“The Thinker”

Donated to Troy University by Huo Bao Zhu During the visit of Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr. to Xian, China in April 2002.

The gift was made in celebration of the Sino-American 1-2-1 Joint Degree Program and as a lasting symbol of ...

The Underground Railroad in Hancock County

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 prompted an expansion of the "Underground Railroad," and as the state spanning the shortest distance between the Ohio River and Canada, Ohio saw heavy traffic in escaping slaves in the decades before the ...

Green Davis Tailgate Terrace

“Tailgating" on the Troy campus was initiated during the 1990’s through the example and leadership of Green Davis. In 1993 the area outside of Memorial Stadium was named in honor of Green Davis for his enduring efforts to boost Trojan ...

Ye Ebenezer Avery House

Shelter was afforded our wounded & dying soldiers within this house, after the massacre at Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781.

Marker is on Fort Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Union Raid On Coalfield Station

On the first day of Union Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz's second raid (12-17 May 1864) on Confederate railroads around Richmond, 3,000 cavalrymen rode northwest from Bermuda Hundred and passed Chesterfield Court House at 1:00 P.M. Arriving about midnight at ...

Hancock County Courthouse

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Hancock County was organized March, 1828, court being held in a log schoolhouse. In 1833, a frame courthouse was built. It served until 1840, when a brick structure went up on this site. During the oil and gas boom ...

Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail / Camp 21: El Aqui

Juan Bautista de Anza

National Historic Trail

While the American Revolution brewed on the Atlantic Coast, Spain expanded its New World empire to protect California against the British and Russians. In 1774, Juan Bautista de Anza, commander of the Royal Presidio of ...

The Glass Industry of Findlay, Ohio

In 1884, the first natural gas well was successfully drilled in Findlay, and when The Great Karg Well, then the largest in the world, was drilled in 1886, the boom was on. Many industries, especially glass, were attracted to Findlay, ...

Salisbury

Nearby stood Salisbury, built during the middle portion of the 18th century. It was a one-and-a-half-story frame house that had two asymmetrical brick chimneys. Patrick Henry leased Salisbury from Thomas Mann Randolph and lived there while he was governor of ...

A Memorial To The Soldiers Who Served

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A Memorial

To The Soldiers Who Served

Faithfully and Honorably

In The Civil War

1861 – 1865

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Erected by a Comrade

Major Walter Burnham

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Buried In This Cemetery

Burnham Walter • Barden Jesse A. • Bolles Andrew J. • Brague Edward ...