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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28V5_sts-peter-and-paul-church_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Petersburg (1835), was the mother church for St. Joseph, Wapakoneta; St. John the Evangelist, Fryburg; St. Lawrence, Rhine; and Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Botkins. All were founded by German-Catholic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QGF_dudley-nichols_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Dudley Nichols was born in Wapakoneta in 1895, the son of Dr. Grant and Mary Mean Nichols. He spent his childhood in a home on this site and graduated from Blume High School before leaving Ohio. After working as a journalist in new York City, he r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MGD_wapakoneta-heritage-parkway_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Plaque # 1 The Shawnee Indians were driven from the southern United States in the late 17th and early 18th centuries by white settlers and Catawba, Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations. the Shawnee were given permission by the Miamis and Wyandots…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZB_plank-road_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Site of St. Marys - Wapakoneta plank road built 1850- 1852 of Burr and White Oak timber 3 to 5 ft in diam. cut and milled at Moulton financed by Wapakoneta - St Marys businessmen who charged toll for profit and maintenance. Replaced in 1882 by a g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJYU_the-shannon-stock-company_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Side A:The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon's Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until the Great Depression. Founded by Harry Shannon, the group included his wife Adelaide, their children, Har…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJR4_blackhoofs-last-home_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Blackhoof: Born in Florida about 1721. Arriving in this vicinity 1783 - Surnames: Cut-The-We-Ka-Saw or Catahecassa - Principal Chief of Shawnee Indian Nation - erected here in 1822. In a clearing of the vast forest a two story 18'x24' log house - …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSK_apollo-command-module-and-gemini-spacecraft-mock-ups_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Apollo Command Module Mock-up The command module carried the three astronauts to the moon and back during the Apollo missions 1969-1972. The spacecraft is 10 ft. 7 in. tall and 12 ft. 10 in. diameter. It weighed 13,000 lbs. Gemini Spacecraft Mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDSB_f5d-skylancer_Wapakoneta-OH.html
This Douglas F5D Skylancer was one of four originally constructed, and is the only example still in existence. It was flown by Neil A. Armstrong from September 1960 to September 1962 to simulate the flight characteristics of the space vehicle plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB2Y_catahecassa_Wapakoneta-OH.html
Nearby sleeps Chief (Blackhoof) Catahecassa, last principle chief of the Shawnees prior to their removal to Kansas in 1832. This was Blackhoofs town where he lived and died in Sept. 1831, at the age of 109. He fought with the French against Braddo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM80S_congressional-medal-of-honor-recipients_Wapakoneta-OH.html
United States of AmericaCongressional Medal of Honor RecipientsState of Ohio, Auglaize CountyCivil WarCpl Christian Schnell Mississippi 1863
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