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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V4X_broadwell-mill-historical_Saint-Marys-OH.html
Broadwell Mill On this site a mill was constructed using a mill race for power. Destruction of the mill race by the 1913 flood ended operation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R41_grand-lake-saint-marys_Saint-Marys-OH.html
Grand Lake Saint Marys, originally Mercer County reservoir was worlds largest man made lake when constructed in 1837-1841 Water supply for Miami-erie Canal from here to the Maumee River at Defiance - 17603 acres. in 1856 lake level lowered 54 feet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IT2_bloody-bridge_Saint-Marys-OH.html
During the canal years of the 1850's a rivalry grew between Bill Jones and Jack Billings for the love of Minnie Warren. This became hatred by Bill because Minnie chose Jack. On a fall night in 1854, returning from a party, Minnie and Jack were sur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7J_miami-and-erie-canal_St-Marys-OH.html
Ohio Dept. Natural ResourcesDivision of WaterMiami and Erie Canal
Lock 13
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK7H_saint-marys-river_St-Marys-OH.html
To the right is the Saint Marys River. This waterway was used by the Indians for generations as a route to hunting grounds in Kentucky. French, and later English traders traversed its course with trade goods in exchange for furs. James Girty, a Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJS5_the-short-level-of-the-miami-and-erie-canal_St-Marys-OH.html
To the left is the "Short Level" of the Miami and Erie Canal. The canal extension from Dayton to Toledo was completed in 1837. Linking the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. Travel took only five days to Toledo and six days to Cincinnati. The canal qu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQI_near-here-were-located_St-Marys-OH.html
Near here were locatedFort St. MarysBuilt by Gen. Wayne-1794— · —Fort BarbeeBuilt by Gen. Harrison-1812— · —Girty TownSo named for the renegadeGirtys, whose home it was.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD2P_fort-st-marys_St-Marys-OH.html
Erected here in 1795 by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, probably after the signing of the Greenville Treaty, on land ceded by the Indians. This area was also the site of the signing of the Treaty of St. Marys in 1818 (the Indian campsites being to th…