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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFQ_the-ohio-oil-co-marathon-oil-co-gas-boom-era_Findlay-OH.html
Side A: The Ohio Oil Company-Marathon Oil CompanySite of the first Findlay Field Office for what was to become a world-wide oil company, formerly locally owned and operated. 1887: The Ohio Oil Company was incorporated by five independent oil pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFP_mason-chapel-african-methodist-episcopal-church_Findlay-OH.html
Side A:In spite of small numbers and being welcomed by the mostly white congregation of First Methodist Episcopal Church, African Americans in Findlay in the 1880s wanted to express their faith in ways that best reflected their freedoms and tradit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFO_congressional-medal-of-honor-recipients_Findlay-OH.html
United States of AmericaCongressional Medal of Honor RecipientsState of Ohio, Hancock County Civil WarBensinger, William Captain Georgia 1862Porter, John R. 1st Lt. Georgia 1862Scott, John M. Sergeant Georgia 1862Vance, Wilson J. Brevet Capt. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFN_hancock-county-veterans-memorial_Findlay-OH.html
Dedicated to the honor and sacrificeof our men and women of Hancock Countywho served their country Lest We Forget
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFM_the-underground-railroad-in-hancock-county_Findlay-OH.html
Side A:The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 prompted an expansion of the "Underground Railroad," and as the state spanning the shortest distance between the Ohio River and Canada, Ohio saw heavy traffic in escaping slaves in the decades before the Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFL_hancock-county-courthouse_Findlay-OH.html
Side A:Hancock County was organized March, 1828, court being held in a log schoolhouse. In 1833, a frame courthouse was built. It served until 1840, when a brick structure went up on this site. During the oil and gas boom of the 1880's, the presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJFK_the-glass-industry-of-findlay-ohio_Findlay-OH.html
In 1884, the first natural gas well was successfully drilled in Findlay, and when The Great Karg Well, then the largest in the world, was drilled in 1886, the boom was on. Many industries, especially glass, were attracted to Findlay, lured by free…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEU0_hulls-trail_Findlay-OH.html
Hull's Trail1812Erected ByFort FindlayChapter D.A.R.1915
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME8N_site-of-fort-findlay_Findlay-OH.html
[Marker Front]:Early in the War of 1812, Gen. Wm. Hull, commander of Ohio troops, ordered Col.. James Findlay to open a road from Ft. McArthur on the Scioto River to Blanchard's Fork. Under Findlay, a stockade 50 yards square, with a blockhouse at…
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