Auglaize
Dayton and Michigan Railroad
Wapakoneta, OH
The Dayton and Michigan Railroad provided the single most important impetus to the growth and development of Wapakoneta.
Fort Amanda
After Gen. William Hull’s surrender at Detroit early in the War of 1812, most of the Michigan Territory came under British and Indian...
Neil Armstrong’s Boyhood Home
Wapakoneta, OH
Stephen and Viola Armstrong moved their family, including 13-year-old Neil and his younger siblings, June and Dean, to the house at 601...
New Knoxville: The Ladbergen Kinship
New Knoxville, OH
The history of New Knoxville provides one of the best examples of chain migration to America.
Reservoir Mill, St. Marys
St. Marys, OH
Established in 1823, the pioneer settlement of St. Marys became a thriving 19th century milling center following completion of the Miami...
Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Mother Church of the Petersburg Parishes
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Petersburg (1835), was the mother church for St. Joseph, Wapakoneta; St. John the Evangelist, Fryburg; St....
The Miami & Erie Canal and New Bremen
New Bremen, OH
Begun in 1833, the Miami Extension Canal linked the Miami Canal in Dayton to the Wabash & Erie Canal at Junction.
The Shannon Stock Company
Wapakoneta, OH
The Shannon Stock Company, also known as Shannon’s Famous Players, was a traveling theatre company based in Wapakoneta from 1913 until...
Town Pond Reservoir Cridersville’s Great Fire of 1918
Cridersville, OH
The Village of Cridersville was founded in 1856.