On North Jefferson Street at East Water Street, on the right when traveling north on North Jefferson Street.
Dedicated to the memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and in honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country in World War II and all other wars — — Map (db m233719) WM
On State Road 124 at County Road E 100 S on State Road 124.
Francis Godfroy (1788-1840) was last war chief of the Miami Nation. Owner Mount Pleasant trading post and one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants in the West. Burials in cemetery are restricted to persons of Native American ancestry and . . . — — Map (db m61748) HM
On State Road 124 at County Road E 100 S on State Road 124.
North 87 degrees East 437 feet. War Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers. Here May, 1812, twelve tribes of N.W. Territory voted not to join English. Tecumseh objected and joined Canada. Across road Godfroy's trading post and Mt. Pleasant home, . . . — — Map (db m61139) HM
On Mississinewa Rd, 0.3 miles south of County Road 300 East.
Jean Baptiste Richardville (1761-1841) was principal chief of the Miami Tribe from 1812 to 1841. He signed six treaties with the United States ceding Miami land in Indiana. This house was built for him under one of the treaties. — — Map (db m63115) HM
On East Main Street north of North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west.
Co-owner of American Circus Corporation with Bert Bowers. President of Wabash Valley Building & Loan Association President of Wabash Valley Abstract Company Died January, 29 1930 — — Map (db m240736) HM
On North Broadway Street north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
( Top - Large Plaque )
Miami County War Dead
World War II
Forever Honour’d - - - Forever Mourn’d
1941 - - - - 1945
( Row One )
Alonzo G. Albert • Russell E. Allen • Ralph E. Anderson • Benjamin E. . . . — — Map (db m44296) WM
On North Broadway Street north of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
“They died that others might live Free”
( Korea )
( Row One )
Edward F. Brakes • Weldon E. Bucher • John M. Cain • Donald A. Day • Everett S. Johnson • Bobby G. Leedy
( Row Two )
Jack H. Lewis . . . — — Map (db m44263) WM
On East Main Street east of South Broadway Street, on the left when traveling east.
“These heroes are dead.
They died for Liberty - They died for us.
They are at rest.
They sleep in the land they made free.
Under the flag they rendered stainless.
Under the solemn pines.
The sad hemlocks.
The tearful willows.
The . . . — — Map (db m44202) WM
On North Broadway Street east of East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Miami County Indiana Honors Its Women Of World War 1 November 11, 2018 "This war is being fought by women. It is women who suffer and lend courage to us. Women are the ones to whom honor will be due when this war is over, and they will . . . — — Map (db m240731) WM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) east of Court Street, on the right when traveling west.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
Dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a Pledge
of everlasting Fidelity and
Loyalty . . . — — Map (db m44109) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) at North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Founding member of the National League of Women Voters
Time capsule buried 2022
To be opened in 2072
"I believe women will bring to our body politic an independence of action and clarity of thought unhampered by precedents, . . . — — Map (db m240733) HM
On East Main Street (Business U.S. 24) at North Huntington Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
In October 1914, 16 local women met in the Assembly Room of the Peru Public Library to listen to Dr. Amelia Keller, then President of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana, talk about women suffrage.
In the excitement of the moment they . . . — — Map (db m240735) HM
On North Broadway at East Main Street (Business U.S. 24), on the right when traveling north on North Broadway.
“Greater love hath
no man than this”
Agar, Thomas Agar
Bagshaw, Harry K.
Crites, Ernest A.
Easterday, Lawrence A.
Edgerly, Fred
Flora, Ralph Noah
Gaffrey, Edward Charles
Ginney, John Michael
Harmon, Floyd . . . — — Map (db m44110) HM
On North Broadway Street east of East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Senger Dry Goods Co. circa 1883 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m241005) HM
On Mississinewa Dam Road (Local Route E380S) west of Local Road S675E.
The name Lost Sister refers to Frances Slocum who was kidnapped by Delaware Indians from her Quaker Pennsylvania parents in 1778. She was welcomed into the Miami community and given the name Mahkoonsihkwa, or Little Bear Woman, due to her . . . — — Map (db m215038) HM
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Dedicated to the honor
and sacrifice of our
men and women
who served our country
in war and peace
[Honor Roll]
[Dedicated]
November 11, 1996 — — Map (db m50111) WM
Near Tenth Street, 0.2 miles north of Main Street.
On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. This Battle of Osawatomie raged on the site of John Brown Memorial Park.
Local tradition maintains that the statue of . . . — — Map (db m21125) HM
The Battle of Osawatomie was fought on this site on the morning of August 30, 1856. John Brown led a force of about 30 Free State guerilla fighters in battle against John Reid and 250 proslavery militia men. John Brown chose this battlefield, . . . — — Map (db m69286) HM
John Reid's proslavery militia men formed up in two lines on horseback here and attacked John Brown's Free State guerillas in an aggressive charge. The proslavery Militia men were mounted on horses that were not trained for combat, and began to . . . — — Map (db m69221) HM
John Reid placed the bulk of his proslavery militia men in a line here to charge the center of John Brown's Free State guerilla's line of defense and charged the center of Brown's line in the brush lining the Marais Des Cygnes River. Brown's . . . — — Map (db m69224) HM
John Reid's proslavery militia men set up cannon on John Brown's Free State Guerilla force's flank here on this high ground and fired into John Brown's Free State guerilla forces line of defense while Reid's proslavery militia men attacked the . . . — — Map (db m69225) HM
The Battle of Osawatomie was a military victory for proslavery forces, and a moral and propaganda victory for Free State forces in Kansas Territory. John Brown became a symbol of Free State resistance to proslavery forces, and inspired Free . . . — — Map (db m69243) HM
Purchased by Department of Kansas
Womans Relief Corps
Dedicated to the
Grand Army of the Republic
Presented to the State of Kansas
for a memorial park — — Map (db m69244) WM
On 6th Street at Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 6th Street.
Osawatomie - the name derives from a combination of Osage and Pottawatomie - was settled in 1854 by Free-State families from the Ohio Valley and New England. John Brown, soon to become famous for his militant abolitionism, joined five of his . . . — — Map (db m69325) HM
On 6th Street north of Parker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
One of the first churches in Kansas, this church was built by a Congregationalist group and is typical of the church structures built during pioneering days in Kansas. It was dedicated to public worship in 1861, and its first pastor was the Reverend . . . — — Map (db m69319) HM
On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
John Brown defended Osawatomie against an attack by Pro Slavery Militia in the largest battle during the Bleeding Kansas Era on August 30, 1856 — — Map (db m69288) HM
On Main Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Erected to honor the 5 men killed in the Battle of Osawatomie on August 30, 1856.
Dedicated August 30, 1877
——————————
[Monument inscription reads]
In commemoration of those who . . . — — Map (db m69304) HM
On Peoria Street at Silver Street, on the right when traveling east on Peoria Street.
Dedicated to a couple who helped found and shape Paola, Baptiste Peoria, chief of the Confederated Peoria Tribes and his wife Mary Ann Isaacs Dagenet Peoria chose to take a leadership role in developing Paola. Most of the Paola Town Company were . . . — — Map (db m34428) HM
On East Peoria Street at South Agate Street, on the left when traveling west on East Peoria Street.
Paola's Volunteer Fire Company, like many others in the midwest, was formed after the great Chicago Fire in 1871. There were no telephones, sirens or radios to notify the firefighters. In 1876, this 400 lb. "nice toned" alarm bell was bought for . . . — — Map (db m21683) HM
On Pearl Street near Miami Street, on the right when traveling south.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase, Native American Lands
1854 - Kansas Territory established & open settlement began
1861 - Kansas Statehood - Miami County renamed from Lykins County
1873 - First courthouse on this site converted . . . — — Map (db m34418) HM
On Wea Street, 0 miles east of Silver Street, on the left.
Erected in 1916, in honor of our Country's Defenders, by the school children of Miami County and the D.O. Sellers Family. Dedicated in 1968 to those who have made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Miami County Honored Dead
Spanish War And . . . — — Map (db m21498) HM
On East Main Street (County Route 88) east of Williams Street, on the right when traveling east.
This spot was once a bustling railroad junction, where the Pennsylvania Railroad’s main line from Columbus split into two- north to Chicago and south to St. Louis. Operators at this tower were responsible for safely directing syt traffic, as well . . . — — Map (db m206208) HM
On Miami Avenue (Ohio Route 721) at School Street, on the right when traveling north on Miami Avenue.
Bradford began in 1852 as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad. When the Richmond and Covington Railroad made a junction here in 1864, the village grew with the railroad yard. There were 60 miles of track, a 50-stall . . . — — Map (db m28335) HM
On the evening of August 3, 1920, at 10:30, two men hurrying home after working at the local Railway Y.M.C.A. discovered smoke and flames at the D. Arnold & Sons Lumber Company. Bradford firemen, with the help of area firefighters, could not contain . . . — — Map (db m28337) HM
On E. Main Street (County Route 88), on the left when traveling west.
BF Tower was under the supervision of the Pennsylvania Railroad dispatcher in Columbus, OH. When a train left its terminal, the crew received written orders from the dispatcher. The orders might include such things as stopping to pick up of drop off . . . — — Map (db m206276) HM
On Main Street, 0.5 miles east of Miami Avenue (Ohio Route 721), on the right when traveling east.
The Bradford or "BF" Tower was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad circa 1929, at the important site of Bradford Junction. It replaced an earlier wooden tower that stood to its west. From this building, operators controlled the movement of every . . . — — Map (db m28349) HM
On East Main Street east of Williams Street, on the right when traveling east.
Railroad signals come in many different forms. Here are a few types you can see at B.F. Tower.
Position Light Signal
Position light signals; introduced by the Pennsylvania railroad in 1915, use rows of high-intensity lights to . . . — — Map (db m206255) HM
On E. Main Street (County Route 88), on the left when traveling west.
Railroad signals communicate track conditions to the engineer of an approaching train. They are vital to rail safety. Without signals, it would be impossible to run multiple trains on a line.
Though some resemble traffic lights, railroad . . . — — Map (db m206256) HM
On National Road (U.S. 40) at Ohio Route 201, on the left when traveling east on National Road.
You are now traveling U.S. 40, the Old National Road, used in the westward expansion of our country. In 1837 notice was given that this section of the road would be constructed. A toll house was located at the east edge of Brandt. — — Map (db m28345) HM
On Ohio Route 589, on the left when traveling north.
Born in Kentucky in 1793, his family moved to the Ohio country in 1797. Taught by his mother and in a log-cabin school near Dayton, he began teaching here by 1809. Purchasing land here in 1811, he served at Fort Greenville in the War of 1812. He . . . — — Map (db m28367) HM
On U.S. 36 at Alcony-Conover Road (County Route 26), on the left when traveling east on U.S. 36.
In 1832, Sylvanus Allen's property became the site of Brown Township's sixth and final school district. Following many building expansions, the current building, constructed in 1916, became the home of the Lena-Conover Consolidated School and . . . — — Map (db m29839) HM
On South High Street (Ohio Route 41/48) just south of Thompson Street, on the right when traveling south.
This location has continuously been a tavern since 1856, when Catherine Hoeflich opened a tavern-boarding house-grocery.
In 1886, the original building was moved and Samuel Hoeflich constructed this brick building. Hoeflich's Tavern was the . . . — — Map (db m183297) HM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48), on the right when traveling north.
Thanks God for the
sacrificial service of
our armed forces
with special recognition
to the members of
A.B.Cole, Post #80
“Freedom Isn’t Free” — — Map (db m93116) WM
On Ingle Road at north High Street (Ohio Route 48), on the left when traveling east on Ingle Road.
Erected by Langgton Post No. 299 GAR
Covington Ohio Mar. 1888
Committee R. Cantwell Commander
Byron Crampton, SV Com, C M Gross, Serg Maj — — Map (db m93114) WM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48), on the right when traveling north.
To the
glory
of
Almighty God
in loving memory
of all veterans
of all wars
of the
United States
of
America
Erected by the people and friends of Covington, Oho
dedicated by American Legion Post 80, Amvets Post 66
and VFW Post . . . — — Map (db m93115) WM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48) at West Broadway (U.S. 36), on the right when traveling south on North High Street. Reported permanently removed.
Roll of Honor
erected by the citizens of this community
in honor of the boys who answered our country’s
call and as a memorial to those
who made the supreme sacrifice
1914 Worlds War 1918
Orville Bazil
J. Lowell Boyer
Albert B. Cole . . . — — Map (db m227932) WM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 41/48) just south of West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1812, Colonel George Buchanan constructed a blockhouse to protect the Miami Valley. The fort was active until the unit was mustered out after the second signing of the Treaty of Geenville. It was then used as a place of refuge for the early . . . — — Map (db m183298) HM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 41/48) just south of West Broadway Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1793, General “Mad” Anthony Wayne consteucted Fort Rowdy. The fort encompassed from here south to Wright Street and west to the Stillwater River. The fort was abandoned after the signing of the Treaty of Greenville. — — Map (db m183299) HM
On North Crescent Road (Ohio Route 48) near North Crescent Road (County Road 261), on the right when traveling north.
On this 30th day of May 1968
This flag pole is reverently dedicated to the cherished memory of
Airman First Class
William H. Pitsenbarger
Fallen hero of the Vietnam War, he was killed in action April 11,1966 while engaged in . . . — — Map (db m206151) HM WM
On High Street (Ohio Route 48) at Ingle Road, on the right when traveling north on High Street.
Michael Ingle, the first permanent white settler in Newberry Township, arrived in Miami County in 1804. A tanner from Virginia, Ingle cleared and cultivated eight hundred acres of land, where he grew wheat and other essential produce. He erected a . . . — — Map (db m28342) HM
On Ohio Route 48, on the right when traveling north.
On February 15, 2005, Senate Bill 156 designated Ohio State Route 48 as USAF Pararescue Memorial Parkway. The Parkway honors the memory of all Pararescuemen who perished in the performance of their duties. It is also a tribute to the Air Rescue . . . — — Map (db m221584) HM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48) at Ingle Road, on the right when traveling north on North High Street.
In every war since the founding of this country, citizens of Newbury Township
have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America
Many Covington-area servicemen in World War I joined Company A 3rd Infantry Regiment Ohio National . . . — — Map (db m157090) WM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48) at Face Street, on the right when traveling south on North High Street.
Commemorating Passage of the Lincoln Funeral Train on its 13 day journey, carrying the body of Pres. Abraham Lincoln to Springfield, Ill. The train passed by lines of mourners at Covington April 30, 1865 — — Map (db m228222) HM
On North High Street (Ohio Route 48) north of West Ingle Road, on the right when traveling north.
In memory of the Covington area servicemen who served our country in World War I.
Each generation of Americans is called upon, at great cost, to defend and preserve freedom and the sacred rights and liberties for which our ancestors fought, . . . — — Map (db m232842) WM
On Eldean Road (County Road 33) 0.1 miles County Road 25A, on the right when traveling east.
Eldean Bridge is the only covered bridge left of about 30
that once crossed Miami County streams. The bridge, built in
1860, is one of Ohio's oldest. With a deck length of 222 feet,
it is also the state's second longest covered . . . — — Map (db m166799) HM
Originally known as Allen's Mill Bridge, the Eldean Covered Bridge was built over the Great Miami River in 1860 for Miami County by the Hamilton Brothers of nearby Piqua. Its 224 feet place it among Ohio's longest covered bridges and the longest in . . . — — Map (db m28339) HM
On Eldean Road (County Road 33) 0.1 miles east of County Road 25A, on the right when traveling east.
The Eldean Bridge
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
Built in 1860, the Eldean bridge possesses national
significance as an excellent example of covered
bridge construction. Its span is a rare surviving Long
Truss, . . . — — Map (db m166800) HM
On South Walnut Street (Ohio Route 589) at West Street, on the right when traveling south on South Walnut Street.
Commemorating Passage of the Lincoln Funeral Train
On its 13 day journey, carrying the body of Pres. Abraham Lincoln to Springfield, Ill.
The train passed through Fletcher at midnight April 28, 1865 — — Map (db m140564) HM
In memory of
Henry and Barbara Dilbone
who were killed by the Indians
on their farm to the north
August 18th, 1813
Buried at this place — — Map (db m29840) HM
On Ohio Route 571, 0.2 miles east of Shiloh Road, on the left when traveling east.
Side A:
Hanktown, settled in 1846, was home to eighty-nine of the three hundred and eighty-three slaves, owned by John Randolph (1773-1833), a wealthy Virginian landowner and cousin to President Thomas Jefferson. Randolph had decided to . . . — — Map (db m19744) HM
On Old National Road (U.S. 40) at Old Troy Pike (Ohio Route 202), on the left when traveling west on Old National Road.
Originally known as “Phone Town”, this community along the National Road was once a major telecommunications center in America. In 1893, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) selected this site as the location for a . . . — — Map (db m96437) HM
On U.S. 40, 0.2 miles east of Ohio Route 202, on the left when traveling east.
Once the center of telephone communications in America, Phoneton, originally platted as Phonetown, was established in 1893 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) as the place to service and operate three major telephone and . . . — — Map (db m28347) HM
On North Hardin Road, 0.1 miles north of Ohio Route 66, on the right when traveling north.
In the mid-1700s, France found its influence waning among midwestern tribes as it contested for Native American trade and military alliances with Great Britain. Shortly after Miami Chief Memeskia (also known as Old Britain or La Demoiselle) moved . . . — — Map (db m19875) HM
Metal marker also has pictures of three aircraft, the Spitfire, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang
Stone Inscription:
Domenic Salvatore Gentile
Son of Paquale and Josephine Gentile
R.A.F. 8/41
U.S.A.F. 9/42 . . . — — Map (db m17160) HM
On Broadway Riverside Drive (Ohio Route 66), on the left when traveling north.
On March 20, 1868, the Ohio General Assembly passed a revision to the Ohio Revised Code allowing for a municipality and a township to join together in purchasing land for a shared cemetery. On April 24, 1868, the Washington Township Trustees passed . . . — — Map (db m17140) HM
On Sunset Drive, 0.1 miles north of Covington Avenue (U.S. 36), on the left when traveling north.
Prior to 1905, physicians in the Upper Miami Valley took care of surgical procedures in their offices or in the case of emergencies or serious illness on the patient's own kitchen table. Under these circumstances, cleanliness was difficult to . . . — — Map (db m29911) HM
On North Hardin Road, 0.1 miles Ohio Route 66, on the right when traveling north.
[View of left side of marker]
Mustered in Aug. 23, 1862
Battles Participated in by
The 94th O.V.I. Commanded by
Col. Joseph W. Frizell.
Perryville, KY. October 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862 – Jan. 3, 1863 . . . — — Map (db m26817) HM
On U.S. 36 at Troy-Sidney Road (County Highway 25A), on the left when traveling east on U.S. 36.
J. Scott Garbry, a 1986 inductee into the Ohio Conservation Hall of Fame, had a lifelong commitment and passion for conservation, historic preservation, and education. His gift of land and artifacts to the Upper Valley JVS led to the creation of the . . . — — Map (db m17150) HM
On North Hardin Road, 0.1 miles Ohio Route 66, on the right when traveling north.
Beginning in 1794, Colonel Johnston was a prominent Mason for 66 years. While serving as secretary of Washington lodge No. 59, F. & A. M. (Philadelphia), he was delegated to participate in President George Washington's Masonic funeral. Colonel . . . — — Map (db m26779) HM
On Hardin Road (County Route 110), on the right when traveling north.
With the intention of becoming a "gentleman farmer," John Johnston began development of his Upper Piqua farm in 1808 with a two-story log cabin and this double pen log barn. The surrounding outer sheds were built to protect the log pens from the . . . — — Map (db m95026) HM
On Water Street (U.S. 36), on the left when traveling west.
Completed in 1837, the limestone lock nine served as a catalyst for the growth of Piqua. The lock helped connect the village to Cincinnati (1837) and Toledo (1845) by way of the Miami and Erie Canal. German immigrants traveled up the canal from . . . — — Map (db m17277) HM
On Water Street (U.S. 36) at Spring Street, on the left when traveling west on Water Street.
Lock Nine Park and the surrounding area has been the site for many of the major events in the history of Piqua and the Great Miami River Valley. As the crossroads for at least five major transportation systems, the area typifies various periods of . . . — — Map (db m17278) HM
Near Lockington Dam road (County Route 220) at Kaiser Road (County Route 177).
The dams
of the Miami Conservancy District are for
Flood Prevention Purposes
their use for power development
or for storage
would be a menace to
the cities below.
Lockington
one of five dams
built by the Miami
Conservancy District
for . . . — — Map (db m95070) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Main Street began as a Native American trail that paralleled the Great Miami River. The trail took a shortcut across the east bend of the river thus creating the route that would become the center of the future City of Piqua. This early trail became . . . — — Map (db m17313) HM
Near North Hardin Road (County Road 110) 0.1 miles north of Hardin Alt Road, on the right when traveling north.
Governor Clinton of New York broke ground
for the canal on July 21, 1825 just below
Middletown.
Built
in sections,
the
canal
was opened from the Ohio River to Lake
Erie in l845.
It
was
248.8 miles long.
rose to
a summit at Loramie of . . . — — Map (db m166802) HM
Erected in tribute to the veterans who served our country in all its wars
Presented to the City of Piqua by the Piqua Rangers Drill Team Dedicated May 29, 1966 — — Map (db m17299) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Side A: Piqua's Early African-American Heritage African-American history began in Piqua with the settlement of Arthur Davis in 1818 and expanded with the settlement of the freed Randolph slaves of Virginia in 1846. African-American . . . — — Map (db m17147) HM
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