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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVR_brigadier-general-john-webb_Casstown-OH.html
Born in Kentucky in 1793, his family moved to the Ohio country in 1797. Taught by his mother and in a log-cabin school near Dayton, he began teaching here by 1809. Purchasing land here in 1811, he served at Fort Greenville in the War of 1812. He m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVD_thomas-cemetery-abraham-thomas_Troy-OH.html
Side A: Thomas CemeteryThomas Cemetery is the resting place for many of Concord Township's and Miami County's early settlers. The cemetery is maintained by Concord Township.This marker was placed here in Miami County's and Concord Township's Bicen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVC_randolph-settlement_Piqua-OH.html
Side A: Randolph SettlementIn 1833, John Randolph from Roanoke, Virginia, died leaving three wills that requested that all of his slaves be set free and that land be purchased for them. Although contested for thirteen years by his family, the slav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVA_pennsylvania-railroad-bf-tower_Bradford-OH.html
The Bradford or "BF" Tower was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad circa 1929, at the important site of Bradford Junction. It replaced an earlier wooden tower that stood to its west. From this building, operators controlled the movement of every tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV8_phoneton_Tipp-City-OH.html
Once the center of telephone communications in America, Phoneton, originally platted as Phonetown, was established in 1893 by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) as the place to service and operate three major telephone and telegra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV6_the-old-national-road_New-Carlisle-OH.html
You are now traveling U.S. 40, the Old National Road, used in the westward expansion of our country. In 1837 notice was given that this section of the road would be constructed. A toll house was located at the east edge of Brandt.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV3_michael-ingle_Covington-OH.html
Michael Ingle, the first permanent white settler in Newberry Township, arrived in Miami County in 1804. A tanner from Virginia, Ingle cleared and cultivated eight hundred acres of land, where he grew wheat and other essential produce. He erected a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV2_elizabeth-township_Troy-OH.html
Elizabeth Township was founded in 1807. The Elizabeth Township House was built about 1870, serving as the community's assembly hall. The building is similar to the seven remaining one-room, brick schoolhouses, built throughout the township between…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV1_eldean-covered-bridge_Troy-OH.html
Originally known as Allen's Mill Bridge, the Eldean Covered Bridge was built over the Great Miami River in 1860 for Miami County by the Hamilton Brothers of nearby Piqua. Its 224 feet place it among Ohio's longest covered bridges and the longest i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIUZ_bradford-fire-of-1920_Bradford-OH.html
On the evening of August 3, 1920, at 10:30, two men hurrying home after working at the local Railway Y.M.C.A. discovered smoke and flames at the D. Arnold & Sons Lumber Company. Bradford firemen, with the help of area firefighters, could not conta…