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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EB5_french-exploration_Hamilton-OH.html
Pierre-Joseph Celron, sieur de Bienville, with 200 to 250 French soldiers and some Indians, was sent in 1749 to renew and strengthen France's claim to the Ohio country and drive out the British. During navigation of the Allegheny, Ohio and Great M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKIR_soldiers-sailors-and-pioneers-monument_Hamilton-OH.html
Side A: Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers MonumentThe Soldiers, Sailors, and Pioneers Monument was planned and promoted by Butler County Civil War veterans and financed by a county levy in 1899. The monument, built of Indiana Limestone, is near the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHO_the-old-well_Hamilton-OH.html
of theoriginal Fort Hamiltonwas located 31 feet westof this marker In memory ofCarl E. Margedant
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHN_fort-hamilton_Hamilton-OH.html
Built by General St. Clair in 1791, on his campaign against the Indians. It was enlarged in 1792 and used by General Wayne in 1793, on his march to Fallen Timbers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHM_old-log-building_Hamilton-OH.html
This log building, which was erected while this part of the country was still a wilderness, is a silent tribute to the courageous and hardy Americans who preceded you who read this. This tribute symbolizes the strength and character of which we ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKHJ_founding-of-fort-hamilton_Hamilton-OH.html
On this spot in the year of ourLord 1791 General Arthur St. Clairfounded Fort Hamilton. Here, in 1793General Anthony Wayne organized hisexpedition against the Indians whichgave to this Republic five great states.Here our forefathers first bridged …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ61_rossville-historic-district_Hamilton-OH.html
Side A:Rossville was settled in April 1801 shortly after the U.S. Government initiated land sales west of the Great Miami River. Its original proprietors—John Sutherland, Henry Brown, Jacob Burnet, James Smith and William Ruffin—named …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5P_lane-hooven-house_Hamilton-OH.html
Side A:James Elrick, a local carpenter, built the Lane-Hooven House in 1863 for Clark Lane (1823-1907), a Hamilton industrialist and philanthropist. Lane, who first came to the area at age twenty-one as a blacksmith, resided in the house for more …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5M_william-dean-howells_Hamilton-OH.html
Author William Dean Howells (1837-1920) spent his boyhood from 1840 to 1848 in Hamilton. Called the "Dean of American Letters," Howells wrote 35 novels, 35 plays, 34 miscellaneous books, 6 books of literary criticism, 4 books of poetry, and hundre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ00_champion-hamilton-mill_Hamilton-OH.html
Side A:The Champion Coated Paper Company began production here April 15, 1894, with nine employees under the direction of Peter G. Thomson (1851-1931), a Cincinnati businessman, who had incorporated the firm in November 1893. Thomson, previously a…
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