In Memory of the Many American Soldiers

who, during the War for Independence, died prisoners of war in the jails of Philadelphia, and were buried in this ground during the years 1777 and 1778.

Marker can be reached from Walnut and 6th Streets.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Alabama Theatre

Built 1927

Built by the Publix Theater division of Paramount Studios. This movie palace opened on December 26th, 1927. The theatre, in Spanish / Moorish design by Graven and Mayger of Chicago, seated 2500 in a five story, three-tiered auditorium. Paramount's ...

The Ambler House

The Amber House was built by the Ambler family in the 1750s as the centerpiece of a fine plantation estate. A refined Georgian-style home, it was comparable to the elegant George Wythe House in Williamsburg. The house was burned in ...

The Stoneman Raid Battle of King's Tanyard

Closing in on Atlanta in July, 1864, Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman found it "too strong to assault and too extensive to invest." To force its evacuation, he sent Maj. Gen. Geo. Stoneman's cavalry [US] to cut the Macon railway by ...

The Mills Brothers

America's Greatest Singing Group

The Citizens of Piqua dedicate this memorial.

We are proud of your Piqua heritage and birth. As musical ambassadors, you have achieved world wide fame and made the world a better place.

Dedicated June 3, 1990

Earthquakes Along the Mississippi

Why are there quakes along the Mississippi River?

Geologists have many theories but do not know why quakes occur around New Madrid, Missouri. They do agree that the geology of the Mississippi valley is unique because of Reelfoot rift and the ...

Victims of the Yellow Fever

In Memory of the

Victims of the Yellow

Fever Epidemics of

1853, 1858, 1867, 1871

and 1887 - 88 who are

Buried in Oaklawn

Marker can be reached from East Harrison Street near North Morgan Street.

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Governor Mathews' Homesite

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George Mathews born in Va. in 1739, of Irish descent, lived in this area then known as “Goose Pond” from 1785. His home since burned. He won distinction fighting Indians in the N.W. Ter. and in 1775 ...

The Archibald Howell Home

Here, in the spring of 1865, Gen. Henry M. Judah had his headquarters and saw evidence which helped him make a decision of much importance to local people. Since no crops had been grown here on the battlefields and, as ...

Southern Pacific Railroad No. 2252 Steam Locomotive

In the early 1900s a decision by Southern Pacific Railroad to relocate the regional operations to this area helped turn a small town once known as Junction into the City of Roseville. Locomotive 2252 is a symbol of this history ...