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

The Henry Boose Site

Photographed by Michael Baker, November 4, 2014

1. The Henry Boose site Marker

Inscription. In 1959 this area was discovered to be an almost four thousand year old burial ground of the Glacial Kame People-named for the distinctive gravel elevations in which their dead were buried. The area was once a farm owned by Henry Boose, an early resident of Allen County.

Erected 1976 by Allen County Bicentennial Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Anthropology & Archaeology • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1959.

Location. 40° 47.325′ N, 84° 5.807′ W. Marker is in Lima, Ohio, in Allen County. It is on Bluelick Road 0.1 miles west of Sugar Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lima OH 45805, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Allen County's First Settlement (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Allen County’s First Settlement (approx. 0.3 miles away); Founders and Patriots of Allen County, Ohio (approx. 0.9 miles away); Lima (approx. 1½ miles away); Rotary Riverwalk & Ottawa River Bikeway (approx. 2.6 miles

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away); McLean Teddy Bear Park (approx. 2.9 miles away); Eastman Johnson's Maple Sugar Paintings (approx. 2.9 miles away); a different marker also named McLean Teddy Bear Park (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lima.

More about this marker. Has several bullet holes in the marker.

Photographed by Michael Baker, November 4, 2014

2. The Henry Boose site Marker

Photographed by Michael Baker, November 4, 2014

3. The Henry Boose site Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2014, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,473 times since then and 139 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 6, 2014, by Michael Baker of Lima, Ohio. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.