The Ohio and Erie Canal / Canal Dover Toll House

1825 - 1913

The Ohio-Erie Canal

1825-1913

Seeking an alternate transportation route to distant markets, many farmers and manufacturers in Ohio wanted to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie with a canal. Beginning in Cleveland the Ohio-Erie Canal ran south, the length ...

"The Isolated and Advanced Position" of the 8th Ohio Infantry

"I received an order... to move my regiment...to the front of our position...and to hold my line to the last man."

Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer, 8th Ohio

At 4:00 p.m. on July 2nd the 209 men of the 8th Ohio were ordered ...

Deep Cut at the Licking Summit / Millersport and the Ohio-Erie C

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Deep Cut at the Licking Summit

Digging of the Ohio-Erie Canal began in 1825, and the first canal boat navigated the Deep Cut at Licking Summit in 1831. The surrounding swamps were drained to create the Licking Reservoir, today known ...

The Forks of the Ohio

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.

Marker can be reached from Three Rivers ...

Capture of the "Somers" and "Ohio"

On the night of August 12, 1814 seventy seamen and marines, led by Captain Alexander T. Dobbs, R.N.,embarked in this vicinity to attempt the capture of three armed U.S. schooners lying off American-held Fort Erie. One of the six boats ...

First Traffic Fatality in Ohio/The National Road

First Traffic Fatality in Ohio

As he traveled the National Road on August 20, 1835, the last diary entry by Christopher C. Baldwin, librarian for the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, was, “Start by stage on the Cumberland Road for ...

Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks / The Columbus Feeder Canal

Ohio-Erie Canal and Locks

The Ohio-Erie Canal was built between 1825 and 1832 and extended 308 miles from Lake Erie at Cleveland to the Ohio River at Portsmouth. The greatest engineering achievement in Ohio up to that time, the canal gave ...

Ohio School for the Deaf

The Ohio School for the Deaf was established in 1829 by an act of the Ohio Legislature. Although the fifth school for the deaf in the country, it was the first school to be 100% funded by the state. The ...

The Gooding House and Tavern / Rural Taverns in Early Ohio Histo

The Gooding House and Tavern

Known as the "Halfway House," the Gooding House and Tavern was built by George B. Gooding halfway between the towns of Worthington and Delaware in 1827. Its location was influenced by construction of the Columbus and ...

The Ohio Military Hall of Fame Monument

Ohio Heroes

The purpose of the Ohio Military Hall of Fame is to recognize those Ohio individuals who served in the United States military and distinguished themselves by displaying extraordinary heroism in action against an enemy of the United States while ...