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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20SW_champaign-county-world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Urbana-OH.html
In honor of the men and women of Champaign County who served in the World War 1914- 1918 Urbana Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1925
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KM_richard-stanhope_Urbana-OH.html
(bronze plaque) Richard Stanhope (Stanup) Free black man and landowner Settler in Madison County, Ohio on Virginia Military land resident of Concord Township Champaign County, Ohio Died September 1862 Buried in Concord Township Champai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RNM_pennsylvania-railroad-depot_Urbana-OH.html
(side A) Construction of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Central Railroad started in 1850 and was finished in 1854. Later referred to as the "Panhandle Railroad," it ran from Columbus to Bradford. During the Civil War, the line carried supplies …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QMJ_champaign-county-veterans-memorial_Urbana-OH.html
Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of the men and women of Champaign County who served our country in war and peace.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P9H_billy-single-clifford-clifford-theater_Urbana-OH.html
Billy "Single" Clifford Wm. C. Shyrigh, better known as Billy Clifford, was born in this house on January 24, 1869, to Levi and Sarah Shyrigh. Coming from a musical family, he developed an early interest in music and practiced with the family…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P9E_cedar-bog-nature-preserve_Urbana-OH.html
In 1942 Cedar Bog became the first nature preserve in Ohio purchased with state funds. Efforts to set this wetland aside began in the 1920s through the efforts of Florence Murdock and her daughter. Efforts intensified in the mid 1930s with help…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P7C_general-robert-lawrence-eichelberger_Urbana-OH.html
Side A Robert L. Eichelberger was born in Urbana on March 9, 1886, the youngest of the five children of George Maley Eichelberger, an Urbana lawyer, and Emma (Ring) Eichelberger. After graduating from Urbana High School in 1903, he attended Oh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LHR_president-lincolns-funeral-train-in-urbana_Urbana-OH.html
(Side A) The nine-car funeral train for President Abraham Lincoln departed Washington, D.C. on April 21, 1865. It arrived in Urbana on April 29 at 10:40p.m. Urbana's citizens erected an arch of evergreens and flowers near the station west of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LFT_kings-creek-baptist-church_Urbana-OH.html
Side AThe founders of what would become the Kings Creek Baptist Church first met on June 29, 1805 in the log home of local residents James and Ann Turner. The Baptist congregation continued to meet in people's homes until 1816 when Taylortown foun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JVQ_john-quincy-adams-ward_Urbana-OH.html
John Quincy Adams Ward sculptor born.Urbana.june 29, 1830. died.New York City.May 1, 1910. this replica of his first statue is a memorial gift to his fellow townsmen erected by his wife to mark his grave small plaque preserved with suppo…
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