Rural Electrification
Inscription
On November 14, 1935, the rural electrification movement got its start in Piqua with the installation of the first electric pole financed by the Rural Electrification Administration (REA). In partnership with the Miami Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., the pole was constructed to support a power line of 193 miles, bringing electricity to nearly 700 farms in the county. At the time the REA was established by the federal government, only 10% of the rural population had electricity. Today, electric cooperative lines reach more than 36 million consumers in 47 states.
[Side B]: Same
Location
Sources
More markers in Miami
First UPC Barcode Retail Scan
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...
Ohio’s Black Civil War Soldiers / Riverside Cemetery’s Civil War Soldiers
Troy, OH
Black soldiers played a major role in the Civil War and more than 5,000 free Black Ohioans served in Union forces.
Bradford
Bradford, OH
Bradford began, in 1852, as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad.
Miami and Erie Canal – Footprint of Lock 12
Troy, OH
Construction of the Miami Extension of the Miami and Erie Canal, which included Troy, began around 1834.
William Moore Mc Culloch / Civil Rights Movement in Piqua
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...