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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Marion County, Ohio
Adjacent to Marion County, Ohio
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| On Main Street at South Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | In a Caledonia printing shop owned by his father, Dr. George T. Harding, Warren learned the fundamentals of the printing trade which inspired his interest in a journalism career. — — Map (db m29129) HM |
| On Marion-Galion Road (Local Road 114), on the left when traveling east. |
| | This grass land, extending one mile east between the road and the railway, is one of the few surviving remnants of the once extensive prairies that were part of pioneer Marion County. This strip, preserved by chance when the railway and road were . . . — — Map (db m29127) HM |
| On Harding Highway (Ohio Route 309) at Caledonia-Climax Road (County Route 159), on the right when traveling east on Harding Highway. |
| | This trail, also know as the Old war trace,
connected Upper Sandusky and Mt. Vernon
through Caledonia, Mt. Gilead, and Fredericktown.
The route continued to Newcomertown by way
of Owl Creek (Kokoshing River) and White
Woman (Walhoning) River. . . . — — Map (db m97069) HM |
| On Marion-Green Camp Road (Ohio Route 739) at Mill Street, on the left when traveling west on Marion-Green Camp Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m36747) HM |
| On High Street (Ohio Route 37), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Oorang Indian football team was founded by LaRue native Walter Lingo (1890-1966), owner of the Oorang Airedale Dog Kennels. The team, comprised of Native American Indians, played in the National Football League (NFL) in 1922-23.
The star . . . — — Map (db m27018) HM |
| On Larue-Marseilles Rd (Ohio Route 37) at LaRue- Decliff Rd (County Route 17), on the right when traveling north on Larue-Marseilles Rd. |
| | Dedicated in memory of the men of the LaRue area who served their country in World Wars I and II, Korea and Viet Nam — — Map (db m105061) WM |
| Near Larue-Marseilles Rd (Ohio Route 37) at LaRue-Decliff Rd (County Route 17), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dedicated
to the memory of
veterans of the
Civil War
Spanish American
and
World War — — Map (db m105058) WM |
| On Harding Highway (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling east. |
| | This site was once a twenty-four acre camp for Prisoners of War established on the grounds of the Marion Engineer Depot. The Depot was a major supply and logistics site of the U.S. Army Engineers during World War II. The first contingent of POWs . . . — — Map (db m29115) HM |
| On East Center Street (Ohio Route 309) at Sharpless Ct, on the right when traveling west on East Center Street. |
| | Side A Thomas Stinson Cummins, owner of a successful dry
goods store, built his home in the early 1870s on
the outskirts of the growing village of Marion. The
home was purchased in 1889 by Henry M. Barnhart,
an inventor, and co-founder . . . — — Map (db m97116) HM |
| Near Delaware Avenue (Ohio Route 423) at Vernon Heights Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| |
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was born November 2, 1865, in Blooming Grove, Ohio, to Dr. George Tryon Harding and Phoebe Dickerson Harding. The family moved to the village of Caledonia, and then to Marion.
Harding . . . — — Map (db m67707) HM |
| On Mount Vernon Avenue (Ohio Route 95), on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | His residence from 1891 to 1921
Restored by the Harding Memorial Association — — Map (db m94800) HM |
| On Delaware Avenue (Ohio Route 423) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Delaware Avenue. |
| | Jacob Foos, while surveying the Military Road north from Fort Morrow to Fremont during the War of 1812, dug a well at this site. General William H. Harrison and his troops, on their way to Lake Erie, camped here and drank from the well. This area . . . — — Map (db m29048) HM |
| On Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309) at Main Street (Ohio Route 4), on the right when traveling west on Center Street. |
| | This is Marion County's fourth courthouse and the second at this site. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1884. Costing $115,000, it was completed in 1885 by contractors Leffler and Bland. In 1973 the courthouse was placed on the National Register . . . — — Map (db m29095) HM |
| On Mount Vernon Avenue (Ohio Route 95) just from Richland Road (Ohio Route 529), on the right when traveling east. |
| | The Marion Mausoleum represents a time in early 20th-century
America in which burial practices changed because of advances in
engineering and construction materials, concerns about hygiene, and
a new rise in wealth among the middle class. . . . — — Map (db m117821) HM |
| On Center Street (Ohio Route 95/309), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Marion Steam Shovel Company built the primary tools for America's civil engineering for more than 100 years. Founded in 1884 by Henry M. Barnhart, George W. King, and Edward Huber, the company's patent steam shovels helped revolutionize railway . . . — — Map (db m27021) HM |
| | Was born on this site Nov. 20, 1884. He graduated from Marion High School in 1901, Princeton University in 1905, and from Union Theological Seminary. Thomas, a clergyman, and the son of Marion's Presbyterian minister, was a tireless worker for . . . — — Map (db m27030) HM |
| On Quarry Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Marion founder Eber Baker donated this two-acre plot for use as a
cemetery shortly after platting the village in 1822. The oldest
legible headstone bears an 1812 burial date, indicating that it may
have been moved to the site after the opening . . . — — Map (db m94914) HM |
| On Pole Lane Rd (County Route 174), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Side A On March 2, 1942, four months after the U.S. entered WWII, farmers living between Marion-Williamsport and Marseilles-Galion Roads and between State Route 98 and the Norfolk & Western Railroad were notified to vacate their farms by . . . — — Map (db m94705) HM |
| On U.S. 23, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Runaways sheltered by friendly abolitionist communities often believed
that slave-catchers could not touch them in the heart of Ohio, but
they were wrong.
Such was the case in 1838 in Marion County. A black man by the
name of “Bill . . . — — Map (db m92077) HM |
| On Harding Highway East (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling east. |
| |
Side A:
Early in 1942, during World War II, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 640 acres along two miles of U. S. Route 30 South (now State Route 309) from ten landowners. By June 11 of that year, the farm families were removed and . . . — — Map (db m29126) HM |
| On LaRue-Prospect Road (Ohio Route 203) at Marion- Green Camp Rd (Ohio Route 739), on the right when traveling south on LaRue-Prospect Road. |
| | The U.S. Army built a two-story blockhouse on a nearby
hill during the War of 1812. The blockhouse was one of a
series of such structures erected along the Greenville
Treaty line to guard against Native Americans who
supported the British during . . . — — Map (db m94537) HM |
| On U.S. 23 at milepost 6, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a
railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens
where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery
were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, disguised,
and instructed . . . — — Map (db m92076) HM |
| On North Main Street (Ohio Route 423) at Center Street (Ohio Route 309), on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a
railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens
where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery
were sheltered, fed, clothed, nursed, concealed, . . . — — Map (db m94909) HM |
| On Pole Lane Road (County Road 174) at Chapel Heights Street, on the right when traveling north on Pole Lane Road. |
| | Side A:
During the early months of World War II, citizens as well as soldiers made enormous sacrifices for the war effort. In March 1942 the War Department announced plans to build a 13,000-acre munitions manufacturing complex northeast of . . . — — Map (db m29125) HM |
| On Boundary Road (County Route 73) at Marion - Marysville Road (Ohio Route 4), on the right when traveling east on Boundary Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m44308) HM |
| On Water Street (Ohio Route 47) 0.1 miles west of Main Street (Ohio Route 203), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The single-span Parker Through Truss Bridge that previously carried State Route 47 over the Scioto River at this location was constructed by the Standard Engineering Company of Toledo shortly after the Flood of 1913 destroyed the wrought iron . . . — — Map (db m26984) HM |
| On Main Street (Ohio Route 203) at Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Dedicated in memory of
the men of the Prospect area
who served their country in
World Wars I and II,
Korea and Vietnam.
— — Map (db m26982) WM |
| On Brundage Road (Local Route 125) 0.7 miles north of Ohio Route 229, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Fort Morrow
»»««
A stockade fort built by
Captain Taylor about 1812 and
a place of common refuge
for the pioneers during
many Indian attacks. — — Map (db m30073) HM |
| On Marion Street (Ohio Route 423) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Marion Street. |
| | Side A: The first road through Marion County followed the Scioto Trail of the Native Americans. This 120-foot wide strip through Wyandot territory led from Lower Sandusky (Fremont) to the Greenville Treaty Line. A confederation of Ohio tribes . . . — — Map (db m22923) HM |
| On Marion Street (Ohio Route 423) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Marion Street. |
| | [Honor Roll of township citizens who served in World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf War] — — Map (db m22965) HM |
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