United States of America Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients State of Ohio, Auglaize County Civil War
Cpl Christian Schnell Mississippi 1863 — — Map (db m12416) WM
Dudley Nichols was born in Wapakoneta in 1895, the son of Dr. Grant and Mary Mean Nichols. He spent his childhood in a home on this site and graduated from Blume High School before leaving Ohio. After working as a journalist in new York City, he . . . — — Map (db m92116) HM
Side 1 The history of New Knoxville provides one of the best examples of chain migration to America. After the Shawnee were removed from what would become Auglaize County, James Knox Lytle, cousin to James Knox Polk, purchased land in . . . — — Map (db m92310) HM
The Society of the Precious Blood, established in Italy in 1815, began its American ministry here in Peru in January 1844, led by Swiss missionary Father Francis de Sales Brunner. Continuing the work begun by the Redemptorists at St. Alphonse in . . . — — Map (db m147180) HM
The Dayton and Michigan Railroad provided the single most important impetus to the growth and development of Wapakoneta. Although Wapakoneta had been platted in 1833, at the time of incorporation (1848), "the town was still without any material . . . — — Map (db m12406) HM
The Miami and Erie Canal opened the western Ohio wilderness between Cincinnati and Toledo in the mid-19th century. More than 4000 workers labored to build the canal, earning 30 cents a day, a jigger of whiskey, and room and board. When completed, . . . — — Map (db m235857) HM
The headwaters of the St. Marys River be just southeast of the City of St. Marys. The ever flows generally northwest to Wayne, Indiana, where it meets with the St. Joseph River in downtown ft. Wayne to form the Maumee River. The Maumee then flows . . . — — Map (db m228266) HM
Named for General Hugh Mercer, a distinguished officer of the Revolution, Mercer County was established in 1820 by a
legislative act creating counties from the land within Ohio ceded by the Indians. The configuration of the County
then included . . . — — Map (db m193092) HM
According to early histories of Auglaize County, in 1748 the French built a trading post 380 yards north of this marker along the north bank of what were the navigable headwaters of the Auglaize River for keel boats when this area was in Upper . . . — — Map (db m250841) HM
In 1872 landowners John Gochenour and Josiah Clawson platted 30 lots north and south of the railroad line coming through what would become Buckland. On July 24, 1873, the line was completed to St. Marys, and chartered as the Lake Erie and Western. . . . — — Map (db m236423) HM
Erected by order of General William H. Harrison in October 1812 and became an important depository of army stores during the war. — — Map (db m19821) HM
This memorial is dedicated to all who have made this 150th year celebration possible.
The Old Town Hall
On Jan. 18, 1897, the town council declared it necessary to construct a public hall for the fire dept., and offices. On June 17, 1897, bids . . . — — Map (db m216622) HM
1991-94In 1991, 4-H Camp Palmer received accreditation by The American Camp Association.
The turning point and vision for 4-H Camp Palmer came in 1993 when the camp became more closely affiliated with the . . . — — Map (db m161168) HM
Shelby House has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 by the United States Department of the Interior.
This building served as the railroad station hotel for villages in Shelby
and Auglaize counties until 1900. . . . — — Map (db m229127) HM
Erected here in 1795 by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, probably after the signing of the Greenville Treaty, on land ceded by the Indians. This area was also the site of the signing of the Treaty of St. Marys in 1818 (the Indian campsites being to the . . . — — Map (db m19855) HM
