| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — Bellefontaine World War I Memorial — 1917 - 1919 |
| | To honor those of
Bellefontaine, Ohio,
who answered
their country's call and gave
their service for
the great cause of liberty — Map (db m22052) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — C 364 — Blue Jacket Town |
| | Here lived the famous Shawnee chief who led the "Seven Nations" in their defeat at Fallen Timbers.
He later was prominent in the making of the famous Treaty of Greeneville. — Map (db m19800) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients — State of Ohio, Logan County |
| | United States of America
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
State of Ohio Logan County
Civil War
Brown, Wilson W. 2nd Lt Georgia 1862
Seaman, Elisha B. Private Virginia 1863
Smith, Otis W. Corporal Tennessee 1864
Indian Campaigns
Pratt, James N Blacksmith Texas 1872
Stokes, Alonzo 1st Sgt Texas 1870 — Map (db m22068) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — First Portland Cement Concrete Street |
| | This is the first Portland
Cement concrete street built
in the United States.
Constructed in 1891
Here started the Better Roads
Movement which has given our
citizens from coast to coast
swift and sure transportation
1891 1941 — Map (db m22047) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — Logan County Veterans Memorial |
| | Pause
you who pass beneath
this flag,
and remember the
sacrifice of life
and of treasure
that has kept it aloft,
unstained and
beautiful against
the sky
Dedicated by
Logan Co. Veterans
May 31, 1971 — Map (db m22050) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — 10-46 — The Honorable William Lawrence — (1819 - 1899) |
| | Born in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, William Lawrence moved to Bellefontaine shortly after graduating from Cincinnati Law School in 1840. Lawrence was prosecuting attorney for Logan County (1845); a member of the Ohio Legislature (1846, 1847, 1849-51, 1854); Judge of the Common Pleas and Third District Court (1857-1864); colonel, Eighty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War; United States Congressman (1865-1871, 1873-1877); Founder and President of Bellefontaine National Bank (1871); . . . — Map (db m22049) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — 5-46 — The Mills Brothers |
| | Born in Piqua, Ohio, the Mills Brothers grew up and attended school in Bellefontaine. The brothers -- John, Jr., Herbert, Harry, and Donald Mills -- were the first African-American vocal group to perform on a national radio broadcast and achieve commercial success. Enjoying worldwide fame throughout their career, the Mills Brothers popularized such hits as “Tiger Rag,” “Paper Doll,” and “You Always Hurt the One You Love.” After the death of John, Jr. in . . . — Map (db m22069) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — War Savings Quota |
| | In recognition of
the patriotism of
the people of
Logan County
who oversubscribed their
War Savings Quota in 1918
this tablet is
gratefully erected by the
Ohio War Savings Committee — Map (db m22051) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellefontaine — 4-46 — William H. West — 1824 - 1911 |
| | Judge William H. West of Bellefontaine led a distinguished career in law, public service, and politics. In 1854 West helped found the Republican party in Ohio and six years later he participated in Abraham Lincoln's nomination for the presidency. West served consecutive terms in both houses of Ohio's General Assembly from 1857 to 1865 and was elected the state's attorney general at the end of the Civil War. He became an Ohio Supreme Court justice in 1871 and in 1877 was his party's nominee for . . . — Map (db m22067) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellfontaine — George Bartholomew |
| | The paving of concrete streets in Bellefontaine, Ohio during the 1890's resulted principally from one man's efforts, George Bartholomew.
This statue was presented to the citizens of Logan County by the Concrete industries of Ohio and the United States on Oct. 12, 1991 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1st concrete street in America. — Map (db m22045) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Bellfontaine — 1-46 — Oldest Concrete Street in America |
| | America's first concrete streets were those which surrounded this court house. Concrete was first used in 1891 to provide an 8-foot strip along Main Street where horses were hitched. Two years later Court Avenue was paved with concrete made from native marl supplied by the Buckeye Cement Company, 8 miles to the northeast. This marker was erected in 1968 at the 75th anniversary of the paving of Court Street. — Map (db m22048) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Lewistown — Greenville Treaty Line / Nancy Stewart Section |
| | Greenville Treaty Line
North of this line 640 acres of land was given to Nancy Stewart, daughter of Chief Blue Jacket, by Shawnee Chiefs in Council at Wapakoneta, May 22, 1813. Approved in treaty of 1817 by U.S. Government.
Nancy Stewart Section
Land granted Nancy Stewart & Margaret Moore, her mother, the wife of Blue Jacket. Shawnee Chiefs, Black Hoof, Wolf, Butler, Snake & Powaussay living at Wapakoneta & Capt. Lewis & Panatha at Old Town, signed this grant, 1813. — Map (db m12198) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Russells Point — 3-46 — Sandy Beach Amusement Park |
| | Nicknamed “Ohio's Million Dollar Playground” or “Atlantic City of the Midwest,” Sandy Beach Amusement Park opened here on May 29, 1924. The park at Indian Lake featured a 2,000-foot long roller coaster and other popular rides, a boardwalk, and the Minnewawa Dance Hall. The Minnewawa and its succeeding dance pavilions hosted the greatest names of the Big Band era, and thousands of people came from all over Ohio to listen and dance to these popular entertainers. Societal . . . — Map (db m22070) |
| Ohio (Logan County), West Liberty — Hull's Trace — Logan County, On Top of Ohio |
| | A trail over which General Hull's army marched to Detroit in 1812. At this point a company of scouts recruited by Capt. Wm. McColloch of Zanetown joined Hull's army. — Map (db m19795) |
| Ohio (Logan County), West Liberty — Mackachack Town — Logan County, On Top of Ohio |
| | Nearby stood the Shawnee village of Mackachack or Mac-A-Cheek. This village was the first of the Shawnee towns to be attacked by Gen. Benjamin Logan's mounted Kentucky militia in the fall of 1786. In all the American forces destroyed eight Shawnee towns in the Mac-O-Chee Valley. Simon Kenton was forced to run one of his nine gauntlets at Mackachack while a captive of the Shawnee in 1778. — Map (db m19811) |
| Ohio (Logan County), West Liberty — Moluntha — Logan County, On Top of Ohio |
| | Chief Moluntha, Grand Sachem of the Shawnees, lived near this place. His wife, the Grenadier Squaw, was a sister of Chief Cornstalk. In 1786 Col. Logan destroyed the town, and Moluntha was murdered by one of the soldiers. — Map (db m20115) |
| Ohio (Logan County), West Liberty — The Ludlow Road / The Ludlow Line — Logan County — On Top of Ohio |
| | The Ludlow Road (side A):
You are entering Logan County over a road built after a strip of timber 40 ft. wide had been cut to establish a line between the headwaters of the Little Miami and the source of the Scioto River.
The Ludlow Line (side B):
A line surveyed by Israel Ludlow, 1804. This line and Little Miami River on the west, paralleling the Scioto on the east enclosed the Virginia Military survey. Lands held by Virginia for her Revolutionary soldiers. — Map (db m13766) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — Gen. Simon Kenton — In Memory of |
| | In Memory
of
Gen. Simon Kenton
Born in Culpepper County, VA. in 1755
and died in 1836
Age 81 years
Left his native country in early youth, for a frontier life in the great northwest.
Captured by Indians in 1778, and brought to Wapatomica, a Shawnee village near Zanesfield, where he was compelled to run the gauntlet and later sentenced to death by burning at the stake. From which fate he was rescued by the intercession of his old friend Simon Girty.
He served his . . . — Map (db m20072) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — Gen. Simon Kenton / Historical Home Site — Logan County, on top of Ohio |
| | Gen. Simon Kenton
A soldier, a scout, a Guide.
History places him
among the strong and the brave.
Pathfinder for the
midwestern civilization.
Fate used him
as an instrument to open the door
of an empire state.
Historical Home Site
Home of Simon Kenton
Here in a 20 ft. square,
one-door three-window log cabin
the old scout lived from 1819
to 1828.
The home, built by his children,
stood on a 65 acre tract
of forest land. — Map (db m23593) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — Historic Logan County |
| | Highest point in Ohio. Site of:
Ten Indian towns: Wapatomica, Blue Jacket, Mackachack, Moluntha, Lewis, Old, Zane, Solomon, McKee and Buckongehelas.
Zane-Kenton Monument: Squaw Rock; Ft. Wapatomica; Kenton's Grave.
Here first organized Methodist Church Mission movement began, 1819. — Map (db m22589) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — In Memory of Isaac Zane — The White Eagle of the Wyandots |
| | In Memory
of
Isaac Zane
The White Eagle of the Wyandots
Born in Berkley County, VA. in 1753
Died at Zanesfield, in 1816, age 63 years
Captured by the Wyandot Indians in 1762, and carried to the Valley of the Mad River.
He grew to manhood among the Indians, and married the daughter of Chief Tarhe.
He was the first white settler in the Mad River Valley, by nearly half a century.
His fort and cabin were the center of a new civilization, and the town was named in his honor. . . . — Map (db m20021) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — Myeerah Trail — Logan County, On Top of Ohio |
| | A former Indian trail connected Blue Jacket's Town (site of Bellefontaine) and Zanestown (now Zanesfield). The highway was named by the County Commissioners in honor of Princess Myreerah, daughter of Chief Tarhe and wife of Isaac Zane, White Eagle of the Wyandots. — Map (db m20071) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — Wapatomica — Site of the Shawnee Village |
| | Destroyed in 1786 by Gen. Logan. Home of Chief Black Hoof. Simon Kenton ran the gantlet here in 1778. General council of 7 Indian Nations was held here in 1782. — Map (db m19807) |
| Ohio (Logan County), Zanesfield — C362 — Zanesfield |
| | [South side of marker]: Zanesfield
Once a Wyandot village and home of Chief Tarhe, whose daughter, Myeerah, Isaac Zane married here about 1776, and thus established the home of the first white man in Logan County.
[North side of marker]: Zanesfield
Site of three blockhouses; Robert Robitaille trading post built in 1793; the English fort destroyed by Col. Logan in 1786; and the graves of Isaac Zane and his wife, Myeerah, daughter of Chief Tarhe. — Map (db m19801) |
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