Kelleys Island in Erie County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Inscription Rock
Erected 1968 by Ohio Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Landmarks • Native Americans. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.
Location. 41° 35.52′ N, 82° 42.444′ W. Marker is on Kelleys Island, Ohio, in Erie County. Marker is at the intersection of Lake Shore Road and Addison Road, on the right when traveling east on Lake Shore Road. This historical marker is located on Kelleys Island, in Lake Erie. To see this marker one must travel to Marblehead, Ohio and catch the ferry boat service to Kelleys Island. The historical marker is located on the south shore of the island. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kelleys Island OH 43438, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Island House (approx. ¼ mile away); The German Reformed Church / The Church Parsonage (approx. half a mile away); Glacial Grooves State Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); USS Wasp CV7 Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); First Congregational Church (approx. 3.7 miles away); Danbury Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Donald & Coralen Bettinger Park (approx. 3.8 miles away); The View From Here (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kelleys Island.

Ektachrome by Helen S. O’Brien. J.J. Prats Postcard Collection., undated
8. Inscription Rock , Kelleys Island—Lake Erie, Ohio
Postcard showing the previous historical marker at this location. The inscription is difficult to read but appears to be the same as the current marker. The back of the postcard reads, “Between three and four hundred years ago, Ohio prehistoric Indians believed to be of the Erie tribe, pecked numerous inscriptions or pictographs an the top surface of this large native limestone rock.” Undated postcard published by Gainsborough Studio, Sandusky, Ohio, No. 91-K-26/64675. It is a Dextone card “made direct fromKodachrome and Ansco Color by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y.”
Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2010. This page has been viewed 1,774 times since then and 128 times this year. Last updated on October 30, 2020, by Robert Baughman of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 26, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. 7. submitted on November 3, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 8. submitted on November 7, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.