Historical Markers and War Memorials in Shawnee, Ohio
New Lexington is the county seat for Perry County
Shawnee is in Perry County
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On Main Street west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Shawnee’s founder, T.J. Davis, purchased land from his fellow investors including this site, then occupied by the farm house of Israel Gordon. Within several months of the town’s platting in March, 1872, the farm house became the town’s first hotel, . . . — — Map (db m139214) HM
On Main Street west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
By the 1930’s the boom was over. The hillsides were scarred. Thousands of openings, natural and man-made, lead to mines and miles of abandoned underground tunnels. Gob piles of useless coal created huge black swaths of barren land. The region became . . . — — Map (db m140060) HM
On Main Street west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Due to the remote and rugged nature of the land that would become Saltlick Township in 1823, the first European settlers did not settle in this area until 1814, eleven years after Ohio’s statehood.
Shawnee was platted in 1872 by a single . . . — — Map (db m139207) HM
On Perry Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Perry Street.
In memory of our beloved dead by the pastor, people and friends of the parish from the building stones of St. Peter's Church the first Catholic Church in this area built in the wilderness.
With great hardship and labor by the indomitable faith . . . — — Map (db m247080) HM
On Main Street at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
In 1869 a secret organization. The Knights of Labor, was founded
in Philadelphia. The K.O.L. promoted an ideal society based on
bettering life for others with the slogans. “labor was the first
capital” and “an injury to one is . . . — — Map (db m122800) HM
On Main Street close to 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
You are standing in the historic Village of Shawnee,
named after the Shawnee Nation. European-Americans settled in this region in the early 1800’s first for
the salt of Saltlick Township. Upon discovering coal
in the region, coal companies built . . . — — Map (db m217755) HM
On Main Street west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
This building, first known as the Red Men’s Hall, was completed in 1908. In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Saved from the wrecking ball, and renamed the Tecumseh Theater.
An early example of skyscraper . . . — — Map (db m139179) HM
On Main Street west of 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.
Welcome to Shawnee and the Little Cities of Back Diamonds Region. This green space celebrates the place we call home by acknowledging and honoring the courage and hard work of thousands of people who labored here to mine the coal that helped power a . . . — — Map (db m139147) HM
Near Ohio Route 93 south of Scotch Hill Road, on the right when traveling north.
Tecumseh Lake rests on the site of the old XX mine, one of the many mines that supported Shawnee's economy in the 19th and 20th centuries, During the creation of the lake, the railroad bed was turned into a berm-style dam.
With the end of . . . — — Map (db m247077) HM
On Ohio Route 93 south of Scotch Hill Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Buckeye Trail
The Buckeye Trail is Ohio's State Scenic Trail. It's 1400+ miles, winding around Ohio, from a Lake Erie, beach, to a hilltop overlooking the Ohio River, to the rock formations of Hocking Hills and the expanse of forests in . . . — — Map (db m247076) HM