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| Ohio (Erie County), Sandusky — 17-22 — Cedar Point — “The Queen of American Watering Places” | | | Cedar Point became a popular beach resort in the late 1870’s, when visitors traveled to the peninsula by steamboat from Sandusky. The Grand Pavilion (1888), the oldest building in the park, dates from this era. Promoter George Boeckling formed the Cedar Point Pleasure Resort Company in 1897 and vastly expanded the resort’s attractions. During the first decade of the 1900's, he built the lagoons, an amusement circle, and several hotels, including the landmark Breakers in 1905. The Coliseum, . . . — Map (db m3026) | | Ohio (Erie County), Sandusky — 7-22 — Fort Sandusky | | | Erected by the British near this junction in 1761; destroyed during Pontiac's Conspiracy of 1763. The fort was strategically located near Indian towns and trading posts on the Great Indian trail between Detroit and Pittsburgh. — Map (db m20435) | | Ohio (Erie County), Sandusky — Village of Venice — 1816-1963 | | | [Marker Front]:
The first Venice flour mill was built on this site in 1822. Russell Heywood of Buffalo bought the mill in 1831 and rebuilt it in 1833. Fed by water from underground springs, the mill was in almost constant operation. Farmers from throughout northern Ohio and southern Michigan brought their grain to Venice for processing. Venice flour was an important staple for pioneers settling the Midwest. A six-hundred-foot pier on Sandusky Bay allowed cargo vessels to load flour . . . — Map (db m20476) |
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