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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5G_marsh-settlement_Mentor-OH.html
The first settlement in this county was made near this site in 1797 and was known as Marsh Settlement. The early residents were: Jesse Phelps, Hosmer Merry and the families of Jared Ward, Moses Parks, Charles Parker and Ebenezer Merry.
For seve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5B_mentor-lagoons-water-trail_Mentor-OH.html
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Natural Shoreline of Lake ErieThe Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve's 1.5-mile shoreline represents the longest stretch of publicly accessible natural beach in Ohio. Because it is one of the last remnants…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5A_mentor-veterans-memorial_Mentor-OH.html
The City of Mentor and George E. Hayward V.F.W. Post 9295 are proud to dedicate this memorial in tribute to those who gallantly served our country and to those currently serving in the Armed Forces. The American flag proudly represents the stronge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX59_expanding-the-house_Mentor-OH.html
The first house here, built in 1831-32 by James Dickey, stood only 1 1/2-stories tall. In 1876, Congressman James A. Garfield bought the Dickey farm and, in 1880, had the house extensively remodeled. By raising its roof and expanding its outer wal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4Z_windmill_Mentor-OH.html
The Garfield family' windmill towered 60 feet above its stone base. Lucretia had the original tower built in 1894 to overcome problems with an old polluted well and a gas engine water pump she had installed in 1885. The new tower provided the prop…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4Y_gasholder-building_Mentor-OH.html
In 1885, workers discovered an abundant supply of natural gas at Lawnfield and built a stone-and-brick gasholder building. A few years later, workers drilled a new 800-foot-deep gas well and, in 1893, reduced the gasholder building by one-half whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4X_railroad-connection_Mentor-OH.html
This dirt lane once led to the farm's northern fields and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad tracks, about 3/4 mile from here.
During the 1880 presidential campaign, the railroad ran special trains that stopped at Garfield's Farm. From…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4B_garfields-farm_Mentor-OH.html
This barn, originally locate near Mentor Avenue, was built for James A. Garfield in 1877. Although part of a larger barn complex during Garfield's time, the horse barn was relocated here. After Garfield's death, his widow, Lucretia, had the carria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX44_lawnfield_Mentor-OH.html
Home ofJames A. GarfieldTwentieth President of theUnited States of America
"How sweet and inviting thedear home beckons me away amongthe green fields of Mentor."
From a letter written byJames Garfield to his wifeLucretia on May 29, 1877
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX43_james-a-garfields-lawnfield_Mentor-OH.html
In 1876, James A. Garfield bought this 118-acre farm in the rural village of Mentor, Ohio, and soon purchased an additional 40 acres. Over the next four years, Garfield doubled the size of the house and made it a home for his wife, Lucretia, their…