These are the Hamilton Women of Fort Wayne

Edith (seated), scholar of Greek and Roman mythology, wrote the classic text, The Greek Way.

Alice (standing), Edith's sister, influential industrial physician, advanced the reform of unsafe working conditions in our nation's factories.

Agnes (with young child), their cousin, accomplished painter and ...

Boys' Dormitory (116)

The Boys' Dormitory was constructed in 1932. Located on the east end of the fort's Parade Ground, it is on the site of earlier military structures including a telegraph office. Sandstone was quarried for the building's construction from a site ...

Saint Clare

Saint Clare

by

Anne Van Kleeck

Bronze statue cast by ancient lost wax process in Italy 1965. Saint Clare is Patron Saint of Santa Clara. Statue was shipped by boat around Cape Horn to Santa Clara.

October 1965

Marker is on El Camino Real, on ...

George Washington

On his way to Philadelphia

Friday July 1, 1791

stopped in this building

known as

Cookerly's Tavern.

Marker is on Woodsboro Pike (State Highway 194) 0.1 miles south of Renner Road, on the right when traveling south.

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The Underground Railroad on University Land

Along Lake Erie, Toledo, Sandusky, Cleveland, Fairport Harbor, and Ashtabula Harbor were major routes from slavery to freedom in Canada. Even though African Americans lived throughout the state, Ohio itself was not really safe. Slavery was sanctioned across the United ...

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

Pioneer in American Natural History

[on reverse of statue:] ("Opus, Baskin, 1976")

Marker can be reached from Jefferson Drive SW north of Independence Avenue and 10th Street, NW.

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Barracks (115)

These ruins represent the last surviving enlisted men's barracks, on the east end of Barracks Row. Much like Officer's Row defined the north side of the Parade Ground, Barracks Row made up the south side. This adobe barracks was one ...

The Underground Railroad on University Land

Joseph Sullivant, a member of the first Board of Trustees of Ohio State, was known as a “friend of the colored race.” He grew up in Kentucky but developed a distaste for slavery after witnessing a slave auction. Another Ohio ...

Perryville in the Crucible of War

Perryville

As the Union and Confederate armies deployed around Perryville on October 7 and 8, the city’s inhabitants found themselves caught in the middle. Many residents fled the town in haste, taking whatever belongings they could collect. Other civilians endured the ...

Mission Santa Clara Veterans Memorial

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 3982

Chartered 1945

Dedicated To

Veterans Who Served

Marker is on Monroe Street near Franklin Street, on the right when traveling west.

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