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Local
History
For more than a century and a half, southwestern Auglaize
County has been an excellent place to call home. During the 1830s
the first German immigrants began to build their new towns at Minster
(1832), New Bremen (1832), and New Knoxville (1836).
Within
a generation they had turned a wilderness into successful farming
communities. In 1848 the completion of the Miami-Erie Canal between
Cincinnati and Toledo brought prosperity to the region. Surplus
grain and hogs were shipped out on the canal and manufactured
goods came in to the communities.
By
the end of the 19th century a number of local industries
were thriving in the area. There were flour mills, breweries,
tanneries,
tile kilns, and pork packers. Local plants were making barrels,
furniture, farm plows, and machine presses. Today their industrial
roots have grown into dozens of companies with reputations for
quality
known around the world.
For
more information about local history contact one of our historical
organizations:
Minster
Historical Society
PO Box
51
Minster,
Ohio 45865
419-628-3142
Heritage
Exhibits – Stallo Memorial Library
196 E.
Fourth Street
New
Bremen Historic Association
PO Box
73
New Bremen,
Ohio 45869
419-629-3495
Museum – 120 N. Main
Street
New
Knoxville Historical Society
05590
State Route 219
New Knoxville,
Ohio 45871
419-753-2721
Heritage
Center – 105 E. German Street
Southwestern
Auglaize County is nestled between two former Miami-Erie Canal
reservoirs – Grand Lake St. Marys (13,500 acres) and Lake
Loramie (1,655 acres).
Both
lakes are state parks with campgrounds and other recreational
facilities and events. For more information about local tourism
options
contact:
Telephone: 419-629-9249
Bicycle
Museum
New Bremen, Ohio
Web: www.bicyclemuseum.com
A
collection of more than 200 bicycles from 1816 to the present
-- Arts & Antiques Magazine rated the museum as one of the
top 100 treasures to see in the USA.
National Shrine of the Holy Relics
2291 St. Johns Road
Maria Stein, Ohio 45860
Telephone: 419-925-4532
Founded
in 1875 when Father J.M. Gartner entrusted his collection of
relics to the Sisters of Maria Stein -- housed in a beautiful chapel
built in 1892, the collection, with more than 500 relics on display,
is the second largest collection of its type in the United
States.
Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum
500 S. Apollo Drive
Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
Telephone: 800-860-0142
Web: www.ohiohistory.org
The
museum, dedicated in honor of Neil Armstrong, Auglaize County
native and first person to walk on the moon, takes visitors
on a journey through aviation and aerospace history – including
all Ohioans who have attempted to defy gravity.
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