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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21C5_bethel-chapel-1815-1873_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/HM21C1_bunker-hill-dog-town_Hamilton-OH.html
Bunker Hill The Millville, Reilly and Milton Turnpike brought prosperity to the village now renamed Bunker Hill. School House No. 10 stood nearby from 1849-1857. By 1860 clothing manufacturing was the major business here. A Post Office was est…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAN_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Hamilton-OH.html
In honor of all veterans in times of peace and war The patriots blood is the seed of the freedom tree -Thomas Campbell
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBT_native-american-trail_Hamilton-OH.html
The site for Fort Hamilton was chosen because of a ford on the Great Miami River at the approximate site of the High - Main Street Bridge. That shallow crossing was believed to have been on an ancient Indian trail known as the Wabash Trail. The U.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBE_site-of-fort-hamilton_Hamilton-OH.html
Fort Hamilton was completed Sept. 30, 1791, and occupied by the U. S. Army commanded by Gen. Arthur St. Clair. The supply base was the first in a chain of outposts north of Cincinnati (Fort Washington) in the Northwest Territory. The log structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBC_hamilton-hydraulic_Hamilton-OH.html
The privately developed Hamilton Hydraulic opened Jan. 27, 1845, providing cheap, reliable water power and starting Hamilton's era of industrial growth and diversification. Water was diverted into the hydraulic canal system from the Great Miami Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBB_the-dream-of-hamiltonia_Hamilton-OH.html
Relaxing by the Great Miami, Hamiltonia dreams. She dreams of children presenting her with the Helmet of Hope, a symbol for a bright future.- Norikazu T. Tsuchiya, Sculptor
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBA_high-main-street-bridge_Hamilton-OH.html
The filled Spandrel concrete arch bridge previously located at this crossing was constructed by A.J. Yawger & Company in 1914 after the Flood of 1913. It was the fourth structure to cross the Great Miami River at this location. The bridge consiste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EB9_earliest-industry_Hamilton-OH.html
Mills were essential in the settlers' struggle to convert their land from a debt to an asset. Financial survival depended on access to grist mills, saw mills and carding mills - the trading complexes and community centers on the Ohio frontier. The…
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