Miami

The 1804 Iddings House is the oldest structure on its original site in Miami County.

To Commemorate the first church erected in Union Township, Miami County, Ohio, this log replica was constructed in 1976 by the Union...

Piqua, OH

In the mid-1700s, France found its influence waning among midwestern tribes as it contested for Native American trade and military...

Bradford, OH

Bradford began, in 1852, as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad.

Born in Kentucky in 1793, his family moved to the Ohio country in 1797.

In 1832, Sylvanus Allen’s property became the site of Brown Township’s sixth and final school district.

West Milton, OH

In 1908, West Milton native Charles Furnas worked as a machinist in Dayton doing odd jobs for the Wright Brothers, the inventors of the...

Originally known as Allen’s Mill Bridge, the Eldean Covered Bridge was built over the Great Miami River in 1860 for Miami County by the...

Elizabeth Township was founded in 1807.

Troy, OH

On June 26, 1974, the first retail scan of a product marked with a Universal Product Code (UPC or barcode) was made in the checkout line...

On March 20, 1868, The Ohio General Assembly passed a revision to the Ohio Revised Code allowing for a municipality and a township to...

Hanktown, settled in 1846, was home to eighty-nine of the three hundred and eighty-three slaves, owned by John Randolph (1773-1833), a...

Piqua, OH

Beginning in 1794, Colonel Johnston was a prominent Mason for 66 years.

Piqua, OH

With the intention of becoming a “gentleman farmer,” John Johnston began development of his Upper Piqua farm in 1808 with a two-story log...

Troy, OH

During World War II, forty of Troy’s teenage girls, their mothers, and volunteers operated a free canteen service for troops on the...

Piqua, OH

Completed in 1837, the limestone lock nine served as a catalyst for the growth of Piqua.

Troy, OH

Construction of the Miami Extension of the Miami and Erie Canal, which included Troy, began around 1834.

Tipp City, OH

This section of the Miami and Erie Canal, constructed from 1833-1837, was vital to this region’s commerce and development.

Michael Ingle, the first permanent white settler in Newberry Township, arrived in Miami County in 1804.

Troy, OH

Black soldiers played a major role in the Civil War and more than 5,000 free Black Ohioans served in Union forces.

Troy, OH

Benjamin Overfield (1774-1831), son of a Revolutionary War soldier, opened his tavern in this log house on September 13, 1808.

Bradford, OH

The Bradford or “BF” Tower was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad circa 1929, at the important site of Bradford Junction.

Once the center of telephone communications in America, Phoneton, originally platted as Phonetown, was established in 1893 by the...

Piqua, OH

African-American history began in Piqua with the settlement of Arthur Davis in 1818 and expanded with the settlement of the freed...

Piqua, OH

Local views on the Vietnam War mirrored national attitudes of pride and confusion.

In 1833, John Randolph from Roanoke, Virginia, died leaving three wills that requested that all of his slaves be set free and that land...

On November 14, 1935, the rural electrification movement got its start in Piqua with the installation of the first electric pole financed...

Piqua, OH

The roots of Huntersville began when John and Elizabeth Hilliard purchased this former Shawnee tribal land in 1797 from Ohio’s largest...

Thomas Cemetery is the resting place for many of Concord Township’s and Miami County’s early settlers.

On February 15, 2005, Senate Bill 156 designated Ohio State Route 48 as USAF PARARESCUE MEMORIAL PARKWAY.

Piqua, OH

William McCulloch was born in Holmes County where he was educated in a one-room schoolhouse before moving to Wooster to attend high...