| Ohio (Hardin County), Dunkirk — 12-33 — Hull’s Trail |
| | Hull’s Trail was a rough passageway through Ohio to the Canadian border, used by General William Hull’s army during the War of 1812 on its way to attack the English at Detroit. Woodsmen cleared the trail to permit the Ohio Army Militia with its artillery and baggage to travel through the unbroken wilderness. The route through Hardin County has been marked by stone columns from the old county courthouse. — Map (db m22540) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Dunkirk — Hull’s Trail 1812 — Fort Necessity |
| | Hull’s Trail 1812
Fort Necessity, 400 Ft. N., 150 Ft. E.
Old Spring, 700 Ft. N. — Map (db m18489) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Dunkirk — Hull's Trail, 1812 |
| | Hull's Trail 1812
Erected By
Fort McArthur Chapter, D.A.R.
1912 — Map (db m22261) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Dunkirk — Hull's Trail, 1812 |
| | Hull's Trail, 1812
Erected By
Fort McArthur Chapter, D.A.R.
1912 — Map (db m22478) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Hepburn — #4-33 — Old Sandusky Trail and Shawnee Ford |
| | County Road 265 follows an old Indian trail which connected the Wyandot villages at Upper Sandusky with the Shawnee Mac-o-chee towns to the southwest. Many wigwams were pitched near this Scioto River ford during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Soldiers (during the War of 1812), settlers, and stagecoach passengers later followed this route. — Map (db m22266) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Hepburn — 9-33 — Wheeler Tavern |
| | Wheeler Tavern was built by Portius Wheeler, an early pioneer of Hardin County, around 1835 near the Shawnee Ford of the Scioto River. According to local historians this was the first brick residence constructed in Hardin County. Tradition maintains that Wheeler Tavern was a station on the Underground Railroad, a network of contacts and places that aided escaping slaves making their way to the free North. — Map (db m22962) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — "The Liberty Garden" |
| | Dedicated to the men and women who
have served in the Armed Forces of
the United States of America, those
who lost their lives preserving our
freedom and the pioneer families
who settled Hardin County
“God Bless America and the
Freedom We All Enjoy”
September 11, 2002 — Map (db m22919) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — C 35 — Fort McArthur — About 3 miles west - site of |
| | Erected 1812, by Colonel Duncan McArthur, as one of the forts along the line of General Hull's march against the British headquarters at Detroit. — Map (db m18383) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — #8-33 — Fort McArthur Cemetery |
| | Approximately 1000 feet east of this marker lies the graves of sixteen American soldiers from Fort McArthur who gave their lives during the War of 1812. The fort, a one-half acre timber stockade containing huts, was built in the summer of 1812 to guard the Scioto River crossing of Gen. William Hull's "Trace" to Detroit. Construction of the fort was under the command of a future Ohio governor, Col. Duncan McArthur. — Map (db m22250) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — Hull's Trail, 1812 |
| | Hull's Trail, 1812
Erected By
Fort McArthur Chapter, DAR
1912 — Map (db m22438) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — 2-33 — Jacob Parrott |
| | In Memory of
Jacob Parrott
buried here. Born July 17, 1843 in Fairfield County, Ohio. Died December 22, 1908. At 18 he enlisted in Company K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was the youngest member of the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders seized “The General” locomotive at Big Shanty, Georgia, April 12, 1862. Captured and later exchanged, Parrott was the first recipient of the Medal of Honor, March 25, 1863. — Map (db m2022) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — 10-33 — Kenton Hardware Company |
| | First organized as the Kenton Lock Manufacturing Company in 1890, the Kenton Hardware Company became one of the world's largest cast iron toy factories. Under the management of L. S. Bixler, toy stoves, banks, fire company outfits, horse drawn vehicles, automobiles and cap pistols were produced. The immensely popular Gene Autry cap pistol was produced at this plant beginning in 1938. The Company ceased production in 1952 but Kenton toys continue to be popular collectors items worldwide. — Map (db m22902) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — 5-33 — Mad River Railroad |
| | In 1832 a charter was granted by the State of Ohio for construction of a railroad between Sandusky City and Dayton. The right-of-way privileges included Hardin County. The first train, of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, arrived in Kenton from Sandusky on July 14, 1846. The railroad was completed to Dayton in 1851. The depot on this site was erected in 1882. — Map (db m22920) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — 13-33 — The Hardin County Courthouse |
| | One of Ohio's larger courthouses, this structure, completed in 1915 at a cost of $275,000, is the third courthouse to be built in this vicinity. The building, designed by the architectural firm, Richards, McCarty, and Bulford, is an excellent example of Neoclassical Revival architecture. The courthouse interior is notable for its outstanding leaded stained glass skylight, brass chandeliers, and murals. The twelve large exterior light standards are made of solid brass. The exterior walls and . . . — Map (db m22901) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Kenton — This Tablet Marks Hull’s Trail; 1812 |
| | This Tablet marks Hull’s Trail; 1812. One-half mile south of this is the site of Old Fort McArthur. Built in 1812 on yonder hillside, Gen. Tupper and 1,000 men camped the entire winter of 1812-13. At the foot of the hill is their “Spring of Good Water.” Near here lie buried sixteen soldiers who died in camp. — Map (db m18416) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Roundhead — 3-33 — Chief Roundhead's Village — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | Upon this site, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, stood Chief Roundhead's Wyandot Indian village. This flourishing agricultural community later gave way to white settlement and Hardin County's first town was laid out here in 1832. Roundhead, or Stiahta, was celebrated for his capture of American General James Winchester during the War of 1812. Roundhead is believed to be buried in this vicinity. — Map (db m21566) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Roundhead — Roundhead |
| | Oldest community in
Hardin County
Founded in 1832 on the
site of the Indian village
led by Chili Stiahia
better known as Roundhead
an ally of the British in
the War of 1812
Roundhead Township was organized 1832
Until March 1833 was part of Logan County — Map (db m22939) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Roundhead — Roundhead School — 1937 - 2002 |
| | This memorial erected in 2005 is dedicated to the educators, support staff, community, parents, and all students who attended here. — Map (db m22937) |
| Ohio (Hardin County), Roundhead — Roundhead Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated
to all who
have served — Map (db m22938) |
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