Highland
Gist Settlement
Through the terms of his will, British absentee landowner Samuel Gist (c.1723-1815) freed his 350 Virginia slaves and provided funds for...
Milton Caniff
Hillsboro, OH
Creator of some of America’s favorite cartoon characters, Milton Caniff was born in Hillsboro in 1907 and graduated from Ohio State...
New Market / Oliver Harris – 1780-1845
In 1798, Henry Massie, brother of General Nathaniel Massie, platted a town, the earliest permanent settlement in Highland County,...
Smith Tannery
Greenfield, OH
The Smith Tannery is the oldest original structure remaining in Greenfield.
The C. R. Patterson & Sons Company
Greenfield, OH
The factory of the C. R. Patterson & Sons Company once stood near here at 138 N. Washington Street.
The Lincoln School
Hillsboro, OH
The Lincoln School, which stood on this site from 1869 to 1956, was a segregated elementary school intended for the city’s African...
West Settlement and Abolition Lane
Greenfield, OH
Augustus West, an African American, was born in Madison County, Virginia on March 20, 1814, and moved to Ohio in 1837.