On East Bay Shore Road at Tecumseh Road, on the left when traveling east on East Bay Shore Road.
Built in 1822, this native limestone structure was the home of Benajah Wolcott, first keeper of the Marblehead Lighthouse (originally called the Sandusky Bay Light), and his second wife, Rachel Miller Wolcott. Benajah maintained the lighthouse from . . . — — Map (db m18980) HM
On East Main Street (Ohio Route 163) just east of Clemons Street, on the right when traveling east.
Immigrants of Ottawa County. Ottawa County's development between 1820-1920 was dependent on the labor of new immigrants who brought their religious and cultural practices with them to Ohio. By 1870, one in four county residents were . . . — — Map (db m248428) HM
On Madison Street north of East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
As the county seat. Port Clinton is home to the present Ottawa County Courthouse, completed on May 20, 1901 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Constructed in the Richardson Romanesque style, the exterior of the . . . — — Map (db m277273) HM
On Jefferson Street at East 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on Jefferson Street.
As the county seat. Port Clinton is home to the present Ottawa County Courthouse, completed on May 20, 1901 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Constructed in the Richardson Romanesque style, the exterior of the . . . — — Map (db m277274) HM
On East Cemetery Road (County Route 144) at Northeast Catawba Road, on the right when traveling west on East Cemetery Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303044) WM
On East Cemetery Road (County Route 144) at Northeast Catawba Road, on the right when traveling west on East Cemetery Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303045) WM
On North Billman Road (County Route 54) at West Walbridge Road (County Route 68), on the right when traveling south on North Billman Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303063) WM
On Frederick Road at West Toussaint North Road (County Route 62), on the right when traveling south on Frederick Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303067) WM
On Schults-Portage Road (County Route 47) at Ohio Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Schults-Portage Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303075) WM
On East Elmore Eastern Road (County Route 6) at Schultz-Portage Road (County Route 47), on the right when traveling west on East Elmore Eastern Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303076) WM
On Ohio Route 105 at Ernsthausen Road, on the right when traveling east on Ohio Route 105.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303096) WM
On South Opfer-Lentz Road (County Route 214) at West Fulkert Road (County Route 56), on the right when traveling north on South Opfer-Lentz Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303047) WM
On East State Road (County Route 8) at East Fishack Road (County Route 279), on the right when traveling west on East State Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303046) WM
On East State Road (County Route 8) at Southeast Catawba Road ( Route 53) on East State Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303064) WM
On East Harbor Road (Ohio Route 163) at Northeast Catawba Road, on the right when traveling west on East Harbor Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303159) WM
On Memorial Shorway Drive at Johnson's Island Causway, on the right when traveling east on Memorial Shorway Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303058) WM
On South Paulsen Road (County Route 114) at West Fremont Road ( Route 53), on the right when traveling north on South Paulsen Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303078) WM
On North Tettau Road (County Route 14) at West Lakeshore Drive ( Route 2), in the median on North Tettau Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303080) WM
On West Lakeshore Drive at North Tettau Road (County Route 14), on the right when traveling east on West Lakeshore Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303081) WM
On East Harbor Road (Ohio Route 163) at Channel Grove Road, on the right when traveling east on East Harbor Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303146) WM
On East Harbor Road (Ohio Route 163) at Channel Grove Road, on the right when traveling east on East Harbor Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303147) WM
On Two Cemeteries at Route 163, on the right when traveling south on Two Cemeteries.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303148) WM
On Church Road (County Route 127) at East Bass Circle, on the right when traveling north on Church Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303151) WM
On East Huron Trail at Wyandot Trail, on the right when traveling east on East Huron Trail.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303179) WM
On Two Cemeteries at Route 163, on the right when traveling south on Two Cemeteries.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303095) WM
On East Main Street (Ohio Route 163) at Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303150) WM
On East Bayshore Road (County Route 135) at East Avalon Park, on the right when traveling east on East Bayshore Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303043) WM
On Lake Shore Drive at Lifeboat Lane, on the right when traveling south on Lake Shore Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303053) WM
On Lake Shore Drive at Lifeboat Lane, on the right when traveling south on Lake Shore Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303055) WM
On West Toussaint North Road (County Route 62) at Lickert Road, on the right when traveling west on West Toussaint North Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303086) WM
On East Bay Shore Road just west of Seneca Trail, on the right when traveling east.
The first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil was fought here when about 60 exhausted citizen soldiers were ambushed by about 130 Indians on September 29. Twenty men held the Indians at bay in a cabin while the main body escaped by boat to Cedar Point. . . . — — Map (db m35956) HM
On East Bay Shore Road at Gaydos Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Bay Shore Road.
In 1861 the United States Army established a prisoner of war camp on Johnson's Island, approximately 1 mile south of this point. The camp, which housed captured Confederate officers, was maintained until 1865 when it was dismantled. The camp . . . — — Map (db m19012) HM
On East Bay Shore Road, on the left when traveling east.
The Keeper’s House is so named because it was the personal residence of the first two keepers of the nearby Marblehead Lighthouse. The house was built for Benajah Wolcott and his wife Rachel Miller by William Kelly, a stonemason from . . . — — Map (db m87283) HM
On Lighthouse Drive east of East Main Street ( Route 163), on the right when traveling east.
The Marblehead Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation
on the Great Lakes. Originally known as the Sandusky Bay Light Station,
the lighthouse was built here in 1821 to aid navigation and prevent
shipwrecks. William Kelly . . . — — Map (db m150126) HM
On West Duff-Washa Road (County Route 24) at Russell Road (County Route 128), on the right when traveling east on West Duff-Washa Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303088) WM
On West Duff-Washa Road (County Route 24) at West Toussaint North Road (County Route 62), on the right when traveling east on West Duff-Washa Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303149) WM
On Grandview Drive (County Route 211) at West Portage River South Road, on the right when traveling south on Grandview Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303091) WM
On Grandview Drive (County Route 211) at West Portage River South Road (County Route 18), on the right when traveling south on Grandview Drive.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303092) WM
On North Toussaint South Road (County Route 104) at Toussaint East Road (County Route 93), on the right when traveling north on North Toussaint South Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303093) WM
On West Water Street (Ohio Route 105) at West Main Street (County Route 144), on the right when traveling east on West Water Street.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303160) WM
On West Water Street (Ohio Route 105) at West Main Street (Route 144), on the right when traveling east on West Water Street.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303162) WM
On West Water Street (Ohio Route 105) at West Main Street (County Route 144), on the right when traveling west on West Water Street.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303169) WM
On West Rose Lane at West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Rose Lane.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303089) WM
On West 3rd Street at Wilson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 3rd Street.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303083) WM
On Cemetery Lane at West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Cemetery Lane.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303085) WM
On Avenue H at West Lakeshore Drive ( Route 2), on the right when traveling south on Avenue H.
Established as Camp Perry Proving Ground, March, 1918, and later designated Erie Proving Ground, Erie Ordnance Depot, and Erie Army Depot. Artillery, tank guns, and armor plate were proof tested here during wartime periods. Over 5,000 persons were . . . — — Map (db m192464) HM
On Fulton Street 0 miles south of Rohde Drive, on the left when traveling south.
South face:Fort Sites
Here near the peninsula carrying place where earlier British traders may have had a post, French soldiers built in 1750 and 1751 a small palisaded fort later called "Sandoski." Lt. deLery reported . . . — — Map (db m241269) HM
On Put-In-Bay Road at Langram Road, on the right when traveling south on Put-In-Bay Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m306328) WM
On Niagra Road at Catawba Road, on the right when traveling south on Niagra Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m306329) WM
On North Martin Williston Road (County Route 7) at West Toledo Street ( Route 579), on the right when traveling south on North Martin Williston Road.
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303177) WM
On East Huron Trail at Wyandot Trail, on the right when traveling east on East Huron Trail.
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation.
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States. — — Map (db m301666) WM
On E. 4th Street, on the right when traveling east.
This is an "Improved" German Krupp designed 75mm field gun built in 1910 in the historic Japanese village of Shikano on the Sea of Japan under Osaka Arsenal's control. It is one of 2,900 built and one of only thirty-three in existence presently . . . — — Map (db m241281) HM WM
On North Church Street (Local Road 134) at West Main Street (Local Road 144), on the right when traveling south on North Church Street.
Oak Harbor pioneer, Adolphus Kraemer, was born, raided, and educated in Germany. After immigrating to the United States, he purchased the heavily forested land that is now Oak Harbor from Joseph Wardlow and moved here in 1838. He founded a saw mill . . . — — Map (db m301348) HM
On East Bay Shore Road close to Seneca Trail, on the right when traveling east.
[Marker Front]:
In memory of
Mason, Simonds, & Mingus.
Who fell near this place
in battle with the Indians.
Sept. 29, 1812.
[Marker Side]:
This Monument was erected in 1857 by Joshua R. Giddings . . . — — Map (db m18978) HM
On East Harbor Road (Ohio Route 163) 0.1 miles east of Maple Street, on the right when traveling east.
The 2500-acre Lafarge Marblehead Quarry is home to over 25 rare plant species and an unusual alvar plant community. Alvars are areas of exposed limestone or dolomite bedrock which are maintained in an open state by natural phenomena such as . . . — — Map (db m248430) HM
On West Main Street west of North Church Street (Local Road 134), on the right when traveling east.
What started as a challenge became a reality. Prior to 2003 bicentennial, the Oak
Harbor Lions Club was challenged by Ohio Bicentennial representative Beth Hansen,
former Oak Harbor native, to do something "extraordinary” for the . . . — — Map (db m196609) HM
On Rawson Avenue at Haynes Street, on the right when traveling north on Rawson Avenue.
This original log barn last stood on the Raymond Hermes Farm near Bolsiner Road, Salem Township, Ottawa County. It was donated to the Sandusky County Agricultural Society by the Toledo Area Catholic Diocese, who inherited the Hermes place.
The . . . — — Map (db m282765) HM
Near County Road 188 north of County Road 200, on the right when traveling north.
On this property is the site of a village once inhabited by Indians of the Iliniwek Tribe. The liniwek, or Illinois, were one of the three most significant Indian groups occupying Missouri at the time of first European contact. It is the only . . . — — Map (db m290815) HM
On East Huron Trail at Wyandot Trail, on the right when traveling east on East Huron Trail.
Sacred to the Memory of Benajah Wolcott
• Born New Haven, Conn., April 7, 1762
• Died Danbury, Ohio, August 11, 1832, aged 70 Years*
• Veteran of the First War for American Independence, 1778 - 1784
• Surveyor of the Firelands, 1806
• . . . — — Map (db m301665) HM
On West Spring Lake Road at Lakeview Street and 168th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on West Spring Lake Road.
Hezekiah (1816-1896) and Lucinda
(1824-1884) Smith were free African
Americans who moved from Ohio to
Michigan and settled near Ferrysburg in
the 1840s. Hezekiah worked as
blacksmith and eventually became a
prominent landowner and farmer in . . . — — Map (db m229853) 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.