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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOZ_the-burrell-king-house-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
Jabez Lyman Burrell (1806-1900), originally from Massachusetts, built this house in 1852. Burrell made his living as a cattleman and farmer, but devoted much of his time to serving the cause of abolitionism, helping slaves who had escaped the Sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UEV_charles-m-hall-and-frank-m-jewett-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
Aluminum pioneer Charles Martin Hall was born in 1863 in Thompson, Ohio (Geauga County), and moved with his family to Oberlin in 1873. Hall graduated from Oberlin College in 1885, studying chemistry under Professor Frank Fanning Jewett (1844-1926)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKN_great-kipton-train-wreck-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
On April 19, 1891, a head-on collision between two trains of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway occurred at the Kipton depot. Eight people lost their lives, and the depot was heavily damaged. The crash occurred when a fast mail train hea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T99_timeline-of-dr-norton-s-townshend-historical_Avon-OH.html
A progressive farmer, physician, and legislator, Norton S. Townshend had a residence in Avon from 1830 until his death.
His introduction of field drainage tile significantly increased the productivity of Avon farming.
A well educated countr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Z4_helen-steiner-rice_Lorain-OH.html
Helen Steiner Rice was born on May 19, 1900, in Lorain, the daughter of Anna and John Steiner. Demonstrating an early propensity for writing, Helen planned for college, but her father's death during the 1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic kept her wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19Z3_the-lorain-tornado-1924_Lorain-OH.html
Just after 5:00 P.M on June 28, 1924, a tornado swept off Lake Erie directly into downtown Lorain. Within five minutes, seventy-eight people lost their lives. Fifteen died in the old State Theatre that stood upon this site, as an audience of two h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YX_shipbuilding_Lorain-OH.html
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Lorain's shipbuilding industry began when Augustus Jones and William Murdock began constructing wooden sailing vessels on the west side near the mouth of the Black River. The sloop General Huntington was the first boat launched from Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YW_burrell-homestead_Sheffield-OH.html
In June 1815, Captain Jabez Burrell settled this land after coming from Sheffield, Massachusetts. Five years later the brick homestead was constructed. Five generations of the Burrell family occupied the homestead continuously from 1820 to January…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19YV_jay-terrell-and-his-terrible-fish_Sheffield-Lake-OH.html
Around 1867, along the shale cliffs of the lakeshore of Sheffield Lake, Jay Terrell found fossils of a "terrible fish" later named in his honor as Dinichthys Terrelli. This animal, now known as Dunkleosteus terrelli, was a massive arthrodire (an e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19XZ_103rd-ohio-volunteer-infantry_Sheffield-Lake-OH.html
The 103rd O.V.I. was recruited for Civil War service from Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. The Regiment was organized at Cleveland in August, 1862, and served until 1865 in campaigns at Cincinnati, Knoxville, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, an…