| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County Courthouse Bell |
| | This bell was hung in the old court house in 1853 and for 75 years served Ashland County truly & well. It's vibrant tones rang out the news of Lee's surrender, tolled the passing of the immortal Lincoln, pealed forth the victory of Admiral Dewey, and joined in the glad refrain proclaiming the end of the World War. May its faithful voice, now hushed in silence, echo in our hearts forever. — Map (db m25829) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County Pioneer Memorial |
| | To the heroic pioneers who braved the perils of the pathless wilderness to establish homes for their loved ones, and who laid the foundation of our commonwealth so broad and deep in this their new homeland that their descendants might freely enjoy the three-fold blessings of religion, liberty and justice.
This tablet is reverently dedicated to their memory by a grateful public. — Map (db m25832) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial |
| | To the Soldiers and Sailors of Ashland County, who in times of the nations peril offered their lives in defense of their country, that liberty, equality and justice, might be preserved.
This tablet is dedicated by the citizens of this county. — Map (db m25833) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County Veterans Memorial |
| | We dedicate this memorial in honor of those Ashland County veterans who have served their country and also for all those who in the future will serve their country in the military forces of the United States of America
Dedicated November 1987 — Map (db m25808) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County Veterans Memorial Bridge |
| | To
the patriotic men
and women
of Ashland County
who served their
country
in time of need — Map (db m25831) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Ashland County World War Memorial |
| | To the World War veterans
in memory of
their deceased comrades
and those who remain to serve — Map (db m25834) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Freer Civil War Memorial |
| | Erected by
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Freer
to the memory of
Our Dead Soldiers — Map (db m25809) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Ashland — Jones Memorial Terrace |
| | Erected in 1957 by George and Jessie Jones in loving memory of their son, Earl E. Jones, Ashland College student 1920-21, who died in 1921.
This terrace is dedicated to the pleasurable growth and development of the young people who attend Ashland College.
Located in front of Founders Hall, the terrace features three major events in the history of Ashland College:
• A stone engraved “1881” commemorating the first class to graduate from Ashland College
• A stone bench . . . — Map (db m25836) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Hayesville — 1-3 — Hayesville Town Hall and Opera House |
| | This building was a center of community life from the time of its construction in 1886 to the late 1930s. Once common, such combinations of governmental offices and commercial and entertainment space are today rare. The second floor opera house retains many original features, including stage backdrops, dressing rooms, and seats. Vaudeville, theater companies, and entertainment of all kinds were hosted here and many performers signed the backstage walls: Buffalo Bill dated his signature October . . . — Map (db m24286) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Hayesville — PFC Terry L. Schaub |
| | “Remembering a Brother”
18 Nov 47 - 19 Feb 68
CoC 3rd Bn/60th Inf (Riverine)
9th Inf Div. U.S. Army
KIA southeast of Can Tho City
Phong Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam — Map (db m25838) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Loudonville — 7-70 — Clear Fork Gorge — A Feature of Ohio's Forests |
| | Clear Fork Gorge was formed when glacial meltwater cut through the sandstone bedrock that forms its steep walls fourteen to twenty-four thousand years ago. The gorge is one thousand feet wide and over three hundred feet deep. Its seclusion has preserved a rare forest community that includes native white pine and towering eastern hemlock. A National Natural Landmark, the gorge displays a wide variety of other tree species more common throughout the state, with sycamore on the bottomlands, . . . — Map (db m24285) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Loundonville — 3-3 — Charles Franklin Kettering |
| | A pioneer in automotive innovation. Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958) was born three miles north of Loudonville. He attended local schools and graduated from Ohio State University in 1904. He organizaed the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco) in 1909, which later became a part of General Motors (GM). “Boss Ket” served as vice-president of research for GM until 1920 and held over 140 patents (including four-wheel brakes, safety glass, and ‘ethyl’ gasoline), achieving . . . — Map (db m1341) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Mansfield — 2-3 — Frontier Violence During the War of 1812 |
| | Tensions between Native Americans and Euro-American settlers remained high on the Ohio frontier during the War of 1812. Grievances mounted rapidly following the removal of the Greentown Delawares to Piqua in the late summer of 1812. On September 10, British-allied Indians attacked and killed the Federick Zimmer family and neighbor Martin Ruffner one mile north of here. Five days later, on September 15, Reverend James Copus and three militiamen - George Shipley, John Tedrick, and Robert Warnock . . . — Map (db m1339) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Perrysville — 4-3 — Greentown Delaware Village |
| | A migration of Indians throughout Ohio began due to unstable conditions created by the American Revolution. The massacre of Christian Indians at the Moravian mission of Gnadenhutten in 1782 and Colonel William Crawford’s expedition against Wyandot and Delaware towns along the Sandusky fueled insecurities. Delaware, including a small group of Mingo Indians, abandoned the village of Helltown, five miles southwest of this site, and settled Greentown as early as 1783. Greentown, situated on an . . . — Map (db m1340) |
| Ohio (Ashland County), Perrysville — 7-3 — Johnny "Appleseed" Land Lease and Nursery |
| | John "Appleseed" Chapman (b. September 26, 1774—d. March 18, 1845) was the first lessee of this 160 acre tract (NW ¼, S 20, T 20, R 16), when he secured it for 99 years from the Virginia Military District School Lands on April 10, 1815. This $320 lease complied with the Ordinance of 1785 which stipulated that proceeds from the sale or lease of a 36th of all new land in the Northwest Territory be used to support public education. Perrysville author, Rosella Rice, knew Appleseed. In a . . . — Map (db m24283) |
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