Greene

Yellow Springs, OH

Chartered in 1852 by the Christian Church and later a Unitarian institution, Antioch College opened with educational pioneer Horace Mann...

In 1883, James E. Brown built this seven-panel Howe truss bridge over the North Branch of Caesar Creek, near the site of Lyman Ballard’s...

Xenia, OH

The great Native American Shawnee leader, Tecumseh, was born on the bank of a large spring at this site in 1768, at the very instant that...

Wilberforce, OH

Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970), the nation’s first African American general in the Regular Army, was born...

Wilberforce, OH

Born enslaved March 12, 1864, Charles Young was the highest-ranking African American line officer most of his career.

Clifton Gorge is a classic example of a canyon cut into dolomite and shale bedrock that dates to the Silurian Period 400 million years ago.

In 1854, Samuel and Rebecca McClellan Collins deeded 1.28 acres to Beavercreek Township, Greene County, for the purpose of building a...

Beavercreek, OH

In the late 1790s General Benjamin Whiteman built near this site one of the first log cabins in Alpha, the first settlement in what would...

Wilberforce, OH

At the turn of the twentieth century, increased enrollment in the Combined Normal and Industrial Department at Wilberforce University...

Xenia, OH

James Sr. and Rebecca (Junkin) Galloway moved with their family to Greene County from Kentucky in 1798, constructing their first home, a...

Spring Valley, OH

After his home was destroyed by fire, George Barrett decided to build a home that would survive another disaster.

Xenia, OH

Gowdy Cemetery was sold by James Gowdy to the Associate Reformed Church in 1820 for 50 cents.

Wilberforce, OH

Hallie Quinn Brown (c. 1850) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to former slaves.

Xenia, OH

Helen Hooven Santmyer moved to Xenia at the age of five and graduated from Wellesley College in 1918.

In 1779 John Bowman’s forces followed the east bank to Glady Run, then north to the Indian village of Old Chillicothe.

Clifton, OH

This historic village was a hub for early Ohio industry and travel.

Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a unit of the Dayton Heritage National Historical Park, is the site where Wilbur and Orville Wright flew...

Lewis Albert Jackson (December 29, 1912-January 8, 1994) was an African American aviator remembered for training Tuskegee Airmen during...

Wilberforce, OH

At the time of his death in 1922, Colonel Charles Young was the highest ranking African American officer in the United States Army.

Wilberforce, OH

The son of an enslaved father and free Black mother, Martin Delany became one of the most prominent Black leaders in 19th Century America.

In 1849, each state in the Union was invited to furnish a block of native stone for the construction of the Washington Monument in...

Yellow Springs, OH

Moncure Daniel Conway was born on March 17, 1832 in Stafford County, Virginia, the son of Walker Peyton and Margaret Daniel Conway.

On July 28, 1838, the first and largest company of Mormon pioneers to migrate west camped along the Mad River near this site.

Wilberforce, OH

In the early 1800s, William and Eleanor Kendall owned this land, known for its natural springs, beauty, and farmland.

Wilberforce, OH

Payne Theological Seminary was originally established as Union Seminary in West Jefferson, Ohio, by the Ohio Conference of the African...

On this site in 1809, pious Christians from Virginia and North Carolina erected a Methodist Church, the first in Greene County.

Yellow Springs, OH

Virginia Hamilton was an author who was born in Yellow Springs in 1934, living and writing here for much of her life.

Wilberforce, OH

Wilberforce University, founded at Tawawa Springs in 1856 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, is the first private historically black...