Piqua, Ohio

Anthropology, Archaeology, Culture, History, Historic House, Historical Society, Specialized

The Johnston Farm & Indian Agency begins its story with some of the early contact between the Native and Euro Americans with economic activity at the Pickawillany village site, the story continues as the home and farm of early Ohio settler, Federal Indian Agent, and Ohio Canal Commissioner John Johnston. In his home his contributions, as well as deomstrating how a family would make a life for itself on the frontier. Lastly, the story of the construction, use, and eventual decline of Ohio's canal system is included in museum displays, as well as a ride on a replica, mule-drawn canal boat on a stretch of the Miami and Erie Canal.