Piland: 3 books
by Richard N. Piland
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
Hamilton has been an important activity center in Butler County since its founding in 1791, as its proximity to the Great Miami River made it an ideal county seat and agricultural hub. Beginning in 1845, the Hamilton Hydraulic Company diverted the river's flow through town and developed a system that...
by Piland, Richard N., Sugar Creek Historical Center
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
During the 1840s and 1850s, many of the pioneers and much of the supplies they needed for overland trips west from Independence on the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe Trails arrived at Wayne City Landing, the steamboat port on the Missouri River in what is now Sugar Creek. In 1892, Arthur Stillwell,...
by Richard Piland, Marietta Boenker
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2008
Founded in 1827 as the county seat of Jackson County, Independence, �Queen City of the Trails,� prospered through outfitting pioneers as they began the journey west on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails. The city persisted through various travails: a bloody war over slavery, fought between...