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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sandusky County, Ohio
Adjacent to Sandusky County, Ohio
▶ Erie County (76) ▶ Huron County (14) ▶ Ottawa County (37) ▶ Seneca County (19) ▶ Wood County (53)
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Circuit Riders
The Methodists first entered the Ohio territory in 1785 followed soon by the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical Association. Circuit riders were appointed to their circuit by their bishops and ordained by the . . . — — Map (db m97309) HM |
| | Side A : "General James Birdseye McPherson"
James Birdseye McPherson was born in Hamer's Corners (now Clyde) on November 14, 1828. He left this house at age 13 to work in nearby Green Springs. He attended Norwalk Academy and West Point, where he . . . — — Map (db m31737) HM |
| | Dedicated to the memory of James Birdseye McPherson Born at Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1828, Graduated from West Point, 1853; Appoited Brevet Second Lieutenant of Engineers 1853; Appointed Captain Aug. 6, 1861; Served in the field at the opening of the . . . — — Map (db m20473) HM |
| | Here stood the log cabin where General James B. McPherson was born Nov. 14, 1828. — — Map (db m31735) HM |
| | Named for Major General James B. McPherson, buried here July 29, 1864. Here also are graves of George Burton Meek, U.S.N., first American serviceman killed in the War with Spain; Congressional Medal of Honor recipients Charles H. McCleary, Civil . . . — — Map (db m25926) HM |
| | Major Ball’s Squadron 2nd Light Dragoons U.S. Army while escorting Col. Wells 17th U.S. Infantry from Major General Harrison’s headquarters at Fort Seneca to relieve Major Croghan of the command of Fort Stephenson for alleged insubordination in . . . — — Map (db m17967) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m20568) HM |
| | In honor of - Captain Samuel Thomson, - wounded at Lundy’s Lane, Canada in the second war with Great Britain, and the soldiers of Sandusky County in the War with Mexico, 1846-1848. — — Map (db m87264) HM |
| | In honor of Grover Cleveland 22nd President of the United States and President-Elect for the Term 1893 - 1897 and William McKinley Governor of Ohio 1892 - 1896. Later 24th President of the United States 1897 - 1901. Mourners at the Funeral of their . . . — — Map (db m91955) HM |
| | By his gift and endowment of Spiegel Grove with the Hayes Homestead and Hayes Memorial, he preserved for future generations this typical American home as a memorial to his beloved parents.Major 1st Ohio Cavalry through the campaigns in Cuba and . . . — — Map (db m59822) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m87263) HM |
| | [Marker Front]:
Victoriously defended by Major George Croghan.
Battle of Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813.
Built on this spot 1812-1813 and named for Col. Mills Stephenson, one of its builders.
[Marker Reverse]:
Major . . . — — Map (db m18093) HM |
| | Most Gallantly Defended By
Major George Croghan
With but 160 men
Against 1300 British and Indians
Under Gen. Proctor and Tecumseh
On August 2, 1813 — — Map (db m31784) HM |
| | 2 blocks south - site of
Fort Stephenson
Here, in 1813, Major Croghan
with only 160 men and the
cannon, "Old Betsy," heroically
defended the fort against
over 2800 British and Indians.
— — Map (db m135741) HM |
| | The Junquindundeh of the Indians, and the Lower Sandusky of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
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An old neutral town of the Eries used as a refuge on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650.
— . . . — — Map (db m18293) HM |
| | The Junquindundeh of the Indians, and the Lower Sandusky of the Revolutionary War and War of 1812.
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An old neutral town of the Eries used as a refuge on the destruction of the Huron commonwealth by the Iroquois in 1650.
— . . . — — Map (db m31731) HM |
| | On the Indian trail leading from the headquarters of Major General Harrison at Fort Seneca on the Sandusky River to Fort Meigs on the Maumee River. — — Map (db m141384) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m135707) HM |
| | Connecting the Forts of the Sandusky Valley in War of 1812. — — Map (db m91953) HM |
| | Lt. Colonel Wm. C. Shortt, Lt. J.G. Gordon, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 21 rank and file of the 41st Regiment, British regulars, who died in the assault on Fort Stephenson, August 2, 1813, and the succeeding amity between the contending nations. — — Map (db m18291) HM |
| | Indian Gantlet and Race Course
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From the present State Street
to the railroad bridge was
a famous Indian race track
and gantlet run by captives.
James Whittaker ran it so
well that he was adopted and
given . . . — — Map (db m31692) HM |
| | In honor of Maj. Gen’l. James B. McPherson, the highest in rank and command killed during the war and the veterans of Sandusky County in the War for the Union, 1861-1865. — — Map (db m87266) HM |
| | Mull Covered Bridge The Mull Covered Bridge was built in 1851 by the
Henry Mull Family to allow for safe passage across
Wolf Creek and easy access for trade to the Mull
mill. The bridge was open for traffic until 1962 when
the road was . . . — — Map (db m135322) HM |
| | British cannon from Commodore Barclay's fleet bombarded Major Croghan in Fort Stephenson August 1 and 2, 1813. General Proctor attempted to capture the fort by assault with his Wellington veterans assisted by Indians under Tecumseh. Major Croghan . . . — — Map (db m18285) HM |
| | Cannon used by
Major George Croghan
Against the British and
Indians in the defense
Of Fort Stephenson
Aug. 1st and 2nd 1813 — — Map (db m31795) HM |
| | Site of camps during the
Pontiac Conspiracy
Here Bradstreet's British
expedition camped in 1764.
Also the farthest point
west reached by colonial
forces under command of
Israel Putnam.
— — Map (db m135756) HM |
| | Near this spot an old footpath bypassed the lower rapids of the Sandusky River from midtown Fremont south to Tindall Bridge. Along this trail Indian portaged their canoes around swift rapids. This was the Old Sandusky-Scioto Trail, an ancient . . . — — Map (db m18189) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m88525) HM |
| | Here Bradstreet's British expedition camped in 1764. Also farthest point west reached by colonial forces under command of Col. Israel Putnam. These grounds purchased in 1870 by the Sandusky County Agricultural Society. — — Map (db m26322) HM |
| | Roger's Colonial Rangers against the French, 1760.
Bradstreet's British army against Pontiac, 1764.
Butler's British Rangers against Crawford, 1782.
Proctor's British army against Ft. Stephenson, 1813.
Called, after the American invasion of . . . — — Map (db m18209) HM |
| | In memory of our soldiers, sailors and Marines, who gave their lives in the service of their country. World War 1917, Mexican Border 1916, China Relief Expedition 1900, Philippine Insurrection 1899, War with Spain 1898. — — Map (db m91957) WM |
| | [North Side of Monument]
To him who hath
Borne the battle
And to his widow and his orphans.
Erected by the people of
Sandusky Co., 1885
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[East Side of Monument]
Liberty and Union now . . . — — Map (db m41893) WM |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. U.S. Department . . . — — Map (db m59354) HM |
| | The twenty-five acre estate Spiegel Grove was the home of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the 19th president of the United States. Spiegle Grove received its name from the German word "spiegel," meaning mirror, describing pools that collect beneath the . . . — — Map (db m59825) HM |
| | Spiegel Grove was purchased in 1845 by Rutherford B. Hayes’s uncle Sardis Birehard. He named it for the reflecting pools of water which collect after a rainfall. “Spiegel” is the German word for mirror.
Birehard completed the . . . — — Map (db m100714) HM |
| | Northern Entrance Old Sandusky Scioto Trail Lake Erie to Ohio River connecting the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes with the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers The Harrison Trail War of 1812 Bird and Game Sanctuary — — Map (db m87262) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m31720) HM |
| | Seneca John, Noted Chief
was executed near this spot,
easterly, by his tribe,
in 1828,
charged with witchcraft
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North 30 rods is the boundary
of the reservation. — — Map (db m31733) HM |
| | (side 1)
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, . . . — — Map (db m160782) HM |
| | Along this highway (now US 20) milestones like this were placed mile on the Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike between Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) and Perrysburg.
The turnpike was completed in 1827 and the mile markers were installed in 1842. . . . — — Map (db m31665) HM |
| | Along this line stand the old
Milestones
of the Maumee & Western
Reserve Turnpike between
Lower Sandusky now Fremont....L S
and
Perrysburg........P
The Turnpike built 1824-27,
is now Route 20 between
Bellevue & . . . — — Map (db m31683) HM |
| | Indians lived in
this area until
1817. They marked
forest trails by
bending young
trees to point the
way. The ancient
hackberry tree,
just west of
the bridge, bent
when young, points
to a shallow
crossing of the
Portage . . . — — Map (db m31661) HM |
| | Woodville “The Lime Center of the World.” Woodville and the surrounding area is situated in the center of a huge deposit of some of the purest dolomitic limestone in the world. The absence of cracks in the rock stratum and relatively . . . — — Map (db m4024) HM |
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