Eye on History - Piqua in the Past
Eye on History with Lloyd and Virginia Smith.
Lloyd and Virginia share memories of Piqua as they show slides created from photographs that Lloyd took starting in 1944 with the 35mm camera Virginia gave him.
Produced by the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce Community Affairs Committee on May 31, 2002.
William M. McCulloch Public Square Dedication
William M McCulloch Public Square Dedication
Thursday, July 2, 2009, at 7:00pm
William McCulloch was born in Holmes County where he was educated in a one-room schoolhouse before moving to Wooster to attend high school and the College of Wooster. He attained prominence as Ohio's Speaker of the House from 1939-1943 and House member from the Fourth Ohio Congressional District from 1948-1973. During his time in Washington, McCulloch was best known as a co-sponsor and staunch advocate of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He was recognized by President Lyndon Johnson as the prime mover for passage of this landmark legislation. As a conservative Republican voice in the House, he was instrumental in championing other civil rights legislation, including fair housing and public accommodations. McCulloch was a founding partner in 1928 of the Piqua law firm that bears his name.
Twentieth-century racial discrimination was common in Ohio and a fact of life in Piqua. To counter it, a Piqua chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was active from 1921 to 1923 but was shut down by local Ku Klux Klan violence. Local businessman Darrell Taylor reorganized the NAACP in 1943 and served as its first president. By the end of World War II, the group actively fought segregation in Piqua, holding a sit-in at the whites only bus station lunch counter with support from former Ohio Speaker of the House William McCulloch. The group also fought segregation at the Schine's Piqua Theater by sitting everywhere, not in the restricted three rows in the rear. While these protests did not immediately end segregation, they were the start of a decades-long process that ended discrimination in public accommodation, housing, and veterans and community organization memberships.
A Trip To Our Town in 1957 with Bob Bubp + Jerry Shoemaker
This video tour gives you a look at the businesses, schools, and churches that were a part of the Piqua community in 1957. Also included are lots of images of downtown and the Hollow swimming pool. Produced by Bob Bubp and Jerry Shoemaker.
Downtown Piqua, Ohio on a Friday Afternoon
Just a short walk around Downtown Piqua, Ohio on a Friday Afternoon
Parades in Piqua 1936 - 1938
Piqua Parades 1936-1938
Memorial Day Parades in 1936, 1937 and 1938
Sesquicentennial Parade in 1938 (Piqua's 150th anniversary)
Music added in 2018 from the Internet Archive
AMERICAN MARCHING BAND - Recordings 1901-1926
The Warbler's Serenade - Sousa's Band (Victor Record 1168)
Recorded December 30, 1901
By the Swanee River (Myddleton) - Arthur Pryor's Band (Victor Record 4419)
Recorded March 22, 1905
Light's Out - March (E. E. McCoy) - Arthur Pryor's Band (Victor 18498-B)
Recorded March 27, 1906
National Emblem March (E. E. Bagley) - United States Marine Band (Victor 18498-A)
Recorded March 21, 1914
Naval Reserve March (John Philip Sousa) - Conway's Band, Patrick Conway, Conductor (Victor 18360-A)
Recorded July 13, 1917
Sabre and Spurs March (March of American Cavalry) (Sousa) - Sousa's Band (Victor 18504-A)
Recorded September 6, 1918
National Capital Centennial - March (Wm. H. Santelmann) - United States Marine Band (Victor 18768-B)
Recorded April 30, 1921
President Harding March (M. Azzolna) - United States Marine Band (Victor 18768-A)
Recorded April 30, 1921
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - March (John Philip Sousa) - Sousa's Band (Victor 19056-A)
Recorded March 29, 1923
Identifier AMERICANMARCHINGBAND-Recordings1901-1926
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Harry Pao-Tung Wu Memorial
Video slideshow of the photos shown at Harry Pao-Tung Wu's Memorial on May 5th, 2019.
Harry Pao-Tung Wu
Harry was born on May 1st, 1932, in the city of Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China. Both of his late parents, James Ching-Mei Wu and Elizabeth Hsiao Lu, were educated in the USA and the family was well to do. Harry was the second of four siblings: Esther, Harry, Edith, and Alice.
Harry grew up in the time when the Japanese Imperial Army invaded and occupied China in World War II. The Wu family fled to the countryside and became refugees. They lost all of their possessions; however, their fortune changed for the better afterward when their mother, Elizabeth, started a dairy business and owned farmland.
After the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II, the civil war between the Communist Chinese and the Nationalists broke out. With the Communist forces advancing, the Wu family lost everything and fled to Nanjing. They were required to wear peasant clothes as a disguise, sometimes traveling at night to avoid capture, sometimes hiding in barns, sometimes eating locusts, and could only keep whatever possessions they could fit in their pockets.
Harry's father, James, became the head of Animal Husbandry and Animal Vaccines for the provincial government in Taiwan. His mother, his siblings, and Harry joined their father in Taipei in 1947. Their father became ill from lung cancer and died in 1950 at the age of 47. As fate would have it, the family's rental property was destroyed by fire in Taipei and the family lost their possessions for the third time.
Harry had joined the Republic of China Air Force Academy and he had earned his Bachelor's Degree from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1959.
On June 17th, 1960, Harry came to the United States.
While studying for his Master's Degree in Library Science at Kent State University, Harry met Irene Sun, who would become his wife on June 23rd, 1961. They have two children: Eva and Walter. He loved his children very much.
From 1964 to 1966, Harry worked his way up from Reference Librarian to Assistant Director at the Massillon Public Library. From 1966 to 1968, Harry was the Director of the Flesh Public Library in Piqua, Ohio. From 1968 to 1996, Harry was the director of the St. Clair County Library in Port Huron, Michigan. In the 1970s, while attending several of the American Library Association conventions, he brought his family with him to combine the trips into summer vacations and the family traveled to many cities and sites across the USA. In addition, Harry had made several trips by himself to various countries in Europe and Asia. He retired in 1996.
In his retirement, Harry visited several cities in China and Taiwan, often with his classmates from Taiwan, however, as he became older, he traveled less often.
On March 13th, 2018, Harry suffered a stroke and lived the last year of his life at the Marwood Nursing Home in Port Huron, Michigan. With his wife, Irene, at his side, Harry passed peacefully in his sleep on the morning of April 25th, 2019. He is survived by Irene (wife), Eva (daughter), Walter (son), and Alice (sister).
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The funeral home was going to send this to the local newspaper and they added:
The family honors the memory of Harry and invites you to share memories on Saturday, May 11th, 2019, from 11:00 am until 12:00 pm with a memorial service beginning at 12:00 pm at Smith Family Funeral Home - North 1525 Hancock Street Port Huron, Michigan 48060.
Memorial are suggested to the Library Science Department at Kent State University.
The Musicians of Piqua, Ohio- Piqua Civic Band Concert, July 23, 2015
The Piqua Civic Band concluded its summer concert season on July 23, 2015 at Hance Pavilion under the direction of conductor, Mr. Brett Poling. The band saluted some of the great musicians who have called our city home. Selections included Light Cavalry Overture, Song of the Bells, The Old Pavilion March by Robert Hance, Hang on Sloopy, Highlights from Jersey Boys, and much more. The band was joined by vocalists from Music Warehouse for a tribute to The Mills Brothers. The band’s cornets were featured in Leroy Anderson’s popular Buglers’ Holiday.
Mr. Jim Oda served as the band’s guest announcer for the evening. He lead the audience on a journey through the musical history of our town. The band saluted such great Piqua musicians as Phil Gates, Robert M. Hance, The Mills Brothers, and Matt Bogart.
James C. Oda received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Wight State University. He currently serves as the director of the Piqua Public Library. Mr. Oda’s current community activities include serving as chairman of the Piqua Downtown Design Review Board, chairman of the Piqua Planning Commission, chairman of the Miami County Planning Commission, choir director of St. John’s Lutheran Church and service on the boards of the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce, the Western Ohio Television Consortium and the Miami County Foundation. Past activities includes serving as president of the following organizations; the Miami County Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce, the Mainstreet Piqua Association, the Access Piqua Television Association (Channel Ten/Five), the Piqua Arts Council, the Johnston Farm and Indian Agency Board and the Piqua Historical Society. Oda has worked for over ten years in archaeological field studies and excavations in New Mexico. He is also the author of dozens of books and articles on local and state history, including the award winning Encyclopedia of Piqua, Ohio.
This Small Town Piqua Music Video
Made possible by grants from Lungard Foundation, Hartzell Norris Foundation & the Miami County Foundation
A Collarboration Project between The City of Piqua, Mainstreet Piqua, Piqua Arts Council & The Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce
Song Engineer - ReFlektion
Thanks to Superintendent of Piqua City Schools Dwayne Thompson for your support and help with our video!
Hartzell Airport for the use of the Airport and a Plane
Jim Sherry from Paul Sherry Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM, for the use of an amazing Rocky Ridge Truck!
Andy Hite & Johnston Farm & Indian Agency
Chuck Morris & the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad
Tom Westfall and members of the Piqua High School Show Choir
Carl Phlipot and the Pride of Piqua Marching Band
Morgan Mohr and the Piqua Varsity Cheerleaders
Coach Bill Nees and the Piqua Indians Football Team
Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors (aka “Red Coats”)
Jim Oda & the Piqua Library Staff
Jeff Cotner and Mulligan’s Pub
Rocky Gunnerman & Bing’s
Gregg & Kathleen Wyatt & 311 Drafthouse
Kathy & Jamie Mayse (Jared & Justin’s Nana & PaPaw) who hosted our bonfire scene
A VERY Special Thanks to Helga Leap and the Comfort Inn, who provided lodging for our Production Company and Crew
Piqua Police and Fire Departments
This video happened because of over 200 local volunteers who answered our call to help and came out to help us with our project!
Thanks to our over 60 “cameos.” Obviously, we can’t name each and everyone of you that helped but you know who you are and please know that we appreciate YOU!!!
Executive Producer/Creative Director
Kathryn Kazy B. Hinds
Production Coordinator
Brittany Van Horn
Amanda Brown
Kathy Sherman
Lorna Swisher
Melissa Leingang
Jordan Knepper
Production Coordinator/BTS Videography
Anthony Ganger
BTS Videography
Morgan Ford
Director
Andrew White
Producer & Assistant Director
Lauren White
Script Notes & Makeup
Amanda Miller
Director of Photography
Jason Young
Assistant Camera
Michael Pelaez
DIT
Rhonda'Lyn Jamison
Production Assistant
Jordan Freshour
Editor
Kameron Davis
Colorist
Larry Williams
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Around The Farm - May 2014
A monthly look at happenings at the Johnston Farm & Indian Agency in Piqua, Ohio. Hosted by Andy Hite and Steve Greggerson. This episode highlights FIELD TRIPS to Johnston Farm.
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John Johnson's Farm & Indian Agency 2017
John Johnston was born on March 25th, 1775 in County Fermanagh, Ireland. He came to America at age 11 and settled in Pennsylvania, where he remained until the age of 16 when he entered the mercantile trade and began to transport supplies to the various forts on the frontier. During these journies he first 'laid eyes' on the land known as Upper Piqua, near the Great Miami river in present day Piqua, Ohio. He 'determined' to have it for his own, and kept this promise to himself some 12 years later when, in 1804, he purchased the land. At the time Johnston was serving as an Indian Factor for the US Government, operating a trading post in Fort Wayne in the Indian Territory (now Fort Wayne, IN). Later Johnston became the Federal Indian Agent at the fort. He continued to serve in Indiana until 1811, when he retired to his beloved Upper Piqua farm to become a 'gentleman farmer'.
John Johnston's days of peace and quiet were short. Less than a year after he and his growing family moved into the Upper Piqua farm, in June of 1812, war broke out. The US government needed someone in Ohio with experience with both Indians and soldiers to act as their agent, and Johnston was the perfect candidate. John Johnston became the Indian Agent for the Shawnee in 1812, and for the Wyandot and Seneca tribes in 1816. He also handled the Lenape or Delaware during this time. Johnston's role in Ohio during the War of 1812 was crucial. By the strength of his character he earned the trust of the various Indian tribes, and this trust allowed him to keep the peace during this turbulent time.
After the war ended, the Upper Piqua agency continued until 1829. At that time there wa a change of administration in Washington. As Andrew Jackson's Democrats took charge, those - like John Johnston - who were of the Whig party lost their jobs. By 1830 the Upper Piqua Indian Agency had ended, though Native Americans continued for years to come to the farm for aid and the company of their old friend.
John Johnston had many other interests, including farming, education, and the advancement of the state of Ohio, Miami County in particular. In 1825 he became one of Ohio's Canal Commissioners, and was responsible along with the others on the commission for choosing the route the Miami & Erie Canal would take through Ohio. He was on the traveling board of West Point Military Academy, and was one of the founding members of Kenyon College. Johnston was also a president and contributing member of the Cincinnati Historical and Philosophical Society.
A short biography of John Johnston would not be complete without mention of his family, the care and maintenance of which played a large part in his life. His wife, Rachel Robinson, was from Philadelphia. Her mother, a Quakeress, objected to 17 year old Rachel's choice of a man who not only espoused the Episcopalian faith, but was a captain of militia headed for a post at a military fort. The couple eloped in 1802 and began their life together by making an 850 mile journey through Indian territory to Fort Wayne. Their first child, Stephen, was born in August of 1803 at the fort. The last, James Adams, was born in 1830 on the Upper Piqua farm. In total, the Johnstons had 15 children, 14 of whom lived until adulthood.
John Johnston died in February of 1861, one month before the Civil War broke out. His life of nearly 86 year spans the history of the United States. Born in the year of Lexington and Concord, he met George Washington as a young man while residing in Philadelphia, served as a US Factor and Indian Agent under Presidents Jefferson through John Quincy Adams, and when he died in Washington City (present day Washington DC), Abraham Lincoln was in the White House. John Johnston's life and the site at Upper Piqua represent America at its best.
From the excavations at 1740s Pickawillany, through the westward expansion, to the encampments of the Civil War, you can find it all at the Johnston Farm & Indian Agency.
GetDownDayton.com: The Troy vs. Piqua Football Game
Troy vs. Piqua... The greatest Ohio sports rivalry.
We make an evening road trip to Piqua for the annual Troy vs. Piqua game. We just couldn't miss it. This is real high school football. We show up a little late to the game, because we were making chat in the downtown shops about the game. We then skip out early, since it's a blowout, to get a good seat at Z's.
Troy at Piqua 10/17 Highlights
Here are highlights from the 124th meeting of Troy and Piqua High Schools in Ohio. The rivals have been playing since 1899, and the game is one if not the best rivalry in Ohio High School football. The 2008 game, this year, drew 11,000+ fans.
Piqua landmark closing it's doors
Piqua landmark closing it's doors
Wyoming Library ~Laramie County Library System in Cheyenne
Laramie County Library System is located at 2200 Pioneer Avenue in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The new 103,000 square feet, three-story building will open on September 8, 2007. It's funded by most of the $26.9 Million approved by Laramie County voters in Nov 2003 for library improvements. This magnificent building is being built by Colorado's FCI Constructors. The site is bordered on the North by 23rd St., the East by Pioneer Ave., the South by 22nd St., and the West by O'Neil Ave. Until September 8, the Library is in their 1969 building located at 2800 Central Ave.
The video shows the building in the order: West, South, East, North. This video was taken May 25, 2007.
Driving through Van Wert, Ohio
Van Wert is a city in and the county seat of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northwestern Ohio approximately 77 mi (123 km) SW of Toledo and 34 mi (54 km) SE of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The population was 10,846 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of and is included in the Van Wert Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Lima-Van Wert- Wapakoneta, Ohio Combined Statistical Area. Van Wert is named for Isaac Van Wart, one of the captors of Major John André in the American Revolutionary War. A center of peony cultivation, Van Wert has hosted the annual Van Wert Peony Festival on and off since 1902. Van Wert is home to the first county library in the United States, the Brumback Library. It also has a thriving community art center the Wassenburg Art Center and the award-winning Van Wert Civic Theatre. The home office of Central Insurance Companies is located in Van Wert.
Big Daddy's Drunken Dance
This is Big Daddy showing everyone his dance moves! We love it!
Pocket Bio's E39: Tecumseh (1768- 1813)
From minor warrior to rebel leader and international hero.
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Shots Fired in Piqua Neighborhoods
PIQUA-- Police are investigating two shots fired calls after a frightening situation Thursday afternoon.
Police Chief Bruce Jamison said two teens pulled up to a small group of men in the 500 block of Wood Street on Thursday, got into a dispute, then fired and drove off.
I was born and raised here and I've never seen anything like this it was scary, said Wood Street Resident Cathy Powers. She called 9-1-1 when she saw the situation unfolding in front of her house.
Piqua Police say 18 year old Justin Sturgeon and a 15-year-old passenger were in a black Jeep when the incident occurred.
Sturgeon was in possession of a shotgun, the juvenile had a handgun.
Fortunately this doesn't happen often enough that it's not a usual weapon that we see in drive-by's, Chief Jamison said.
Both of them picked up the shell casings and jumped In their jeep and took off, said Powers about what happened after the gun went off.
After searching overnight Thursday police were called to 120 Sherman Street in Piqua Friday afternoon to another report of shots fired.
Officers seized a shotgun, as well as some marijuana plants from a small growing room.
Police say the 15 year old is in custody and charged with tampering with evidence.
Justin Sturgeon turned himself into police late Friday evening.
We're not sure that everyone is telling us the entire story, said Chief Jamison.
It's just scary that somebody so young would have guns and not care, Powers added.
Police are still looking for the handgun involved in the Wood Street shooting. Information should be forwarded to Piqua Police.