The First Appearance in Ohio of the Theory of Continental Glaciation

Author Institution: Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801Louis Agassiz published his "glacial theory" in Etudes sur les glaciers in October, 1840. Edward Hitchcock wrote approvingly of the theory in 1841 and reproduced some of the Agassiz plates. Professor Samuel St. John of Western Reserve College reproduced one of the Hitchcock glacier plates and wrote favorably of the theory and described glacial drift in general in the first geology textbook published in Ohio, in 1851 at Hudson. St. John's influence was particularly important in the career of his student, John Strong Newberry, the famous geologist. Newberry's interest in glacial deposits, and especially in the origin of kames, may be traced to St. John, his geology teacher

The Establishment and Reterritorialization of Planning Districts in South Dakota as a Response to Economic Challenges

Rural areas in South Dakota have been experiencing population decline over the last forty years. This has reduced tax revenues of small town and cities, in turn reducing the abilities of local governments to provide services. The concurrent rise in federal monies and federal policies has caused many local communities to reterritorialize into planning districts that are quasi-government in nature. These planning districts bring together the resources and talents of local communities to obtain much needed federal monies through grants. This is an examination of this process and its effects within South Dakota

Illinoian Drift Region of Northeast Central Ohio

Author Institution: University of New Hampshir

Glaciation of Northwestern Holmes County, Ohio

Author Institution: University of New Hampshir