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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DB_buckeye-lake-park_Buckeye-Lake-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Using a four-mile long dam, the state of Ohio impounded the Licking Summit Reservoir in the mid-1820s to supply water for the Ohio and Erie Canal. In 1894, the state renamed it Buckeye Lake and developed it for recreational use. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DA_buckeye-lake_Buckeye-Lake-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Formed by the retreating glacier more than 14,000 years ago, Buckeye Lake first existed as a shallow, swampy pond, named "Buffalo Swamp" by Ohio Company explorer Christopher Gist in 1751. Beginning in 1826 the State developed it as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D9_flint-ridge_Glenford-OH.html
Flint Ridge is a chain of long, narrow hills extending from a few miles east of Newark almost to Zanesville, a distance of more than twenty miles. The surface of these hills is underlain with an irregular layer of flint, which may be only a few in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D8_the-lane-avenue-bridges_Columbus-OH.html
· In the late 1800's a steel truss was constructed across the Olentangy River at Lane Avenue. Its primary function was to gain access across the Olentangy River from the main campus of The Ohio State University to the agricultural land on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8D1_the-gilbert-w-dilley-museum-at-flint-ridge_Glenford-OH.html
This facility recognizes Gilbert W. Dilley (1902-1996), a life-long student of Ohio history; an avid collector of Ohio Indian artifacts; a long standing trustee, past president, and generous benefactor of the Ohio Historical Society; and a true st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CU_hebron-veterans-memorial_Hebron-OH.html
In memory of all of our veterans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CT_licking-township-fallen-firemen_Newark-OH.html
In Memory ofFallen Firemen
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CP_deaf-school-park_Columbus-OH.html
This ten acre site was purchased in 1829 for the Ohio School for the Education of the Deaf. The first school building opened here in 1834; the school was enlarged in 1845. In 1868 the original school was replaced. Another school building was added…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CJ_columbus-main-library-judge-noah-swayne-home_Columbus-OH.html
Columbus Main LibraryThe first tax supported free public library in Columbus was formed in 1873 and housed in City Hall. In 1901, City Librarian John Pugh petitioned Andrew Carnegie for funding and was granted $200,000. In 1903, the Swayne home wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8CI_starling-medical-college-and-st-francis-hospital_Columbus-OH.html
This site, now Grant Medical Center, was the original location of the neo-gothic building that housed St. Francis Hospital and Starling Medical College, named for Columbus benefactor Lyne Starling. Established in 1849, Starling Medical College/St.…