This plaque has been placed here in grateful memory of our community's servicemen who have died to maintain the freedoms which we enjoy. Civil War VeteransFrank Hale - Frank Barnet - John L.D. Jones Jack Clarke - Ursah Bell - Allen B. Lowe Benjamen . . . — — Map (db m17548) WM
In 1817, Revolutionary War veteran and Camden co-founder James Moore Sr. and his wife, Mary, deeded a plot to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) to erect a place of worship. Although a church was not built until 1825, the . . . — — Map (db m183257) HM
Historic Hopewell. The Hopewell Associate Reformed Church and Cemetery, now known as Historic Hopewell, was founded in 1808 in a log building that was replaced in 1826 with the present building. It was built by the area's first settlers, mainly . . . — — Map (db m84715) HM
Side A :
The Union School 1893-2004
College Corner Ohio West College Corner Indiana
In 1893, Ohio and Indiana constructed the first Union School on the state line separating Ohio and Indiana. For 111 years, students from both states . . . — — Map (db m116587) HM
Fort St. Clair
One mile west
Erected in 1791-92, by order
of General James Wilkinson.
Here, on November 6th, 1792,
Major John Adair's Kentucky
Volunteers were attacked by
Little Turtle. — — Map (db m138808) HM
1792 .................... 1935
Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Lander
and the
Preble County Historical Society
These 12 acres where the Indians have trod, were donated to the Fort St. Clair Park to be kept in their virgin state as, . . . — — Map (db m138860) HM
1- Erected by free contributions on the 17th.day of Oct.1847
2- In memory of Lieut.John Lowery of The second Sub-Legion Ensign Boyd of the first and 13 non-commissioned officers and privates who fell about five miles north of this place in an . . . — — Map (db m84723) WM
Erected by
Wm. H. Ortt
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Sacred to the memory
of his comrades of
the Civil War from
Preble County Ohio
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A.D. 1931
1861 1865 — — Map (db m19153) HM
Physicians in the Indian Wars
Pioneer physicians came into the wilderness
that was to become Ohio in the 1780s, to serve in the
respective campaigns of generals Josiah Harmar,
Arthur St. Clair, and Anthony Wayne in their . . . — — Map (db m85567) HM WM
Marker Front:
The current Preble County Courthouse, the third courthouse erected on this site, was designed by noted architect and Preble County native Harvey Hiestand. Its cornerstone was laid on March 17, 1917, with a copper box . . . — — Map (db m42207) HM
The 13 known men from Preble County who made the
supreme sacrifice for their country in the Vietnam War.
Blankenship, Edgar William, SP4, Army, 19 years of age, March 13, 1968, Lewisburg
Brown, David Allen, SP4, Army, 18 years of age, . . . — — Map (db m166049) WM
Ohio's oldest and only standing double-barreled covered bridge and the oldest of six remaining in the nation.
Built by Orlistus Roberts and James Campbell over Seven Mile Creek on Old Camden Pike South of Eaton.
Relocated and restored in . . . — — Map (db m19937) HM
Roberts Bridge. This covered bridge is the oldest still (1962) standing in the state and the last of the "double-barreled" spans in Ohio. It was built across Seven Mile Creek on the Old Camden Road in 1829-30 by Orlistus Roberts and J.L. . . . — — Map (db m20331) HM
Regular and militia troops under General James Wilkinson built this supply post and defensive fortification in March 1792 in preparation for Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, following . . . — — Map (db m19152) HM
The Concord Church
founded
November - 1840
This red granite rock from the “Canadian Shield” is more than 1 ½ billion
years old. It was carried south to Preble County, Ohio at least 15,000 years
ago by “The Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m116662) HM
A Witness
Nov. 6. 1792
The International Society of Arborculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period.
1776 - . . . — — Map (db m19161) HM
This mid-19th-century structure, built in the Federal style with Italianate detail added later, was once owned by town pioneer and merchant Cornelius Van Ausdal. It was later the home of his daughter Lucinda, her husband Joseph Donohoe, and . . . — — Map (db m107651) HM
The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland, to East St. Louis, Illinois. The road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route across the Allegheny Mountains to connect the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m139834) HM
William Bruce founded and platted the city of Eaton in 1806. Born in Virginia in 1762, Bruce relocated to Ohio in 1793. In 1806, he purchased nearly two thousand acres of land from the government for the founding of Eaton. Bruce, a Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m17488) HM
Side A The Bunker Hill House, previously the Bunker Hill Tavern, was built in stages between 1834 and 1862. The building is one of Ohio's best representations of Federal-Greek Revival style "pike town" architecture. This architectural style . . . — — Map (db m107655) HM
Construction of the National Road was approaching Preble County in 1830, and the coming of the Road spurred the economic interests of local residents. John Mumma, the county surveyor, decided to purchase 158 acres of farmland for $7,900. He platted . . . — — Map (db m96502) HM
The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland to East st. Louis, Illinois. the road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route acros the Allegheny Mountains to connect the Eastern . . . — — Map (db m96508) HM
Howard Taker
Wilson G. Biettelon
Trafford Boyd
James Burden
Paul W. Clark
Walter Cobletz
Amos Fleenor
Harvey Haller
Charles H. Harris
Emmet G. Harris
Ancil C. Jennings
Leonard Lambert
Henry B. . . . — — Map (db m178140) WM
Welcome to the National Road
The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland, to East St. Louis, Illinois. The road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route across the . . . — — Map (db m180639) HM
Site of one station where slaves were hidden and aided on their route to freedom to Canada
1840 - 1863 known as the Underground Railway — — Map (db m157013) HM
