On July 3, 1872, 16 men and a 9-year old boy descended the 170 foot shaft in the Atwater Coal Company Mine located in Atwater Township south of Route 224 and East of Route 225. The mine was situated on the property known as the S.G. Shaffer Farm. . . . — — Map (db m67455) HM
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Ebenezer Sheldon (1754-1825) was born in Suffield, Connecticut. On April 19, 1775, he answered the “Lexington Alarm,” fought in the Revolution, and, in 1789, was appointed a captain in Connecticut’s militia. Following the . . . — — Map (db m122089) HM
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Geauga Lake, a scenic destination for visitors to northeast Ohio, was initially named “Giles Pond” after settler Sullivan Giles (1809-1880). In 1856, the predecessor of the Erie Railroad stopped at “Pond . . . — — Map (db m122096) HM
In memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice that we might live in peace
Edward Robert Eichler
Willie John Eldridge
Merle Fisher
Ralph E. Hurd, Jr.
Albert R. Korecky
John Francis Lyons
Donald F. Marvin
John Guy Shaw
Fred R. . . . — — Map (db m122090) WM
The Silver Creek Cheese Factory was located in the heart of the tri-county area known during the 19th century as "Cheesedome". This part of the Western Reserve was best known for the cheese it shipped internationally. The factory contributed to the . . . — — Map (db m122087) HM
The Chillicothe Turnpike stimulated the growth of Aurora Center, Aurora's first commercial area. Established in 1802 by Benjamin Tappan, the road also precipitated the development of Kirtland, Chester, Russell and Bainbridge, provided access to . . . — — Map (db m172669) HM
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Aurora's first church was established on December 31, 1809 under the guidance of the Connecticut Missionary Society. The congregation called the Rev. John Seward of Granby, Massachusetts to be the first minister in 1812. Built on . . . — — Map (db m122091) HM
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"I thought of the great bandits of the old West [like] the James Brothers...They knocked over trains, and I was going to pull the same stunt," exclaimed notorious gangster Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. On November 7, 1935, Karpis and his . . . — — Map (db m122064) HM
Commemorating the 120th anniversary of the arrival of John Garrett and Abraham Dyson and families, first settlers among the Wyandot Indians.
1804 - Silver Creek received its name
1805 - First grist mill and saw mill erected
1874 - Village . . . — — Map (db m122072) HM
Garrettsville, Ohio
Birthplace of the internationally known poet
Hart Crane
Born July 21, 1899
Lost at sea April 27, 1932
Son of Grace Hart and Clarence A. Crane — — Map (db m122074) HM
Harold Hart Crane was born at this site on July 21, 1899, to Grace Hart Crane and Clarence A. Crane, the inventor of Lifesaver Candies, and lived here until the age of three. "A born poet," according to e.e. cummings, Crane dropped out of high . . . — — Map (db m122065) HM
Evidence abounds that Garrettsville was at the center of the maple industry in Ohio from the 1880s into the twentieth century. In 1881, Garrettsville held the first ever-professional association of maple syrup/sugar producers, a tradition that . . . — — Map (db m122070) HM
Founded in 1850 by the Disciples of Christ, or "Campbellites," this institution of higher education was chartered as Hiram College in 1867. The College's original charter provided for instruction for both men and women, and Hiram served as an early . . . — — Map (db m122080) HM
The Mecca Community Church was constructed on what is now State Route 46 in Mecca, Ohio and dedicated in the fall of 1842. Identified as a place where James A. Garfield preached, it was purchased by Hiram College in 2007, reconstructed and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m122078) HM
James A. Garfield was a student, faculty member and then served as Hiram College's Principal (then the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute) from 1857-63 and as President of the United States from 1880 until his assassination in 1881.
The Martin . . . — — Map (db m229223) HM
James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, was nominated in this building on August 23, 1859, for joint senator representing Portage and Summit Counties. This was the begining of his political career.
The nominating convention . . . — — Map (db m151127) HM
The town of Franklin Mills, now Kent, was active
in the Underground Railroad. Many residents
aided fugitive slaves in their flight north toward
Canada. In 1825 at their tavern on Mantua
Street, Joshua and Rebecca Woodard gave shelter
to a . . . — — Map (db m151184) HM
In 1968, Richard Nixon won the presidency partly based on a campaign promise to end the Vietnam War. Though the war seemed to be winding down, on April 30, 1970, Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia, triggering protests across college campuses. . . . — — Map (db m67467) HM WM
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The most notable feature of Mantua Center is the "Village Green," which harkens back to the New England heritage of Mantua Center's early settlers. The Green sets upon land donated by Hezekiah Nooney Sr. and was important to both the . . . — — Map (db m122083) HM
Oliver and Rosetta Snow, who built this home in 1815, immigrated to Mantua from Becket, Massachusetts, in 1805 with two daughters and raised five more children here. Oliver prospered as a farmer, served Portage County in a variety of civic . . . — — Map (db m172679) HM
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 m189183) HM
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 m207605) HM
1867 • Mantua School
1893 • Mantua Town Hall
1926 • Mantua-Shalersville Fire Department
2006 • Mantua Village Government Center — — Map (db m138113) HM
First settler in Springfield Twp in 1806 • Born at Salisbury Conn. in 1767 Died at Mogadore in 1857. Before the Battle of White Plains in 1776 when nine years old he was chosen by Gen. Washington to enter the British lines • Learn their number and . . . — — Map (db m122059) HM
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Legend has it that Mogadore's first settler, Ariel Bradley, was a spy for George Washington in October, 1776. As a nine year old boy, Ariel crossed British lines on a supposed errand to the nearest grist mill and returned with troop . . . — — Map (db m122060) HM
Old Stagecoach Inn
This historic inn began serving travelers on the old Portage-Columbiana stage road (now Tallmadge Road) in 1832. Two major stage lines, one from Cleveland to Wellsville (the closest Ohio River port) and the other from . . . — — Map (db m172671) HM
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The historic Ravenna flagpole was erected in 1893 by Ravenna Township. The 150 foot flagpole replaced a tall wooden flagpole erected during the Civil War. Van Dorn Iron Works of Cleveland fabricated the flagpole for $800; it uses . . . — — Map (db m122062) HM
At this site on February 15,1861 President - Elect Abraham Lincoln's inaugural train stopped at the Cleveland & Pittsburgh RR station to pick up Horace Y. Beebe of Ravenna. Beebe's convention vote had ensured Lincoln's Republican nomination in 1860. — — Map (db m61504) HM
The founder of Ravenna Township in 1799, Benjamin Tappan Jr. led a distinguished life of public service. An aggressive force in local politics, he served in the Ohio Senate from 1803 to 1805, as judge of the fifth circuit court of common pleas . . . — — Map (db m180723) HM
Ephraim Root (1762-1825), a wealthy Connecticut lawyer, was one of 57 investors in the Connecticut Land Company and served as its secretary and agent. In 1795, this group purchased three million acres of land in the Western Reserve. Root held . . . — — Map (db m67457) HM
Ephraim Root returned to Rootstown in 1801 to plant a wheat field and build a log house. In 1802, his brother David Root, with his wife Clara and four sons, moved from Connecticut to Rootstown to establish a home. Rootstown was settled in 1802 and . . . — — Map (db m67458) HM
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In March 1917, a month before U.S. entry into World War I, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company began construction of the hangar on land the firm purchased here in 1916. During World Wars I and II, the hangar was used for building and . . . — — Map (db m122743) HM
