On Portage Lakes Drive (County Route 75) at South Turkeyfoot Road (County Route 123), on the right when traveling east on Portage Lakes Drive.
Coventry Township. The land on which Coventry Township is situated was ceded in 1785 to
the United States by the Delaware, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Wyandot tribes under the Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The area was a choice location for Native . . . — — Map (db m277653) HM
On Ohio Turnpike (Interstate 80 at milepost 197), 3 miles east of Painesville Ravenna Road (Ohio Route 44), on the right when traveling west.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m189183) HM
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m207605) HM
Near Dean Street at Brown Street, on the right when traveling north.
This sculpture “Place of Origins” is dedicated to Elmer and Ellen Jagow Mr. Jagow served as President of Hiram College from 1966 — 1985 The sculpture was made possible through gifts to the Jagow Art Fund It was created by John Spofforth . . . — — Map (db m310396) HM
On Summit Street, on the right when traveling north.
Civil War
Brown, Wilson, W. Co. F, 21st Ohio Infantry, Private, Army. Born; December 25, 1837 in Logan County, Ohio. Entered service in Wood County, Ohio. Died; December 25th, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio. Buried at New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m160385) WM
On Rue de la Chapelle at Rue de Luxembourg, on the right when traveling east on Rue de la Chapelle.
In honor of the valiant 5th U.S. Armored Division who
liberated our country on September 10th 1944,
and in memory of Sgt Joseph L. Passet and
Sgt Jesse Mittiga, the first U.S. soldiers killed
on the soil of Sandweiler. — — Map (db m266124) HM WM
On North Vermillion Street just north of East Hickory Street, on the right when traveling south.
[south]Dedicated to All area men who fought in the American Civil War [east]In honor of Orion P. Howe youngest recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor [west]In honor of Lyston D. Howe youngest to serve in the Civil . . . — — Map (db m185100) HM WM
On Mantua Center Road 0.1 miles north of Pioneer Trail, on the right when traveling north.
Oliver and Rosetta Snow, who built this home in 1815, immigrated to Mantua from Becket, Massachusetts, in 1805 with two daughters and raised five more children here. Oliver prospered as a farmer, served Portage County in a variety of civic . . . — — Map (db m172679) HM
On West Vine Street (Cemetery Entrance) east of North Rockhill Avenue.
Soldiers from Company F of the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry died in the explosion of the steamboat Sultana seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. The Sultana reportedly carried more than 2,400 . . . — — Map (db m223937) HM
On Hayden Street at Bancroft Street, on the right when traveling north on Hayden Street.
Hiram College Professor of Science, George H. Colton, planted this ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) in his front yard. He acquired the seedling on a visit to Japan. — — Map (db m303296) HM
On County Road T south of Trout Creek Road, on the left when traveling north.
Early Norwegian immigrants settled Central Wisconsin in the mid-1800s and brought with them the traditional church architecture still found in the hills and fjords of their native land. South New Hope Church was chartered in 1888 when synod debates . . . — — Map (db m156507) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
