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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ST3_stevenson-road-covered-bridge-historical_Xenia-OH.html
Built in 1877 and spanning approximately ninety-five
feet, the Stevenson Road Covered Bridge carried
vehicular traffic until 2003. it is one of a few Smith
truss bridges left in the United States. The Smith
Bridge Company manufactured the bridge using
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1ST6_charles-young-historical_Wilberforce-OH.html
Side A
Born enslaved March 12, 1864, Charles Young was the highest-ranking African American line officer most of his career. He became the third Black graduate of West Point in 1889 and the last until 1936. Young served with the 9th and 10th Calvary "Buff…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SU6_fort-necessity-william-hull-memorial-park-historical_Williamstown-OH.html
SIde A
Fort Necessity
A short distance to the northeast a small stockade and blockhouse were built on June 22, 1812 by order of General William Hull for his nearly 2000 man army on its Detroit expedition during the War of 1812. Here mired in mud, Hull…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1SUA_first-seventh-day-adventist-church-historical_Bowling-Green-OH.html
Elder Oliver Mears organized on February 8, 1862 in a tent on this spot, then a walnut grove owned by William Lovett, the Lovett's Grove Seventh-day Adventist Church, first of this denomination in Ohio. A Frame building erected in 1864 served the congregati…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1U18_golden-age-nursing-home-fire-killed-in-the-fire-historical_Norwalk-OH.html
Golden Age Nursing Home Fire
Located one mile north of Fitchville, the Golden Age Nursing Home caught fire and burned to the ground at 4:45 a.m., November 23, 1963, killing 63 of 84 patients. Fire departments from New London, Greenwich, North Fairfield, an…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1VNM_first-methodist-church-historical_Milford-OH.html
Founded in 1797 in the log cabin of the Reverend Francis McCormick, the Milford Methodist Church is the oldest of the denomination in the Northwest Territory and Ohio. Pioneer worshipers walked many miles through the wilderness to attend its circuit rider s…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XLX_johnny-appleseeds-run-for-reinforcements_Mansfield-OH.html
The killing of local shopkeeper, Levi Jones stirred rumors of an impending Indian attack. Mansfiel's settlers needs gekp. On the evening of August 9, 1813, Johnny Appleseed is believed to have embarked from here on a daring overnight journey to the settleme…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1XTI_erie-street-cemetery-historical_Cleveland-OH.html
Side A
In 1826, when Cleveland's first cemetery closed, Cleveland village trustees paid Leonard Case Sr. one dollar for eight acres of land and dedicated it as the Erie Street Cemetery. Built on what became prime property, the cemetery touched off a centur…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YAR_union-township-town-hall_South-Lebanon-OH.html
Side One
The Union Township Hall was a center of community life from the time of its construction around 1907. The hall included the offices of township government, a community hall, and club meeting room…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM1YAS_robert-c-henry_Springfield-OH.html
Robert Clayton Henry, the first African- American mayor of an Ohio city, was
born in Springfield, Ohio on July 16, 1921. He attended Springfield High
School and graduated in 1939. After high school, he attended Wittenberg
University and the Cleveland …