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Piqua was settled as two separate Shawnee villages late in 1780, known as Upper Piqua and Lower Piqua. In 1790, General Harmar found the site on the Great Miami River abandoned and in ruins, as did General Wayne in 1794.
Piqua, city, Miami county, western Ohio, U.S., on the Great Miami River, 27 miles (43 km) north of Dayton. The original Shawnee village of Piqua (the name, from a term meaning “man who arose from the ashes,” comes from a local Shawnee clan’s creation story), near present-day Springfield, was.
On an old map of the Miami Country, made in 1815, the present city of Piqua is designated as Washington, while Piqua, the Indian town, is located by the cartographer farther north. The name of Washington was retained for a number of years.
We are known as the Local History and Genealogy Department, meaning our focus is on Piqua and Miami County first, then Ohio, and lastly the nation as it relates to our area. We want to make those materials accessible to everyone who wishes to use them.
The Battle of Piqua, also known as the Battle of Peckowee, Battle of Pekowi, Battle of Peckuwe and the Battle of Pickaway, was a military engagement fought on August 8, 1780, at the Indian village of Piqua along the Mad River in western Ohio Country between the Kentucky County militia under General George Rogers Clark and Shawnee Indians under ...
Piqua (Miami County, Ohio) -- History, Piqua (Miami County, Ohio) -- Biography Publisher Piqua, Ohio, Magee Bros. Publishing Co. Collection allen_county; americana Contributor Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Language English Item Size 680.5M
Piqua History Walk. Piqua (pop. 20,738) was founded ca. 1793, when Gen. Anthony Wayne built Fort Piqua. The village began in 1807 and operated under the control of Washington Township and was called the village of Washington.
Piqua was incorporated by the Ohio General Assembly in January 1823. Thus, a town grew from the beginning work of one man, Gard, who perhaps never knew the outcome of his labor.
Piqua's government took center stage in 1845 with the erection of the first Town Hall on the east side of the Public Square facing Main Street. The 1860 “Commercial Block”, located on the northwest corner of the public square, was the first large scale retail building on Main Street.
History. Johnston Farm & Indian Agency was once the center of activity in the small settlement of Piqua, Ohio. John Johnston, a federal Indian Agent, settled at this site with this family in 1811. Johnston was well respected by American Indians and his peers.