155M.M. Howitzer Cannon donated to V.F.W. Post 7948 by Co. A. 983 Eng. Battalion, Lima Ohio
Dedicated in memory of Joseph F. Eilerman charter member V.F.W. Post 7948 Cridersville - Fort Shawnee — — Map (db m236419) WM
The Village of Cridersville was founded in 1856. With the discovery of oil in 1885 the village prospered and grew quickly. Its business district developed along Main Street in the first block east of the railroad. The Town Pond . . . — — Map (db m28668) HM
Cridersville was founded by Ephraim and Polly Crider and their family in 1856. They platted their town along the proposed route of the new Dayton & Michigan Railroad. When the railroad was completed in 1858, the village began to grow. A railroad . . . — — Map (db m237776) HM
Cridersville was established in 1856. As the new village grew, a local one-room school was built in 1866 on East Main Street. Over years of growth, a new larger school was built on South Waverly Street in 1875 and it was replaced in 1907. As the . . . — — Map (db m237804) HM
In 1924, the Cridersville School District built its first gymnasium behind the school that was built on S. Waverly Street in 1907. It became known as the Community It was the location of many community events. In addition to its basketball court, it . . . — — Map (db m237806) HM
Long before there was a State of Ohio, the forests that covered western Ohio were the hunting grounds of native American tribes. The Shawnee tribes established a community on the banks of the Auglaize River that they called Waughpaughkonnetta as . . . — — Map (db m237805) HM
In 1939 a new school was built on this site. It was the fourth school since the first one-room schoolhouse was built in 1866. Between 1939 and 1966, 518 students would graduate from this school. As Cridersville grew, the number of students in the . . . — — Map (db m237773) HM
The Civil War was America's greatest challenge. For four years (1861-1865), the bloody struggle touched nearly every community. After eleven southern states seceded from the country, President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to help preserve . . . — — Map (db m237803) HM WM
Flagpole Presented by... Cridersville High School Class Of 1965 In Remembrance of Our Beloved School and In Honor of All Veterans Who Attended CHS — — Map (db m237774) WM
The first one room school opened in Cridersville in 1866. In 1924 the Village added its first four year high school curriculum. Before then, high school age students attended and graduated from schools in Lima or Wapakoneta. With a new high . . . — — Map (db m237775) HM
During the fall of 1941, World War II was raging in Europe and other parts of the world. The war began for the United States on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Frederick Delong, a 1932 graduate of Cridersville . . . — — Map (db m237808) HM
While drilling for natural gas in 1885, oil was discovered in Lima. Within two years, the Lima region became the largest known oil field in the world. Several farms near Cridersville were leased by oil companies in early 1886. By the end of the . . . — — Map (db m237807) HM
This fire bell was purchased in November 1890 and sat atop the town hall on Gay Street to call volunteers to man buckets to fight fires in the village. It was retired and replaced by an electric siren in December 1944. This bell, was donated back . . . — — Map (db m236416) HM
