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Title: Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State ; History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour over It in 1886 V 2
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Subjects: Ohio -- Biography Ohio -- History Ohio -- Local History Ohio -- Description and travel
Publisher: Columbus : Henry Howe & Son

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nion. Over a millionbushels of flaxseed are annually crushed, making it the largest linseed oil centre,&nd, excepting Circleville, no other place equals or surpasses it in the productionof straw board. On the Miami are extensive and valuable limestone quarries. Population, 1880, 6,031. School census, 1888, 2,717; C. W. Bennett, schoolsuperintendent. Capital invested in industrial establishments, $968,500. Valueof annual product, $1,626,000.—Ohio Labor Statistics, 1887. Census, 1890,9,090. The manufacturing prosperity of the city is largely due to its excellent systemof water-works. The canal is over six miles in length, and contains within itsprism and reservoirs therewith connected at least 150 acres of water line, at anelevation of thirty-eight feet over the city, and three falls, aggregating fifty-twofeet six inches, for hydraulic power. Brawn by Henry Howe in 1846.PlQITA. From the east bank of the Miami. The elephant of John Robinsons circus in 1849broke through this bridge.
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MIAMI COUNTY. 5i9 A recent acquisition of Piqua is in a beautiful library building. It was thegift of Mr. J. M. Schmidlapp, a prosperous merchant of Cincinnati, who wishedthe citizens of this his native town to remember him by what would prove oflasting benefit. The following historical matter respecting this region is taken from our firstedition. The word Piqua is the name of one of the Shawanese tribes, and signifies, a man formed out of the ashes? The tradition is, that the whole Shawanesetribe, a long time ago, were assembled at their annual feast and thanksgiving.They were all seated around a large fire, which, having burned down, a greatpuffing was observed in the ashes, when, behold ! a full-formed man came up outof the coals and ashes ; and this was the first man of the Piqua tribe. Afterthe peace of 1763, the Miamis having removed from the Big Miami river, a bodyof Shawanese established themselves at Lower and Upper Piqua, which becametheir great headquarters in Ohio. Here th

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