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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NJO_hale-township-veterans-memorial_Ridgeway-OH.html
In memory of Veterans of all wars
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HJT_six-points-goshen-township_Kenton-OH.html
In memory of John R. and Stella E. Hastings for their community service and their generous and caring support of the youth of Hardin County. Oh, blest are they who walk in love. They also walk with God above. John R. Hastings / / / Stella…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN39_hulls-trail-1812_Belle-Center-OH.html
Hull's Trail 1812Erected ByFort McArthur Chapter, D.A.R.1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN37_hulls-trail-1812_Kenton-OH.html
Hull's Trail 1812Erected ByFort McArthur Chapter, D.A.R.1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCR_scioto-marsh_Kenton-OH.html
The Scioto Marsh, the largest of three extensive marsh areas in western Hardin County, was formed in the low basins left by the last retreating glacier 10,000 years ago. It covered more than 16,000 acres and was thought to be a source of malaria b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJCO_village-of-mcguffey-great-1934-onion-strike_Kenton-OH.html
Side A: Village of McGuffeyThe Village of McGuffey was named for John McGuffey, who in the 1860s first attempted to drain the Scioto Marsh. A larger and more effective drainage effort, made by others who entered Hardin County in the 1880s, continu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBU_hog-creek-marsh_Dola-OH.html
Comprising 8,000 acres of Brookston-Crosby soils, the marsh is named for Hog Creek which drains it. Once a shallow lake, cranberries, wild flags and grasses flourished here. Reclamation (1868) cost $13.00 per acre. Dredging was done by steam scow;…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBN_ohio-northern-university_Ada-OH.html
Henry Solomon Lehr founded Ohio Northern University in 1871 as the Northwestern Ohio Normal School. Its purpose was to train teachers and to provide higher education to the people in Northwest Ohio. In 1885, the school became Ohio Normal Universit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBJ_ada-civil-war-memorial_Ada-OH.html
In Memory of Our Soldiers1861-1865 "Lest We Forget"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJBD_ada-passenger-depot-1887_Ada-OH.html
Ada grew alongside the tracks of the Ohio & Indiana Railroad, completed in 1854 between Crestline, Crawford County, and Fort Wayne, Indiana. This line became part of the Southwest Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1869. Ada's rapid growth a…
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