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| At first glance, Sidney, Ohio appears to be an ordinary, small midwestern town. Waiting to be discovered, however, is a rich and storied past. The accomplishments of its citizens over a 183-year history rival any city its size in the country. Why would Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Readers
Digest and Saturday Evening Post all carry stories about Sidney
and its unique character during a ten-year period beginning in
1937? Why was Sidney chosen an All- American City in 1964? The county’s fascinating canal history,
beginning in the 1830s with the construction of the Miami
& Erie Canal and the Sidney Feeder Canal
can be explored at the Ross Center. There also you will discover
the great legacy of the area’s industrial past. Did you
know that some of largest companies in America in the cookware,
machine tool, road equipment, paper folding and school equipment
industries all had plants in Sidney? Helpful volunteers there can direct you to other places of interest. Is there still a man buried in the Big Four Bridge? Did the Cincinnati Reds really travel to Sidney to play the local ball team on several occasions?
Was Tawawa
Park, Sidney’s unique and exquisite recreation
area, really created to foil the plan of a Dayton motorcycle gang
to buy the land as a hideout?
Come and experience the rich heritage and uniqueness of the Sidney and Shelby County area.
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To
get a sense of the area’s uniqueness, it is necessary to
begin on the courtsquare in the center of town. The downtown area,
on the National Registry of Historic Places, represents the cultural
and historic heart of the community. Much of the drama in this
county’s history, including its only public hanging,
occurred here.
A stroll to the Southwest corner of the square allows the visitor
to view the Monumental Building, Ohio’s
most important Civil War building and Louis Sullivan’s architectural
gem and most famous ‘jewel bank,’ 
The
keys to these accomplishments can be found at the 
