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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Miami County, Ohio
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 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 m93113) 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 men . . . — — Map (db m49270) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m17149) HM |
| | 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 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m136623) HM |
| | 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m136619) 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 m26779) 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 m17277) 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m19876) HM |
| | Home of Don Gentile World War II Army Air Force Ace 1920-1951 — — Map (db m159663) 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 |
| | To the Piqua area men and women who have honorably served in the conflicts of our country — — Map (db m17321) WM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m17319) 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 of . . . — — Map (db m17322) 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 m17297) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | In Memoriam
United Spanish War Veterans
1898 - 1902 — — Map (db m17148) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | He gave his life, that others may live
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 . . . — — Map (db m136177) WM |
| | 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 |
| | On this spot stood the fort built 1798. Here was born the first white child of this county, Jacob Knoop. Erected by Miami Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Troy, O., June 14, 1905. — — Map (db m136162) HM |
| | On this site in 1833 Henry J. Hyatt established the town of
Hyattsville. It consisted of twenty seven lots, north and west of this
corner. Early businesses included a post office, tavern, blacksmith
shop, two stores and a church. The stagecoach . . . — — Map (db m79998) HM |
| |
[Side A:]
This section of the Miami and Erie Canal, constructed from 1833-1837, was vital to this region's commerce and development. It allowed for farmers and businesses to get their goods to larger markets at a lower cost and faster . . . — — Map (db m18385) HM |
| | In Honor of All Who Serve
“Day is done
Gone the sun
From the hills
From the lakes
From the sky
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh” — — Map (db m18633) HM |
| | The 1804 Iddings House is the oldest structure on its original site in Miami County. A second generation American and cousin to General “Mad” Anthony Wayne, Benjamin Iddings brought his wife, Phoebe, and six of their ten children up the . . . — — Map (db m18429) HM |
| | Clayton Brunkner was one of the founders of the WACo
Aircraft Company which relocated to Troy from Medina,
Ohio in 1923. WACO quickly became the largest commercial
builder of aircraft in the world. The original plant was on
Union St, near the . . . — — Map (db m136226) HM |
| |
Log Jail built here, 1808
Log Jailers house built beside it
in 1810. A second floor over both
served as
Troy’s second courthouse 1811- 1824.
Troy’s fourth courthouse—
Two-story, Greek Revival, brick building
with columns in . . . — — Map (db m107364) HM |
| | The “Dilts Warehouse”, the first manufacturing location used by the Advance Aircraft Company of Troy, a company later to become the WACO Aircraft Company. It produced airplanes in Troy from 1923-1928. The location was also a former . . . — — Map (db m19751) HM |
| | Elizabeth Township was founded in 1807. The Elizabeth Township House was built about 1870, serving as the community's assembly hall. The building is similar to the seven remaining one-room, brick schoolhouses, built throughout the township between . . . — — Map (db m28340) HM |
| | This location, 209 East Water Street, was at one time one of the manufacturing locations for The Hayner Distillery Company of Troy, Ohio, noted for shipping their mail order alcohol products to their customers nation wide and for the development of . . . — — Map (db m19754) HM |
| | In front of you is a “footprint” of Lock 12 using a portion of the lock stones from the original Lock 12. It’s constructed in accordance with the original dimensions of Lock 12. The historic display is placed on land owned by the City of . . . — — Map (db m104415) HM |
| | Founded on March 24, 1917 by C.C. Hobart, his wife Ella and sons, Charles, Edward and William, Hobart Brothers Company was built on C.C.’s interest and experience in manufacturing. He had worked for the Edison Electrical Illuminating Company in . . . — — Map (db m104450) HM |
| | During World War II, forty of Troy's teenage girls, their mothers, and volunteers operated a free canteen service for troops on the platform of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station. The group began as a few neighborhood girls providing magazines to . . . — — Map (db m19746) HM |
| |
Erected in
1847
out of the brick of the first Miami
County Courthouse, which was located
on the Public Square and razed in 1845 — — Map (db m107374) HM |
| | Construction of the Miami Extension of the Miami and Erie Canal, which included Troy, began around 1834. Lock 12 was built in 1836. General William Henry Harrison and other dignitaries officially opened the Troy section on July 4, 1837. The canal . . . — — Map (db m122871) HM |
| | It all began with the Great Miami River, as the early pioneers sought ways to get their goods to market in New York. The landscape made this an impossible route to drive cattle so the pioneers built flatboats and rafts to float their wheat, corn, . . . — — Map (db m136140) HM |
| |
In recognition of
the patriotism of
the people of
Miami County
who oversubscribed their
war savings quota in 1918
this tablet is
gratefully erected by the
Oho War Savings Committee — — Map (db m107362) WM |
| | Dr. Nancy Currie-Gregg, a Troy native, was a member of
NASA’s Astronaut Corps from 1990- 2005. She accrued 1000
hours in space as a mission specialist on four space shuttle
missions- STS-57; STS-70; STS-88, the first international
space station . . . — — Map (db m136227) HM |
| | Benjamin Overfield (1774-1831), son of a Revolutionary War soldier, opened his tavern in this log house on September 13, 1808. Never moved, it is the oldest surviving building in Troy. The tavern provided food, lodging and space for business and . . . — — Map (db m19747) HM |
| | Troy resident, Robert N. Hartzell, ws the founder of
Hartzell Propeller Company. When he was still a student
at the University of Cincinnati. Robert visited with his
Oakwood, Ohio neighbor, Orville Wright at his Hawthorn
Hill residence. Since . . . — — Map (db m136228) HM |
| | War Veterans buried here:
American Revolution:
Aaron Tullis 1753-1840
Alexander Telford 1759-1844
John W. Meredith 1760-1844
Indian Campaigns:
William Gahagan, Scout for Gen. Wayne, 1794
War of 1812: 25 Soldiers,
. . . — — Map (db m107341) HM |
| |
Sheriff’s House built in 1826
Jail in rear built in 1830.
Both served until 1854, when
the brick sheriff’s house and
the stone jail across the street
were completed. — — Map (db m107375) HM |
| | In memory of
Veterans
Revolutionary War and
War of 1812
They served with honor — — Map (db m97837) WM |
| | Side A: Thomas Cemetery
Thomas Cemetery is the resting place for many of Concord Township's and Miami County's early settlers. The cemetery is maintained by Concord Township.
This marker was placed here in Miami County's and Concord . . . — — Map (db m28352) HM |
| | To the memory
of the defenders
of our flag
1861- 1865 — — Map (db m136158) WM |
| | American Presbyterian
and Reformed
Historical Site
#62
(logo)
registered by
the
Presbyterian Historical
Society
Philadelphia, Pa. — — Map (db m136189) HM |
| | Dedicated to those men and
women who served America
in times of peace and war
May 30, 1992 — — Map (db m90711) WM |
| | Miami County formed and Troy chosen as county seat in 1807. Andrew Wallace laid out Public Square as site of Courthouse, and surveyed first 87 lots of Troy, bounded by Water, Clay, Canal, and Oxford Streets.
Two-story brick Courthouse, 40' x . . . — — Map (db m76522) HM |
| | The Twin Arch stone culvert was constructed in 1837 as part of the “extension” of the original Miami and Erie Canal which ran from Dayton to Piqua. The purpose of the Twin Arch was to carry stream water from the Howell Ditch under the . . . — — Map (db m122981) HM |
| | The Morris House / Lollis Hotel was built in 1852 by a group of businessmen headed by Troy
merchant, Preserved Smith. The incomplete hotel was sold to Charles Morris in 1854. He
completed the structure and operated it as the Morris House Hotel. . . . — — Map (db m136317) HM |
| | Historic WACO Field was acquired in February of 1997 by the WACO
Historical Society Inc. with the goal of creating a vintage flying field in
the Troy community where WACO airplanes were manufactured from
1923- 1946. Local and regional businesses . . . — — Map (db m136318) HM |
| | Founded in 1921 as the Weaver Aircraft Company and located in Lorain, Ohio, the Waco Aircraft Company relocated to Troy in March 1923. It was the first aircraft company to use assembly line production and shock strut landing gear. Leading all . . . — — Map (db m40631) HM |
| |
One of five dams built by the
Miami Conservancy District
for flood control in
the Miami Valley
Completed 1922
Height 78 ft. Length 3000 ft.
Width at base 415 ft.
The Dams
of the Miami Conservancy District
are for
Flood . . . — — Map (db m83117) HM |
| | To commemorate the first church erected in
Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, this log
replica was constructed in 1976 by the Union
Township 4-H Clubs and the West Milton area
Camp Fire Girls.
The Laura Lions Club established this . . . — — Map (db m90539) HM |
| | Side A
In 1908, West Milton native Charles Furnas
worked as a machinist in Dayton doing
odd jobs for the Wright Brothers, the
inventors of the first practical airplane.
At that time the U.S. Army had agreed
to purchase an aircraft . . . — — Map (db m90599) HM |
| | John Hoover
1760 – 1831
Sarah Burkett Hoover
1767 – 1843
great- great- grandparents of
the Honorable Herbert C. Hoover
placed by
Fort Greenville Daughters of the American Revolution
1957 — — Map (db m90541) HM |
| | Erected 1948
in memory of
Samuel
and
Anna Jay Jones
this wall contains
brick from the
Friends Meeting House
which stood across
the road in active
service from
1804 to 1906 — — Map (db m90540) HM |
| | Side A:
In the year 1798, several prospectors traveled north from their North Carolina homes in search of new lands for themselves and their friends. Four of these known Quaker prospectors were John Mast, Jr., Martin Davenport and David . . . — — Map (db m19749) HM |
| | The West Milton Friends Meeting, established as a meeting for worship May 14, 1874, was made a preparative meeting of West Branch Monthly Meeting, May 15, 1883. It became a monthly meeting on May 21, 1927 by action of West Branch Quarterly Meeting, . . . — — Map (db m18426) HM |
| | A Korean War Memorial
1950 to 1953
5.7 Million Americans Served 55,000 Americans Killed
103,000 Were Wounded and
8200 Americans Missing in Action
Dedicated 24 December 1988 — — Map (db m18423) WM |
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