Bouquets Trail, 1764. Unsatisfied by the treaty that ended the French and Indian War, Ottawa chief Pontiac led a confederacy of Native American tribes in attacks against the British frontier forts during 1763, a campaign known as Pontiacs . . . — — Map (db m13615) HM
"Freedom is never free. So much has been sacrificed to live in a free nation. Many have served in our nation's military. Many have battle scars. Others have given their lives for God and country. We shall never forget." — — Map (db m281148) WM
Considered the oldest organized church in continuous existence in Holmes County, Hopewell's history can be traced to a "preaching point" as early as 1818 or 1819, developing into a regularly organized church under the Presbytery at Mansfield about . . . — — Map (db m281167) HM
The giant Peace Oak at Salm, France, remote in the upper region of the Vosges Mountain range, is reputed to have been planted around 1794 by Anabaptists to commemorate the honoring of their request to be recognized as conscientious objectors to war. . . . — — Map (db m281150) HM
The Pioneer Barn is so-called because of its design, not its age. The 48 foot by 36 foot-barn houses the Eash & Yoder Conestoga Wagon and related artifacts of the pioneer era. Using an 1840-era Pennsylvania barn style (also known as German barn . . . — — Map (db m281151) HM
The scene depicts 18th Century immigrants arriving in the New World. The immigrants shown represent the general experience of settlers disembarking from ships with all their worldly possessions, ready to start life anew in a new homeland.
This . . . — — Map (db m281149) HM
This stone is from the Grotto at Lourdes, France. Between February the 11th and July the 16th of 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared eighteen times to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the Grotto of Massabielle near the French town of Lourdes. She . . . — — Map (db m281156) HM
This area, known as Calmoutier, was an early French Catholic farming community founded in 1832 by Claude Druhot, who came from Calmoutier, Hte-Saτne, France. Its first native, the four-month-old Claude Joseph Druhot, was baptized on 9 June 1833 . . . — — Map (db m24492) HM
Calvin Bucklew Harper M. Cline Earnest Fortune Elmer B. Johnson Clarence R. Logsdon Clarence Mackey Bernard L. Purdy Jerry Spitler Harold Vogle Robert Bernard
Bernard C. "Bill" Gallion Noah Gallion Bob Gandee Clarence . . . — — Map (db m282772) WM
This marks the one-half acre site of Saint Joseph Church and Cemetery. The church was built and the congregation active in the middle of the Nineteenth Century. The deed, dated 15 February 1847, conveying the land from Peter Durand to Archbishop . . . — — Map (db m280955) HM
Republican congressman William M. McCulloch was one of the architects
of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, the first of three laws to
recommit the nation to the cause of civil rights in the 1960s. Bill
McCulloch was born near . . . — — Map (db m179748) HM
1867-Original county infirmary built to house 80 paupers
1895-Destroyed by fire
1896-Rebuilt
1919-Name changed to "County Home" — — Map (db m281162) HM
1896-Built to isolate the sick residents.
1971-Enclosed passage way connecting home.
1974-Remodeled as a residence for supt.
1994-Converted to housing for more independent male residents. — — Map (db m281163) HM
Used for butchering & smoking meat. Canning & boiling down sap for maple syrup done here. Last used to cook garbage for hogs til 1997.
circa 1896 — — Map (db m281158) HM
Used for the year around storage of fruits & vegetables. Constructed underground, it maintained a constant 50 to 55 temp.
circa 1897 — — Map (db m281160) HM
Built to accommodate the growing benefit auction held at the home every year, the pavilion was once a garden truck patch that was 80' by 250' and provided produce for the home. — — Map (db m281165) HM
Killbuck was a tribal leader of the turtle clan of the Unami branch of the Delaware Indians. He became a chief when his grandfather, Newcomer, died in 1776. Killbuck's Delaware name was Gelelemend, which translates to English as "leader." He was . . . — — Map (db m280959) HM
On French Ridge in Richland Township, on June 5, 1863, local citizens in defiance of conscription attacked Elias Robinson, an enrolling officer of the Union Army. When Captain James Drake, the provost marshal, imprisoned the ringleaders, armed . . . — — Map (db m214473) HM
Purchased from
Nathan and Esther Brenner
by the
Holmes County Commissioners,
Robert S. Maurer
Clayton Hershberger
Jack E Nowels,
January 27 1982
Holmes County
Office Building
Auto Title Department
County Office of . . . — — Map (db m214474) HM
Washington [north face]
Six Soldiers of the
Revolutionary War were
subsequently Residents of
Holmes County, Ohio.
Jackson [east face]
In memory of the
Soldiers of the War of A.D. 1812
who became citizens
of Holmes . . . — — Map (db m81741) WM
Made in a Millersburg foundry by A. Dagon. This trough served the needs of Holmes County residents who visited the courthouse for official business until about 1939. As the automobile traffic increased, the hitching rail was moved to the east side . . . — — Map (db m205797) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Hotel Millersburg
1847 — — Map (db m205798) HM
Adam Johnson and Charles Miller in 1815 laid out the plans for their town and named it Millersburg. On April 12, 1824 the town was chosen as the county seat and on March 6, 1835 it was incorporated.
Beautifully located upon elevated ground, . . . — — Map (db m177008) HM
The Millersburg Opera House was built around 1890. In addition to the Opera House, the building also housed City Hall. The Opera House was used for various events over the years including the showing of motion pictures. Listed in the 1941 Film Daily . . . — — Map (db m177003) HM
Dedicated to the men and women of Holmes County who have served their country so that freedom's light might shine through the world. — — Map (db m205795) WM
Millersburg: a good place to slow down. Take your time...discover the past. Stroll through the present and Explore our inviting downtown... Come, make Millersburg your own.
With over 120 buildings listed, the entire downtown is in the National . . . — — Map (db m281169) HM
In Loving Honor of
Loy P. Walkerow
US Marine
Lifelong Nashville resident
Nashville High School Graduate
Nashville businessman
Nashville Council member
Inventor
Thank you, Dad, for all your service, dedication and help to others . . . — — Map (db m280954) WM
Dedicated to the memory
of all veterans
who served for peace
and freedom forever.
Honoring our Veterans
United States Armed Forces
Freedom Edition
Honoring those who have served
Honoring our
World War I Veterans
1917-1918 . . . — — Map (db m280953) WM
Jonas Stutzman, from Somerset County, Pennsylvania, came to this site in 1809 to clear land for farming and to build a log home for his family. He was the first permanent settler in the eastern portion of what would in 1825 become Holmes County. . . . — — Map (db m24493) HM
Jonas Stutziman was the first white settler in eastern Holmes County. He arrived in the Indian Territory during spring of 1809. He provided the first sawmill, was a teacher and in his later years, dressed in white (weiss) clothes. In 1849 he . . . — — Map (db m281147) HM
Peace-Loving Amish Pioneers Build Brotherly Native American Frontier Relations An unbarred log cabin door could mean vulnerability. But for one of the earliest pioneering families of the Ohio country the peace-loving Amish Jacob Mast . . . — — Map (db m240036) HM
Born November 15, 1863 to Louis & Rosina Sunkle a graduate of Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio in 1889. Married Clara Viola Karch of Mt. Hope in 1890, of this union a son Hunter Robb & daughter Judith Elizabeth were born.
From 1891 to 1895 Dr. . . . — — Map (db m281152) HM
This bell was purchased in 1883 from the Bell Manufacturing Co. of Fredericktown, Ohio. It was cast by Cummings and Kosack, weighs 350 pounds and cost $17.60. It rang from the belfry of the old school house that was torn down in 1948.
The . . . — — Map (db m281154) HM
To the memory of the first settlers and pioneers of Winesburg, Ohio who came here to conquer wilderness, they possessed lofty courage, high ideals, rugged character and staunch virtues first settlement made in spring of 1827
(Born, Name, . . . — — Map (db m281155) HM
