cathol1c1ty throughout the west Th1s year the Cathollc Church cel ebrates the centennary of the first church bullt ln northwest ern Oh1o that of St Mary s at Txffln At the t1me It was erected, the dnocese of C1nc1n natx covered the entlre states of Oh1o and M1ch1gan and the eastern part of Wlsconsm Th1s great terrltory was pre s1ded over by Blshop Edward Fenwxck, who traveled w1th great dxfflculty, especlally m the wlnter months, to the d1f X YY: Q . l I ,fi 1 8 ' 5? Q MJ: f ig, W WS' ' ri v v v 'f' C , I g si. 51,77 K - . 5 r f!! . . . . S X. 3 1 Y ' I if -5 S . . . J X . , - , 1 5 9 - X 1 1 K ' v a ' , . . . , . . , I ! , . 7 5 Y ' 5 7 Y A A . . - . . ' 9 , .

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Y-F 'Q sent to chastise them Both of these expeditions were defeated by surprise attacks of the Indians under Little flllwz wwf! 91 5 ' if tT1f W X Turtle W Qi!! If if President Washington then sent Mad Anthony Wayne famous as second soldier and first fighter of the Revolution to break the Indian power He arrlved at the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers where he erected Fort Defiance in January 1793 Here he offered to treat with the Indians but upon their refusal he marched down the Maumee reaching Roche de Boeuf a famous Indian landmark near the present c1ty of Waterville on August 18 1794 Here he built a small stockade Fort Deposit and pre pared for battle The Indians were encamped on the opposite side of the river and around Presque Isle where a hurricane had torn down the forests hence the name of the combat the Battle of Fallen Timbers On the morning of August .40 1194 he attacked and in a hot battle much of which was fought hand to hand routed the Indians During the battle the great chief Turkey Foot was killed while standing on a large rock trying to rally his forces The Indlans for years afterward visited th1s rock on which they had carved turkeys feet and made offerings to the Splflt of the chief After the battle Wayne burned the Indian village and crops for miles around and established forts and posts throughout the Indian country wma rom' MEIGS Wir gr in X VIVIA Vwfx 'V'! I Li ' I ,, ga' f fi M - Q41 '5 , ill' '4'-- ry ,W v Q- I ,if fu as QW UZV' iirllmi x f ff If b fx iss, i J , ,, ff . before they were finally subdued Had General Wayne not succeeded in crushing the Indians who were backed by Great Brit- ain it is probable that the dividing line between Can- ada and the United States would be the Ohio River rather than the Great Lakes. In 1803 Ohio was ad- mitted to the Union. The Maumee valley was again the principal battleground in the war with Great Brit- 1 : .ri Nfv x Xi X X x X pxt if X X ,a NSQRTE X bi K- i Eff .- '- -, , ,., ,, ain in 1812. 1 I I:-SERS! I General William Henry Harrison, commander -in - chief of the Army of the -fly, Northwest Territory, erect- K I i,i1ff,,,!','gf,L:f T 'M X: - if M -E 1 , h X 14 , 1- ,,- , Yffr I ,F r 1 V Vfaeig :iv - f Aa,-g,A ' . cf f 122-a Ifrvfs - lc, ed Fort Meigs on a high ' 41- x W X - -'fe-I 1 TECUMSEH bluff overlooking the Mau- 041210 v a Y E5 vs fig gy-1921 3454 X,-41 ol:-' . . J I I ful fwvf 1 Liyh fffffh' gd 'Z ,AQ 'O , If My Y, . . ' fl, A 'Q 'f fVV71Q27 4,5-,Aj A ff' , ' W, 1, aww 0 fm 2 ,W If ,'. ' ,f 1,7 W: , V1 f I . 'N my fx ',f V' fy, f ff, -f' f.' 'ir 01,4 ' - H uv i V T- ii N 4-'-'-'22f,f..,, QT . V1 'f , I IV f 1 , U L, r f W ,Mm,n,lqm . H K 1 -- -.' mf' -1 . ' . . . ' . Q V . Y . I I U 1 ' ' Q 1 . I - , . , . . A I F- Y l 9 , . , . , . . y . , Y . fl mi My ' , Wlmll' . If f 1' iw- ll V ' A f 1 w f .X ml l,,.f,p-f 'il 14.4 1 , f af x v X il ill!! iw 1 1' I' 1 Q I 'M' , iii ' fliwlvb l f ' f 41' V v if .f 1 M 411 'M' w I N W ' 'l V f fl X' ' 2,19 1 1 s W lm ! 5 E lk V! 1 7 ,Q , Q V ly: y 1 I 'D I J

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1-4-L' :Eel 1-O-4 41 ,, lb-2 ferent parts to admlmster to the Cathol1c people The d1ocese grew under h1s gentle gu1dance and by 1840 there were churches at Fremont San dusky Glandorf Provldence New Rlegel Shelby Settlement and other local1t1es Toledo havxng become a flourxshmg town felt the need of a res1 dent pastor The Reverend Amadeus Rappe was sent to Toledo m order to establlsh a par1sh He xmmedlately plunged lnto securlng a per manent church for h1s congregatlon and ln the same year bought a rude frame bulldmg on Supe r1or Street near Cherry dedxcatmg It to St Fran c1s de Sales Thxs anclent bu1ld1ng IS now used for the elementary school of th1s parlsh When Bishop Fenwick X f 152 3 2 in sus!! ll :galil U' 'E ff, mv 1-all If i vga: I ll II 'v 4' l' I 5' l .rf- Y ,-.mnlrn The Old St FTZHCIS de Sales the Fxrst Church ln Toledo the Cleveland dxocese was establ1shed Father Rappe became first b1shop From 1845 to 1870 Ger man and Irmsh settlers came xnto thls reglon many of whom were Cathol1c Many of these settlers were of a fine class of people The Irlsh congregated mn the towns and C1t16S the Ger mans more agrxcultural With the openlng of the par1shes the Sxsters came to Toledo the Ursu llnes IH 1854 the Grey Nuns a year later and 1n 1877 the Sisters of Notre Dame Two mterestmg addltxons to the populatlon of Toledo were made ln 1870 and about 1888 wlth the comxng of the Pollsh and Hungarlan lmmlgratxons re spectlvely In 1912 the Cleveland dlocese was dxvxded and northwestern Ohlo became the dlocese of Toledo Rt Rev Joseph Schrembs was ap pomted B1shop of the new dlocese He served 1n thls capacity untxl 1921 when he was made B1shop of Cleveland Bxshop Schrembs was succeeded by the Most Rev Samuel A Strxtch who 041470 one W3-'X X llsl x 'l 4, 1 V, 1 X X Q N l RGMT RiViRE D A ADEU5 RAPPE D D .- -4 8 4 E5 -fs at A x -o , - 9 1 l Y l Y ' Y v ' . , . l ' . A . ll . . . . , Y ' - Ei: -. viii? 252152 E, 5 E -Ag fel' 1 sg.f2,,gaY a2 if ,ga 5, .l r or 1.. A ' f ' fnImnzlrlrruzlleuvflanonuluw , .. lrnnlnlllfnlenlenun nn u n in u 7 1 4 , 8 ' ' ' ' ,Aa i., -pi? ' 35' 1. 7 'l , .-v.,-, ae ' Settled 011 farms nearby- ! 9 . . . . I ' X S . - l 4' . sf 1 ' VI ' Sift' r l , ' 4. Sfkfillngl X f , J :Q .17 , I ' Wt' -'A i Vt , N Ns li . I - Z 'le ' . f x I ll . .X N' X 'Q 1-f. lv: ' ll' X' lla . - .in X-1 -Lx my ,r X , XXX . . 7 ll q., tiny X- K X - X, .I . . . ,M lg, . X3 7 V .W ' Q t 142 4 xx. 1 . . . . zap- x A Q '-AMEX, , X My . at lg ggm,,t.l-1, a To m , li ,A i., X 'xci Y I- -. f.:J I RQ XXX' . . , N 'F , A ,