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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFX8_the-doty-settlement-the-pioneer-farmstead_Oxford-OH.html
Side A: The Doty SettlementAs Oxford Township was developing in the mid-1800s, a cluster of farmsteads near its northern border was designated the "Doty Settlement." As was the custom, the community took its name from a prominent family in the are…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFX5_william-holmes-mcguffey-house_Oxford-OH.html
Side A:William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was a Miami University faculty member in 1836 when he compiled the first edition of the McGuffey Eclectic Reader in this house. His Reader taught lessons in reading, spelling, and civic education by using…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFX2_langstroth-cottage-lorenzo-langstroth_Oxford-OH.html
Side A: Langstroth CottageReverend Lorenzo Langstroth, renowned as "The Father of American Beekeeping," lived in this simple two-story, eight-room house with his wife, Anne, and their three children from 1858 to 1887. Unchanged externally, the Gre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWU_birthplace-of-william-bebb_Okeana-OH.html
Edward Bebb, father of William Bebb and first Welshman to settle in Paddy's Run, Morgan Township, Butler County purchased this cabin in 1801. Originally the cabin stood four miles southeast of this site on the Dry Fork of the Whitewater River. It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWT_1858-morgan-township-house-copperheadism-in-butler-county_Okeana-OH.html
Side A:1858 Morgan Township HouseOn April 20, 1857, the trustees of Morgan Township met in Okeana to obtain a lot for the township house. From a quarter mill tax levy, $850 was budgeted for a house and lot. Money expended on the project included $…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWN_the-voice-of-america-bethany-station_Stockton-OH.html
During the height of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the innovative engineers of the Crosley Broadcasting Corporation to build powerful short wave radio transmitters capable of delivering broadcasts overseas. On farm fields ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWL_paddys-run_Hamilton-OH.html
Side A:The foundation for the first Welsh settlement in Ohio was laid on June 29, 1801, when William and Morgan Gwilym purchased land in what is now Morgan Township at the Cincinnati Land Office. The Welsh, who settled in Pennsylvania beginning in…