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Preserving the provenance and the continuing heritage lifestyle of the people and place of Elizabeth Township

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Mill Stones and Saw Blades was a success!

A HUGE Thank You to local historian, Bernard Vogel, for his informative presentation entitled Mill Stones and Saw Blades, and to hosts, Joe and Melissa Duer, of Historic Staley Farm and Indian Creek Distillery for the tour of the Staley grist mill and sawmill. It was...

Historic Mills

Mills of various kinds were once very important to our communities. Check out this article from Troy Daily News in March of 1988. Two of the mills mentioned are in the Elizabeth Township Historic District:

Elizabeth Township Cemeteries

Elizabeth Township’s cemeteries hold many stories that should be told. Here is one we just came upon recently: Eliab Widener was born and raised in Elizabeth Township. He was a First Lieutenant in the 71st Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Sadly, he...