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Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection Historical Markers

Markers of the more than 1,800 Ohio Historical Markers Program administered by the Ohio Historical Society, now called The Ohio History Connection, and formerly known as the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and the Ohio Historical Marker Committee.
 
By Craig Doda, March 30, 2024
Wapakoneta Marker
101 ► Ohio, Auglaize County, Wapakoneta — Wapakoneta — (Wapaughkonnetta) —
On West Auglaize Street (Ohio Route 67) 0.3 miles east of Plank Pike Road (County Road 133), on the right when traveling east.
Council House (Capital) of the Shawnee from c.1798 until their forced removal to Kansas in 1832 — — Map (db m244698) HM
102 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Barnesville — Barnesville —
On Bond Avenue (Ohio Route 800) at Hillcrest Road (County Road 179), on the right when traveling north on Bond Avenue.
Home of "Gay 90's Mansion" the Belmont County Museum — — Map (db m271559) HM
103 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Barnesville — 8-7 — Captina African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery —
On Oakes Place 0.2 miles Flat Rock Road, on the right when traveling south.
This cemetery stands as evidence of a once thriving African American farming community established in the 1820s. With the aid of community leader, Alexander "Sandy" Harper (c.1804-1889), Captina, originally called Guinea, became a stop on the . . . — — Map (db m79263) HM
104 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Barnesville — 7-7 — Governor Wilson Shannon 1802-1877 / Barnesville’s Shannon Family —
On North Chestnut Street (Ohio Route 800) at Walton Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Chestnut Street.
Governor Wilson Shannon (1802–1877), Ohio, first native-born governor, Wilson Shannon was born in February 1802 in the Mt. Olivet area near Barnesville. After attending Ohio University and studying law in Kentucky, he returned to Belmont . . . — — Map (db m21055) HM
105 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Barnesville — 19-9 — Watt Car and Wheel Company —
On Watt Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Joseph Watt and son James H. started a small foundry in 1862 making plow points, window sash weights, and heating stoves. Later, brothers Stewart, Ross, and John W. joined and the name became J.H. Watt and Brothers. Securing a patent for a . . . — — Map (db m26750) HM
106 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 16-7 — Bellaire High School Clock Tower / Central School Clock Tower and Bell —
On 35th Street at Guernsey Street, on the right when traveling east on 35th Street.
Bellaire High School Clock Tower. The Bellaire High School Clock Tower was erected in 1925 as the second town clock to be mounted on Bellaire’s public schools. C.W. Bates of Wheeling designed this tower, built by C.D. Keyser & Co. of . . . — — Map (db m78492) HM
107 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 18-7 — Cornelius D. Battelle, Methodist Circuit Rider / The First United Methodist Church, Bellaire —
On Guernsey Street 0.1 miles north of 34th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side 1 Cornelius D. Battelle, Methodist Circuit Rider Cornelius D. Battelle was born July 13, 1807 in Washington County, Ohio. He entered the Methodist Episcopal Church on October 30, 1825 and the Pittsburgh Methodist Conference in . . . — — Map (db m78493) HM
108 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 9-7 — Imperial Glass — Gem of "The Glass City" —
On Belmont Street (Ohio Route 149) at 32nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Belmont Street.
With ready access to raw materials, fuel, skilled labor, and transportation, the Ohio Valley became the center of the American glass industry during the late 1800s. Among dozens of local manufacturers, the Imperial Glass Company, founded in 1901 by . . . — — Map (db m28439) HM
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109 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 22-7 — King Solomon White (1868-1955) / "Sol" White In His Own Words —
On Belmont Street at 34th Street, on the right when traveling south on Belmont Street.
King Solomon White (1868-1955). King Solomon "Sol" White was born in Bellaire on June 12, 1868. A Baseball legend, he was an all-around player, manager, and organizer in the Pre-Negro Leagues (1887-1912) and the Negro Leagues (1920-1926). . . . — — Map (db m309133) HM
110 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 14-7 — The Great Stone Viaduct
On Union Street at 31st Street, on the left when traveling south on Union Street.
Construction of this Great Stone Viaduct began in 1870 at Union Street as an Ohio approach to the railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River. It was completed to Rose Hill in April 1871, and the entire bridge span connecting Ohio to West Virginia, of . . . — — Map (db m28436) HM
111 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bellaire — 15-7 — Union Square and its Uses / The Question of Ownership —
On Belmont Street 0.1 miles north of 34th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side 1 Union Square and Its Uses Labeled "Union Square" on the first village maps, block 12 of the City of Bellaire was formed by joining portions of the Harris and Rodefer Farms in 1857. Used for tent shows, circuses, political . . . — — Map (db m78494) HM
112 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Belmont — 5-7 — Harley E. Warrick — (1924–2000) —
On Brown Street near 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east.
The last barn painter for the Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Harley Warrick painted thousands of barns with the familiar Mail Pouch Tobacco logo over his 48-year career. Mail Pouch transcended advertising to become a . . . — — Map (db m205139) HM
113 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Belmont — 2-7 — Mile Marker —
On Interstate 70 at milepost 210, on the right when traveling east.
The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side of the roadway. Each stone indicated the distance to Cumberland, Maryland, the eastern terminus of the National . . . — — Map (db m78496) HM
114 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Blaine — 11-7 — Blaine Hill "S" Bridge / Blaine Hill Viaduct —
On Pasko Road west of Barton-Blaine Road.
Blaine Hill "S" Bridge The first Blaine Hill Bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road, the nation's first federally funded highway. This three-arch S-shaped structure, 345 feet in length, spans Wheeling Creek (a tributary of . . . — — Map (db m12618) HM
115 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Bridgeport — 4-7 — Historic Bridgeport —
On Main Street (U.S. 40) at Lincoln Avenue ( Route 7), on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Colonel Ebenezer Zane, one of the founders of Wheeling, laid out the village that became Bridgeport in 1806 on the site of Fort Kirkwood (1789). Originally named Canton, it acquired its present name after the bridge to Wheeling Island was built. The . . . — — Map (db m515) HM
116 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Elizabethtown — 1-7 — Mile Marker —
On Interstate 70 at milepost 189, on the right when traveling east.
The earliest highway signs along the National Road (Route 40) in Ohio were milestones located at one-mile intervals along the north side of the roadway. Each stone indicated the distance to Cumberland, Maryland, the eastern terminus of the National . . . — — Map (db m21058) HM
117 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Martins Ferry — 3-7 — Walnut Grove Cemetery —
On 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of members of the Zane and Martin families. Their graves lie within the brick enclosure. The cemetery is also the resting-place of many early Martins Ferry residents, including veterans of the . . . — — Map (db m28444) HM
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118 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Martins Ferry — 12-7 — William Dean Howells / James Arlington Wright —
On 5th Street (James Wright Way) at Hanover Street ( Route 647), on the left when traveling south on 5th Street (James Wright Way).
Side A: William Dean Howells "The Dean of American Letters" Author, editor, and social critic William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was born in Martins Ferry, the son of an itinerant printer and publisher. Self-educated, Howells learned the . . . — — Map (db m28477) HM
119 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Morristown — 10-7 — Morristown —
On National Road (U.S. 40) at Old National Road, on the right when traveling west on National Road.
Platted in 1802 by John Zane and William Chapline along the old Wheeling Road. Morristown was named for Duncan Morrison, an early settler, innkeeper, and Justice of the Peace. Older than the state itself. Morristown prospered into the mid-1800s, . . . — — Map (db m287) HM
120 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Powhatan Point — Powhatan Point —
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (Ohio Route 7) at Sandy Drive, on the right when traveling south on Ohio River Scenic Byway.
George Washington camped here October 24 and November 14, 1770 — — Map (db m272206) HM
121 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Powhatan Point — 13-7 — Powhatan Point —
Near Mellot Street 0.1 miles south of Main Street.
First surveyed in 1849, Powhatan Point was laid out by Franklin Knox. The "point" is the confluence of Captina Creek and the Ohio River. The small but thriving river and farming community served York Township and the rich Captina Valley as a . . . — — Map (db m78499) HM
122 ► Ohio, Belmont County, Powhatan Point — 6-7 — The Coal Industry at Powhatan Point / Powhatan Disaster, 1944 —
Near Allen Avenue at Philip Street.
The Coal Industry at Powhatan Point The Pittsburgh No. 8 coal seam, located 100 feet below river level at Powhatan Point, extends across much of eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. The Cleveland and Western Coal . . . — — Map (db m78501) HM
123 ► Ohio, Belmont County, St. Clairsville — 20-7 — Belmont County / Groundbreaking Site of the National Road in Ohio —
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Market Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street.
Belmont County. On September 7, 1801, Belmont County became the ninth county in what became the State of Ohio. On April 1, 1803, the state’s first General Assembly appointed a commission to determine if it was necessary to move the county . . . — — Map (db m214486) HM
124 ► Ohio, Belmont County, St. Clairsville — 17-7 — Governor Arthur St. Clair 1734-1818 —
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) west of Market Street, on the right when traveling west.
Born in Scotland. From 1787-1802, was first governor of the Northwest Territory, which included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. St. Clair established territorial court system and Ohio’s first nine counties . . . — — Map (db m214491) HM
125 ► Ohio, Belmont County, St. Clairsville, Richland Township — 19-7 — Captain Thomas Drummond —
On Newell Avenue east of North Market Street, on the left when traveling east.
Here lies Thomas Drummond (1832-1865) - legislator, abolitionist and soldier. Raised in eastern Ohio, he moved to Iowa where he served in the General Assembly and secured the location of the State Asylum for the Blind at Vinton. As editor of the . . . — — Map (db m214490) HM
126 ► Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen — Aberdeen —
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (U.S. 52) at Mountain Street on Ohio River Scenic Byway.
Founded 1816 Ohio River terminus of Zane's Trace first continuous road through Ohio 1798 — — Map (db m272984) HM
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127 ► Ohio, Brown County, Aberdeen — Aberdeen —
On Water Street at Pleasant Alley, on the right when traveling west on Water Street.
Ohio River terminus of Zane's Trace first continuous road through Ohio 1798 — — Map (db m272986) HM
128 ► Ohio, Brown County, Decatur — 5-8 — Historic Decatur / A. N. Marquis and Who’s Who —
On Main Street (Ohio Route 125) at Eagle Street (County Route 102), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Historic Decatur. Originally called St. Clairsville and platted in 1801, Decatur was named for early 19th century naval hero Stephen Decatur. It is among the oldest villages in Brown County, which before 1817 was a part of Adams County. Among . . . — — Map (db m121885) HM
129 ► Ohio, Brown County, Fayetteville — Fayetteville —
On West Pike Street (U.S. 50) 0.1 miles west of North Bank Street, on the right when traveling west.
Founded 1813 by Cornelius McGroarty, an Irish immigrant, incorporated 1868 — — Map (db m272947) HM
130 ► Ohio, Brown County, Georgetown — 3-8 — General Thomas Lyon Hamer — 1800-1846 — Teacher-Lawyer-Congressman-Soldier —
On East Grant Avenue west of North Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
Master Mason (1824), Georgetown Lodge No. 72, Free and Accepted Masons.
"…Hamer was one of the ablest men Ohio ever produced. I have always believed that had his life been spared, he would have been President of the United . . . — — Map (db m70909) HM WM
131 ► Ohio, Brown County, Georgetown — Georgetown —
On Mount Orab Pike (County Route 30A) at Miller-Ring Road on Mount Orab Pike.
General Ulysses S. Grant lived here from 1823 until 1839 — — Map (db m272950) HM
132 ► Ohio, Brown County, Georgetown — 1-8 — Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home —
On East Grant Avenue west of North Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
U.S. Grant, general-in-chief of the Armies of the United States, 18th president and first native Ohioan to be elected chief executive, lived in this house from 1824 to 1839. Jesse R. Grant, his father, built the original part fronting Water . . . — — Map (db m70910) HM WM
133 ► Ohio, Brown County, Georgetown, Pleasant Township — 2-8 — Dixon-Washburn Log House —
Near West Alley Street at Effluent Drive.
This house originally stood at Logan’s Gap, Union Township. By tradition, it was constructed in 1793 by Indian scouts William Dixon and Cornelius Washburn who became residents of Brown County. Dixon lived in this house until 1800. — — Map (db m271893) HM
134 ► Ohio, Brown County, Georgetown, Scott Township — 11-8 — Gist Settlement / Original Lot Owners in Scott Township Settlement —
On Wahlsburg East Road (County Route 81) east of South High Street (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling east.
Gist Settlement. Scott Township. Through the terms of his will, absentee British landowner Samuel Gist freed his 350 slaves in Virginia. Gist (c.1723-1815) intended that these freed people would remain on the land and receive . . . — — Map (db m272721) HM
135 ► Ohio, Brown County, Huntington Park — Aberdeen —
On Ohio River Scenic Byway (U.S. 52) 0.2 miles north of Old US 52 Highway.
Founded 1816 Ohio River terminus of Zane's Trace first continuous road through Ohio 1798 — — Map (db m272982) HM
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136 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — 7-8 — Camp Ripley / Camp Ammen — 1861–1864 —
On South Second Street (U.S. 62), on the left when traveling west.
With news of hostilities at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Ripley men formed one of Ohio’s first military units and established Camp Ripley on what was the 12-acre Ripley Fairgrounds. Chosen as Captain was West Point graduate Jacob Ammen. His unit . . . — — Map (db m135348) HM
137 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — 12-8 — Charles Young in Ripley / Colonel Young's Achievements —
On Locust Street east of North Front Street, on the left when traveling east.
Charles Young in RipleyUpon his death in 1922, Colonel Charles Young was the highest ranking African American officer in the United States Army. Born into slavery in Kentucky in 1864, Young moved to Ripley with his parents Gabriel and . . . — — Map (db m180613) HM
138 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — 4-8 — Ripley / The John P. Parker House —
On North Front Street south of Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ripley was incorporated as the village of Staunton in 1812. Its name was changed in 1816 to honor General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a hero of the War of 1812. In the years before railroads. Ripley was principal Ohio River shipping center. Also . . . — — Map (db m135431) HM
139 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — 8-8 — Ripley and the Ohio River
On North Front Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
A part of the Virginia Military District, Ripley was founded in 1812 by Colonel James Poage, a veteran of the Revolutionary War. Originally named Staunton, after Poage’s home town in Virginia, the village comprised 1,000 acres along the Ohio river. . . . — — Map (db m272717) HM
140 ► Ohio, Brown County, Ripley — 9-8 — The Squirrel Hunters —
On Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The American Civil War was in its second year, and Confederate forces were advancing in the east and in the west. Confederates led by General Edward Kirby Smith had defeated a Union Force at Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. Word was received . . . — — Map (db m135372) HM
141 ► Ohio, Brown County, Sardinia — Sardinia —
On Main Street at Bachman Drive, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Founded 1833. Underground Railway station; home of Rev. John B. Mahan, noted abolitionist — — Map (db m272948) HM
142 ► Ohio, Brown County, Sardinia, Eagle Township — 10-8 — Gist Settlement / Original Lot Owners In Eagle Township Settlement —
On Five Points-Fincastle Road (County Road 82) 0.2 miles west of James A Rhodes Appalachian Highway (State Route 32), on the right when traveling east.
Gist Settlement Through the terms of his will. British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c. 1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for their relocation. the purchase of land, and the establishment of schools and homes. The . . . — — Map (db m272722) HM
143 ► Ohio, Brown County, St. Martin — 13-8 — The Ursulines of Brown County —
On Anderson State Road at Route 251, on the right when traveling east on Anderson State Road.
On July 21, 1845, eleven Ursuline sisters from Boulogne-sur-Mer and Beaulieu, France, arrived in St. Martin, Brown County, Ohio. A Catholic order of sisters known for providing quality education to young women, the Ursulines were invited by . . . — — Map (db m246331) HM
144 ► Ohio, Butler County, Bethany — 19-9 — First Jain Temple in Ohio / History of Jainism in Ohio —
Near Cincinnati Dayton Road.
First Jain Temple in Ohio "Souls render service to one another" The Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton was established on April 22, 1979 as a non-profit tax-exempt organization under the laws of the United States and the State of Ohio. . . . — — Map (db m24073) HM
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145 ► Ohio, Butler County, Busenbark — 8-9 — Busenbark / Dr. Charles F. Richter — 1900 - 1985 — An originator of the Richter Scale —
On Hamilton-Trenton Road at Busenbark Road, on the right when traveling north on Hamilton-Trenton Road.
Busenbark In 1833, Robert Busenbark deeded land to the directors of School District No. 6 for Busenbark School. Twenty years later, Robert and son David granted a right-of-way on their property for a station on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & . . . — — Map (db m28533) HM
146 ► Ohio, Butler County, Fairfield — 16-9 — Elisha Morgan Farm Mansion —
On Ross Road, on the right when traveling south.
Elisha Morgan purchased 48.6 acres in Fairfield Township, part of the Symmes Purchase, in 1817. The Farm Mansion was built shortly after he settled the land. The house incorporates two prevalent architectural styles in southwest Ohio in the . . . — — Map (db m224980) HM
147 ► Ohio, Butler County, Fairfield — 42-9 — Miami Chapel Cemetery / Fair Play —
On River Road at Lakeside Drive, on the right when traveling north on River Road.
Miami Chapel Cemetery. Around 1843, local Methodists organized a new Methodist Episcopal church at Fair Play and later erected a brick chapel. The congregation was short-lived, however, and fell into decline after one of its leading members, . . . — — Map (db m158422) HM
148 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 28-9 — Abraham Lincoln's 1859 Hamilton Speech —
On North Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (U.S. 127) at High Street, on the left when traveling north on North Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Abraham Lincoln spoke from the rear of a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad passenger train on Saturday September 17, 1859, to about 1000 people at South Fourth and Ludlow streets (about 785 feet south of here). Lincoln, elected president of the . . . — — Map (db m122279) HM
149 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 31-9 — Bunker Hill / Dog Town —
On Reily Millville Rd (County Route 29), on the left when traveling west.
Bunker Hill The Millville, Reilly and Milton Turnpike brought prosperity to the village now renamed Bunker Hill. School House No. 10 stood nearby from 1849-1857. By 1860 clothing manufacturing was the major business here. A Post Office was . . . — — Map (db m107801) HM
150 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 43-9 — Butler County Children’s Home — 1869- 1985 —
On South D Street at Home Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South D Street.
The Civil War created orphaned and impoverished children across the nation. To establish a home for area children, a group of Hamilton women met with Reverends Thane Miller and Benjamin W. Chidlaw in January 1869. By May, the women had rented a . . . — — Map (db m137852) HM
151 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 22-9 — Butler County Courthouse —
On High Street (Ohio Route 129/177), on the right when traveling east.
Butler County was created on March 24, 1803, about three weeks after Ohio became a state. Hamilton won the competition for the county seat, thanks to Israel Ludlow, Hamilton's founder. Ludlow's donation of the public square secured the county . . . — — Map (db m28546) HM
152 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 3-9 — Champion Hamilton Mill
On North B Street at Black Street, on the left when traveling north on North B Street. Reported missing.
The Champion Coated Paper Company began production here April 15, 1894, with nine employees under the direction of Peter G. Thomson (1851-1931), a Cincinnati businessman, who had incorporated the firm in November 1893. Thomson, previously a . . . — — Map (db m275718) HM
153 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 39-9 — Fannie Hurst - Author, Humanitarian and Advocate —
On Main Street (Ohio Route 129) at South "D" Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Author Side Raised and educated in St. Louis, author Fannie Hurst (1885-1968) was born in Hamilton at 918 Central Avenue, the home of her maternal grandparents. She was the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst. Already a writer as a student . . . — — Map (db m122411) HM
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154 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 41- 9 — Hamilton Airport - Hogan Field —
On Airport Drive at Bobmeyer Road, in the median on Airport Drive.
The Hogan Family owned and operated what was known as the Hamilton Airport for over 52 years. Airplane owner and pilot, Carl "Pop" Muhlberger and aviation enthusiast and farmer, Joe Hogan, co-founded the airport in July 1929. Muhlberger taught Joe . . . — — Map (db m225373) HM
155 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 30-9 — Johnny S. Black, Songwriter / Paper Doll —
On Riverfront Plaza at Buckeye Street, on the right on Riverfront Plaza.
John Stewart Black (1891-1936) was a Vaudeville performer and songwriter who penned the classic "Paper Doll." He is also remembered for "Dardanella," which he called his "gift to the musical world." "Dardanella", recorded by the Ben Selvin . . . — — Map (db m158421) HM
156 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 37-9 — Lane Public Library / Clark Lane —
On Third Street, on the right when traveling north.
Side A Clark Lane built this library in 1866 and donated it to the people of Hamilton two years later. The 1913 Great Miami River flood catastrophe damaged much of the building and many of its books and records. The refurbished library . . . — — Map (db m122413) HM
157 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 7-9 — Lane-Hooven House —
On 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south.
Side A: James Elrick, a local carpenter, built the Lane-Hooven House in 1863 for Clark Lane (1823-1907), a Hamilton industrialist and philanthropist. Lane, who first came to the area at age twenty-one as a blacksmith, resided in the house for . . . — — Map (db m28775) HM
158 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 44-9 — Lewis-Sample Farmstead / Butler County's American Indian Heritage —
On Reily Millville Road at Cochran Road, on the right when traveling west on Reily Millville Road.
Lewis-Sample Farmstead. The farmstead shares the name of the Lewis and Sample families, two owners since European-descended settlers began moving into the Ohio County in the late 1700s. Andrew (1762-1847) and Martha Lewis (1774-1852) acquired . . . — — Map (db m157034) HM
159 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 49-9 — Pilgrim Baptist Church / A Beacon of Light for Over a Hundred Years —
On Chestnut Street west of South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Pilgrim Baptist Church. On January 9, 1919, a group of eight men and three women, being led by the Holy Spirit, met at a house on Wallace Street to form a new black Missionary Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ohio. The group quickly raised $150 to . . . — — Map (db m206449) HM
160 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 10-9 — Rossville Historic District —
On Ross Avenue at B Street, on the right when traveling south on Ross Avenue.
Rossville was settled in April 1801 shortly after the U.S. Government initiated land sales west of the Great Miami River. Its original proprietors--John Sutherland, Henry Brown, Jacob Burnet, James Smith and William Ruffin--named the town in honor . . . — — Map (db m28790) HM
161 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 25-9 — Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument — "Victory, the Jewel of the Soul" —
On Monument Avenue at High Street ( Route 129/177), on the right when traveling south on Monument Avenue.
Side A: Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument The Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument was planned and promoted by Butler County Civil War veterans and financed by a county levy in 1899. The monument, built of Indiana Limestone, is . . . — — Map (db m30705) HM
162 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 1-9 — The Miami Canal —
Near Reigart Road.
Side A The dimensions of the canal channel were 26 feet wide at the bottom and 40 feet wide at the top. The depth of the canal averaged four and one-half feet. The 12 locks were 80 feet long with 14-foot wide interior chambers which could . . . — — Map (db m122419) HM
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163 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 36-9 — Warren Gard —
On Heaton Street, on the right when traveling south.
Warren Gard (1873-1929), son of Samuel Z. Gard and Mary Duke, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He established his practice in Hamilton after graduating from Cincinnati Law School and being admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1894. Gard served as Butler County . . . — — Map (db m122416) HM
164 ► Ohio, Butler County, Hamilton — 12-9 — William Dean Howells —
On Monument Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Author William Dean Howells (1837-1920) spent his boyhood from 1840 to 1848 in Hamilton. Called the "Dean of American Letters," Howells wrote 35 novels, 35 plays, 34 miscellaneous books, 6 books of literary criticism, 4 books of poetry, and hundreds . . . — — Map (db m28772) HM
165 ► Ohio, Butler County, Middletown — 4-9 — Miami-Erie Canal — 1825–1929 —
On North Verity Parkway (Ohio Route 4) at Tytus Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Verity Parkway.
At Middletown, Ohio, on July 21, 1825, ground was first broken for the Miami-Erie Canal, which eventually linked Cincinnati and Toledo. The canal created much change in the region, including increased population and commercial, political, and . . . — — Map (db m134879) HM
166 ► Ohio, Butler County, Millville — 2-9 — Bethel Chapel — 1815 - 1873 —
On Reily Millville Road 0.1 miles east of Salman Road, on the left when traveling east.
William Holmes McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Series of Readers, was ordained a Presbyterian minister in a log meeting house on this site in 1829. The ordination was performed by Robert Bishop, President of Miami University, and other ministers . . . — — Map (db m24060) HM
167 ► Ohio, Butler County, Miltonville — 5-9 — Village of Miltonville —
On Elk Creek Road at Howe Road, on the right when traveling north on Elk Creek Road.
The village of Miltonville, located along the banks of Elk Creek, was platted in 1816 by George Bennett, Theophilus Eaglesfield, and Richard V. V. Crane. The creek served two grist mills, one built around 1804 and operated by a free black, Bambo . . . — — Map (db m28776) HM
168 ► Ohio, Butler County, Monroe — 46-9 — City of Monroe / Monroe Historical Society —
On East Elm Street at Cincinnati Dayton Road, on the right when traveling west on East Elm Street.
City of Monroe Monroe. Nathanial Sackett (1768-1854) and John H. Piatt (1781-1820) platted Monroe in 1817, naming it for President James Monroe. Monroe was a stagecoach stop between Cincinnati and Dayton and grew to be a rural village . . . — — Map (db m206448) HM
169 ► Ohio, Butler County, Okeana — 26-9 — 1858 Morgan Township House / Copperheadism in Butler County —
On Okeana-Drewersburg Road 0.1 miles west of Cincinnati-Brookville Road ( Route 126), on the right when traveling west.
1858 Morgan Township House On April 20, 1857, the trustees of Morgan Township met in Okeana to obtain a lot for the township house. From a quarter mill tax levy, $850 was budgeted for a house and lot. Money expended on the project included . . . — — Map (db m24000) HM
170 ► Ohio, Butler County, Okeana — 1-31 — Birthplace of William Bebb — Governor of Ohio — 1846-1848 —
Near Bebb Park Lane.
Edward Bebb, father of William Bebb and first Welshman to settle in Paddy's Run, Morgan Township, Butler County purchased this cabin in 1801. Originally the cabin stood four miles southeast of this site on the Dry Fork of the Whitewater River. It . . . — — Map (db m24001) HM
171 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 33-9 — Bunker Hill Universalist Church / Bunker Hill Cemetery —
On Reily-Millville Road (County Route 29) 0.2 miles west of Bunker Hill Woods Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bunker Hill Universalist Church. The Bunker Hill Society was organized about 1845 and fellowshipped in 1854. A frame meeting house, capable of seating 300, was dedicated in 1855. Thirty people united with the church during the 1859 Annual . . . — — Map (db m107789) HM
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172 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 9-9 — Freedom Summer 1964 —
On Western College Drive, on the right when traveling south.
In what was called the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, more than 800 volunteers, most of them college students, gathered at the Western College for Women (now Western Campus of Miami University) to prepare for African-American voter registration in the . . . — — Map (db m107802) HM
173 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 34-9 — Indian Creek Baptist Church — The Indian Creek Pioneer Burial Ground —
On Indian Creek Road (County Route 37), on the left when traveling east.
The Indian Creek Regular Baptist Church was established in 1810 as an arm of the Little Cedar Creek Church of Brookville, Indiana. The congregation purchased three acres of land for a burial ground and church and built a log structure here in . . . — — Map (db m120291) HM
174 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 15-9 — Langstroth Cottage / Lorenzo Langstroth — "The Bee-Man of Oxford" —
On Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south.
Side A: Langstroth Cottage Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth, renowned as "The Father of American Beekeeping," lived in this simple two-story, eight-room house with his wife, Anne, and their three children from 1858 to 1887. Unchanged externally, the . . . — — Map (db m24009) HM
175 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 29-9 — Mother of Fraternities — Alpha Delta Phi —
On South Campus Ave at East Walnut, on the right when traveling south on South Campus Ave.
In 1833, Samuel Eells founded Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), the first fraternity west of the Allegheny Mountains and the first fraternity at Miami University. The formation of Miami's Alpha (founding) chapters followed in the next two . . . — — Map (db m107741) HM
176 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — Oxford — City Marker —
On Morning Sun Road (Ohio Route 732) 0.1 miles north of West Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling south.
Miami University established in 1809. Oxford became a village in 1830 and a city in 1971. — — Map (db m177520) HM
177 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 32-9 — Oxford Female Institute / Caroline Scott Harrison 1832-1892 —
On South College Ave, on the right when traveling south.
Oxford Female Institute Chartered in 1849, the Institute was the first of three women's colleges established in Oxford. The original brick building was completed in 1850, and forms the core structure. The Reverend John Witherspoon Scott, a . . . — — Map (db m107675) HM
178 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 38-9 — Percy MacKaye / "The Poet's Shack" —
Near Bishop Circle 0.1 miles west of South Patterson Avenue (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling south.
Percy Mackaye Percy MacKaye (1875-1956) was a poet and dramatist elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1914. From 1920-1924, MacKaye held the position of writer-in-residence at Miami University, the first position of its . . . — — Map (db m140417) HM
179 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 40-9 — Sigma Chi Fraternity Founding Site —
On East Park Place at East High Street (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south on East Park Place.
Thomas Cowan Bell, James Parks Caldwell, Daniel William Cooper, Isaac M. Jordan, William Lewis Lockwood, Benjamin Piatt Runkle, and Franklin Howard Scobey met in a second floor room of this building to found Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) in early . . . — — Map (db m227310) HM
180 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 35- 9 — Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" / Elizabeth Cady Stanton —
On East Spring Street at Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on East Spring Street.
Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" Home of Two Miami University Presidents Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced . . . — — Map (db m225372) HM
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181 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 24- 9 — Stillwell’s Corners —
Near Oxford Millville Road (U.S. 27) 0.3 miles north of Stillwell Beckett Road, on the right when traveling north.
side A A cemetery was established on the site in 1811 and became the final resting place for many of the area's early pioneer families. The Hanover Township Trustees obtained title to the land in 1823 from John and Anna Farnsworth, and it . . . — — Map (db m97814) HM
182 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 11-9 — The Black (Pugh's Mill) Covered Bridge —
On Corso Road, on the right.
Front One of the few remaining covered bridges in southwestern Ohio and the only one in Butler County on its original site, this bridge was built in 1868-1869 to give access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile . . . — — Map (db m86977) HM
183 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 13-9 — The DeWitt Family / The DeWitt Log Homestead —
Near Trenton Oxford Road.
The DeWitt Family. Zachariah Price DeWitt was born of a Dutch family in New Jersey in 1768. With brothers Jacob and Peter, he migrated to Kentucky where, in 1790, he married Elizabeth Teets, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774. By 1805 all . . . — — Map (db m24064) HM
184 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 27-9 — The Doty Settlement / The Pioneer Farmstead —
On Brown Road at Doty Road, on the right when traveling north on Brown Road.
Side A: The Doty Settlement As Oxford Township was developing in the mid-1800s, a cluster of farmsteads near its northern border was designated the "Doty Settlement." As was the custom, the community took its name from a prominent family in . . . — — Map (db m24015) HM
185 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 23-9 — The Restoration Movement / Doty Settlement Cemetery —
On Brown Road 0.2 miles south of Doty Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Restoration Movement In the early years of the nineteenth century, a religious unrest known as the Second Great Awakening spread across much of the American frontier. Among the most influential of the evolving religious organizations . . . — — Map (db m24051) HM
186 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 14-9 — William Holmes McGuffey House —
On Spring Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on Spring Street.
William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a Miami University faculty member in 1836 when he compiled the first edition of the McGuffey Eclectic Reader in this house. His Reader taught lessons in reading, spelling, and civic education by . . . — — Map (db m24012) HM
187 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford, Mile Square — 45-9 — Woodside Cemetery / Maurice Rocco Jazz Musician —
On East Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling west.
Woodside Cemetery Established as the Oxford Township Cemetery in 1880, this public graveyard replaced the original one at the corner of College Avenue and Spring Street. That earlier burial ground was abandoned when the railroad bisected it . . . — — Map (db m227942) HM
188 ► Ohio, Butler County, Shandon — 17-9 — Paddy's Run —
On Cincinnati-Brookville Road (Ohio Route 126), on the right when traveling east.
The foundation for the first Welsh settlement in Ohio was laid on June 29, 1801, when William and Morgan Gwilym purchased land in what is now Morgan Township at the Cincinnati Land Office. The Welsh, who settled in Pennsylvania beginning in the late . . . — — Map (db m23991) HM
189 ► Ohio, Butler County, Trenton — 18-9 — The Village of Trenton / The Elk Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery —
On State Street (Ohio Route 73) at Miami Street / Hamilton Road, on the left when traveling west on State Street.
Side A: The Village of Trenton Platted 1816. Incorporated as Village 1895. Became a city 1971 Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, came to the area in 1801. The original village of 33 lots was named Bloomfield. When the post office was . . . — — Map (db m28792) HM
190 ► Ohio, Butler County, West Chester — 20-9 — The Voice of America Bethany Station —
On Tylersville Road 0.9 miles east of I-75 Exit 22, on the left when traveling east.
During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields . . . — — Map (db m23994) HM
191 ► Ohio, Butler County, Woodsdale — 6-9 — Chrisholm / Woodsdale —
On Woodsdale Road (County Route 150), on the right when traveling west.
Chrisholm This farm, Chrisholm (German for home farm of Christian Augspurger), was established in 1830 by Christian Augspurger (1782-1848), leader of the Amish Mennonite settlement in Butler County. The Amish selected this area because of . . . — — Map (db m275155) HM
192 ► Ohio, Carroll County, Carrollton — 1-10 — The Fighting McCooks and the Civil War —
On 2nd Street SW at South Lisbon Street ( Route 332) on 2nd Street SW.
Major Daniel McCook of Carrollton and his 9 sons and their cousins, the 5 sons of Dr. John McCook of Steubenville, won popular acclaim for their outstanding service in the United States Army an Navy. “TRIBE OF DAN” Maj. Daniel: mortally . . . — — Map (db m290) HM
193 ► Ohio, Carroll County, Malvern — Malvern —
On West Canal Street (Ohio Route 43) at Cabin Road, on the right when traveling east on West Canal Street.
Birthplace of Theodore N. Vail, father of railway mail and long distance telephone services — — Map (db m271579) HM
194 ► Ohio, Carroll County, Malvern — Malvern —
On Alliance Road Northwest (Ohio Route 43) 0.7 miles west of Kopp Road, on the right when traveling west.
Birthplace of Theodore N. Vail, father of railway mail and long distance telephone services — — Map (db m271583) HM
195 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Cable — 28-11 — Lincoln Funeral Train —
On Inskeep Road (County Route 144) at Clay Street, on the left when traveling north on Inskeep Road.
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nationl mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington, D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. As the nine-car . . . — — Map (db m84946) HM
196 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Cable — 10-11 — Mt. Tabor Church / Mt. Tabor Cemetery —
On Ohio Route 245 0.2 miles south of Mt. Tabor Road ( Route 507), on the right when traveling north.
Mt. Tabor Church. The first Mt. Tabor Church, a log meetinghouse, was erected on this site in 1816. It stood on land originally selected by Griffith and Martha Evans for a graveyard at the death of their daughter circa 1812. Deeds show the . . . — — Map (db m198029) HM
197 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Christianburg — 2-11 — Marion A. Ross — In Memory of —
On West Pike Street (Ohio Route 55) at Wilson Street, on the right when traveling east on West Pike Street.
Born here October 9, 1832. Attended Antioch College. Member of Mt. Olivet Masonic Lodge. Enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and volunteered for the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders seized "The General" locomotive at Big Shanty, . . . — — Map (db m76518) HM
198 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Mechanicsburg — 16-11 — Addison White —
On Sandusky Street (Ohio Route 4) at Main Street ( Route 29), on the right when traveling east on Sandusky Street.
Congress passed Fugitive Slave Laws in 1793 and 1850, allowing federal marshals to arrest slaves that had escaped to the North and take them back to their southern owners. They could also arrest northerners suspected of aiding runaway slaves. . . . — — Map (db m13760) HM
199 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Mechanicsburg — 23-11 — James Roy Hopkins —
On Main Street (Ohio Route 29) north of Oak Street, on the right when traveling north.
James R. Hopkins was born May 17, 1877, in Irwin and graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in 1895. As a child, he gained exposure to art through his mother, Nettie, an accomplished self-taught water colorist. Hopkins enrolled at The Ohio . . . — — Map (db m284043) HM
200 ► Ohio, Champaign County, Mechanicsburg — 9-11 — Joseph E. Wing —
On Rosedale Road at Wing Road, on the left when traveling east on Rosedale Road.
Joseph E. Wing was one of the first persons to identify, promote, and grow alfalfa as a forage crop east of the Mississippi River. He developed his interest in alfalfa while in Utah, where he worked on a cattle ranch. When he returned, Wing began . . . — — Map (db m13761) HM

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