Port Lawrence / Fort Industry, 1805

Ohio Historical Marker

[East Side of Marker]:"Port Lawrence"

This pioneer village, which was united with its downriver rival, Vistula, to be incorporated as Toledo in 1837, was platted by Cincinnati businessmen in 1817. The "Panic" of 1819 caused the enterprise to default. ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Olympian Luxury

Driving across the country today, fueling up at fast food outlets, it is hard to imagine that travel was once much more luxurious. The Milwaukee Road's Olympian and Columbian passenger trains carried elegant dining cars the entire distance from Chicago ...

Stuart's Ride Around Pope

Stuart, starting here with his cavalry on August 22, 1862, rode around Pope's army to Catlett's Station. He destroyed supplies and army material and captured Pope's headquarters wagons.

Marker is at the intersection of Old Bridge Road (County Route 622) and ...

Samuel de Champlain

1630 - 1930

In September, 1606, Samuel de Champlain landed at Rocky Neck in what is now Gloucester Harbor, to caulk his shallop, and made an accurate chart of the harbor which he called Le Beauport.

Marker is on Rocky Neck Avenue, ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Olympian Hiawatha

On June 29, 1947 the pride of the Milwaukee Road was introduced-- an all new streamlined train called the “Olympian Hiawatha”.

The name “Hiawatha” originated with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Song of Hiawatha” written in the mid-1800s. The Milwaukee Road chose ...

Cleopatra’s Needle

The Crowned Horus, Bull of Victory

Translation of Hyeroglyphics

The Horus, Strong-Bull-Son-of-Kheprl,

the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, User-maat-ra, Chosen-of-Ra, the Golden Horus, Mighty-in-years-and-great-of-victories, the Son or Ra,

Ramesses, Beloved-of-Amun, who came forth from the womb in order ...

Jones Apothecary – Cheap Cash Store

After a fire in 1859, pioneer Doctor Jones rebuilt this structure to withstand future disasters. It served as his office, and is constructed of limestone, brick, 30 inch windowless walls and iron shuttered doors. In 1867, it was sold to ...

A Place of Invention

This fountain was installed during the creation of Mount Vernon Place so that those wealthy enough to own wooden teeth could rinse and wash them in the park. These teeth cleaners were common all over America in the 1800s. At ...

Three-Chopt Road

This boulder marks the

beginning of the Three-Chopt Road

The British Legion under Command of Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton, passed over this road in June, 1781, when returning from the raid upon Charlottesville. Along the intersecting River Road, Earl Cornwallis led his force ...

Chimborazo Hospital

1861-1865

In this park Dr. James B. McCaw developed for the Confederate States of America a military hospital which was then the largest in human history. It received 17,000 wounded, served more than 76,000 patients, and had a mortality of less ...