Washington Township near Lindsey in Sandusky County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Hessville

Photographed by Joel Seewald, November 10, 2024

1. Hessville Marker

Inscription. On this site, in the 1840's, was built the first Merry-Go-Round in the United States. Franz Wiesenhoffer, a deaf-mute German immigrant, was employed here by J. Kechele, a wagon maker. Wiesenhoffer spent his evenings carving life-like figures of horses, deer, and lions which he used in constructing the Merry-Go-Round, which was first erected in the Kechele yard. First operated by hand, later by horse power, it was hauled from town to town on a specially constructed wagon. After some months of being hauled about it was taken to Harbor Creek, Pennsylvania, where it was sold to a New York firm which is still active in the Merry-Go-Round business.

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Location. 41° 24.14′ N, 83° 14.715′ W. Marker is near Lindsey, Ohio, in Sandusky County. It is in Washington Township. It is at the intersection of U.S. 20 and TR 705, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 20. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3195 US-20, Lindsey OH 43442, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Scoop on Poop (approx. 1.3 miles away); S'logging' Through the Swamp (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Main Barn (approx. 1.4 miles away); Creek Bend Farm

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(approx. 1.4 miles away); The Horse Barn (approx. 1.4 miles away); Lindsey World War II Memorial (approx. 1.7 miles away); Wendelle C. Miller Village Park (approx. 1.7 miles away); Lindsey Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lindsey.

Photographed by Joel Seewald, November 10, 2024

2. Hessville Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 12, 2024, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan. This page has been viewed 608 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 12, 2024, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.