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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Urbana, Ohio
Location of Urbana, Ohio
► Champaign County (77) ► Clark County (72) ► Logan County (142) ► Madison County (24) ► Miami County (102) ► Shelby County (50) ► Union County (60)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| | Side A
Benson Road and the North Urbana Lisbon
Road (SR 54) in Champaign County was
the site of the 1950 National and Ohio
Plowing Matches and the National Associa-
tion of Soil Conservation Districts Field
Days. The three-day . . . — — Map (db m86249) HM |
| | 9/11 Memorial World Trade Center Artifact
Steel recovered from the World Trade Center after
September 11, 2001
courtesy of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
and is displayed in memory of 2,752
victims including:
343 New York . . . — — Map (db m166193) WM |
| | This marker placed in remembrance of United Airlines Flight Attendant and
longtime Champaign County resident Alicia Nicole Titus, 28, who was killed when
United Flight 175 became the second airplane to crash into the World Trade
Center (South . . . — — Map (db m166195) HM WM |
| | Side A: Bailey and Barclay Halls
Urbana University was established by the Swedenborgian Church in 1850. Bailey Hall (1853), named after Francis Bailey (1735-1815), was designed by W. Russell West, architect of the Statehouse of Ohio. Bailey . . . — — Map (db m13808) HM |
| | Billy "Single" Clifford
Wm. C. Shyrigh, better known as Billy Clifford, was born in this
house on January 24, 1869, to Levi and Sarah Shyrigh. Coming
from a musical family, he developed an early interest in music
and practiced with the . . . — — Map (db m90489) HM |
| | The Grave of
Capt. Simon Kenton
1755 - 1836
Revolutionary War Soldier
Clark Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Troops
Brigadier General of the Ohio Militia - 1812
Inscription on Gravestone:
In
Memory
of
Gen. Simon . . . — — Map (db m38277) HM |
| | In 1942 Cedar Bog became the first nature preserve in Ohio purchased
with state funds. Efforts to set this wetland aside began in the
1920s through the efforts of Florence Murdock and her daughter.
Efforts intensified in the mid 1930s with help . . . — — Map (db m90503) |
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To honor those who perished on 11 September 2001 and our soldiers for their dedicated
efforts and unselfish sacrifice in Iraq and the Gulf region for protecting our nation from terrorist influence
2 August 1990 — — Map (db m166181) WM |
| | To the memory of those brave men of Champaign Co who died in the War to Save the Union, 1861-5.
Dedicated Dec. 7. 1871 — — Map (db m14507) HM |
| | To honor the citizens
from Champaign County
that served during
The Civil War
1861 - 1865
Donated by Champaign County Bicentennial Committee — — Map (db m166189) WM |
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To honor Herman S. Thompson, Sr. ACM 2nd Class, who served in WWI (1917-1918); sons and grandsonsWho served during later years all Champaign County veterans and ancestor Mary Thompson (1793- 1873) whose home in . . . — — Map (db m166186) WM |
| | To honor the men and women that served during the Korean War from Champaign County
June 27, 1950 January 31, 1955 — — Map (db m166183) WM |
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To honor General Zachary Taylor and all U.S. Soldiers (Dragoons) who served during the Mexican War to preserve U.S. Territory.
May 13, 1846 May 30, 1848 — — Map (db m166190) WM |
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To honor all the soldiers and sailors who fought to preserve our freedoms, secure and protect our southern borders and provide for a large colonial vastness for the United States of America.
April 21, 1898 - July 4, 1902 — — Map (db m166188) WM |
| | To honor
our Revolutionary War Ancestors
American Revolutionary War
Donated by Urbana Chapter Daughters of The American Revolution — — Map (db m166192) WM |
| | Dedicated to the
honor and sacrifice
of the men and
women of Champaign
County who served
our country in
war and peace. — — Map (db m92405) WM |
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To honor the men and women that served during the Vietnam War from Champaign County
1964 - 1975 — — Map (db m166182) WM |
| | To honor the citizens from Champaign County that served during The War of 1812 — — Map (db m166191) WM |
| | In honor of the men and women
of Champaign County who served
in the World War 1914- 1918
Urbana Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1925 — — Map (db m106995) WM |
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To honor the men and women that served during World War II from Champaign County
December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946 — — Map (db m166185) WM |
| | (DAR logo)
Col. William Ward
Revolutionary Soldier
associate of General Simon Kenton in
the settlement of the Mad River Valley,
the founder of Urbana, brother of
John Ward, the White Indian, and
grandfather of John Quincy Adams Ward,
noted . . . — — Map (db m81937) HM |
| | [Marker Front]:
The Dayton, Springfield, and Urbana Electric Railway (DS&U) was an “Interurban” rail system that ran between the cities of Urbana, Springfield and Dayton. Its beginning can be traced to the franchise given to . . . — — Map (db m13811) HM |
| | Side A
Robert L. Eichelberger was born in Urbana on March 9, 1886, the
youngest of the five children of George Maley Eichelberger, an Urbana
lawyer, and Emma (Ring) Eichelberger. After graduating from Urbana
High School in 1903, he . . . — — Map (db m90431) HM WM |
| | A group of Freemasons, inspired by the concepts of a new country, of Freedom with Responsibility, Brotherly Love, and Truth, formed Harmony Lodge near this site in 1809, the first Masonic lodge in western Ohio. Meetings were held in the log court . . . — — Map (db m13820) HM |
| | Here, Gen. William Hull largely recruited his army for his campaign against the British at Detroit, in the War of 1812. — — Map (db m13821) HM |
| | Simon Kenton who is buried here. During the Revolutionary War he frequently served as scout under George Rogers Clark and later praised Clark for his role in saving the Kentucky settlements. Kenton's Indian captivity of 1778-79 acquainted him with . . . — — Map (db m34088) HM |
| | Side A: John Anderson Ward Farmstead
John Anderson Ward had this Federal style house constructed from 1823-1825 on land inherited from his father, Urbana's founder Colonel William Ward. The Colonel's will stipulated that a local mason . . . — — Map (db m13822) HM |
| | John Quincy Adams Ward
Sculptor
Born Urbana June 29, 1830.
Died New York City, May 1, 1910.
This replica of his first statue
is a memorial gift to his fellow townsmen
erected by his wife to mark his grave
Preserved with support from . . . — — Map (db m81909) HM |
| | Side A The founders of what would become the Kings Creek Baptist Church first met on June 29, 1805 in the log home of local residents James and Ann Turner. The Baptist congregation continued to meet in people's homes until 1816 when . . . — — Map (db m84858) HM |
| | The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad Company was chartered by the State of Ohio in January 1832 to connect west central Ohio with northern Ohio and Lake Erie. It was the first company to be incorporated for railroad purposes in the state. . . . — — Map (db m13824) HM |
| | Champaign County residents James [sic-Joseph] Vance (1786-1852) and John H. James (1800-1881) were among the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad's first officers, serving as president and treasurer, respectively. Vance emerged as a leader in the War of . . . — — Map (db m13825) HM |
| | (side A)
Construction of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Central Railroad started in 1850 and was finished in 1854. Later referred to as the "Panhandle Railroad," it ran from Columbus to Bradford. During the Civil War, the line carried . . . — — Map (db m93853) HM |
| | (Side A)
The nine-car funeral train for President Abraham
Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1865.
It arrived in Urbana on April 29 at 10:40p.m.
Urbana’s citizens erected an arch of evergreens and
flowers near the station . . . — — Map (db m84960) HM |
| | 1755 - Simon Kenton - 1836
»»««
In Oakland Cemetery, one
mile east,is the grave and
monument of Simon Kenton,
pioneer, soldier, Indian scout.
Also, "The Indian Hunter,"
by J.Q.A.Ward, noted sculptor
and native of . . . — — Map (db m44106) HM |
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The Johnson Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1902 by brothers James B., J. Will, Isaac T., and Charles F. Johnson, all of Quaker heritage. The company manufactured tin and galvanized iron ware for railroad lines across the United States. . . . — — Map (db m13823) HM |
| | The Underground Railroad in Champaign County
The inhumanity of slavery and the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850 motivated anti-slavery activists to operate a covert network, the "Underground Railroad," which helped fugitive slaves . . . — — Map (db m78141) HM |
| | This tablet mark's the Site of Doolittle's Tavern, Headquarters of Gov. Meigs during the quartering of Gen. Hull's Army at Urbana in the War of 1812. — — Map (db m19798) HM |
| | side A- War Council of 1812
To confirm that the Treaty of Greenville would be upheld, Ohio
Governor Return J. Meigs called a council with Native Americans
June 6-9, 1812. He sought approval to cross native land when
marching to Canada and . . . — — Map (db m81636) HM |
| | Warren G. Grimes
Raised in an Ohio orphanage, Warren G. Grimes (1898-1975) ran away after finishing the ninth grade and at age 16 went to work for the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. He later became a partner in an electrical business where he . . . — — Map (db m13818) HM |
| | Virginia native William Owen, 1769-1821, is credited with being the
first American to settle in Mad River Township, Champaign County
sometime between 1797-1799. He and his family built a cabin in the
northeast quarter of Section 15 directly west . . . — — Map (db m86157) HM |
| | These Urbana University MBA students lost their lives in an auto accident in Springfield, OH.
Gone but not forgotten
Xue, Bing (Jo)
12/31/1982-3/8/2007
Liaoning Province
Bian, Jin (Jack)
10/13/1979-3/8/2007
Liaoning Province
Sun, . . . — — Map (db m13810) HM |
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