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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJEA_world-war-ii-displacement_Marion-OH.html
Side A:During the early months of World War II, citizens as well as soldiers made enormous sacrifices for the war effort. In March 1942 the War Department announced plans to build a 13,000-acre munitions manufacturing complex northeast of Marion. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJE0_camp-marion-world-war-ii-prisoners-of-war_Marion-OH.html
Side A:This site was once a twenty-four acre camp for Prisoners of War established on the grounds of the Marion Engineer Depot. The Depot was a major supply and logistics site of the U.S. Army Engineers during World War II. The first contingent of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJDI_marion-county-courthouse_Marion-OH.html
This is Marion County's fourth courthouse and the second at this site. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1884. Costing $115,000, it was completed in 1885 by contractors Leffler and Bland. In 1973 the courthouse was placed on the National Registe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCA_jacobs-well_Marion-OH.html
Jacob Foos, while surveying the Military Road north from Fort Morrow to Fremont during the War of 1812, dug a well at this site. General William H. Harrison and his troops, on their way to Lake Erie, camped here and drank from the well. This area …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC6_home-of-warren-g-harding_Marion-OH.html
His residence from 1891 to 1921
Restored by the Harding Memorial Association
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYL_norman-mattoon-thomas_Marion-OH.html
Was born on this site Nov. 20, 1884. He graduated from Marion High School in 1901, Princeton University in 1905, and from Union Theological Seminary. Thomas, a clergyman, and the son of Marion's Presbyterian minister, was a tireless worker for soc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYC_marion-steam-shovel_Marion-OH.html
The Marion Steam Shovel Company built the primary tools for America's civil engineering for more than 100 years. Founded in 1884 by Henry M. Barnhart, George W. King, and Edward Huber, the company's patent steam shovels helped revolutionize railwa…