Piqua Historical Area & Fort Pickawillany
Facility
The Piqua Historical Area is a 175-acre complex that combines elements from American Indian and early frontier life. Featured are the John Johnston farm, reflecting rural life in the early-19th century, and a mule-drawn canal boat operating on a restored section of the Miami & Erie Canal. A museum within the complex houses exhibits on the history of American Indians in Ohio, and the canal. The adjacent Fort Pickawillany is the earliest known site of European and American Indian contact in Ohio.
Current Project
State funding has totaled $2.5 million through three state appropriations. Completed projects include the acquisition of the Fort Pickawillany site, renovations to the museum and historic buildings, improvements to the boathouse, replacement of the General Harrison (a working replica of a 19th-century canal boat), construction of an ADA-compliant ramp for visitors to the canal-boat dock, repairs to the towpath and boathouse, and phase-one archaeological work at the Fort Pickawillany site. During fiscal year 2008, funds were used to start phase-two archaeological investigation of the Fort Pickawillany site.
Location
Miami County
9845 North Hardin Road
Piqua, Ohio 45356
Phone
(937) 773-2522
