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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «portage county» AND «ohio»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By J. J. Prats, August 23, 2019
Portage Lakes side of marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Ohio, Summit County, Akron, Coventry Township — 35-77 — Coventry Township / Portage Lakes —
Coventry Township. The land on which Coventry Township is situated was ceded in 1785 to the United States by the Delaware, Chippewa, Ottawa, and Wyandot tribes under the Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The area was a choice location for Native . . . — — Map (db m277653) HM

2 ► Ohio, Portage County, Freedom, Freedom Township — The Underground Railroad / Escaping Slavery In Eastern Ohio — Historic Underground Railroad Site —
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
3 ► Ohio, Portage County, Mantua — The Underground Railroad / Escaping Slavery In Eastern Ohio —
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

4 ► Ohio, Portage County, Hiram — “Place of Origins” —
This sculpture “Place of Origins” is dedicated to Elmer and Ellen Jagow Mr. Jagow served as President of Hiram College from 1966 — 1985 The sculpture was made possible through gifts to the Jagow Art Fund It was created by John Spofforth . . . — — Map (db m310396) HM

5 ► Ohio, Lucas County, Toledo — Lucas County Medal of Honor Recipients —
Civil War Brown, Wilson, W. Co. F, 21st Ohio Infantry, Private, Army. Born; December 25, 1837 in Logan County, Ohio. Entered service in Wood County, Ohio. Died; December 25th, 1916, in Toledo, Ohio. Buried at New Belleville Ridge Cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m160385) WM

6 ► Luxembourg, Lëtzebuerg, Sandweiler — U.S. Fifth Armored Division Memorial —
In honor of the valiant 5th U.S. Armored Division who liberated our country on September 10th 1944, and in memory of Sgt Joseph L. Passet and Sgt Jesse Mittiga, the first U.S. soldiers killed on the soil of Sandweiler. — — Map (db m266124) HM WM
7 ► Illinois, LaSalle County, Streator — Streator Civil War Memorial —
[south]Dedicated to All area men who fought in the American Civil War [east]In honor of Orion P. Howe youngest recipient of Congressional Medal of Honor [west]In honor of Lyston D. Howe youngest to serve in the Civil . . . — — Map (db m185100) HM WM
8 ► Ohio, Portage County, Mantua — 67-7 — Oliver and Rosetta Snow —
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
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9 ► Ohio, Stark County, Alliance — 23-76 — The Sultana Tragedy —
Soldiers from Company F of the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry died in the explosion of the steamboat Sultana seven miles north of Memphis on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. The Sultana reportedly carried more than 2,400 . . . — — Map (db m223937) HM

10 ► Ohio, Portage County, Hiram — Circa 1900 —
Hiram College Professor of Science, George H. Colton, planted this ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) in his front yard. He acquired the seedling on a visit to Japan. — — Map (db m303296) HM

11 ► Wisconsin, Portage County, Amherst Junction — South New Hope Lutheran Church —
Early Norwegian immigrants settled Central Wisconsin in the mid-1800s and brought with them the traditional church architecture still found in the hills and fjords of their native land. South New Hope Church was chartered in 1888 when synod debates . . . — — Map (db m156507) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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