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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Richland County, Ohio
Adjacent to Richland County, Ohio
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Greenbower Street Northeast at Rockhill Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Greenbower Street Northeast. |
| | The earliest settlers to Lexington Township were members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, many who came from Virginia and New Jersey between 1805 and 1807. They chose this site for its proximity to the Mahoning River, which in early days held . . . — — Map (db m78947) HM |
| On Brinkerhoff Avenue at Summit Street, on the right when traveling south on Brinkerhoff Avenue. |
| | John Chapman - better known as “Johnny Appleseed” - Pioneer Apple Nurseryman - lived in & around Mansfield for 20 years - 1810 to 1830. — — Map (db m20705) HM |
| On Brinkerhoff Avenue at Summit Street, on the right when traveling south on Brinkerhoff Avenue. |
| | In memory of
120 Reg't
Ohio Vol. Inf.
1862 - 1865 — — Map (db m20720) HM |
| On Main Street at Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m20757) HM |
| On Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m20871) WM |
| | 24 pdr. Flank Howitzer - Model 1844 - Cast 1864
Maker; Fort Pitt Foundry, Pittsburgh, PA.
Used on Casement Flank of fortifications to protect against infantry assults [sic].
Range; 1322 yds. at 5 degree Elevation.
Bore Dia; 5.82” — — Map (db m20719) HM |
| On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m20883) HM |
| On Park Avenue East, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Civil War
CPT David L. Cockley Georgia 1864
CPT Joseph S. Hedges Tennessee 1864
CPL Smith Larimer Virginia 1865
PVT John Henry Ricksecker Tennessee 1864
SGT James Wiley Pennsylvania 1863
Indian Campaigns
COL Ret. Walter Matthias Day . . . — — Map (db m20860) HM |
| On Diamond Street (Ohio Route 13) at Park Street North, on the left when traveling north on Diamond Street. |
| | Memorial Reverse:
“Now it doesn't matter.
(go ahead! go ahead! Sounding from the audience.)
It really doesn't matter what happens now.
I don't know what will happen now.
We've got some difficult days ahead, (yeah! oh yes!) . . . — — Map (db m20859) HM |
| On Diamond Street at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Diamond Street. |
| | Oldest religious congregation in north-central Ohio. First Methodist sermon preached at the “Spring” in 1809 by Rev. James Copus. Services then conducted in blockhouse, 1811; in first court house, 1813; at church home of Dr. William B. . . . — — Map (db m20682) HM |
| On Lexington Avenue (U.S. 42) at Middle Bellville Road, on the right when traveling north on Lexington Avenue. |
| | General Hedges was born in Ohio County, Virginia
and taught school in that state before coming
to Ohio in 1803. As a Deputy Surveyor, he worked
in Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Medina and Wayne Counties,
and purchased 19,000 acres in future . . . — — Map (db m117824) HM |
| | Marker Front:
In memory of
John Chapman
Best known as
Johnny Appleseed
Pioneer apple
nurseryman of
Richland County
from 1810 to 1830
Marker Reverse:
Erected by
Park Trustees
M. B. Bushnell
H. M. Weaver
R. . . . — — Map (db m20708) HM |
| On Diamond Street at Park Street South, on the left when traveling south on Diamond Street. |
| | Side A: John Sherman 1923-1900
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, John Sherman moved to Mansfield to practice law and was elected to Congress in 1854 as one of the first Republicans. In 1861, Sherman was elected to the U.S. Senate. . . . — — Map (db m20684) HM |
| On North Main Street at Park Avenue East (Route 42), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | The killing of local shopkeeper Levi Jones stirred rumors of an
impending Indian attack. Mansfield’s settlers needed help.
On the evening of August 9, 1813, Johnny Appleseed is believed
to have embarked from here on a daring overnight journey . . . — — Map (db m117842) HM |
| On South Diamond Street at East 1st Street (U.S. 42), on the right when traveling south on South Diamond Street. |
| | John “Appleseed” Chapman is considered one of Richland County’s
original pioneers. In the summer of 1809, Chapman arrived in the
Mansfield area just as Mansfield’s first town lots were being
offered for sale. Chapman purchased town . . . — — Map (db m117826) HM |
| On Diamond Street at Park Street North, on the right when traveling north on Diamond Street. |
| | Mansfield, Ohio
City founded in 1808
Named for
Lt. Col. Jared Mansfield
(1759-1830)
Surveyor General
United States of America — — Map (db m20749) HM |
| On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Erected 1888
In memory of
the Soldiers-Sailors and the Marines of all wars
First Board of Trustees
Eckles McCoy •
Huntington Brown •
Abraham G. Cummins •
James H. Herring •
Norman M. Wolfe
Appointed by Manuel May Judge Court of . . . — — Map (db m20884) HM |
| On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430) at Brinkerhoff Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Park Avenue West. |
| |
(Within This Park)
Built during War of 1812 in Central Park - a refuge in time of Indian alarms. Rebuilt for Mansfield Centennial in 1908. Now used as a Boy Scout meeting place. — — Map (db m20685) HM |
| Near Brinkerhoff Avenue 0.2 miles south of Park Avenue West (State Route 430), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built for protection of settlers during the War of 1812 — — Map (db m154902) HM |
| On Main Street at Park Street North, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Dedicated to
the men and women of this community
who served our country in time of war,
and in memory of those
who lost their lives. — — Map (db m20709) WM |
| Near Brinkerhoff Avenue 0.2 miles south of Park Avenue West (State Route 430), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Mansfield Boy Scout Troop 6 used this blockhouse as its meeting place for a period of fifty-one years from 1929 to 1980. After a fire ravaged much of the lower portion of Mansfield's Blockhouse in 1938, it was the Boy Scouts that spearheaded its . . . — — Map (db m154901) HM |
| On Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Veterans of
the Korean War
“They went, not for conquest, and not
for gain, but only to protect
the anguished and the innocent.
They suffered greatly and by their
heroism in a thousand battles, they
added a luster to . . . — — Map (db m20754) WM |
| On Park Avenue East, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This memorial was donated by M.D. Harter, Treasurer and General Manager of the Aultman-Taylor Company. It was dedicated November 10, 1881. The inscription on the original plaque read:
“To the memory of Richland County's honored dead who . . . — — Map (db m20743) WM |
| On Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430) at Diamond Street (Ohio Route 13), on the right when traveling east on Park Avenue East. |
| | Dedicated to the men and women of Richland County who served our country in time of war, and in memory of those who lost their lives. Presented to the Citizens of Richland County as a Bicentennial Event Lest We Forget America's Wars
American . . . — — Map (db m20866) WM |
| On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In memory of Richland County's devoted sons and daughters who rendered valiant service to their country and civilization in the Great World War, 1917-1918.
November 11, 1922 — — Map (db m20892) HM |
| On Park Avenue West (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling west. |
| | On April 27, 1865 the Sultana, a 260 foot, wooden-hulled, steamboat exploded, burned, and sank on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. Approximately 2400 people were on board, six times the ship's legal limit. More than 1700 lives were . . . — — Map (db m20888) HM |
| On Reformatory Road, in the median. |
| | Designed by architect Levi T. Scofield, the Ohio State Reformatory opened its doors in 1896 as a facility to rehabilitate young male offenders through hard work and education. A self-sufficient institution with its own power plant and working farm, . . . — — Map (db m20683) HM |
| Near Mapledale Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In Memory of the 73 men of the 102nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry who died as a result of the steamship “Sultana” blowing up on April 27, 1865 while returning 2,400 prisoners of war, on the Mississippi River. The result was the loss of over . . . — — Map (db m20867) HM |
| On Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Donated by David and Jane Vasbinder to the City of Mansfield on July 4, 1881, and served as the focal point of Central Park until December 17, 1958. Restored and relocated back into Central Park on July 4, 1979. The restoration of the Vasbinder . . . — — Map (db m20872) HM |
| Near Bromfield Road (Local Highway 438) at Pleasant Valley Road (County Highway 303). |
| | Louis Bromfield
Acclaimed author, conservationist, and farmer Louis Bromfield was born in Mansfield in 1896. A graduate of the city's schools, he went on to study agriculture at Cornell University in 1914, but left in 1915 to help run his . . . — — Map (db m46335) HM |
| On Ohio Route 13 0.2 miles south of Ohio Route 603, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This belled called to worship the early pioneers of Shenandoah to the "Union Meeting House" est. in 1849 — — Map (db m159680) HM |
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