WAPAKONETA, OH (WLIO) - A new marker in downtown Wapakoneta will educate people about what the town looked like during the early life of Neil Armstrong.
"As Neil Knew It," the new marker standing at the corner of Main Street and Willipie Street by the fire station, was dedicated Friday afternoon after help from the Wapakoneta Fire Department installing it.
The stories are Neil Armstrong's career and accomplishments are easy to find, but it can be harder to learn how he grew up. The sign provides a map leading residents and tourists to locations around the town that were part of the lives of the first man on the moon and his family.
"For example, behind us, we have the fire station. We love our 1885 fire station, but for many years, it also housed the city building on the 2nd floor and Neil's dad worked there. And the courthouse is on it, Neil's grandfather was a county commissioner. We have the drugstore where he worked to earn money for flying lessons," explained the director of the Auglaize County Historical Society, Rachel Barber.
On Saturday at 11 am, at 102 Main Street in Buckland, the historical society will unveil another marker on the locomotive history in the village, as well as the story of an agent-operator, Katie Dicks, who worked at the Buckland Depot.
