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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16US_circular-street_Lima-OH.html
This street follows the course of an Old Indian Trail that joined the Tawa Indian town on the Auglaize River to the Black Swamp Trail near Lafayette. At one time, this corner was the junction of Three Early Roads, Wapakoneta Rd. - Main St. - St. J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16UL_the-shawnee-indian-reservation_Lima-OH.html
Northeast corner of The Shawnee Indian Reservation of 25 square miles in present-day Shawnee Township. Home of the Hog Creek Shawnees from 1817 to their removal to Kansas in 1833. Granted to the Shawnees by treaty September 29, 1817. Ceded to the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJT8_nkp-berkshire-locomotive-no-779_Lima-OH.html
Locomotive No. 779, built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1949, is the last steam locomotive manufactured in Lima. As a "Berkshire-type", it represents the most advanced development of steam power. The Nickel Plate Railroad had a total of 80 such …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6K_solar-refinery_Lima-OH.html
Side A:Oil became a valuable resource in Ohio when significant quantities were discovered in Lima in 1885. The discovery brought an economic boom to Lima and northwest Ohio. News of the Lima oil field spread, attracting the attention of John D. Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF5X_lima-locomotive-works_Lima-OH.html
One of America's largest steam locomotive builders, the Lima Locomotive Works, built 7,752 locomotives between 1879 and 1951. It rose to success building the patented Shay geared locomotive, an innovative design that became the standard for railro…