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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21C7_freedom-summer-1964_Oxford-OH.html
In what was called the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, more than 800 volunteers, most of them college students, gathered at the Western College for Women (now Western Campus of Miami University) to prepare for African-American voter registration in the South. Thr…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21KL_wickerham-inn_Peebles-OH.html
The inn was built 1800-01 by Peter Wickerham,
a Revolutionary War veteran. It was used as
an overnight stagecoach stop and tavern on
Zane's Trace until ca. 1850. Runaway slaves were
hidden here when the "Underground Railroad" was
in operation. Confeder…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21M7_seaman_Seaman-OH.html
Founded 1887 by John Q. Roads on the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881) and the Old West Union Road (1807). Incorporated 1911. Named after Franklin Seaman who donated land to the railroad for a station. Home of Will Rogers, "The Black King of the Air", the…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21M8_peebles_Peebles-OH.html
Platted in 1881 by Isaiah Custer on the junction of old Zane's Trace (1796-97) and the Cincinnati & Eastern Railway (1881). Incorporated 1886. Named after John G. Peebles, Portsmouth, Ohio businessman. David Nixon constructed the first house in town operate…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM21MT_first-ohio-invasion_Portland-OH.html
Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins of Virginia, with 350 Confederate cavalrymen, crossed the Ohio River near this point on September 3, 1862 and advanced to Racine. After occupying the town for a few hours and after seizing a dozen horses, the troop re-cro…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM222R_knox-county-poor-farm-knox-county-infirmary_Mount-Vernon-OH.html
Knox County Poor Farm
The surrounding 132 acres of land served as the Knox County Poor
Farm (aka Knox County Infirmary and County Home) from 1842 to
1955. The farm was nearly self-sustaining. Able residents grew
their own food, raised livestock, and di…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM22AS_west-salem-city-hall_West-Salem-OH.html
The West Salem City Hall reflects a late-1800s municipal trend to house many civic functions under one roof. The fire station, jail, and council chambers occupied the ground level, while the second floor hosted a public auditorium, or "opera house". Designe…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM231L_carthagena-black-cemetery_Celina-OH.html
The Carthagena Black Cemetery (Union Cemetery) is a remnant of approximately 70 documented rural black and mulatto rural settlements established throughout Ohio before the Civil War. After the Cincinnati riots against blacks in 1829, Quaker abolitionist Aug…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM287C_the-king-mansion-ahimaaz-king-1839-1909_Kings-Mills-OH.html
The King Mansion Built of bricks of clay from the Little Miami River, the King Mansion has stood majestically overlooking the town of Kings Mills since 1885. The home of industrialist Ahimaaz King and the first house in Kings Mills, this 12-room, three-stor…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM287E_gershom-moore-peters-lld-peters-cartridge-company_Maineville-OH.html
Gershom Moore Peters, LLDGershom Moore Peters was born in 1843 near Circleville, Ohio. At 18, he joined the Union Army, contracted tuberculosis, and was discharged. He graduated from Denison University in 1867 and the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1871.…