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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S69_uss-texas-cgn-39_Harrod-OH.html
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USS Texas (CGN 39)
The USS Texas (CGN 39) was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Drtdock Company and was commissioned September 10, 1977
The ship had an overall length of 585' with an extreme beam of 63'. A
crew of 575 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R40_faurot-opera-house_Lima-OH.html
Faurot Opera House 1882-1953 Built on this site by Benjamin C. Faurot, one of Lima's most prominent citizens. The grand opening was held Sept. 4, 1882. Through the years, many famous actors, actresses, and musicians appeared on it's stage. The the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R2T_site-of-limas-first-cemetery_Lima-OH.html
Site of Lima's First cemetery and burial place of Pvt. Elijah Stites 1758-1843Minute Man of the Revolution who served in the Essex County Militia 1st Regiment New Jersey.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J7M_p-39-airacobra-crash-site-march-18-1942_Lima-OH.html
On March 18, 1942, four U.S. Army Air Corps pilots lost their lives within a quarter mile of this marker. Three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, these pilots left Wayne County Airport near Detroit flying P-39F Airacobra pursuit planes. They…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT8_allen-countys-first-settlement_Lima-OH.html
Here arriving from Logan County in
1824, Christopher Stark Wood estab-
lished on Sugar Creek, the first
settlement in what is now Allen
County. His family and others
joined him soon. Land was cleared;
cabins were built. After only five
year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT5_the-town-of-hartford_Spencerville-OH.html
Do you see the little cemetery to the east, high on the west bank of the Auglaize? It's all that remains of Hartford, thriving town in the 1830's with, it was expected, a bright future, since the new Miami and Erie Canal would one day be serving i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISY_the-hog-creek-settlement_Lima-OH.html
Ward Cemetery Burial Site
in the fall of 1825, Samuel McCluer
built a log cabin near this site and
began the arduous task of clearing
away the dense forest for farming.
Not until the following summer did
he learn from hunters, who accident-
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ID3_in-memory-of-chief-p-h-t-and-the-hawg-creek-shawnee_Lima-OH.html
In memory of PHT adn the Hawg Creek Shawnee. This area was their home until the 1830's when they were forcibly removed by the U.S. government. Some stayed and their descendants live here to this day. Chief PHT died before the removal and was burie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IAU_ohios-first-electric-street-car-line_Lima-OH.html
Ohio's first electric
Street Car Line
and
one of the first in the U.S.
Began operation in
Lima, Ohio July 4, 1887.
Operated by B.C. Faurot
as the Lima Street Rail-
way and Power Co. This
line served the city
until May, 1939. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQ0_johnny-appleseed-tree_Fort-Shawnee-OH.html
This tree has sprouted from the roots of a tree planted by John Chapman around 1830.