Home To Jeep
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Middlegrounds Metropark
Home To Jeep
Because of its dependence on manufacturing, Toledo suffered high unemployment during The Great Depression. On the onset of World War II, Toledo industries began to focus on wartime production, and unemployment concerns disappeared. Toledo made a unique contribution to the war effort as the home of Willys-Overland Company, which started producing Jeeps in 1941.
Middlegrounds
Metropark
Once deemed uninhabitable
swamp, this 28 acres of land
has transformed many times.
Through the 1800-1900s trains
and canal boats traversed
this site carrying freight and
people at an astonishing rate.
Buildings sprang up on this site
to accommodate the grain,
lumber and passengers delivered
daily. However, floods, fires and
progress away from the Middle
Grounds lead to the site's decay
in the 1970s. Standing as a
dumping ground for many years
this site was purchased in 2006
by Metroparks utilizing a grant
from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Coastal and
Estuarine Land Conservation
Program.
Did you know?
Middlegrounds Metropark
was named for the acreage
purchased in downtown Toledo
that was once the middle
ground between the rowdy
canalers and the
brawling railroaders.
Topics.
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Location. 41° 38.36′ N, 83° 32.116′ W. Marker is in Toledo, Ohio, in Lucas County. It is in Southside. It is on Ottawa Street 0.2 miles south of Clayton Street (Ohio Route 52), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 111 Ottawa St, Toledo OH 43604, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore. 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 walking distance of this marker: Bigger, Better, Quicker, Faster! / The Glass City (here, next to this marker); The Toledo Rotary: Service Above Self / Local and Global Actions
Credits. This page was last revised on February 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 278 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
