Near East Court Street east of North Prospect Street, on the left when traveling east.
Born 1783 New York City. Killed in combat September 1814. West Point Graduate 1806. As Military Engineer Helped build Castle Williams, N.Y. and Ft. Norfolk Va. Honored by naming of Fort Wood in New York Harbor and monument at West Point.
He . . . — — Map (db m120920) HM
On North Main Street (Ohio Route 25) north of Bishop Road (County Route 208), on the right when traveling south.
Elder Oliver Mears organized on February 8, 1862 in a tent on this spot, then a walnut grove owned by William Lovett, the Lovett's Grove Seventh-day Adventist Church, first of this denomination in Ohio. A Frame building erected in 1864 served the . . . — — Map (db m95491) HM
Left plaque
When Benedict Arnold in the late days of the American Revolution ravaged the state of Connecticut he burned the farm houses along his route. In 1792 these farmers were given land grants in the "Firelands,"- Erie and Huron . . . — — Map (db m146192) HM
On North Dixie Highway (Ohio Route 25) at Middleton Pike (Ohio Route 582), on the right when traveling north on North Dixie Highway.
Through the forest to the
east may still be seen the
original trail of Hulls army
in June 1812, enroute to
Detroit. Some of the corduroy
timbers are still buried
along the route. — — Map (db m137357) HM
Prior to 1885, a wooden building with rooms overlooking a hog pen had been used to house the insane patients. It was in such poor condition, however, that the infirmary director would not be responsible for anything that might happen to patients . . . — — Map (db m100756) HM
On Ridge Street, on the right when traveling west.
For 127 years, children from Bowling Green learned, laughed, and played on this site as students of the Ridge Street School.
Now dedicated to the outdoor enjoyment of area residents, Ridge Park will continue to be a place where new discoveries and . . . — — Map (db m100137) HM
On South Main Street (State Highway 25), on the right when traveling south.
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 1987
Bowling Green was first platted in 1835. The Main Street Historic District represents the commercial buildings constructed around Bowling Green's brief "boom era" in the late 1800's . . . — — Map (db m116992) HM
The Infirmary, also known as the poorhouse or simply "The Home," is one of the last county poorhouse sites in Ohio where nearly all of the original structures still stand. The main building, constructed in 1868 with outbuildings added over the . . . — — Map (db m29188) HM
[Marker Front]:
In memory of Lieut. Wilson W. Brown, Medal of Honor winner, who is buried here. He joined the famous Andrews Raid to wreck Confederate supply lines. The raiders captured a locomotive, "The General," at Big Shanty, . . . — — Map (db m19083) HM
On Front Street (Ohio Route 65) at Bridge Street (Ohio Route 578) on Front Street.
This site is dedicated to Dominick Labino, 1910-1987, glass scientist, engineer, artist, and inventor. Credited with 57 patents, Mr. Labino invented pure silica fiber which was used in insulating tiles covering the space shuttle Columbia and the . . . — — Map (db m4026) HM
On Front Street at Wapakoneta Road, on the right when traveling south on Front Street.
This site, at the head of the Great Rapids of the Maumee, has been a major river crossing for centuries. The village was platted in 1833 as Gilead but was overshadowed by rival Providence during the canal era. In 1868 the name Grand Rapids was . . . — — Map (db m41973) HM
On River Road (U.S. 24) at Providence Neapolis Swanton Road, on the right when traveling west on River Road.
The town of Providence was born, thrived and died with the Miami & Erie Canal. It was platted in 1835 by French trader Peter Manor, swept by fire in 1846, ravaged by cholera in 1854, and finally unincorporated in 1928. Today, only the Irish . . . — — Map (db m28397) HM
On Front Street (Ohio Route 65) at Wapakonta Street (Ohio Route 65) on Front Street.
Thomas Howard, aged 66, a Revolutionary War Veteran, arrived at the head of the great rapids of the Maumee from New York State in 1822. Three cabins were erected for his family and the families of his two sons Edward and Robert. The first death in . . . — — Map (db m4027) HM
On North Findlay Street (Ohio Route 64), on the left when traveling north.
Born July 25, 1832, near Worthington, Ohio, John Alf Wilson lived at this site. At the age of 29, he enlisted in C. Company, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry under General O.M. Mitchell. General Mitchell consented to a dangerous mission led by John . . . — — Map (db m20412) HM
On West River Road (Ohio Route 65) 0.3 miles south of Findlay Road (Ohio Route 64), on the right when traveling south.
[North side of Marker]:Fort Miamis Reserve
“River tracts 46 and 47 in Township No. 1 United States Reserve” is the official description of the Miltonville location.
The “United States Reserve” was the . . . — — Map (db m25871) HM
On Main Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Side A: North Baltimore
Located in southern Wood County, the village of New Baltimore was founded in 1860, with the first plat of twenty-nine acres recorded by B.L. Peters in 1873. Official incorporation occurred February 7, 1876, with the . . . — — Map (db m29192) HM
On West River Road (Ohio Route 65) north of Middleton Pike (Ohio Route 582), on the right when traveling south.
On this ground was established
In the year 1822
The first Presbyterian Mission
In the Maumee Valley
—————
Rev. Joseph Badger,
Missionary, 1805 - 1812.
Rev. Isaac Van Tassell,
Its first superintendent, . . . — — Map (db m42041) HM
On Township Highway 263 0.2 miles south of Alexander Road, on the left when traveling south.
In Memory of Captain Elihu H. Mason (1831-1896), second Medal of Honor winner, who is buried in this cemetery. In the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, Mr. Mason was on the celebrated Andrews Raid, April 12, 1862, when 18 union . . . — — Map (db m19086) HM
On Main Street at Front Street (Ohio Route 105), on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Completed in 1892 at the height of the region's oil boom, the Pemberville Town Hall followed a late-1800s municipal trend to house many civic functions under one roof. The fire station, jail, and council chambers occupied the ground level, while . . . — — Map (db m29189) HM
Near South Bierley Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
During the War of 1812, Northwestern Army Commander General William Henry Harrison led troops through northwest Ohio on the way to Detroit and Ft. Malden in Michigan. After the decimation of General James Winchester's division at Frenchtown (Monroe, . . . — — Map (db m20429) HM
On West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
[Front Side of Marker]:
The 17th Infantry, created by Congress in 1812 and formed with personnel from western states, was the only Regular Army regiment in General James Winchester's column of the Army of the Northwest's campaign to . . . — — Map (db m28203) HM
On West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) near Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
[Front Side of Marker]: "Amos Spafford"
In 1810, early settlers here were Major Amos Spafford (1753-1818), his wife Olive (1756-1823), and their children Samuel, Aurora , Chloe (Mrs. Almon Gibbs), and Anna (Mrs. Richard Craw). In 1796, . . . — — Map (db m28274) HM
On West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) 0.1 miles east of Fort Meigs Road.
[Front Side of Marker]: "Army Lodge No. 24 Free and Accepted Masons"
Settlers and soldiers moving west brought with them familiar institutions such as the Masonic Lodge. Here at Camp Meigs, military officers were authorized by Ohio . . . — — Map (db m28346) HM
On Front Street (Ohio Route 65) at Louisiana Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.
The original of this monument to Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, was created in marble in 1860 by New York Sculptor William Walcutt for the City of Cleveland. When that City had the statues cast in bronze, . . . — — Map (db m29592) HM
On West Indiana Avenue (State Road 65) at Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south on West Indiana Avenue.
[Marker Front]:
Fort Meigs
1813
[Marker Reverse]:
In recognition of the services of the gallant men who defended their country on this spot. — — Map (db m19267) HM
Near West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) near Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
Construction on Fort Meigs began in February 1813. Soldiers traveling to Fort Meigs passed through the Great Black Swamp, a nearly impenetrable morass 40 miles across and 120 miles wide south of the fort. The harsh winter weather and frontier . . . — — Map (db m42090) HM
Near West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
Fort Meigs was built during the early days of the War of 1812. The United States began the conflict by declaring war against England in June 1812 to redress insults suffered on the high seas including the impressment of American sailors; to protect . . . — — Map (db m42062) HM
Near West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
While Easterners were more concerned with diplomatic issues relating to Europe, the war west of the Appalachian Mountains took on a different character. The war in the West was a continuation of a long series of Indian wars dating back to the 1750s. . . . — — Map (db m42064) HM
Near West River Road (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
The war in the West had gone poorly for the United States. In August 1812, Gen. William Hull surrendered Detroit and his entire army to the British. On January 22, 1813, a second United States army led by James Winchester was defeated at French Town . . . — — Map (db m42067) HM
Near West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
American soldiers commanded by William Henry Harrison had been following Winchester with supplies and garrison troops. After learning of the French Town defeat, they fell back to the Portage River in Ohio. On February 1, 1813, Harrison advanced to . . . — — Map (db m42068) HM
On West Indiana Avenue west of West Boundary Street.
Front Side
The village of Perrysburg was founded in 1816 and Wood County in 1820. In 1822 the town established a village cemetery and located it on the southwest corner of West Indiana at Cherry Streets. By 1848 it was full and a new . . . — — Map (db m67524) HM
On West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) near Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
General William Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the West, selected this site in February 1813, and on it erected Fort Meigs as a defense against the military operations of the English, with whom the United States was then at war.
On . . . — — Map (db m19271) HM
On Louisiana Avenue at Front Street (Ohio Route 65) on Louisiana Avenue.
You are standing on "Corn Cob Hill" where corn was once shelled, weighed and and lowered in hopper cars into a grain elevator below, thence onto ships.
Under the bridge to the left is the foot of the rapids where non-native settlement started in . . . — — Map (db m29448) HM
Near West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) at Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
Wounded May 1, 1813, on the opening day of the siege of Fort Meigs. Died May 11 of tetanus; buried May 12 in front of the "Grand Battery" on the spot where he received the wound that caused his death.
A native of Connecticut, Major Stoddard . . . — — Map (db m29423) HM
On West Indiana Avenue east of Cherry Street, on the right when traveling west.
Built in 1847, during the Presidency of Polk, when Perrysburg was the County Seat, and used as the Jail and Infirmary until 1870. Continued to serve as the Perrysburg Jail until 1899, sold by the town in 1918. Acquired and restored by Mr. and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m67525) HM
On West Front Street (Ohio Route 65) west of Louisiana Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
[West Side of Marker] : "Perrysburg"
Following the War of 1812, settlers reestablished the 1810 Maumee River town, Port Miami of Lake Erie, on the land below the deserted Fort Meigs. The inhabitants nicknamed the new town "Orleans of . . . — — Map (db m29579) HM
When American Pioneers attempted to settle the area north and west of the Ohio River, following the Ordinance of 1787,the Indians aided by the British in Canada, fought valiantly and fiercely for their homes in the Ohio Country. It required the . . . — — Map (db m996) HM
On Sandusky Street (U.S. 20) at Hickory Street, on the right when traveling west on Sandusky Street.
[Front Side]: "The Maumee and Western Reserve Road"
Sandusky Street (U.S. Highway 20) is the former Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike. Native American tribes northwest of the Ohio River ceded the right of way for this 46-mile road . . . — — Map (db m21930) HM
On Fremont Pike (U.S. 20) east of Thompson Road, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on West Side :
Harrison's
March 1813
- - - - -
28
Miles to
Brady's
Island
Text on East Side :
Harrison's
March 1813
- - - - . . . — — Map (db m93477) HM
On Dixie Highway (Ohio Route 25) at Ovitt Road (County Route 104), on the left when traveling north on Dixie Highway. Reported missing.
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on South Side :
Harrison-Hull-Tupper
1812 Marches 1813
- - - - -
6
Miles to
Dudley's
Massacre
Text on North Side : . . . — — Map (db m93456) HM
On West Boundary Street (Ohio Route 25) near West Front Street (Ohio Route 65), on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on South Side :
Harrison-Hull-Tupper
1812 Marches 1813
- - - - -
½
Mile to
Fort
Meigs
<————
Text on North . . . — — Map (db m93521) HM
On West Front Street (Ohio Route 65) at West Boundary Street (Ohio Route 25), on the right when traveling west on West Front Street. Reported missing.
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on East Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - -
½
Mile to
Fort
Meigs
Text on West Side :
Harrison's March - 1813
- - - - - . . . — — Map (db m76976) HM
On Fremont Pike (U.S. 20) at Bradner Road (County Route 16), on the right when traveling east on Fremont Pike. Reported missing.
Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Text on West Side :
Harrison's
March 1813
- - - - -
25
Miles to
Whittaker's
Reserve
Text on East Side :
Harrison's
March 1813
- - . . . — — Map (db m93495) HM
Near this site stood the former Custer Homestead of Emanuel and Maria Custer from 1856-1865. For two years it was the boyhood home of Captain Tom Custer, younger brother of famed General George Armstrong Custer. At age 16, Tom misled a recruiter in . . . — — Map (db m20439) HM
On Tontogany Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on Tontogany Creek Road.
April 29, 1843. Wood County's first Masonic Lodge formed and met at this site. February 18, 1921 Wood County Lodge #112 F & A.M. moved to 159 N. Main St. in Bowling Green, Ohio. — — Map (db m98844) HM
On Eagleville Road at Baird Road on Eagleville Road.
1876 Perry Center 1946
(map on front, text on reverse)
When the state of Ohio was chartered, it mandated that every township set aside land for schools.The result was the classic one room schoolhouses that were built in the mid to last half of . . . — — Map (db m100786) HM
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