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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM103_old-mans-cave_Logan-OH.html
This recess cave was named for the "old man" Richard Rowe, a recluse who made the cave his home in the 1800's and is a part of the scenic Hocking Hills State Park. Hocking comes from the Wyandot Indian word "hockhocking," referring to the Hocking …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYJ_the-bicentennial-legacy-monument_Zanesville-OH.html
1. John McIntire, Founder, son-in-law of Ebenezer Zane. Visionary for the town's development. His legacy lives on in the McIntire Scholarship Fund. Died in 1815 at age 56.
2. Noah Norris, Patriot. Enlisted in the first black regiment recruited …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXS_devils-bathtub_Logan-OH.html
As the water works its way down through Old Man's Cave Gorge, one of the first unusual areas that it encounters here at Devil's Bathtub. This is an area in the sandstone that has been cemented together more tightly than the other nearby rock layer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXQ_morgans-raid_Salineville-OH.html
Here on July 26, 1863 occurred the northernmost engagement of Confederate forces during the Civil War. In this immediate area, troops under Major General John H. Morgan, C.S.A., and General James Shackelford, U.S.A., met in full engagement. After …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWG_ohio-canal-ground-breaking_Heath-OH.html
At this site on July 4, 1825, Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York turned the first shovelful of dirt for the Ohio Canal. The ceremony was attended by area citizens of Master Masons.
In the early 1840's James A. Garfield, who was to become the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMON_brigadier-general-roswell-sabin-ripley-csa_Columbus-OH.html
Roswell S. Ripley was born in Worthington on March 14, 1823 and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843. Serving with the U.S. Artillery from 1846 to 1848 during the Mexican-American War, Ripley was promoted twice for "Gallant an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOL_worthington-masonic-museum_Worthington-OH.html
Worthington was the center of Masonry for the central Ohio area in the early years of the nineteenth century. New England Lodge, with its original charter from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut dated 1803, is the oldest lodge in continuous existence …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOJ_all-american-quarter-horse-congress_Columbus-OH.html
In November 1967, the Ohio Quarter Horse Association hosted a three-day American Quarter Horse show at the Ohio State fairgrounds that drew more than 5,000 people. They could not have known that this horse show would grow to become the largest Ame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOF_the-ohio-state-fair_Columbus-OH.html
First held in Cincinnati in 1850, the Ohio State Fair was organized by the Ohio Board of Agriculture to promote agricultural education and recognize achievements. The second fair was held in Franklinton (now part of Columbus) on the farm of Michae…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNT_jacob-parrott_Kenton-OH.html
In Memory ofJacob Parrottburied here. Born July 17, 1843 in Fairfield County, Ohio. Died December 22, 1908. At 18 he enlisted in Company K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was the youngest member of the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders s…