This spot was once a bustling railroad junction, where the Pennsylvania Railroads 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thanks God for the
sacrificial service of
our armed forces
with special recognition
to the members of
A.B.Cole, Post #80
“Freedom Isnt Free” — — Map (db m93116) WM
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
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
Roll of Honor
erected by the citizens of this community
in honor of the boys who answered our countrys
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 m267932) HM
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
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
Young Joe LaPointe perhaps inherited is zest for the outdoors from his great-grandfather, a Canadian hunter and trapper.
"He expressed a desire to go to college and study forestry," Joe's father, Joseph G. LaPointe, recalled Saturday.
The . . . — — Map (db m259915) WM
Department of the Army
United States of America
This we'll Defend
1775
Army
United States Marine Corps
Marines
Department of the Navy
United States of America
Navy
Department of the Air Force
United States of America . . . — — Map (db m259913) WM
The Medal of Honor was posthumously Awarded to Airman First Class Pitsenbarger At the NMUSAF in December 2000
Citation:
Airman First Class Pitsenbarger distinguished himself by extreme valor on 11 April 1966 near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam, . . . — — Map (db m276008) HM WM
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 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
Piqua and Troy have long had a friendly rivalry. This has included wrangling over railroad routes, bragging rights over size and maintaining one of the oldest high school football rivalries in the State of Ohio. The ultimate manifestation of the . . . — — Map (db m275921) HM
United States of America Department of the Army 1775
United States Marine Corps Department of the Navy
United States of America Department of the Navy
United States of America Department of the Air Force MCMXLCII
United States Coast Guard . . . — — Map (db m275925) WM
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
[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
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
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 m278622) HM
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
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 m275715) HM
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
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
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
We wouldn't have a Civil Rights Act of 1964 or the Voting Rights Acto of 1965 if it were not for William McCulloch.
Nicholas de Belleville Katzenbach
U.S. Attorney General to President Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Deputy Attorney General to . . . — — Map (db m275918) HM
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 m278618) HM
The Piqua Nuclear Power Facility was part of the US Atomic Energy Commission's Power Demonstration Reactor Program. The program developed experimental nuclear reactors that could supplement steam generation for electricity production. In 1956, the . . . — — Map (db m275149) 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
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
Side A:Piqua's Vietnam Home Front Local views on the Vietnam War mirrored national attitudes of pride and confusion. Piqua citizens participated in the Letters for Life campaign in 1970 for prisoners of war. Piqua Daily Call assistant news . . . — — Map (db m17319) HM
This doughnut-shaped mound with an inner ditch was probably built by
the Adena people who lived here between 1000 B.C. and A.D. 100. Its
exact function is not known, but it may have been ceremonial.
The Adena practiced some crude farming, . . . — — Map (db m166807) HM
[Top half of Marker]
Erected 1898 by the Piqua Chapter,
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in commemoration of
the last Battle of the French and
Indian War, fought near this spot,
1763.
[Bottom half of . . . — — Map (db m26824) HM
Piqua's public square, like in many mid-western communities, functions as the historical and cultural center of the city. Long after government buildings have moved to newer and larger sites, the public square maintains its status as the focal . . . — — Map (db m17367) HM
On November 14, 1935, the rural electrification movement got its start in Piqua with the installation of the first electric pole financed by the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). In partnership with the Miami Rural Electric Cooperative, . . . — — Map (db m17283) HM
The 1915 Shawnee (Lorimer) Bridge was dedicated in part to the forty-four men, women and children who lost their lives in the 1913 flood. The waters of the Great Miami River broke free from their banks on March 25, 1913 and devastated the areas . . . — — Map (db m276019) HM
The 1915 Shawnee (Lorimer) Bridge was dedicated in part to the forty-four men, women and children who lost their lives in the 1913 flood. The waters of the Great Miami River broke free from their banks on March 25, 1913 and devastated the areas . . . — — Map (db m276020) HM
During Piqua's early settlement period, the only way to cross the Great Miami River was by fording at the low water point just south of the big bend in the river (at current Shawnee Bridge location). To solve this problem, a group of local citizens . . . — — Map (db m276022) HM
The smokehouse which stood on this spot
may at one time have been connected to the
springhouse by a covered walk or porch. Evidence of butchering was found in the area.
The Johnstons not only preserved meat for
their own use, but produced . . . — — Map (db m166806) HM
The Great Miami River regularly overflowed its banks during the early years of Piqua's history. The first recorded flood hit the pioneer settlers in April of 1805. During the next one hundred years the Great Miami River flooded Piqua on nine . . . — — Map (db m275714) HM
The original of this building was erected in
October of 1829. It was used for the storage of
fermented apple cider, some of which the
Johnstons sold.
Hard cider could be kept from one harvest
season to the next if stored under fairly . . . — — Map (db m166803) HM
The Johnston house had a paved courtyard
outside the kitchen door. The wall around it
may have kept animals out of the area. The
stonework and courtyard structures have
been rebuilt over original remains.
The building beside the covered . . . — — Map (db m166804) HM
The Johnstons sold dried apples, which were
processed in the original of this reconstructed fruit kiln. Sliced apples were placed
on trays in the kiln, the doors closed, and a
fire built in the firebox underneath. It took
about 24 hours to dry a . . . — — Map (db m166805) HM
Liberty Tree Flag - 1775
Revolutionary "Betsy Ross" Flag - 1776
Fort McHenry Flag - 1814
Continental Colors "Grand Union" Flag - 1776
Cowpens Flag - 1781
Grand Star Flag - 1818
34 Star Flag - 1861
Bennington Flag - 1826 . . . — — Map (db m275931) HM
The Citizens of Piqua dedicate this memorial.
We are proud of your Piqua heritage and birth. As musical ambassadors, you have achieved world wide fame and made the world a better place.
Dedicated June 3, 1990
John, Herbert, Harry, . . . — — Map (db m17298) HM
Across the Great Miami River to the left of the wastewater treatment plant, the Piqua Nuclear Power Facility once stood. It operated from 1963 to 1966 and provided the city of Piqua with as much as 20 percent of its power. At the time, Piqua . . . — — Map (db m276017) HM
The roots of Huntersville began when John and Elizabeth Hilliard purchased this former Shawnee tribal land in 1797 from Ohio's largest land speculator Judge John Symmes. When Symmes defaulted on his payments, the Hilliards found themselves . . . — — Map (db m17291) HM
(Left):Erected in honor of Vice Admiral Stephen Clegg Rowan U.S. Navy. Born in Ireland Dec. 25th 1808 Died in Washington, D.C. Mar. 31st 1890. Received Special Vote of Thanks of Congress for Distinguished Services Feb. 7th 1863. . . . — — Map (db m19195) HM
Airman First Class William H. Pitsenbarger Rescue and Survival Specialist
Born: July 8, 1944, Piqua, Ohio
Son of W. F. and Irene Pitsenbarger
Graduated Piqua High School Class of 1962
Died: April 11, 1966, near Cam My, Vietnam
Airman . . . — — Map (db m166809) HM WM
Side A: William Moore McCulloch
William McCulloch was born in Holmes County where he was educated in a one-room schoolhouse before moving to Wooster to attend high school and the College of Wooster. He attained prominence as Ohio's Speaker of . . . — — Map (db m29828) HM
William Pitsenbarger was born in Piqua, Ohio, on July 8, 1944, the only
child of Irene and Frank Pitensbarger. He graduated from Piqua Central
High School in 1962. After graduation, he enlisted in the Air Force and
became a pararescue and . . . — — Map (db m136177) WM
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 m278621) HM
G.A.R.
Dan W Williams Post No 369
Dedicated by the grateful people
of Newton Township, in memory
of her fallen heroes who died in
defence of the Union and who
sleep in unknown graves.
David Shoe
Co G 110 O.V.I.
John A. Book . . . — — Map (db m91463) WM
Side A: Randolph Settlement
In 1833, John Randolph from Roanoke, Virginia, died leaving three wills that requested that all of his slaves be set free and that land be purchased for them. Although contested for thirteen years by his family, . . . — — Map (db m111980) HM
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