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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29YH_galena_Galena-OH.html
Founded by Gilbert Carpenter in 1809 between Big and Little Walnut Creeks for milling purposes
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27KF_benajah-cook-sawmill-and-farmstead_Galena-OH.html
Benajah Cook and the families who settled in Harlem
Township, Delaware County are honored for creating
a community of productive farms. The Benajah
and Cassandra Cook family arrived when the land
was forested and settled on 500 acres of the 4,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27HZ_major-general-william-starke-rosencrans-glacial-erratics_Sunbury-OH.html
Major General William Starke Rosencrans. W.S. Rosecrans, soldier, engineer, architect and inventor, was born
in Kingston Township in 1819. After graduation from West Point
in 1842, he served in the Engineering Corps then taught at West
Point. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JE_lucy-depp-park-the-depp-settlement_Powell-OH.html
Lucy Depp Park was a 102-acre development named for Lucinda Depp (1844-1929). She had inherited the land from her father, Abraham (1791-1858), an emancipated African American man and central Ohio pioneer from Powhattan County, Virginia. Known hist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21JD_abraham-depp-freedom-station_Powell-OH.html
Side ANo one was more fiercely committed to the Underground Rail Road
than former slaves.They knew first-hand the darkness and despair
of bondage. Such was Abraham Depp (1791- 1858), known as Abram,
born a slave on a tobacco plantation in Powh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZVB_first-jain-temple-in-central-ohio-history-of-jainism-in-ohio_Lewis-Center-OH.html
First Jain Temple in Central Ohio
"Souls render service to one another"
The Jain Center of Central Ohio was established on May 12, 1991. The foundation stone of the Jain temple, the first of its kind in Central Ohio, was laid down on O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RIT_pluggys-town_Delaware-OH.html
Two blocks east - site of
Pluggy's Town
A larger Mingo town of the
Revolutionary period, and a
constant menace to settlers
east and south of the Ohio.
Here noted Indian Chief
Logan lived for some years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RCW_powell-ww-i-memorial_Powell-OH.html
In memory
E.A.France
H.Morrison
H.Pheneger
R.M.Thomas
E.A.France Post
No. 144
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R76_cornstalks-visit-and-the-negotiators-escape_Delaware-OH.html
In the late days of September, 1776, negotiators William Wilson and Joseph Nicholson left Fort Pitt which is today Pittsburgh. Their goal was to convince the tribes north and west of the Ohio not to join forces with the British. For support, the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R6Z_site-of-pluggys-town_Delaware-OH.html
Near this location was a large Mingo town of significance during the Revolutionary period of the 1770's. The chief was Te-caugh-ye-te-righ-to, known to the settlers as Pluggy. The village consisted of perhaps 300 inhabitants. Among them were Delaw…