Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company

In 1874 Galveston County voters narrowly approved $500,000 in bonds to finance construction of a railroad line from the city of Galveston that would bypass Houston, its business rival, and reach across Texas and beyond to Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...

John Campbell Memorial Home

John Campbell (1818-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company, a Presbyterian, and an abolitionist. This house and barn, which he built in 1850, became a stop on the Underground Railroad for ...

Zimmerman Fountain Pond

This beautiful fountain takes its name from Samuel Zimmerman who came to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1842. He amassed a fortune through a series of lucrative contracts involving the building of the second Welland Canal and various Railway Lines, allowing ...

Ironton - Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade

Since 1868, Ironton's annual Memorial Day parade has recognized those in Lawrence County who died while defending our country's freedom. This was the same year in which the Grand Army of the Republic established May 30 as Decoration Day. Originally ...

The Underground Railroad in Pike County

Historic Underground Railroad Site

An Elm Grove abolitionist maintained a lonely Underground Railroad station where he provided safety for escaping enslaved persons. These fugitives were attempting to travel the unfriendly route from Houston Hollow in Scioto County to safe places in ...

Pioneer Gratitude

Claron Bradshaw Family

When Claron Bradshaw was asked by the Heritage Park Foundation Committee if he would sponsor the expense of casting the “Pioneer Gratitude” statue in bronze and placing it on the monument in the park, he responded –

“I Appreciate ...

Piketon

Named for

General Zebulon Pike

Killed in

storming of York,

Upper Canada, 1813

Marker is on U.S. 23 south of Indian Ridge Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pioneer Trails

Two Important Pioneer Trails Lie to the South of Here

Historic Temple Trail

The Temple Trail which has two parts, was used during the years 1874-1876 to bring lumber by ox-team from two sawmills at Nixon Springs on the south face of ...

Spiegel Grove

Rutherford B. Hayes Home

Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

U.S. Department ...

Robert Alphonso Taft

"Mr. Republican"

Son of William Howard Taft

1889-1953

Ohio House of Representatives

1921-19226

Ohio Senate

1931-1933

United States Senator from Ohio

1939-1953Jacques Lipchitx - Sculptor

Gift of the Thomas J. Emery Memorial Foundation

Marker can be reached from Auburn Avenue.