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
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 River, was seen as a . . . — — Map (db m68957) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Overlooking the Maumee River, New Rochester Park is a peaceful green space maintained by the Paulding County Park Board. Once the site of the early village of New Rochester, the park now honors that history while offering space for reflection, . . . — — Map (db m282244) HM
Horatio Nelson Curtis arrived in northwest Ohio by dugout canoe in 1825, eager to start a new life along the Maumee River. That same year, he helped organize Crane Township and was elected its first Justice of the Peace, an official empowered to . . . — — Map (db m282240) HM
In recent years, a magnificent pair of bald eagles has nested high in the towering trees along the Maumee River. During nesting season, you're likely to catch a glimpse of them soaring overhead, hunting along the river, or perched in the branches . . . — — Map (db m282242) HM
A Natural Highway
Long before roads, the Maumee River served as a vital travel and trade route for Native peoples, French traders, and early settlers. Its winding course through dense forests and open plains provided both a guide and a . . . — — Map (db m282236) HM
New Rochester was platted in 1835 in an area recognized as a vital transportation hub through the Great Black Swamp. The 18-acre plat was situated on a high bluff overlooking the Maumee River. A 2009 archaeological survey discovered stone tools and . . . — — Map (db m281979) HM
In 1823, Oliver Crane packed up his young family and left Goshen, New York, bound for the wilds of northwest Ohio. They traveled more than 900 rugged miles, arriving by dugout canoe on the Maumee River. Settling in the Great Black Swamp, Oliver . . . — — Map (db m282238) HM
Life Along the River
Long before settlers arrived, the land now known as Crane Township was home to the Ottawa and neighboring Native tribes. For generations, these communities thrived along the Maumee River, living in rhythm with the land . . . — — Map (db m282235) HM
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
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
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
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
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
Watershed area 405 sq. miles
Miles constructed: 175
Built onder the Watershed Protection And Flood Prevention Act by
Maumee Watershed Conservancy District
Van Wert, Paulding, Putnam & Mercer
Soil & Water Conservation Districts
City of . . . — — Map (db m278335) HM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Freedom Isn't Free
United States Army United States Navy United States Marine Corps United States Air Force United States Coast Guard
Harold Thompson WWII POW Cpt. Army Aircore Zachary R. Wobler Ssg KIA 2/6/2005 Mosul, Iraq Norm . . . — — Map (db m278361) WM
This tree is planted in honor of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' 75th Anniversary in 2024. The Division of Forestry, one of the oldest formal forestry programs in the nation, works to protect, sustainably manage, and expand Ohio's forested . . . — — Map (db m306396) HM
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
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
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
