Benajah Cook Sawmill and Farmstead

Benajah Cook Sawmill and Farmstead (HM27KF)

Location: Galena, OH 43021 Delaware County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 9.081', W 82° 49.283'

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Inscription

Benajah Cook and the families who settled in Harlem
Township, Delaware County are honored for creating
a community of productive farms. The Benajah
and Cassandra Cook family arrived when the land
was forested and settled on 500 acres of the 4,000
acres that Benajah purchased at a sheriff's auction
on June 12, 1807. The millrace, visible along the
north side of Duncan Run near the Gorsuch Road
Bridge is the last vestige of the sawmill operated
by Benajah on the Cook farmstead. The Cook
farmstead was listed on the National Register of
Historic Places in 1977.

Upstream from the millrace are traces of the
foundation for a dam or wooden weir constructed
across Duncan Run. Logs were floated down Duncan
Run at times of high water and stored in the mill
pond. They were then sorted and moved single
file along the race to the sawmill. The millrace
facilitated the movement of logs and turned the
mill wheel that drove the up and down motion of
the saw. The lumber produced was used primarily
in construction on local farms, and the cleared
land became farm fields.

Details

HM Number	HM27KF
Tags	Industry and Commerce, Early Settlers
Year Placed	2013
Placed By	Harlem Township Heritage, Inc. and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at 4:01pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17T E 344866 N 4446146
Decimal Degrees	40.15135000, -82.82138333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 40° 9.081', W 82° 49.283'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	40° 9' 4.86" N, 82° 49' 16.98" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	614, 740
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal Address	At or near 12217-12501 Township Hwy 27, Galena OH 43021, US
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