Defiance in Defiance County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Sawmill Shanty

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 2, 2021

1. Sawmill Shanty Marker

Inscription.
Built in Highland Township in the late 1800's

Donated by Rex & Diane Hale in memory of: Edgar Hale, father 1923-2010 • Lavern Hale, grandfather 1899-1979 • William Hale, great-grandfather 1876-1942 • John Hale, great-great-grandfather 1850-1923

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 41° 15.802′ N, 84° 26.529′ W. Marker is in Defiance, Ohio, in Defiance County. It is on Krouse Road (County Road 146) 0.2 miles north of U.S. 24, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12296 Krouse Rd, Defiance OH 43512, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Black Swamp

and in the Till Plains.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Kieffer Log Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Mollasses Produced Since 1850's (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mollasses Production (about 500 feet away); St. Johns Lutheran Church (about 600 feet away); Caboose 90950 (about 600 feet away); Lawson-Roessner Funeral Home Veterams Memorial (approx. 2.6 miles away); Original Site of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Cemetery and Log Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Riverside Cemetery Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Defiance.

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 2, 2021

2. Sawmill Shanty Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, October 2, 2021

3. Sawmill Shanty Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on October 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 3, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 3, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.