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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PEK_marblehead-lighthouse_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
If you had the opportunity to climb the 77 steps of the Marblehead Lighthouse, you might be tired! This magnificent 65 feet beacon, originally 50 feet was built in 1821 in just eleven weeks an additional 15 feet was added to the structure in 1903.…
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has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
The Johnson's Island Civil War Prison of 1862-1865 served as a vital depot for the confinement of confederate prisoners-of-war during much of the American Civil War. This prison was one of 65 su…
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In this hallowed ground, surrounded by the iron fence and gates that date to 1912, are two hundred six marble grave markers. These markers were placed in 1890, courtesy of the citizens of Georgia, replacing the original hand carved wooden markers,…
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The Johnson's Island Committee, composed of Ohio Division United Daughters of the Confederacy®, The Lieutenant General James Longstreet Camp 1658, Sons of Confederate Veterans and others loyal to the cause, in the course of its mission, discovere…
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The Keeper's House is so named because it was the personal residence of the first two keepers of the nearby Marblehead Lighthouse. The house was built for Benajah Wolcott and his wife Rachel Miller by William Kelly, a stonemason from Sand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXS_home-of-benajah-walcott_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
The private home of Benajah Walcott 1762-18321st Keeper - Marblehead Lighthousehas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MJO_confederate-stockade-cemetery_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
Confederate PrisonOn November 15, 1861, the War Department leased one half of Johnson's Island, in Sandusky Bay, Ohio, and began constructing a 15-acre prison camp on the southeast shore. When complete, the prison complex included a 14-foot-tall b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MJL_the-lookout_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
SOUTHERN1910Erected bythe Robert Patton Chapter,United Daughters of the Confederacyof Cincinnati, Ohio,in memory of the southern soldierswho died in the Federal prisonon this islandduring the War between the States.————&mda…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSS_lake-erie_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
In total area, Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and the most shallow of the five Great Lakes. It is about 210 miles long, 57 miles wide, with a shoreline of approximately 871 miles, and has a maximum depth of 210 feet.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO11_first-battle-site_Lakeside-Marblehead-OH.html
The first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil was fought here when about 60 exhausted citizen soldiers were ambushed by about 130 Indians on September 29. Twenty men held the Indians at bay in a cabin while the main body escaped by boat to Cedar Point…