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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JRH_asa-smith-bushnell_Springfield-OH.html
Asa Smith Bushnell, born in Rome, New York, settles in Springfield in 1850. After serving in the Civil War, Bushnell begins to work for a company partially owned by Benjamin Warder, eventually becoming a partner, now the Warder, Bushnell, and Gles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQY_james-leffel_Springfield-OH.html
Springfield's "first inventor", born in Virginia, brings a genius previously unparalleled in the history of our community. His passion for the use of the abundant water supply in the area accelerates Springfield into the early beginnings of the In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQX_eliza-d-stewart_Springfield-OH.html
"Mother Stewart" as she is affectionately called, is the pioneering spirit behind the local and statewide temperance movement. In 1858 she lectures on and promotes temperance for the "Good Templars Society". During the Civil War she serves the wou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQP_jeremiah-warder-and-ann-aston-warder_Springfield-OH.html
Jeremiah and his wife Ann, wealthy Quakers from Philadelphia, arrive in Springfield in 1830 to claim extensive acreage inherited from his late father's estate. That same year, he purchases from the estate the village of Lagonda consisting of sever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQO_john-dick_Springfield-OH.html
John Dick, born in Aryshire, Scotland and educated at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, comes to the United States with his family in 1854 spending several years working on Long Island laying out the park system. He later moves to Cincinna…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQM_john-ludlow_Springfield-OH.html
Affectionately called by some, "The Father of Ferncliff Cemetery", John Ludlow is a member of an early pioneer family in Clark County, eventually becoming a well-known pharmacist. In 1851, he is elected as a director of the Springfield B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQK_union-soldiers-monument_Springfield-OH.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQJ_war-memorial_Springfield-OH.html
Dedicated to the honor and
glory of all veterans of
Clark County who have so
nobly served their country
in all its wars and who, by
offering their last full
measure of devotion, have
purchased freedom for our
beloved nation
A.D. 1964
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMK_the-national-road_Springfield-OH.html
A short distance west of the Springfield City limits at the top of Sugar Grove Hill ended the continuous metaled or paved portion of the National Road.The National Road was, outside of the navigable rivers and harbors, the first great internal imp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMJ_madonna-of-the-trail_Springfield-OH.html
In 1912, Congress appropriated funds for a new highway, the National Old Trails Road, or Ocean-to-Ocean Highway. The route crossed 12 states from Maryland to California following much of the National Road and the Santa Fe Trail. To celebrate the d…