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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wyandot County, Ohio
Adjacent to Wyandot County, Ohio
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Ohio Route 568 east of County Route 89A, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Indian Trail Caverns, first opened in 1927, is one of many caves that occur on the dolomite ridge traversed by State Route 568 in Wyandot and Hancock counties. Sheriden Cave, a karst sinkhole associated with the caverns, was discovered in 1989. It . . . — — Map (db m93656) HM |
| On Ohio Route 199 at County Route 29, on the left when traveling north on State Route 199. |
| | Burning of Crawford
»»««
One-half mile northeast,
June 11, 1782, the Indians
burned Colonel William Crawford
at the stake, in revenge for
massacre of the Christian
Moravian Indians by William-
son's earlier . . . — — Map (db m20362) HM |
| On Township Highway 300 0.2 miles north of County Route 29, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In
Memory of
Col. Crawford
Who was
Burned by the Indians
In this Valley
June 11, 1782 — — Map (db m20379) HM |
| On County Route 29 at Township Highway 300, on the right when traveling east on County Route 29. Reported missing. |
| | [Side A] Colonel William Crawford
Colonel William Crawford, a lifelong friend of George Washington, was born in Virginia in 1722. He was married twice, first to Ann Stewart and later to Hannah Vance. In 1755, he served with Colonel . . . — — Map (db m20359) HM |
| On State Highway 199 at County Highway 29, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 199. |
| | (center plaque)
Dedicated in memory of Col. Wm. Crawford who was born in 1722, in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia, and was burned at the stake, one half mile northeast of here down in the valley, on June 11, 1782, by the . . . — — Map (db m70009) HM |
| On County Route 115 south of County Route 71. |
| | Prairie grasslands were once widely scattered across western Ohio. One of Ohio's best remaining prairies, Killdeer Plains is dominated by tall grasses such as the big bluestem and plays host to some unique species of wildlife such as the eastern . . . — — Map (db m94525) HM |
| On Ohio Route 199 at County Route 42, on the left when traveling north on State Route 199. Reported missing. |
| | Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on South Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - -
2
Mile to
Crawford's
Burning
Text on North Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - . . . — — Map (db m93691) HM |
| On Davis Street at Seventh Street, on the right when traveling north on Davis Street. |
| | The International Society of Arboriculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary period 1776 1976 — — Map (db m104224) HM |
| On County Route 47 near Ohio Route 67, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Battle Island
Scene
Of the Defeat of
Col. Wm Crawford
June 5. & 6. 1782 — — Map (db m21416) HM |
| On Ohio Route 53 at Ohio Route 67, on the right when traveling north on State Route 53. Reported missing. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m93867) HM |
| On East Wyandot Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [Front Side]
George Washington and Col. Crawford's friendship began while Washington was acting surveyor for Lord Fairfax in the Shenandoah Valley in 1749, and continued until Col. Crawford's death.
Col. Crawford's record is as . . . — — Map (db m21386) HM |
| On East Church Street at North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. |
| | [Front side of marker]: "Departure of the Wyandot Indians"
The 1817 Treaty of Fort Meigs opened much of northwest Ohio to white settlement. In return, the U.S. Government granted the Wyandot Nation permanent use of the Grand Reserve . . . — — Map (db m26527) HM |
| On S. Sandusky Avenue (Ohio Route 53) at E. Wyandot Avenue (U.S. 30), on the right when traveling north on S. Sandusky Avenue. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m18086) HM |
| On E. Wyandot Avenue (U.S. 30) just from 4th Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Fort Ferree
built by Gen. Harrison's Army, 1812.
Overland Inn
1814 until 1846, on site Elks Lodge.
Indian Spring
used by Indians 1730 to 1843.
Col. Crawford's Army drank at Spring June 4, 1782.
Charles Dickens stopped at Inn and Spring, . . . — — Map (db m114533) HM |
| On Old Lincoln Hwy (U.S. 30), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Evangelical Circuit Riders visited this area in the 1830s bringing the Word of God to German speaking settlers. In 1845 a need was felt for a regular place of worship and a log meeting house was built near this location known as “Indian . . . — — Map (db m107100) HM |
| On East Church Street at North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. |
| | 1816 — 1916
JOHN
STEWART
——
Apostle to the
Wyandot Indians
Father
of missions of
the Methodist
Episcopal Church — — Map (db m26759) HM |
| On South 8th Street (Ohio Route 67) at West Hicks Street on South 8th Street. |
| |
Stephan Lumber Company. This brick structure, built around 1905, is all that remains of the Stephan Lumber Company following a fire in 1978. Woodshop scenes in the 1994 motion picture “The Shawshank Redemption” were filmed in the . . . — — Map (db m119665) HM |
| On Township (Local Route 37), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Distinguished Wyandot chief and loyal American
Tarhe
Died here in Cranetown
1818 — — Map (db m104222) HM |
| On East Wyandot Avenue near Old Lincoln Highway (County Route 200). |
| | Text on Side A of the Marker
Conceived by leaders of the automobile industry to encourage the building of "good roads," the Lincoln Highway was established in 1913 as the first transcontinental automobile route in the United States. It . . . — — Map (db m93866) HM |
| On County Route 113 south of County Route 126, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on North Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - -
24
Miles to
Fort
Morrow
Text on South Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - - . . . — — Map (db m94531) HM |
| On South Sandusky Avenue (Ohio Route 199) at East Wyandot Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Sandusky Avenue. |
| | Wyandot Countys third and current courthouse was
constructed from 1899-1900. Designed by the firm of
Yost & Packard, the architects of courthouses in Wood,
Harrison, and other counties, the building is a wonderful
example of Beaux-Arts . . . — — Map (db m119711) HM |
| Near East Wyandot Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Brow of hill above was the site
of Wyandot Indian Council House
1819 to Jan. 16, 1850.
Building was covered with bark.
First Wyandot County Teachers
Association organized Aug. 25, 1848.
First newspaper published in
Wyandot County March . . . — — Map (db m26563) HM |
| On East Church Street at North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. |
| | Built with Government funds in 1824
Used by the Wyandot Indians till 1843
First American Methodist Mission
Designated as a Shrine
by the
1960 Methodist General Conference — — Map (db m26604) HM |
| On East Church Street at North 4th Street, on the left when traveling east on East Church Street. |
| | Founded by John Stewart, a black man, in 1816, the Wyandott Indian Mission became the first officially recognized mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America three years later. A stone Mission Church was built on this spot in 1824, under . . . — — Map (db m26557) HM |
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