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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZM_busenbark-dr-charles-f-richter_Trenton-OH.html
Side A: BusenbarkIn 1833, Robert Busenbark deeded land to the directors of School District No. 6 for Busenbark School. Twenty years later, Robert and son David granted a right-of-way on their property for a station on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Da…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLR_the-verlin-l-pulley-tower_Oxford-OH.html
The life of Verlin L. Pulley waslong intertwined with Miami University.A member of the class of 1925A trustee from 1959 to 1965A resident orf Oxford since graduationand mayor of Oxford from 1936-1940The founder of Capitol Varsity Cleaning Companyo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGD_oxford-veterans-memorial_Oxford-OH.html
In honor of all veteranswho proudly servedour country and flag Gratefully dedicatedto those who offered their livesin the cause of freedom Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Memorial Park"When people get caught up withthat which is right and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGC_founding-members-of-the-morgan-township-fire-department_Okeana-OH.html
Our Founding MembersEarl BennettZelotes BrownHomer DavisLeonard FagalyRobert L. KimballFred MabisEli ParkhurstStanley ScheeringCarl SkjoldagerFrank L. Tompkins This Fire Station isdedicated in memory ofChief Frank L. TompkinsFor his 34 yearsof …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGGB_william-holmes-mcguffey_Oxford-OH.html
Who, while professor in MiamiUniversity compiled the famousMcGuffey Readers which establishedthe social standards of the GreatMiddle West of the United Statesfor three-quarters of a century. Professor of Miami University 1825-36President of Ohi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYL_first-jain-temple-in-ohio-history-of-jainism-in-ohio_Oxford-OH.html
Side A: First Jain Temple in Ohio"Souls render service to one another" The Jain Center of Cincinnati and Dayton was established on April 22, 1979 as a non-profit tax-exempt organization under the laws of the United States and the State of Ohio.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYK_the-legend-of-the-baby-in-the-well_Oxford-OH.html
This original dug well relates to one of the several fascinating legends of Zachariah and Elizabeth DeWitt. As reported by Ralph McGinnis in The History of Oxford, Ohio, from the Earliest Days to the Present, Zachariah heard Elizabeth's screams as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYD_the-dewitt-family-the-dewitt-log-homestead_Oxford-OH.html
Side A: The DeWitt FamilyZachariah Price DeWitt was born of a Dutch family in New Jersey in 1768. With brothers Jacob and Peter, he migrated to Kentucky where, in 1790, he married Elizabeth Teets, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1774. By 1805 all …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFYB_bethel-chapel_Hamilton-OH.html
William Holmes McGuffey, author of the Eclectic Series of Readers, was ordained a Presbyterian minister in a log meeting house on this site in 1829. The ordination was performed by Robert Bishop, President of Miami University, and other ministers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFY3_the-restoration-movement-doty-settlement-cemetery_Oxford-OH.html
Side A: The Restoration MovementIn the early years of the nineteenth century, a religious unrest known as the Second Great Awakening spread across much of the American frontier. Among the most influential of the evolving religious organizations we…
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