On Concord Fairhaven Rd at Concord Rd (County Route 97), on the right when traveling south on Concord Fairhaven Rd.
The Concord Church
founded
November - 1840
This red granite rock from the “Canadian Shield” is more than 1 ½ billion
years old. It was carried south to Preble County, Ohio at least 15,000 years
ago by “The Wisconsin . . . — — Map (db m116662) HM
On Barron Street (U.S. 127) at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Barron Street. Reported missing.
Fort St. Clair
One mile west
Erected in 1791-92, by order
of General James Wilkinson.
Here, on November 6th, 1792,
Major John Adair's Kentucky
Volunteers were attacked by
Little Turtle. — — Map (db m138808) HM
Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) near Main Street ( Route 122), on the right when traveling south.
1792 .................... 1935
Sacred to the Memory of
Mary Lander
and the
Preble County Historical Society
These 12 acres where the Indians have trod, were donated to the Fort St. Clair Park to be kept in their virgin state as, . . . — — Map (db m138860) HM
On West Main Street (Ohio Route 122), on the left when traveling west.
1- Erected by free contributions on the 17th.day of Oct.1847
2- In memory of Lieut.John Lowery of The second Sub-Legion Ensign Boyd of the first and 13 non-commissioned officers and privates who fell about five miles north of this place in an . . . — — Map (db m84723) WM
Near Camden Road (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south.
Erected by
Wm. H. Ortt
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Sacred to the memory
of his comrades of
the Civil War from
Preble County Ohio
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A.D. 1931
1861 1865 — — Map (db m19153) HM
Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) near 500 Camden Rd.
Physicians in the Indian Wars
Pioneer physicians came into the wilderness
that was to become Ohio in the 1780’s, to serve in the
respective campaigns of generals Josiah Harmar,
Arthur St. Clair, and Anthony Wayne in their . . . — — Map (db m85567) HM WM
On Main Street (U.S. 35) at Barron Street (U.S. 127), on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Marker Front:
The current Preble County Courthouse, the third courthouse erected on this site, was designed by noted architect and Preble County native Harvey Hiestand. Its cornerstone was laid on March 17, 1917, with a copper box . . . — — Map (db m42207) HM
Near Camden Road (Ohio Route 355) south of West Main Street ( Route 122), on the left when traveling north.
The 13 known men from Preble County who made the
supreme sacrifice for their country in the Vietnam War.
Blankenship, Edgar William, SP4, Army, 19 years of age, March 13, 1968, Lewisburg •
Brown, David Allen, SP4, Army, 18 years of age, . . . — — Map (db m166049) WM
On South Beech Street 0 miles West St. Clair Street, on the left when traveling north.
Ohio's oldest and only standing double-barreled covered bridge and the oldest of six remaining in the nation.
Built by Orlistus Roberts and James Campbell over Seven Mile Creek on Old Camden Pike South of Eaton.
Relocated and restored in . . . — — Map (db m19937) HM
On South Beech Street 0 miles north of West St. Clair Street, on the left when traveling north.
Roberts Bridge. This covered bridge is the oldest still (1962) standing in the state and the last of the "double-barreled" spans in Ohio. It was built across Seven Mile Creek on the Old Camden Road in 1829-30 by Orlistus Roberts and J.L. . . . — — Map (db m20331) HM
On Swartsel Road at Route 122, on the right when traveling south on Swartsel Road.
Silas Dooley, Sr. was the first recorded settler in Gasper Township. He cleared his land and helped clear the land for the village of Camden.
His marriage to Johanna Westerfield was the first one licensed in Preble County. Their 1830s timber and . . . — — Map (db m277308) HM
Regular and militia troops under General James Wilkinson built this supply post and defensive fortification in March 1792 in preparation for Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, following . . . — — Map (db m19152) HM
On East Main Street (U.S. 35), on the right when traveling west.
This mid-19th-century structure, built in the Federal style with Italianate detail added later, was once owned by town pioneer and merchant Cornelius Van Ausdal. It was later the home of his daughter Lucinda, her husband Joseph Donohoe, and . . . — — Map (db m107651) HM
A Witness
Nov. 6. 1792
The International Society of Arborculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period.
1776 - . . . — — Map (db m19161) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 35) at Barron Street (U.S. 127), on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
William Bruce founded and platted the city of Eaton in 1806. Born in Virginia in 1762, Bruce relocated to Ohio in 1793. In 1806, he purchased nearly two thousand acres of land from the government for the founding of Eaton. Bruce, a Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m17488) HM
