From the howl of the wolf and the war-whoop of the Indian to the noon - time whistle at French Oil and the chime of the church bell,

From the shelter of rough - hewed cabins to the luxury of fine old houses standing for more than a century,

From the sweat of immigrant laborers digging the canal by hand to factories manufacturing goods sent around the world,

From the river meandering around it to the fertile fields of corn and soybeans waving in the summer breeze surrounding it,

From little boys romping along dirt roads to young men whose lives have been sacrificed on battlefields here and abroad,

From bonneted German Baptist Women preserving customs of old to young adults making their way in the world of today, this is ...

THE HISTORY OF PIQUA, OHIO