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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27MX_ridgewood-in-the-country-club-district_Springfield-OH.html
The Ridgewood neighborhood, platted in 1914, was one of the first fully planned and restricted suburbs in the United States. Its innovative developer, Springfield native Harry s. Kissell, was among a small group of nationally acclaimed real est…
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South side (Sons of the American Revolution logo) East side (Spanish American War logo) United Army Navy Spanish War Veterans 1898- 1899 Cuba Philippine Islands Puerto Rico North side (Civil War logo) Our Defenders 61- 65 West side …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KSW_james-demint-cabin_Springfield-OH.html
One hundred feet south of this spot, James Demint, the founder of Springfield, built the first cabin in the city. In 1803 he completed the first plat of the city.
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Known nationwide as the "Reaper King", William Whiteley places Springfield on the map with his innovative improvements of Cyrus McCormack's reaper. A born machinist with an inventive mind, Whiteley is constantly seeking ways to improve u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JT1_oliver-smith-kelly_Springfield-OH.html
O. S. Kelly grows up on a farm in Greene Township of Clark County later turning his efforts into carpentry trade. In 1852, Kelly temporarily leaves his family to seek his fortune in the California gold rush building dwellings for the miners, retur…
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Asa Smith Bushnell, born in Rome, New York, settles in Springfield in 1850. After serving in the Civil War, Bushnell begins to work for a company partially owned by Benjamin Warder, eventually becoming a partner, now the Warder, Bushnell, and Gles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQY_james-leffel_Springfield-OH.html
Springfield's "first inventor", born in Virginia, brings a genius previously unparalleled in the history of our community. His passion for the use of the abundant water supply in the area accelerates Springfield into the early beginnings of the In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQX_eliza-d-stewart_Springfield-OH.html
"Mother Stewart" as she is affectionately called, is the pioneering spirit behind the local and statewide temperance movement. In 1858 she lectures on and promotes temperance for the "Good Templars Society". During the Civil War she serves the wou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQP_jeremiah-warder-and-ann-aston-warder_Springfield-OH.html
Jeremiah and his wife Ann, wealthy Quakers from Philadelphia, arrive in Springfield in 1830 to claim extensive acreage inherited from his late father's estate. That same year, he purchases from the estate the village of Lagonda consisting of sever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JQO_john-dick_Springfield-OH.html
John Dick, born in Aryshire, Scotland and educated at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, comes to the United States with his family in 1854 spending several years working on Long Island laying out the park system. He later moves to Cincinna…
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