101 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 38-9 — Percy MacKaye / "The Poet's Shack" —

Percy Mackaye Percy MacKaye (1875-1956) was a poet and dramatist elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1914. From 1920-1924, MacKaye held the position of writer-in-residence at Miami University, the first position of its . . . — — Map (db m140417) HM

102 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 40-9 — Sigma Chi Fraternity Founding Site — Reported missing

Thomas Cowan Bell, James Parks Caldwell, Daniel William Cooper, Isaac M. Jordan, William Lewis Lockwood, Benjamin Piatt Runkle, and Franklin Howard Scobey met in a second floor room of this building to found Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) in early . . . — — Map (db m227310) HM

103 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 35- 9 — Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" / Elizabeth Cady Stanton —

Stanton's "Magnificent Dwelling" Home of Two Miami University Presidents Built by “Old Miami” University President Robert L. Stanton, D.D. (1810-1885) as his private home and president’s office, Stanton’s 1868 Italianate house faced . . . — — Map (db m225372) HM

104 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — Stillwell Cemetery Veterans Memorial —

In remembrance of our fallen heroes known only but to God — — Map (db m97825) WM

105 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 24- 9 — Stillwell’s Corners —

side A A cemetery was established on the site in 1811 and became the final resting place for many of the area's early pioneer families. The Hanover Township Trustees obtained title to the land in 1823 from John and Anna Farnsworth, and it . . . — — Map (db m97814) HM

106 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — The Act of 1794 — 1732- 1932 —

(bust of Washington) The Act of 1794 In the name of the United States of America: It is hereby declared that one complete township or tract of land, of six miles square, to be located with the approbation of the governor, for the . . . — — Map (db m116659) HM

107 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 11-9 — The Black (Pugh's Mill) Covered Bridge —

Front One of the few remaining covered bridges in southwestern Ohio and the only one in Butler County on its original site, this bridge was built in 1868-1869 to give access to a saw and grist mill owned by James B. Pugh on Four Mile . . . — — Map (db m86977) HM

108 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 13-9 — The DeWitt Family / The DeWitt Log Homestead —

Side A: The DeWitt Family Zachariah Price DeWitt was born of a Dutch family in New Jersey in 1768. With brothers Jacob and Peter, he migrated to Kentucky where, in 1790, he married Elizabeth Teets, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774. By . . . — — Map (db m24064) HM

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109 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 27-9 — The Doty Settlement / The Pioneer Farmstead —

Side A: The Doty Settlement As Oxford Township was developing in the mid-1800s, a cluster of farmsteads near its northern border was designated the "Doty Settlement." As was the custom, the community took its name from a prominent family in . . . — — Map (db m24015) HM

110 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — The Legend of the Baby in the Well —

This original dug well relates to one of the several fascinating legends of Zachariah and Elizabeth DeWitt. As reported by Ralph McGinnis in The History of Oxford, Ohio, from the Earliest Days to the Present, Zachariah heard Elizabeth's . . . — — Map (db m24072) HM

111 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 23-9 — The Restoration Movement / Doty Settlement Cemetery —

Side A: The Restoration Movement In the early years of the nineteenth century, a religious unrest known as the Second Great Awakening spread across much of the American frontier. Among the most influential of the evolving religious . . . — — Map (db m24051) HM

112 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — The Verlin L. Pulley Tower —

The life of Verlin L. Pulley was long intertwined with Miami University. A member of the class of 1925 A trustee from 1959 to 1965 A resident orf Oxford since graduation and mayor of Oxford from 1936-1940 The founder of Capitol Varsity . . . — — Map (db m25006) HM

113 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — Upham Hall —

This building is named for the fourteenth president of the university 1928-1945 who met the challenges of depression and war Alfred H. Upham Member of the class of 1897 whose "Old Miami" tells the story of her first . . . — — Map (db m140481) HM

114 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — William Holmes McGuffey — 1800 - 1873 —

Who, while professor in Miami University compiled the famous McGuffey Readers which established the social standards of the Great Middle West of the United States for three-quarters of a century. Professor of Miami University 1825-36 . . . — — Map (db m24781) HM

115 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford — 14-9 — William Holmes McGuffey House —

William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a Miami University faculty member in 1836 when he compiled the first edition of the McGuffey Eclectic Reader in this house. His Reader taught lessons in reading, spelling, and civic education by . . . — — Map (db m24012) HM

116 ► Ohio, Butler County, Oxford, Mile Square — 45-9 — Woodside Cemetery / Maurice Rocco Jazz Musician —

Woodside Cemetery Established as the Oxford Township Cemetery in 1880, this public graveyard replaced the original one at the corner of College Avenue and Spring Street. That earlier burial ground was abandoned when the railroad bisected it . . . — — Map (db m227942) HM

117 ► Ohio, Butler County, Seven Mile — Seven Mile Academy Bell —

The Seven Mile Academy was built in 1857 and was in continuous service until razed in 1993. This bell was in service at that Academy for many years. It was discovered in storage at the old Academy and was removed to the Board of Education until . . . — — Map (db m157051) HM

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118 ► Ohio, Butler County, Shandon — 17-9 — Paddy's Run —

The foundation for the first Welsh settlement in Ohio was laid on June 29, 1801, when William and Morgan Gwilym purchased land in what is now Morgan Township at the Cincinnati Land Office. The Welsh, who settled in Pennsylvania beginning in the late . . . — — Map (db m23991) HM

119 ► Ohio, Butler County, Trenton — Founder's Park —

Site of the home of Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, and his wife, Phebe Squier Pearce. The family migrated from New Jersey in 1801, purchased 1,500 acres, and settled in this location. Michael Pearce and David Enyeart platted the village of 33 . . . — — Map (db m29681) HM

120 ► Ohio, Butler County, Trenton — 18-9 — The Village of Trenton / The Elk Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery —

Side A: The Village of Trenton Platted 1816. Incorporated as Village 1895. Became a city 1971 Trenton's founder, Michael Pearce, came to the area in 1801. The original village of 33 lots was named Bloomfield. When the post office was . . . — — Map (db m28792) HM

121 ► Ohio, Butler County, West Chester — 20-9 — The Voice of America Bethany Station —

During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields . . . — — Map (db m23994) HM

122 ► Ohio, Butler County, Woodsdale — 6-9 — Chrisholm —

This farm, Chrisholm (German for home farm of Christian Augspurger), was established in 1830 by Christian Augspurger (1782-1848), leader of the Amish Mennonite settlement in Butler County. The Amish selected this area because of rich, fertile . . . — — Map (db m122421) HM

123 ► Ohio, Butler County, Woodsdale — The Amish Mennonite Settlement —

. . . — — Map (db m122555) HM

124 ► Ohio, Butler County, Woodsdale — 6-9 — Woodsdale —

This hamlet, located one mile southwest from here, was never platted, but was named after William Woods, president of the three-story brick Woodsdale paper mill constructed in 1867. Flanking the mill were the company office and store and several . . . — — Map (db m122420) HM

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