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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKY_the-toledo-state-hospital-old-cemetery-1888-1922_Toledo-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker] : "The Toledo State Hospital Old Cemetery, 1888-1922"
Toledo State Hospital opened in January 1888 as the Toledo Asylum for the Insane. Originally located immediately south of this cemetery, the hospital was designed to f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKQ_the-toledo-state-hospital-new-cemetery-1922-1973_Toledo-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker] : "The Toledo State Hospital New Cemetery, 1922-1973"
Toledo State Hospital opened in January 1888 as the Toledo Asylum for the Insane. People were admitted with mild to severe forms of mental illness, and a variety of de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJUJ_the-toledo-zoo-the-new-deal-in-toledo_Toledo-OH.html
Side 1:The Toledo ZooNow ranked among the country's finest, the zoo began in 1900 with one large woodchuck in a box at Walbridge Park. After the organization of the Toledo Zoological Society, 1905-10, the zoo began its steady growth, particularly …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ0J_side-cut-locks_Maumee-OH.html
The Side Cut section of the Miami and Erie Canal was completed in 1842 to provide a water connection from the canal down to the river at Maumee. It was two miles long with six limestone locks.
Canal locks acted like elevators to raise and lower…
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/HMIGM_the-old-territorial-road_Berkey-OH.html
The earliest improved public road west from Lake Erie to the Indiana border, the Territorial-Indiana Road was built by the U.S. Government in 1834-1835 through the Cottonwood Swamp, then a major obstacle to travel. It ran parallel to the Harris Li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIGG_erie-and-kalamazoo-railroad_Sylvania-OH.html
This rail line was the original route of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. The train made its initial run on October 3, 1836 from Toledo to Adrian, a total of approximately thirty miles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIFL_erie-and-kalamazoo-railroad_Toledo-OH.html
[East side of Marker]:"Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad"The first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains was Toledo's colorful "Erie and Kalamazoo." Begun in 1832, the line was completed by 1836. Its rails were made of oak topped with thin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI39_lucas-county_Toledo-OH.html
[Front Side/West Side of Marker]:"Lucas County"
Lucas County was named for Governor Robert Lucas who championed Ohio's cause in the "Toledo War," a boundary dispute arising when both Ohio and the Michigan Territory claimed this area. The Ohio l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI34_the-great-trail_Toledo-OH.html
This TabletMarks the PathMade previous to theFrench and Indian WarBy the IndiansWho called itTHE GREAT TRAILIt extended from Detroit toPittsburg and was used by theFrench and British and byGeneral Harrison in 1812.It was regarded as the most impor…