This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303043) WM
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303053) WM
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303055) WM
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303095) WM
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303150) WM
This marker trail is dedicated to all those who have served their country from the American Revolution to this day. Please read more about these patriots by scanning the QR code below. — — Map (db m303179) WM
The first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil was fought here when about 60 exhausted citizen soldiers were ambushed by about 130 Indians on September 29. Twenty men held the Indians at bay in a cabin while the main body escaped by boat to Cedar Point. . . . — — Map (db m35956) HM
During the Devonian Period of Earth's history, from about 419 million years until about 359 million years ago, the planet looked much different than it does today. Plate tectonics hadn't yet moved the continents into their current locations and . . . — — Map (db m248490) HM
Our parish, part of the Diocese of the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America, was founded in 1898 by Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants.
The church was consecrated in 1906 by Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, who was martyred in Russia in 1925 . . . — — Map (db m248456) HM
The private home of Benajah Walcott 1762-1832 1st Keeper – Marblehead Lighthouse has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m87268) HM
Immigrants of Ottawa County. Ottawa County's development between 1820-1920 was dependent on the labor of new immigrants who brought their religious and cultural practices with them to Ohio. By 1870, one in four county residents were . . . — — Map (db m248428) HM
[Marker Front]:
In memory of
Mason, Simonds, & Mingus.
Who fell near this place
in battle with the Indians.
Sept. 29, 1812.
[Marker Side]:
This Monument was erected in 1857 by Joshua R. Giddings . . . — — Map (db m18978) HM
In 1861 the United States Army established a prisoner of war camp on Johnson's Island, approximately 1 mile south of this point. The camp, which housed captured Confederate officers, was maintained until 1865 when it was dismantled. The camp . . . — — Map (db m19012) HM
The Keeper’s House is so named because it was the personal residence of the first two keepers of the nearby Marblehead Lighthouse. The house was built for Benajah Wolcott and his wife Rachel Miller by William Kelly, a stonemason from . . . — — Map (db m87283) HM
Built in 1822, this native limestone structure was the home of Benajah Wolcott, first keeper of the Marblehead Lighthouse (originally called the Sandusky Bay Light), and his second wife, Rachel Miller Wolcott. Benajah maintained the lighthouse from . . . — — Map (db m18980) HM
In total area, Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and the most shallow of the five Great Lakes. It is about 210 miles long, 57 miles wide, with a shoreline of approximately 871 miles, and has a maximum depth of 210 feet. . . . — — Map (db m40066) HM
The Marblehead Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation
on the Great Lakes. Originally known as the Sandusky Bay Light Station,
the lighthouse was built here in 1821 to aid navigation and prevent
shipwrecks. William Kelly . . . — — Map (db m150126) HM
Limestone has been used as a building material since the time of the Egyptians, or possibly even longer. The Ohio Statehouse was built between 1839 and 1861 in the Greek Revival style using limestone from the Columbus Limestone quarries near the . . . — — Map (db m248493) HM
If you had the opportunity to climb the 77 steps of the Marblehead Lighthouse, you might be tired! This magnificent 65 feet beacon, originally 50 feet was built in 1821 in just eleven weeks an additional 15 feet was added to the structure in 1903. . . . — — Map (db m90707) HM
Lamps, Lenses, and Lanterns
1822 When keeper Benajah Wolcott lit the 13 oil lamps atop the new lighthouse on Ohio's Marblehead Peninsula, he kindled what would become the oldest continuously operating beacon on the Great Lakes. Mariners . . . — — Map (db m248496) HM
Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the Great Lakes, has guided sailors safely along the Marblehead Peninsula's rocky shores since 1822. Throughout its history, fifteen lighthouse keepers, two of whom were . . . — — Map (db m248497) HM
Although the first commercial quarry in Marblehead didn't open until 1834, stone was being quarried on a small scale prior to that time. The Marblehead Lighthouse and the associated Keeper's House were built in 1821-22 of local limestone. . . . — — Map (db m248492) HM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation.
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States. — — Map (db m301666) WM
This building is a replica of the U. S. Lifesaving Station which was built in Marblehead in 1876. The actual building was located about one mile west of this location on the site presently occupied by the U. S. Coast Guard Station Marblehead. The . . . — — Map (db m248494) HM
South Bass Island is the island you see toward your left (west) and has also been called "Put-in-Bay" for the harbor from which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry launched his successful naval battle against the British fleet under Robert H. Barclay . . . — — Map (db m171269) HM
During the great age of sail when shipping in the area flourished during the mid-1800s, wooden hulled schooners rounded this rocky tip of Marblehead Peninsula on their way to and from the bustling Port of Sandusky Bay, carrying limestone and . . . — — Map (db m171270) HM
To honor the Captain and Crew
"Plankowners" of the
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter
Winslow Griesser
Commissioned at Sector San Juan, Puerto Rico
11 March 2016
with appreciation and gratitude
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Winslow Griesser Family . . . — — Map (db m248495) HM WM
Sacred to the Memory of Benajah Wolcott
• Born New Haven, Conn., April 7, 1762
• Died Danbury, Ohio, August 11, 1832, aged 70 Years*
• Veteran of the First War for American Independence, 1778 - 1784
• Surveyor of the Firelands, 1806
• . . . — — Map (db m301665) HM
