The story of Piqua's barber, John Mills, whose sons Johnny, Harry, Herb and Don, became known as the 'Skipper's Boys'. They were an early barbershop quartet and later became famous.
The story about the major Ohio battle fought near Piqua on August 8, 1780. George Rogers Clark had built a fort at the Fall of the Ohio on Corn Island in 1778 and he marched to Piqua to meet 300 Englishmen and 700 Indians in battle.