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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ATH_dow-finsterwald-day_Athens-OH.html
Golfing greats Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus first
met on the golf course at the Athens Country Club
in Athens, Ohio. The event was a celebration for
native son Dow Finsterwald, winner of the 1958
PGA Championship. Due to the significance of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AT3_athens-national-guard-armory_Athens-OH.html
In the first years of the twentieth century. Athens' citizens formed
a new National Guard company. The guardsmen initially held drill
at the Campbell Block on Court Street, but soon the Athens
Commercial Club began advocating for an armory from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AT0_the-berry_Athens-OH.html
The Berry Hotel, one of America's
premier hotels, stood here from
1892 to 1974. Athenian Edward
Cornelius Berry, a free black who
had been educated at the Albany
Enterprise Academy, and his modest
wife, Martha Jane (Mattie) Berry,
built, ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASX_rendville_Corning-OH.html
Established in 1879 by Chicago industrialist William P. Rend as a coal
mining town, Rendville became a place where African Americans broke
the color barrier. In 1888, Dr. Isaiah Tuppins, the first African
American to receive a medical degree in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASP_byrd-township-world-war-i-dar-monument-a-war-memorial_Russellville-OH.html
In honor of the boys
of Byrd Township
who served the American colors
in the World War 1917- 1919
for liberty and humanity
Earl H. Baird · E. Victor Bennett · Walter F. Bennett · + Frank Brooks · George B.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS4_chrisholm_Trenton-OH.html
This farm, Chrisholm (German for home farm of Christian Augspurger), was established in 1830 by Christian Augspurger (1782-1848), leader of the Amish Mennonite settlement in Butler County. The Amish selected this area because of rich, fertile farm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS3_the-miami-canal_Hamilton-OH.html
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The dimensions of the canal channel were 26 feet wide at the bottom and 40 feet wide at the top. The depth of the canal averaged four and one-half feet. The 12 locks were 80 feet long with 14-foot wide interior chambers which could accomm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS2_warren-gard_Hamilton-OH.html
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Warren Gard (1873-1929), son of Samuel Z. Gard and Mary Duke, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. He established his practice in Hamilton after graduating from Cincinnati Law School and being admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1894. Gard served as But…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS1_lane-public-library-clark-lane_Hamilton-OH.html
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Clark Lane built this library in 1866 and donated it to the people of Hamilton two years later. The 1913 Great Miami River flood catastrophe damaged much of the building and many of its books and records. The refurbished library reopened …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AS0_fannie-hurst-author-humanitarian-and-advocate_Hamilton-OH.html
Author Side Raised and educated in St. Louis, author Fannie Hurst (1885-1968) was born in Hamilton at 918 Central Avenue, the home of her maternal grandparents. She was the daughter of Rose Koppel and Samuel Hurst. Already a writer as a student at…