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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294F_crestline-community-service-center_Crestline-OH.html
From 1942 until 1946, members of local churches and two railroad auxiliaries operated a community-based free canteen for passing troops on the platform of the Pennsylvania Railroad station. A grateful region honored approximately 1.2 million of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM293Z_village-of-chatfield_Chatfield-OH.html
For centuries this area was used by Indian tribes as a hunting ground. Vast swamp forests of elm, ash, beech, pin oak, and maple lay on all sides. To the east, a large cranberry bog was covered by water nost of the year. Indian hunting camps …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20V6_our-unknown-dead-a-war-memorial_Bucyrus-OH.html
Dedicated to the memory of Our Unknown Dead November 11th 1921
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20U7_the-underground-railroad-in-crawford-county_Bucyrus-OH.html
Side A Runaway slaves used a web of routes through Crawford County, most going through the city of Bucyrus. Present-day State Route 98 to State Route 4, laid out in 1822 from Norton in northern Delaware County through Bucyrus to Sandusky in Erie C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SBZ_remembering-our-veterans-of-early-wars_Bucyrus-OH.html
In every war, the nation has used men from this community. This significant mound, once covered with flowers, and now flags, is dedicated to the Nations dead, which insures that no soldier is forgotten on Memorial Day. Adam Link, one of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SAB_the-village-of-new-washington-the-new-washington-band_New-Washington-OH.html
The Village of New Washington Nicknamed "Dutchtown" for the many German families that settled in this area, New Washington was platted in 1833 by George Washington Meyers, who arrived in Cranberry Township in 1826. Prominent Austrian romantic po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SAA_knisley-springs-farm_Tiro-OH.html
Long known to the Indians for the mineral spring water, this land was purchased in 1819 by Samuel Knisley. After 1880 it was developed as a resort area by Dr. Jerome Bland, who also established a cattle and horse breeding farm. In 1930 the land be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S58_the-sandusky-plains_Bucyrus-OH.html
The Plains lay south and west of the Sandusky River, bounded by the Olentangy River on the east and Tymochtee Creek on the west. The local black prairie soils mark the extent of the grasslands, which were uncommon in the dense eastern forests…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWV_seccaium_Bucyrus-OH.html
On the banks on the Olentangy River, at the bend where the stream turns southwest, is the legendary site of Seccasium. This 17th century village was located on the portage to the Sandusky River, and was recognized by Indians as a neutral grou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLA_to-the-memory-of-colonel-wm-crawford_Crestline-OH.html
To the MemoryofColonelWm. CrawfordRevolutionaryWar SoldierCapturedNear this spotBy the IndiansJune 7, 1782was burnedat stake nearUpper SanduskyJune 11, 1782
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