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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS51_grand-rapids_Grand-Rapids-OH.html
This site, at the head of the Great Rapids of the Maumee, has been a major river crossing for centuries. The village was platted in 1833 as Gilead but was overshadowed by rival Providence during the canal era. In 1868 the name Grand Rapids was ado…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIWH_providence-historical-district_Grand-Rapids-OH.html
The town of Providence was born, thrived and died with the Miami & Erie Canal. It was platted in 1835 by French trader Peter Manor, swept by fire in 1846, ravaged by cholera in 1854, and finally unincorporated in 1928. Today, only the Irish builde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCVI_miami-erie-canal_Grand-Rapids-OH.html
The Wabash & Erie Canal opened between Toledo and Lafayette, Indiana, May 8, 1843. The Miami Extension Canal was completed to Junction, Ohio, on July 4, 1845, linking the Wabash & Erie Canal with Cincinnati and resulting in changing the canal's na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM242_the-howard-cemetery_Grand-Rapids-OH.html
Thomas Howard, aged 66, a Revolutionary War Veteran, arrived at the head of the great rapids of the Maumee from New York State in 1822. Three cabins were erected for his family and the families of his two sons Edward and Robert. The first death in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM241_dominick-labino_Grand-Rapids-OH.html
This site is dedicated to Dominick Labino, 1910-1987, glass scientist, engineer, artist, and inventor. Credited with 57 patents, Mr. Labino invented pure silica fiber which was used in insulating tiles covering the space shuttle Columbia and the A…