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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SLC_colonel-lorin-andrews_Gambier-OH.html
Born in Ashland County in 1819, Lorin Andrews studied at Kenyon College (1838-41) and achieved renown as an Ohio school superintendent and advocate for public elementary and secondary education. As Kenyon's president beginning in 1854, the charism…
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The stone masons brought from England by Bishop Chase to construct the early buildings at Kenyon College settled in this area. In the 1850's with the help of Episcopal Bishop Gregory T. Bedell, they and other families in the community built &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM901_c-o-caboose_Gambier-OH.html
The humble caboose was a fixture on the end of freight trains for more than a century. It has been called by many slang names including crummy, shack, shanty and cabin car. A caboose provided a sheltered vantage point from which trainmen could wat…
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In 1823, Ohio Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase purchased 8,000 acres of what he called the "beauty spot" of Knox County. Here, he founded Kenyon College, the first men's college west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the second oldest college in Ohi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZZ_0-6-0-steam-locomotive_Gambier-OH.html
This 0-6-0 switcher locomotive and tender were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) of Schenectady, N.Y., for the Alabama State Docks Commission in November 1940. Road number 63 was used to switch cargo at the docks in Mobile, Ala. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZY_edward-bates-memorial_Gambier-OH.html
This glacial boulder from the Bates Homestead in Columbus, Ohiowas given to Kenyon College in 1953 by Fanny Platt Bates Little in memory of her brother Edward Bates son of Judge James Lawrence Bates and grandson of the honorable Alfred Kelley a st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZX_old-kenyon-cornerstone_Gambier-OH.html
Laid June 9, 1827 byThe Right Reverend Philander ChaseThis tablet records the centennialcommemoration on Sunday June 19, 1927when the original ceremony was reviewed byThe Right Reverend William Andrew Leonard
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZW_david-bates-douglass_Gambier-OH.html
Whoever passes through this gateway should rememberDavid Bates DouglassA gallant soldier and officer in the War of 1812A civil engineer of distinctionA teacher of wide experiencewho in the years 1841-1844 while president of Kenyon College laid out…
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In grateful memory ofGeorge Wharton Marriottof LondonOne of the earliest andmost devoted of the English friends of Kenyon College.Through him Bishop Chase knew Lord Kenyon, Doctor Gaskin and Lady Rosse.In his honor these grounds were named in 1826…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZU_kenyon-college_Gambier-OH.html
The state's oldest private institution of higher education, Kenyon College was founded in 1824 in Worthington by Philander Chase, first Episcopal bishop of Ohio, and relocated to Gambier four years later. Both college and village are named for Bri…
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