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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Clark County, Ohio
Adjacent to Clark County, Ohio
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | This Adena Mound is the second largest
conical mound in Ohio. These large conical
mounds are believed to be Adena while the
many small or effigy mounds are Hopewell,
a later culture.
This mound is the property of the Village
of Enon. . . . — — Map (db m100536) HM |
| | This memorial is dedicated
by the Enon Community
Historical Society May 2016
to preserve the history of
one of the first Civil War
Memorials placed east of
the Mississippi. The citizens
of Mad River Township
donated and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m110399) WM |
| | In memory of the Patriots of Mad River Township who died for the Union. 1865. — — Map (db m13302) HM |
| | Bethel Townships Tribute to her Soldiers — — Map (db m107805) WM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m82558) HM |
| | Original site of
Honey Creek
Presbyterian Church
Founded 1804
Dedicated June 13, 1999 — — Map (db m80678) HM |
| | American Presbyterian
and Reformed
Historical Site
#183
registered by
the
Presbyterian Historical
Society
Philadelphia, Pa. — — Map (db m121348) HM |
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Site of
the first bank robbery
the notorious
John Herbert Dillinger
June 10
1933 — — Map (db m135173) HM |
| | In memory of
John Paul
first white settler
in Clark County
killed by Indians 1793 — — Map (db m80677) HM |
| | Olive Branch High School has been placed on the National Register Of Historic Places in 2009 by the United States Department Of The Interior. — — Map (db m159941) HM |
| | In memory of those who served God and Country.
[Post 4358 Veterans Panel on Memorial]:
Post 4358
Gerald Armstrong
George Armstrong
Harry Baker
James Baker
Robert Donnelly
Glen Fuller
Robert Fuller . . . — — Map (db m13905) HM |
| | [Marker Front]:
Asa Bushnell, former Governor of Ohio, encouraged by the light grade of the land, decided to establish the Springfield, Troy, and Piqua Railway (ST&P) in July 1904. The interurban traction line utilized sixty-pound rail and . . . — — Map (db m13890) HM |
| | South Charleston Historic District has been placed on The National Register Of Historic Places in 1978 bu The United States Department Of The Interior — — Map (db m159769) HM |
| | (Eagle logo)
Veterans Monument
We sincerely thank
all the veterans
past, present & future
for their courage and
devotion to duty &
immeasurable sacrifice. — — Map (db m86722) WM |
| | Built in 1836, the Buena Vista Tavern operated as an inn from 1849 to
1856, when it became a private residence. In 1930, it returned to
public life as a tourist camp with cabins or cottages located behind the
old inn. The Buena Vista Tavern is . . . — — Map (db m86729) HM |
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We sincerely thank the Pleasant Township Veterans
past, present and future for their courage
and devotion to duty and immeasurable sacrifice — — Map (db m92542) WM |
| | The Ohio Society DAR on July 4, 2003, placed this
Rededication Marker to Commemorate the
75th Anniversary of the Madonna of the Trail Statue.
The Statue has been restored through the efforts of:
Ohio Society Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m108425) HM |
| | On January 15, 1902, Mr. Albert B. Graham called to order the first meeting of a “Boys' and Girls' Agriculture Experiment Club”. Before growing season 85 children from 10 to 15 years of age had already volunteered to join. One hundred . . . — — Map (db m13217) HM |
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Asa Smith Bushnell, born in Rome, New York, settles in Springfield in 1850. After serving in the Civil War, Bushnell begins to work for a company partially owned by Benjamin Warder, eventually becoming a partner, now the Warder, Bushnell, and . . . — — Map (db m81955) HM |
| | Site of Asbury
Methodist Church
1840- 1907 — — Map (db m79498) HM |
| | Within this park and immediate vicinity, former site of the Shawnee Indian Village of Piqua. The Shawnees and their British Allies were defeated by General George Rogers Clark with his army of Kentucky Frontiersmen. This battle greatly advanced the . . . — — Map (db m35295) HM |
| | The Old City Building and Market, also known as the Municipal Building or Marketplace, was designed by local architect Charles A. Cregar. It was completed in 1890 at a cost of $250,000. Vendors, who sold meats, fish, provisions, vegetables, and . . . — — Map (db m13309) HM |
| | This building erected AD 1915 by the People of Clark County in memory of the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines & Pioneers of Clark County — — Map (db m13284) WM |
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In memory of the men
buried in Clark County
who fought in the
American Revolution
1775 - 1783
Lt. John Bancroft Jacob Ellsworth
William McIntire Frederick Brown
Samuel Lippincott Sr. James Kelly
Corneilus Toland Isaac . . . — — Map (db m28796) HM |
| | Davey Moore was the Featherweight Champion of the World from 1959 to 1963, punching his way to a 56-6-1 record while always admitting that "Only 10 seconds separate me from being champion or nothing." A tough little boxer with a powerful punch, he . . . — — Map (db m13277) HM |
| | Where Would We Be Without Them
Dedicated to the Veterans of Clark County and the DeMint Family — — Map (db m13354) WM |
| | "Mother Stewart" as she is affectionately called, is the pioneering spirit behind the local and statewide temperance movement. In 1858 she lectures on and promotes temperance for the "Good Templars Society". During the Civil War she serves the . . . — — Map (db m81938) HM |
| | Since 1826, the Esplanade has been the traditional center of Springfield and Clark County. The National Road passed within one block of “Market Square” as it was then called. Three city halls, several hotels, train stations, and numerous . . . — — Map (db m13316) HM |
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This Marks the Site of
The First Tavern in Springfield
Near Which
In 1808 A Permanent Peace Treaty
Was Made By
Simon Kenton and Others
With the Indians — — Map (db m127663) HM |
| | The Gammon House
built 1850
a station on the Underground Railroad — — Map (db m135170) HM |
| | [Front Side of Marker]
Here
General
George Rogers
Clark
With his Kentucky soldiers
Defeated and drove
From this region
The Shawnee Indians
August 8 1780
Thus aiding to make
The Northwest Territory
Part of the . . . — — Map (db m35379) HM |
| | In June of 1780 British and Indian forces seized Ruddle's and Martin's Stations in Kentucky. On August 8, 1780 George Rogers Clark led a force of nearly 1000 Kentucky militia under authority of Virginia to engage the British led Shawnee at the . . . — — Map (db m13887) HM |
| | Toulmin, as patent attorney for the Wright Brothers, plays a key role in one of the greatest sagas in American history. After failing to obtain the necessary patents on their own, the Wright's hire Toulmin to defend their inventions. His legal work . . . — — Map (db m13907) HM |
| | "In memory of those men who died in
the Battle of Piqua, August 8, 1780,
the largest Revolutionary War battle
West of the Alleghenies." — — Map (db m35288) HM |
| | One hundred feet south of this
spot, James Demint, the founder of
Springfield, built the first cabin
in the city. In 1803 he completed
the first plat of the city. — — Map (db m83855) HM |
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Springfield's "first inventor", born in Virginia, brings a genius previously unparalleled in the history of our community. His passion for the use of the abundant water supply in the area accelerates Springfield into the early beginnings of the . . . — — Map (db m81932) HM |
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Jeremiah and his wife Ann, wealthy Quakers from Philadelphia, arrive in Springfield in 1830 to claim extensive acreage inherited from his late fathers estate. That same year, he purchases from the estate the village of Lagonda consisting of . . . — — Map (db m81890) HM |
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John Dick, born in Aryshire, Scotland and educated at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, comes to the United States with his family in 1854 spending several years working on Long Island laying out the park system. He later moves to . . . — — Map (db m81892) HM |
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Affectionately called by some, “The Father of Ferncliff Cemetery”, John Ludlow is a member of an early pioneer family in Clark County, eventually becoming a well-known pharmacist. In 1851, he is elected as a director of the Springfield . . . — — Map (db m81896) HM |
| | Dedicated to the Springfield community in memory of
John M. Temple, 43rd Infantry US Army
He was a man of honor and integrity. This is the legacy he left behind for others to follow and build upon to continue their journey, pursue their dreams . . . — — Map (db m13906) HM |
| | Near here, at the forks
of the Mad River, in 1799
Simon Kenton and other
Kentuckians erected the
first American Stockade
in the Mad River Valley. — — Map (db m137376) HM |
| | Lest We Forget our soldiers of Clark County — — Map (db m157134) WM |
| | In 1912, Congress appropriated funds for a new highway, the National Old Trails Road, or Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The route crossed 12 states from Maryland to California following much of the National Road and the Santa Fe Trail. To celebrate the . . . — — Map (db m45529) HM |
| | Text on the Front (South) Side of Monument:
Madonna of the Trail
N S D A R Memorial
to the
Pioneer Mothers
of the
Covered Wagon Days
Text on the Left (West) Side of Monument:
The National Road
Completed by . . . — — Map (db m108458) |
| | Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, the span is the oldest in Clark County a traveler can cross. It is also one of the oldest stone bridges in use in Ohio. Stone mason Samuel S. Taylor (1837-1930) built the culvert from . . . — — Map (db m135172) HM |
| | Raised on farms in Greene Township, O.S. Kelly became one of the most respected local businessmen and benefactors of his age. A skilled carpenter, he made his fortune building housing for miners during the California gold rush. Upon returning to the . . . — — Map (db m13312) HM |
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O. S. Kelly grows up on a farm in Greene Township of Clark County later turning his efforts into carpentry trade. In 1852, Kelly temporarily leaves his family to seek his fortune in the California gold rush building dwellings for the miners, . . . — — Map (db m82050) HM |
| | The Shawnee village of Peckuwe stood on this site until August 8, 1780. This village was inhabited by the Peckuwe and Kispoko Divisions of the Shawnee Tribe.
The Shawnee, along with the other tribes in Ohio, often placed a large cedar pole in . . . — — Map (db m35274) HM |
| | Pennsylvania House
David Snively built the Federal-style Pennsylvania House in 1839 along the newly constructed National Road. This tavern and inn was an important stopover for livestock drovers and pioneers traveling by foot, on horseback, or . . . — — Map (db m13278) HM |
| | Dedicated to all men and women wounded in all our wars. My stone is red for the blood they shed. The medal I bear is my countrys way to show they care. If I could be seen by all mankind maybe peace will come in my lifetime.
Erected by . . . — — Map (db m13355) HM |
| | The Ridgewood neighborhood, platted in 1914, was one of the first
fully planned and restricted suburbs in the United States. Its
innovative developer, Springfield native Harry S. Kissell, was among
a small group of nationally acclaimed real . . . — — Map (db m117567) HM |
| | Robert Clayton Henry, the first African- American mayor of an Ohio city, was
born in Springfield, Ohio on July 16, 1921. He attended Springfield High
School and graduated in 1939. After high school, he attended Wittenberg
University and the . . . — — Map (db m103392) HM |
| | Famed Indian fighter, associate of Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, soldier of the Revolution and the War of 1812 - Leading settler of the Mad River Valley, built his first home in Ohio a few hundred feet east of this spot. — — Map (db m44113) HM |
| | Site of Simon Kenton's
first log cabin home
in Ohio - Built beside
the old war trail over
which he was led into
captivity - Scene of
his killing the last
Indian slain in combat
in Clark County — — Map (db m44177) HM |
| | Site of Springfield's First Church
Placed by Central Methodist Church
October 16, 1955 — — Map (db m13912) HM |
| | Erected June 1904 by the people of Springfield to the memory of John and David L. Snyder who gave and amply endowed Snyder Park — — Map (db m13909) HM |
| | This bell from Springfield's first City Hall, located on this site in 1848, is placed here to honor the school children of Springfield and Clark County who participated in the Esplanade/Fountain Square Project.
Time capsule encased beneath this . . . — — Map (db m13356) HM |
| | Statesman, Warrior and Patriot was born March 1768, three miles west of Springfield, close to Route 40 - State Route 369 - at the Shawnee Indian Town called Piqua. Site of the battle of Piqua, August 8th, 1780, presently George Rogers Clark Memorial . . . — — Map (db m35123) HM |
| | In this building, on January 15, 1902, A. B. Graham organized the first boys and girls agricultural club in the United States out of which grew the 4-H Clubs of America. — — Map (db m13220) HM |
| | Approximately three miles west of Springfield at the present site of George Rogers Clark Memorial Park lay the Shawnee Indian Town called Piqua. This town was the site of the battle of Piqua on August 8th, 1780 - one of the last battles of the . . . — — Map (db m35171) HM |
| | Before you lay Piqua, or Picawey, a Shawnee settlement where 1,000 Kentucky militiamen under Col. George Rogers Clark defeated an alliance of Shawnee, Delaware, Mingo and Wyandot warriors on August 8, 1780 in the largest battle fought west of the . . . — — Map (db m34207) HM |
| | A. B. Graham, superintendent of Springfield Township Rural schools in Clark County, established the "Boys and Girls Agricultural Experiment Club," which revolutionized agricultural education and non-formal youth development methods. The first . . . — — Map (db m13216) HM |
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George Gammon (1803? – 1904) and his wife, Sarah Bradley (1808- 1902) built this house c.1850 on land purchased from her parents. The gammon and Bradley families were among the many free black Springfield citizens who actively operated the . . . — — Map (db m157027) HM |
| | You are standing on the site of a cabin
built by John Keifer in 1824. John Keifer
(1802- 1863) and his wife Elizabeth Donnel
(1805- 1865), daughter of surveyor
Jonathan Donnel, resided here until 1830.
That year the family moved to another . . . — — Map (db m83854) HM |
| | A short distance west of the Springfield City limits at the top of Sugar Grove Hill ended the continuous metaled or paved portion of the National Road.The National Road was, outside of the navigable rivers and harbors, the first great internal . . . — — Map (db m45531) HM |
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[Title is text] — — Map (db m81872) WM |
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“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power upon earth that can deny that he has earned the right to full . . . — — Map (db m157058) HM WM |
| | South side (Sons of the American Revolution logo)
East side (Spanish American War logo)
United
Army
Navy
Spanish War Veterans 1898- 1899
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Puerto Rico
North side (Civil War logo)
Our Defenders 61- . . . — — Map (db m86721) WM |
| | Dedicated to the honor and glory of all veterans of Clark County who have so nobly served their country in all its wars and who, by offering their last full measure of devotion, have purchased freedom for our beloved nation — — Map (db m81873) WM |
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Known nationwide as the “Reaper King”, William Whiteley places Springfield on the map with his innovative improvements of Cyrus McCormacks reaper. A born machinist with an inventive mind, Whiteley is constantly seeking ways to improve . . . — — Map (db m82049) HM |
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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated
was founded by: Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings and Fannie Pettie Watts. The five founders were women who possessed modesty, strength of character and . . . — — Map (db m157081) HM |
| | Tremont City Veterans Memorial Park
all gave some
some gave all — — Map (db m97206) WM |
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