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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJS_ohios-gateway_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Fawcettstown, later to become East Liverpool, marked the first Ohio community to be encountered by early river travelers as they headed toward new challenges and new lives in the expanding nation. Indian canoes, flatboats, and steamboats carried i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXJQ_the-pottery-capital-of-america_East-Liverpool-OH.html
For nearly a century, East Liverpool dominated the United States pottery industry. Drawn to easily accessible clay deposits and ready river transportation, British-born potter James Bennett established the first commercial pottery here in 1841. Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFR_site-of-hanna-log-cabin_Columbiana-OH.html
Built near this spring in 1810 by Benjamin and Rachael Dixon Hanna whose family were first settlers in this community in 1801 and 1802.They were the grandparents of Marcus Alonzo Hanna United States Senator from 1897 to 1904
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWFQ_harvey-s-firestone_Columbiana-OH.html
Inventor, industrialist, and philanthropist, Harvey Samuel Firestone (1868-1938) was born on a nearby farm in 1868 and attended school in Columbiana. He founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1900 and soon after developed a method for ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU2P_thomas-j-malone-bridge-gastons-mill_East-Liverpool-OH.html
"Thomas J. Malone Bridge"
This covered bridge stood in the 1870s over Middle Run, on State Route 154, between Lisbon and Elkton, Elkrun Township. It was converted to a storage shed and moved twice by the Elkrun Township Trustees. Mr. Malone, a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNY_the-point-of-beginning_East-Liverpool-OH.html
No survey of the western lands of the United States could be made as required under the land ordinance of 1785 until the surveyors for Pennsylvania and Virginia set a marker on the north shore of the Ohio River. On August 20, 1785, that marker was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNS_w-l-thompson-music-store_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Constructed in the 1880's by Will L. Thompson for his rapidly expanding music business, this building was a showcase for band instruments, pianos and organs, as well as sheet music and similar merchandise.Thompson, composer of "Softly and Tenderly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNR_travelers-hotel_East-Liverpool-OH.html
The Traveler's is the city's oldest surviving hotel. A portion of the present building was first constructed in the late 1890's as "The Landora". Later additions were constructed in 1910 and 1927. The Traveler's Hotel was a stopping point for thos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNP_the-lincoln-highway_East-Liverpool-OH.html
The Lincoln Highway, America's first trans-continental route, was officially opened in June, 1915, amid widespread local celebrations.The highway (US Route 30) originally entered the city's East End, but later alterations caused it to cross into E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNO_sturgis-house_East-Liverpool-OH.html
Originally the private home of the Erlanger family, this building became the Sturgis Funeral Home, famous for having displayed the body of Pretty Boy Floyd in October, 1934.