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1-33 Hog-Creek Marsh

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Front Text: Comprising 8,000 acres of Brookston-Crosby soils, the marsh is named for Hog Creek which drains it. Once a shallow lake, cranberries, wild flags and grasses flourished here. Reclamation (1868) cost $13.00 per acre. Dredging was done by steam scow; lateral ditches were hand dug by spade. The original grade of 1/3" in 100' proved ineffective for onion, beets and potatoes. In 1949 restored drainage outlets breathed new life for today's soybean and corn agriculture. Back Text: Same
Address: OH 81, Dola
Location: Located W of Dola on S side of OH 81, W of County Road 105
2-33 In memory of Jacob Parrott

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Front Text: Jacob Parrott who is buried here. Born July 17, 1843 in Fairfield County, Ohio. Died December 22, 1908. At 18 he enlisted in Company K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was the youngest member of the famous Andrews Raid. The raiders seized "The General" locomotive at Big Shanty, Georgia, April 12, 1862. Captured and later exchanged, Parrott was the first recipient of the Medal of Honor, March 25, 1863. Back Text: Same
Address: 15419 OH 309, Kenton
Location: Grove Cemetery
3-33 Chief Roundhead's Village

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Front Text: Upon this site, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, stood Chief Roundhead's Wyandot Indian village. This flourishing agricultural community later gave way to white settlement and Hardin County's first town was laid out here in 1832. Roundhead, or Stiahta, was celebrated for his capture of American General James Winchester during the War of 1812. Roundhead is believed to be buried in this vicinity. Back Text: Same
Address: Main Street and Township Road 39, Belle Center
Location: SW corner of intersection of OH 117/235 and Twp Road 39
4-33 Old Sandusky Trail and Shawnee Ford

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Front Text: County Road 265 follows an old Indian trail which connected the Wyandot villages at Upper Sandusky with the Shawnee Mac-o-chee towns to the southwest. Many wigwams were pitched near this Scioto River ford during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Soldiers (during the War of 1812), settlers, and stagecoach passengers later followed this route. Back Text: Same
Address: Intersection of TWP Rd 146 and Twp Rd 265, Kenton
Location: NE corner of intersection of TWP Rd 146 and Twp Rd 265
5-33 Mad River Railroad

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Front Text: In 1832 a charter was granted by the state of Ohio for construction of a railroad between Sandusky City and Dayton. The right-of-way privileges included Hardin County. The first train, of the Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad, arrived in Kenton from Sandusky on July 14, 1846. The railroad was completed to Dayton in 1851. The depot on this site was erected in 1882. Back Text: Same
Address: Near 322 W. Franklin Street, Kenton
Location: OH 309 West
6-33 Devil's Backbone

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Front Text: The knolls and ridges found in this vicinity were formed by deposits of gravel left by the retreating glacier which covered much of Ohio during the Pleistocene Era 10,000 years ago. Popularly known as "Devil's Backbones," these ridges can be several miles in length. As the glacier retreated it also left large round depressions in the earth's surface known as kettlers. A kettle was formed by the melting of a buried mass of ice. Back Text: Same
7-33 Scioto Marsh

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Front Text: The Scioto Marsh, the largest of three extensive marsh areas in western Hardin County, was formed in the low basins left by the last retreating glacier 10,000 years ago. It covered more than 16,000 acres and was thought to be a source of malaria by the early settlers. A drainage project was begun in 1859, and the remaining peat-ladened soil helped make this rich agricultural area. Back Text: Same
Address: OH 195, McGuffey
Location: Just S of intersection of OH 195 and County Road 110
8-33 Fort McArthur Cemetery

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Front Text: Approximately 1000 feet east of this marker lies the graves of sixteen American soldiers from Fort McArthur who gave their lives during the War of 1812. The fort, a one-half acre timber stockade containing huts, was built in the summer of 1812 to guard the Scioto River crossing of Gen. William Hull's "Trace" to Detroit. Construction of the fort was under the command of a future Ohio governor, Col. Duncan McArthur. Back Text: Same
Address: Township Road 115/Lynn Valley Pike, Near Kenton
Location: Fort McArthur Cemetery, just S of intersection of Twp Roads 115 & 125 and County Road 106
9-33 Wheeler Tavern

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Front Text: Wheeler Tavern was built by Portius Wheeler, an early pioneer of Hardin County, around 1835 near the Shawnee Ford of the Scioto River. According to local historians this was the first brick residence constructed in Hardin County. Tradition maintains that Wheeler Tavern was a station on the Underground Railroad, a network of contacts and places that aided escaping slaves making their way to the free North. Back Text: Same
Address: Intersection of TWP Rd 144 and Twp Rd 265, Kenton
Location: NW corner of intersection of TWP Rd 144 and Twp Rd 265
10-33 Kenton Hardware Company

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Front Text: First organized as the Kenton Lock Manufacturing Company in 1890, the Kenton Hardware Company became one of the world's largest cast iron toy factories. Under the management of L.S. Bixler, toy stoves, banks, fire company outfits, horse drawn vehicles, automobiles and cap pistols were produced. The immensely popular Gene Autry cap pistol was produced at this plant beginning in 1938. The Company ceased production in 1952 but Kenton toys continue to be popular collectors items worldwide. Back Text: Same
Address: Near 350 W. Espy Street, Kenton
Location: OH 67 West
11-33 The Black and White Schoolhouse

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Front Text: Built in 1886 by direct descendants of slaves, the Black and White schoolhouse provided education for local youth until 1928. Denied admission to white schools in the area, local African-American families first built a log schoolhouse across the road in 1883 in which to educated their children. Three years later, this brick building was constructed. The black families allowed white children to attend and, as a result, the school became known as the Black and White school. It is an early integrated school in Ohio. Back Text: Same
Address: Intersection of Ohio 31 and County Road 190, Kenton
12-33 Hull's Trail

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Front Text: Hull's Trail was a rough passageway through Ohio to the Canadian border, used by General William Hull's army during the War of 1812 on its way to attack the English at Detroit. Woodsmen cleared the trail to permit the Ohio Army Militia with its artillery and baggage to travel through the unbroken wilderness. The route through Hardin County has been marked by stone columns from the old county courthouse. Back Text: Same
Address: Intersection of OH 701 and County Road 135, Kenton
Location: SW corner of intersection

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