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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOZ_the-burrell-king-house-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
Jabez Lyman Burrell (1806-1900), originally from Massachusetts, built this house in 1852. Burrell made his living as a cattleman and farmer, but devoted much of his time to serving the cause of abolitionism, helping slaves who had escaped the Sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UEV_charles-m-hall-and-frank-m-jewett-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
Aluminum pioneer Charles Martin Hall was born in 1863 in Thompson, Ohio (Geauga County), and moved with his family to Oberlin in 1873. Hall graduated from Oberlin College in 1885, studying chemistry under Professor Frank Fanning Jewett (1844-1926)…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKN_great-kipton-train-wreck-historical_Oberlin-OH.html
On April 19, 1891, a head-on collision between two trains of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway occurred at the Kipton depot. Eight people lost their lives, and the depot was heavily damaged. The crash occurred when a fast mail train hea…
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