On East Central Avenue (Ohio Route 725) at South 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on East Central Avenue.
Dedicated to those who served and
to perpetuate the memory of those
who made the supreme sacrifice in
the Great World War 1917-1918
Miami Township Gold Star Roll
Alonzo W. Ballinger
Emmet Boldman
John N. Catrow
Thomas A. . . . — — Map (db m183851) WM
Near Mound Road just north of Enterprise Court, on the right when traveling north.
In 2009, the City of Miamisburg
initiated the Miamisburg Mound
Reclamation Project with the
support of the Ohio Historical
Society. The goal of the project
was to consistently and safely
restore the aesthetic beauty of the
Miamisburg Mound . . . — — Map (db m166074) HM
Near Mound Road just north of Enterprise Court, on the right when traveling north.
The site was partially excavated in 1869 when a vertical shaft was sunk from the top to the base, with
two horizontal tunnels extending from it. Investigators found one skeleton covered with bark and yellow
clay, eight feet down, entombed in a . . . — — Map (db m166072) HM
On West Lock Street at South Miami Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Lock Street.
On this site Daniel Gebhart established a tavern in 1811. Taverns were where people gathered to eat, rest, and share news. During spring freshets, boatmen from the Great Miami River stayed at the tavern. Joining them were pioneers coming by the . . . — — Map (db m224986) HM
On East Central Avenue (Ohio Route 725) west of South 5th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Members of the Armed Forces of the United States
who made the supreme sacrifice
World War II
1941 - 1945
Louis Baker
Lymon Barkalow
James Bussard
Lee Carroll
Woodrow Dillon
Vincent Dimatteo
Richard Dixon . . . — — Map (db m183852) WM
Near East Linden Avenue at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling west.
In remembrance of Miamisburg High School that stood here from 1923 to 1982, and the many students that passed through its portals of excellent education.
Miamisburg High School Alumni Assoc.
The oldest active high school alumni assoc. . . . — — Map (db m210501) HM
On South Miami Avenue south of West Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In late March 1913, a series of three severe rainstorms
inundated the already saturated and frozen ground of
the Miami Valley, causing one of Ohios greatest natural
disasters, the Flood of 1913. On March 25, the Great
Miami River overflowed its . . . — — Map (db m127231) HM
On Mound Rd near Enterprise Ct., on the left when traveling south.
Miamisburg Mound, the largest conical earthwork in Ohio, originally was sixty-eight feet high with a diameter of three hundred feet. One excavating attempt in 1869 reduced the height to its present sixty-five feet. The mound was then partially . . . — — Map (db m166080) HM
Undated newspaper photograph of the
Miamisburg Mound
Artists' rendition of the Miamisburg Mound.
Postcard published by Philhower Drugstore
of Miamisburg
Postcard used in Miamisburg Historical
Society Gift Shop
The Miamisburg Mound is . . . — — Map (db m166081) HM
Side A
The facilities once here propelled the United States through the Nuclear and Space Ages
and were named for the nearby pre-historic Miamisburg Mound. The Manhattan engineer District of the War Department began construction of Mound . . . — — Map (db m105819) HM
The first settler to own the land on which the Miamisburg Mound is located was Jacob Lawres who
purchased 175 acres of raw timberland in 1806. His land deed was signed by President Thomas Jefferson.
The first pioneer settlers of southwestern Ohio . . . — — Map (db m166082) HM
On North 1st Street (Ohio Route 725) north of East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
The Miami Connection. Welcome to Miamisburg and the land that was once home
to the Miami Indians. Though the English traders who
came to the Miami Valley in the 18th century heard the
native inhabitants call themselves “twightwee” . . . — — Map (db m128634) HM
On South Main Street just north of Hillview Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
You are standing on the Miami Erie Canal. If you look to your left, the depressions you see are part of the 248 miles of canal bed passing through on the way to Cincinnati. Looking to your right, the land has been filled, however, a canal once . . . — — Map (db m184021) HM
On Mound Rd at Enterprise Ct., on the left when traveling south on Mound Rd.
This is the highest and largest of the many conical burial mounds in Ohio. Erected in prehistoric times by the so-called Mound Builders. It stands as an imposing memorial to those first Ohioans.
The mound is 70 feet in height; 877 feet in . . . — — Map (db m164256) HM
On East Central Avenue (Ohio Route 725) at South 5th Street, on the left when traveling west on East Central Avenue.
Tom Austin
Tom Combs
Mark V. Dennis ▲
William Ebright
Jack Fuson
Burt Guerra III
Donald E. Harp
Gary Lee McKiddy
Zack W. Napier
William Truett
Reggie Lee Vance
James E. Walsh
Jack E. Wilbur . . . — — Map (db m183828) WM
On Mound Road just north of Enterprise Court, on the right when traveling north.
The mound is thought to belong to the Adena culture because of its conical shape and the character of the
burials said to have been found within it. Adena mounds, unlike those built by the Hopewell culture which
followed them, tended to be . . . — — Map (db m166077) HM
