Acknowledgments Introduction Cycling Advice Section I: Sacred Ground, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries 1. Landscapes of Loss Piqua: African Jackson Cemetery, Johnston Farm & Indian Agency Lockington: Lockington Locks 2. The Middle Ground Urbana: Oakdale Cemetery, Simon Kenton''s grave West Liberty: Ohio Caverns, Piatt Castle Bellefontaine: Campbell Hill 3. Lines on the Ground Troy Ludlow Falls Christiansburg Urbana West Liberty: The Ludlow Line 4. Public Parks Past and Present Dayton: Carillon Historical Park, Old River Park, SunWatch Indian Village, Grotto Gardens, Cooper Park, and Bomberger Park Oakwood: Hills and Dales MetroPark 5. Public Sculptures Dayton: Leo the Lion, Civil War Soldiers Monument, William McKinley, Marie Aull, "A Celebration of Bicycling" Oakwood: John Patterson Memorial Monument 6. Intimate Environments Yellow Springs Springfield: Hartman Rock Garden, Westcott House, Weaver Chapel (Wittenberg University), Buck Creek Trail, Buck Creek Lake 7. Fantastic Fens Beavercreek: Beaver Creek Wetlands, Rotary Park, and Phillips Park Fairborn: Pearl''s Fen St.
Paris: Kiser Lake Wetlands State Nature Preserve Urbana: Cedar Bog State Nature Preserve Springfield: Gallagher Fen State Nature Preserve Section II: Changing the World, 19th and 20th Centuries 8. Flight From Bondage Cedarville South Charleston London Mechanicsburg Urbana 9. Speaking Out 1: Eleanor G. Brown, Helen Hooven Santmyer, Phil Donahue, Erma Bombeck Bellbrook Centerville: Erma Bombeck home, Phil Donahue home Dayton: Cooper Park, Natalie Clifford Barney historical marker, Steele High School historical marker, Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Erma Bombeck''s grave Xenia: Helen Hooven Santmyer home 10. Speaking Out 2: Paul Laurence Dunbar, Natalie Clifford Barney Bellbrook Centerville: Erma Bombeck home, Phil Donahue home Dayton: Cooper Park, Natalie Clifford Barney historical marker, Steele High School historical marker, Paul Laurence Dunbar House, Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Erma Bombeck''s grave Xenia: Helen Hooven Santmyer home 11. Dammed Water Oakwood: Patterson Homestead Dayton: Engineers'' Club of Dayton, Deeds Point MetroPark Taylorsville: Taylorsville Dam Englewood: Englewood Dam 12. Great Trails Dayton: Possum Creek MetroPark, Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark, Huffman MetroPark, 2nd Street Market Trotwood: Spring Run Conservation Area 13. Education, Opportunity, and Freedom 1 Xenia Wilberforce: Wilberforce University, Central State University Cedarville: Indian Mound Reserve 14.
Education, Opportunity, and Freedom 2 Cedarville: Cedarville University Clifton: Historic Clifton Mill Yellow Springs: Antioch College Xenia Section III: Flying on a B icycle, 20th and 21st Centuries 15. The Flying Merkel Franklin Middletown: Sorg Mansion, Butler County Warbirds 16. The Aeronaut: Warren Rasor, Balloonist Brookville: Spitler House Museum Verona Union Englewood: Aullwood Garden MetroPark 17. The Other Detroit Dayton: America''s Packard Museum, Deeds barn historical marker, Edward Deeds estate, Charles Kettering estate 18. Taking Flight Dayton: Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, McCook Field, Wright Brothers Memorial, National Museum of the US Air Force, Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum 19. Atomic City and Other Energy Experiments Piqua Covington: Greenville Falls State Scenic River Area Troy: Sugar Grove Maple Products 20. From the Monkey House to the UFO House Centerville: Monkey House Franklin Carlisle: Futuro House, a.k.
a. UFO House 21. Shoot the Moon Dayton Vandalia: Taylorsville MetroPark, Taylorsville Dam, Tadmor Tipp City Piqua Fort Loramie: Loramie Summit New Bremen: Bicycle Museum of America Wapakoneta: Armstrong Air & Space Museum St. John''s: Chief Blackhoof Memorial Park Anna: Village of Rumley Conclusion Notes Location Index.