Here are five things, according to the Miamisburg Historical Society, to know about Miamisburg:
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• It was founded after four Pennsylvania men - Emanuel Gebhart, Jacob Kercher, Dr. John Treon and Dr. Peter Treon - offered at public auction the sale of 90 lots in the new town of Miamisburg.
• Teddy Roosevelt is the only known sitting president to visit Miamisburg.
• Construction of the Mound Golf Course in the 1930s was a federal government New Deal project.
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• Miamisburg was the childhood home of the McGuire Sisters, a vocal trio that rose to national fame in the entertainment industry in the 1950s and 60s. Their mother was a local minister.
• The Miamisburg High School Alumni Association is the oldest continuously active high school alumni association in the in the nation.
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