On West River Street (County Road 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
Let us never forget that we cannot rightfully
celebrate the joy of our freedom without
remembering the great price paid for that freedom.
May we always be humbly grateful to
those brave American soldiers who suffered
and made the . . . — — Map (db m208955) WM
On Railroad Street at Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling east on Railroad Street.
(Side One)
The completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal on July 4, 1843 brought many new settlers into this region. The Wabash and Erie Canal connected with the Miami and Erie Canal at Junction. Antwerp, ideally located on the Maumee . . . — — Map (db m68957) HM
On East River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on East River Street.
Civil War
1861 ★ 1865
William I Samson
John R Pugh
William H Shriver
Joel Mallett
Eli Pugh
Barney Simmers
David Reeb
William Henry Thomas
Edward Abraham Snell
John S Rodgers
George S Myers . . . — — Map (db m168109) WM
On East River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on East River Street.
John S Bryan
Abraham Moore
George Kingary
James Chaney
William C Freece
John S Snook
Frank Long
Edwin Cowell
Oliver E Duvall
Samuel C Goshorn
Newton J Perry
John A Zuber
Thomas McCreary
Uriah H . . . — — Map (db m208790) WM
On West River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
Korean War Era
1950 * 1959
Edward Duane Hudson
John Alton Fulk
Homer Richard Brooks
Max L Johnston
John Albert Meyer
Richard Charles Smith
David Carlton Hart
Ora R Cross
G Vern Mees
John L Krutsch
Stanley . . . — — Map (db m168994) WM
On West River Street (County Road 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
William J Hounshell
Kenneth Neil Fisher
Michael A McKeever
Tammy Sue Shidler
Andrew Duane Hahn
Jason Alan Stiebling
William Ray Hickock
Cclint Leland Rager
Kelly S (Mabis) Dincler
Eric William Jordan
Nicholas . . . — — Map (db m167965) WM
On East River Street (County Road 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on East River Street.
Vietnam Era
1960 1980
Arnold Begley
Donald Harry Smith
John T Birkhold
Billy Joe Hicks
Dale Lee Dull
Randall Lee Hughes
Dennis W Riggers
Leman Saylor
David Edward Mendez
Arthur R Lohm
Michael David . . . — — Map (db m168083) WM
On West River Street (County Road 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
Allen Dean Booger
Ray Edward Delong
Carl Rudolph Kortokrax
Larry Lavon Zuber
J Carlton Snook
Allen David Deemer
George Michael McKeever
Rudie Jay Reeb
Charles Keith West
Melvin L Fillmore
Albert R Miller Jr . . . — — Map (db m168759) WM
On West River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
War of 1812
1812 1815
Thomas Wentworth
Dennison Hughes
James Hall
Robert Allen Rogers
Civil War
1861 1865
E. Oliver S. Applegate
E. George W. Champion
E. John Erter
Philip Slusser
Rollin M. Bruner . . . — — Map (db m167921) WM
On W. River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on W. River Street.
World War I Era
1900 * 1938
Joseph Augusta Horn
Raymond E Navin
Paul H Reeb
Guy L Smith
Ralph O Brattain
Fred Hawkins
John Dunderman
William L Stickney
Harold E Knox
Bruno Persyn
Arista Carr
Harry M . . . — — Map (db m168996) WM
On West River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
Donald E Hudson
Oliver W Reeb
Edwin D Cottrell
Percy P Smith
John A Hawkins
William M Kerns
Roland L Stevenson
Floyd H Weeks
Carl W Chaney
Reed Essex
Ralph F Schooley
Frank Eugene Miller
Andrew A . . . — — Map (db m168876) WM
On W. River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on W. River Street.
World War II Era
1939 * 1949
John R Ours Jr
Gerald V Seslar
Joseph H Buerkle
Frank L Jones
John Olsen
Francis G Lero
Nl Samaha
Everett R Wann
Joseph Berenyi
William D Smith
Richard M Bauer Sr
Paul E . . . — — Map (db m169106) WM
On West River Street (County Route 424) at Island Street, on the left when traveling east on West River Street.
Archer M West
Frederick A Bixler
Alfred Joseph Daeger
James R Hazelswart
Edward David McCreery
Gerald D Putman
Julius Beregszazi
Ray H Copsey
Wallace L Geyer
Harold J Nern
Curtis C Swann
John Ben . . . — — Map (db m169114) WM
On County Highway 180 at Local Road T77, on the left when traveling east on County Highway 180.
Here in 1887, frustrated locals destroyed the Six Mile Reservoir when legal efforts to close it failed. Years after any boat ran on the Wabash & Erie Canal, its water source, the 2,000-acre reservoir, became a stagnant, uncultivable breeding . . . — — Map (db m225394) HM
On County Road 73 near County Road T-192, on the left when traveling north.
This historical bridge was built on this site in 1889. The bridge was named after a local landowner, George Forder, who built the stone abutment and pier. The steel truss was built by Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works. It was 356 feet long and 24 . . . — — Map (db m174770) HM
On County Route 171 at County Route 138, on the right when traveling south on County Route 171. Reported missing.
Charloe
»»««
From this point, known as
the “Upper Delaware Town,”
Wayne destroyed the Indians'
abundant crops, which
skirted the Auglaize all
the way to Fort Defiance. — — Map (db m136582) HM
On County Road 138 just west of County Road 171, on the right when traveling west.
This area was once the site of the Oquanoxa Indian Reservation. Charloe was named after Chief Charloe Peter of the Ottawa Tribe. He was the last chief of the Okonoksee Village which is currently Charloe. — — Map (db m161416) HM
On County Route 171 at County Route 177, on the right when traveling south on County Route 171. Reported missing.
1000 feet east – site of
Fort Brown
Erected in the War of
1812 by a contingent
of Harrisons army and
commanded by Colonel Brown. — — Map (db m136590) HM
On County Road 171 near County Road 138, on the left when traveling north.
Tribe of the Ottawas
The last Chief of Oknoksee Village
Oquanoxas Indian reserve prior to 1820
The Indian chieftain and his tribe west westward about 1820.
In 1839 a town was formed and platted here, it was named Charloe after the . . . — — Map (db m161351) HM
On South Main Street (Ohio Route 637) just south of West Jackson Street (Ohio Route 114), on the right when traveling south.
This bell was mounted on the town
hall in l899 and was removed when
the building was razed in 1959.
It was placed here, August 1961,
in memory of the members of the
Washington Engine Company of Grover
Hill,
which
was organized in 1893.
It . . . — — Map (db m159737) HM
On County Road 111 at County Road 163, on the left when traveling west on County Road 111.
On this site, the Miami and Erie Canal, that came north from Cincinnati and the Ohio River, intersected with the Wabash and Erie Canal that came from Fort Wayne and Evansville, Indiana. From this point, which became the town of Junction, the canals . . . — — Map (db m27250) HM
On County Road 171, 0.2 miles south of County Road 177, on the left when traveling north.
Fort Brown was built in 1812 by a "Col. Brown." Together with Fort Jennings and Fort Amanda to the south, and Fort Winchester to the north, it guarded the army supply route into the Maumee Valley. In 1813, Gen. Greene Clay's Kentucky Militia, . . . — — Map (db m18989) HM
On County Road 171, 0.2 miles south of County Road 177, on the left when traveling north.
One of a chain of posts built
along the Auglaize River by
General William Henry Harrison
in his campaigns against the
British and Indians in the
War of 1812.
Presented to the State of
Ohio in the Sesquicentennial
Year of Statehood. . . . — — Map (db m18954) HM
On County Route 171, 0.2 miles south of County Route 177, on the left when traveling north.
The Indians in early times plied the Auglaize River as they traveled between the Ohio and the Great Lakes. The French, the British, and then the Americans came into the valley as they succeeded in conquering the land. In the Indian Wars (1790 - . . . — — Map (db m19327) HM
On East Jackson Street just west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
Herb Monroe and his wife Millie moved from
central Ohio to Paulding in 1941 for him to take
the job as manager of Paulding-Putnam Rural
Electric Cooperative. Despite their intention
then to only stay in northwest Ohio for a few
years, Herb . . . — — Map (db m223717) HM
On N. Williams Street (U.S. 127) at E. Perry Street, on the right when traveling north on N. Williams Street.
Named for John Paulding, a Revolutionary War soldier whose capture of a British spy implicated Benedict Arnold in treason, Paulding County was formed in 1820 from the last remaining unorganized area of Ohio. Sparsely settled, it remained under the . . . — — Map (db m69009) HM
On S. Main Street at E. Harrison Street, on the left when traveling south on S. Main Street.
In 1912, the president of the Public Library Association in Paulding requested funding from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie to building a library in Paulding. At first the Carnegie Corporation of New York refused, stating that it only provided . . . — — Map (db m69012) HM
On E. Perry Street at N. Williams Street (U.S. 127), on the left when traveling east on E. Perry Street.
In honor of all who served
United States Army
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
United States Coast Guard
United States Air Force — — Map (db m69011) WM
Near North Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
This 1955 24 ton double bay window Nickel Plate Railroad caboose was saved from extinction in 1990 by many generous local citizens, railroad enthusiasts, organizations and businesses.
The caboose was built in the NKP's Ironville (east Toledo) . . . — — Map (db m242681) HM
Near North Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
The sound of distant train whistles echoing across the open fields of Paulding County still pierce the night air in our small Village of Payne, and while the railroad tradition is still very much alive in the community, one of its most determined . . . — — Map (db m242680) HM
On Van Wert-Paulding County Line Road, 0.1 miles west of Holtery Street, on the right when traveling west.
William C. Cotterman 1911 ~ 1944 Army
Earl E. Yoh 1923 ~ 1944 Air Force
Jackie R. Poling 1947 ~ 1968 Army
Zachary R. Wobler 1980 ~ 2005 Army
The Soldiers Creed
I am a warrior and a member of a team
I serve the people of . . . — — Map (db m191027) WM