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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAT_little-indian-fields_Mt-Vernon-OH.html
Named for the Native Americans who first dwelled here along both sides of the Kokosing River, the Little Indian Fields is adjacent to the site of the first white settlement of Knox County. Early white inhabitants of this land were Andrew and Cathe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBFQ_greenville-treaty-line_Fredericktown-OH.html
This starred line marks the crossing in Knox County of the Greenville Treaty Line as surveyed by Israel Ludlow between 1797 and 1799; that part running from near Fort Laurens in the eastern part of the state, to a point near Fort Recovery, thence …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM90B_lakeholm-administration-building_Mt-Vernon-OH.html
Lakeholm was built as the home of Columbus Delano while serving as Secretary of the Interior under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1870 to 1875. Delano (1809-1896) came to Mount Vernon in 1817, attended public schools, studied law, and was admitte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM902_johnny-appleseeds-early-landholdings_Mt-Vernon-OH.html
This is the site of Johnny Appleseed's earliest known recorded landholdings. Appleseed (whose legal name was John Chapman) purchased two parcels from Joseph Walker on September 14, 1809: Mount Vernon town lot 147, upon which you stand, and lot 145…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM901_c-o-caboose_Gambier-OH.html
The humble caboose was a fixture on the end of freight trains for more than a century. It has been called by many slang names including crummy, shack, shanty and cabin car. A caboose provided a sheltered vantage point from which trainmen could wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM900_gambier_Gambier-OH.html
In 1823, Ohio Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase purchased 8,000 acres of what he called the "beauty spot" of Knox County. Here, he founded Kenyon College, the first men's college west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the second oldest college in Ohi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZZ_0-6-0-steam-locomotive_Gambier-OH.html
This 0-6-0 switcher locomotive and tender were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) of Schenectady, N.Y., for the Alabama State Docks Commission in November 1940. Road number 63 was used to switch cargo at the docks in Mobile, Ala. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZY_edward-bates-memorial_Gambier-OH.html
This glacial boulder from the Bates Homestead in Columbus, Ohiowas given to Kenyon College in 1953 by Fanny Platt Bates Little in memory of her brother Edward Bates son of Judge James Lawrence Bates and grandson of the honorable Alfred Kelley a st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZX_old-kenyon-cornerstone_Gambier-OH.html
Laid June 9, 1827 byThe Right Reverend Philander ChaseThis tablet records the centennialcommemoration on Sunday June 19, 1927when the original ceremony was reviewed byThe Right Reverend William Andrew Leonard
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8ZW_david-bates-douglass_Gambier-OH.html
Whoever passes through this gateway should rememberDavid Bates DouglassA gallant soldier and officer in the War of 1812A civil engineer of distinctionA teacher of wide experiencewho in the years 1841-1844 while president of Kenyon College laid out…
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