North Baltimore / Community Firsts

Side A: North Baltimore

Located in southern Wood County, the village of New Baltimore was founded in 1860, with the first plat of twenty-nine acres recorded by B.L. Peters in 1873. Official incorporation occurred February 7, 1876, with the name being ...

Shot Furnace

Built in 1843 – To heat

cannon balls to set

wooden vessels aflame

when struck

Marker can be reached from Monument Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Camp of McAllister's Battery

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S

Camp of

McAllister's Battery

"D", 1st Ill. Lt. Arty., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

First position in line of battle April 6, 1862, was 1/2 mile S.E., at N.W. corner of Review Field.

Marker can ...

The Roots of the US Coast Guard

Supporting and Defending Maritime Trade

In 1789, when the new federal government needed a national source of revenue, Congress turned to the sea. They placed a tax on imports, created the Customs Service to collect it and established federal oversight for ...

Wood County Infirmary

1869 - 1971

The Infirmary, also known as the poorhouse or simply "The Home," is one of the last county poorhouse sites in Ohio where nearly all of the original structures still stand. The main building, constructed in 1868 with outbuildings ...

The Village of Van Buren

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The Village of Van Buren was laid out December 28, 1833, by John Trout and George Ensminger on the boundary of Portage and Cass Townships. It was comprised of 53 lots surrounding a public square, and was named in ...

Site of Ye Ebenezer Avery House

Shelterwas afforded our wounded and

dying soldiers within this house

after the massacre at Ft. Griswold

Sept. 6, 1781

Moved in 1971 to Ft. Griswold

State Battlefield Park

Marker is at the intersection of Thames Street and Latham Street, on the right when traveling north on ...

Chesterfield Railroad

In 1829 the Virginia General Assembly chartered the Chesterfield Rail Road Company, which built the first railroad in Virginia. Moncure Robinson (1802-1891), a railroad pioneer, designed the track, which once passed by here. In 1831, the company began hauling coal ...

Findlay College

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Findlay College was a joint venture of the Churches of God, General Conference, and the Village of Findlay. It was chartered on January 28, 1882, to provide a liberal arts education within a Christian context for all -- regardless ...

Riddle-Pace Field

Originally constructed as the home field for the university’s football and baseball teams. Pace field, home of the Troy Trojans and the Troy baseball team in the late 1930s and 1940s, stood at the location of the current Riddle - ...