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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/HMF6L_wheeler-tavern_Kenton-OH.html
Wheeler Tavern was built by Portius Wheeler, an early pioneer of Hardin County, around 1835 near the Shawnee Ford of the Scioto River. According to local historians this was the first brick residence constructed in Hardin County. Tradition maintai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5L_mad-river-railroad_Kenton-OH.html
In 1832 a charter was granted by the State of Ohio for construction of a railroad between Sandusky City and Dayton. The right-of-way privileges included Hardin County. The first train, of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, arrived in Kenton fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5K_the-liberty-garden_Kenton-OH.html
Dedicated to the men and women whohave served in the Armed Forces ofthe United States of America, thosewho lost their lives preserving ourfreedom and the pioneer familieswho settled Hardin County
"God Bless America and theFreedom We All Enjoy"
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF55_kenton-hardware-company_Kenton-OH.html
First organized as the Kenton Lock Manufacturing Company in 1890, the Kenton Hardware Company became one of the world's largest cast iron toy factories. Under the management of L. S. Bixler, toy stoves, banks, fire company outfits, horse drawn veh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF54_the-hardin-county-courthouse_Kenton-OH.html
One of Ohio's larger courthouses, this structure, completed in 1915 at a cost of $275,000, is the third courthouse to be built in this vicinity. The building, designed by the architectural firm, Richards, McCarty, and Bulford, is an excellent exam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEWJ_hulls-trail_Kenton-OH.html
Hull's Trail was a rough passageway through Ohio to the Canadian border, used by General William Hull's army during the War of 1812 on its way to attack the English at Detroit. Woodsmen cleared the trail to permit the Ohio Army Militia with its ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEUZ_hulls-trail-1812_Kenton-OH.html
Hull's Trail, 1812Erected ByFort McArthur Chapter, D.A.R.1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMETX_hulls-trail-1812_Kenton-OH.html
Hull's Trail, 1812Erected ByFort McArthur Chapter, DAR1912
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPY_old-sandusky-trail-and-shawnee-ford_Kenton-OH.html
County Road 265 follows an old Indian trail which connected the Wyandot villages at Upper Sandusky with the Shawnee Mac-o-chee towns to the southwest. Many wigwams were pitched near this Scioto River ford during the late 18th and early 19th centur…