Oregon in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
A Sticky Situation
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 15, 2021
1. A Sticky Situation Marker
Dark, dense woods and lurking predators made the Great Black Swamp a challenge to settle. Probably the biggest obstacle was the waterlogged soil that made travel nearly impossible.
Roads were difficult to navigate because wagon wheels continuously sank into the thick, oozing clay. Along the Perrysburg-Fremont Pike, known from journals as "the worst road in the country,” mud was often knee- to belly-deep for stretches of 8 to 10 miles. It often took an entire day to travel as little as one mile!
"The cover of treetops is absolutely impenetrable for sunlight, and the forest's main features are a melancholy semidarkness and a majestic silence."
Moritz Busch
1851-1852
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers.
Location. 41° 38.959′ N, 83° 25.905′ W. Marker is in Oregon, Ohio, in Lucas County. It can be reached from Seaman Road 0.1 miles west of South Wynn Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 Seaman Rd, Oregon OH 43616, United
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Regionally, this marker is on the Lake Erie Shore and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Natural Mosquito Repellent (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); CCC Builds A Park (approx. 0.6 miles away); Jaeger House (approx. 1.3 miles away); St. Ignatius Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); North Oregon Civil War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); United Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); לזכרון עולם (For Eternal Memory) (approx. 2.2 miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 15, 2021
2. A Sticky Situation Marker
Another marker is no longer nearby. The Johlin Cabin (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 15, 2021
3. A Sticky Situation Marker
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 15, 2021
4. A Sticky Situation Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 18, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 299 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 18, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
