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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8YF_st-paris-and-johnson-township-world-war-ii-memorial_St-Paris-OH.html
In memory of those who died for us in World War II:Niece, Robert · Richeson, Herman · Rush, Ralph M. · Cretors, Robert K. · Leasure, Karl · Mott, Garner · Peacock, Eldon D. To the memory of those who se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8YE_st-paris-korea-and-vietnam-veterans-memorial_St-Paris-OH.html
Dedicated to the men and women of this community who helped preserve the freedom of all humanity for all ages to come. Killed in Action KoreaKermit E. JenkinsNelson A. Biddle Vietnam Philip L. GrieserWilliam M. Short
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8YC_site-of-walborn-riker-co_St-Paris-OH.html
This company was known world wide for quality pony pleasure vehicles, 1881 - 1914
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XZ_lincoln-funeral-train_St-Paris-OH.html
President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, created a national tragedy, and the nation mourned as his body was transported by rail from Washington D.C. back to Springfield, Illinois, where he would be buried. In Champaign County, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XY_a-b-graham_St-Paris-OH.html
Albert B. "A. B." Graham was born in Champaign County on March 13, 1868, the son of Joseph and Esther Graham. He was raised in a small rural home, but a fire destroyed the house in 1879, and the family moved to Lena where Graham attended local sch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XP_ohio-caverns_West-Liberty-OH.html
In 1897, a farm boy investigating the disappearance of water into a sinkhole in a nearby field discovered this system of subterranean passageways. Digging down a few feet, he found an opening to a cave that had begun forming perhaps several thousa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XJ_mt-tabor-church-mt-tabor-cemetery_Cable-OH.html
Mt. Tabor Church Side A: The first Mt. Tabor Church, a log meetinghouse, was erected on this site in 1816. It stood on land originally selected by Griffith and Martha Evans for a graveyard at the death of their daughter circa 1812. Deeds show the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XG_the-ludlow-road-the-ludlow-line_West-Liberty-OH.html
The Ludlow Road (side A):You are entering Logan County over a road built after a strip of timber 40 ft. wide had been cut to establish a line between the headwaters of the Little Miami and the source of the Scioto River. The Ludlow Line (side B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XB_joseph-e-wing_Mechanicsburg-OH.html
Joseph E. Wing was one of the first persons to identify, promote, and grow alfalfa as a forage crop east of the Mississippi River. He developed his interest in alfalfa while in Utah, where he worked on a cattle ranch. When he returned, Wing began …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8XA_addison-white_Mechanicsburg-OH.html
Side A:Congress passed Fugitive Slave Laws in 1793 and 1850, allowing federal marshals to arrest slaves that had escaped to the North and take them back to their southern owners. They could also arrest northerners suspected of aiding runaway slave…
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