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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

6-17 Knisley Springs Farm

Side A: Long known to the Indians for the mineral spring water, this land was purchased in 1819 by Samuel Knisley. After 1880 it was developed as a resort area by Dr. Jerome Bland, who also established a cattle and horse breeding farm. In 1930 the land became part of PICKWICK FARMS which in 1976 was the largest standardbred breeding farm in Ohio and known throughout the United States and Canada.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The Michael Families and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 5921 Cox Road, 
Bucyrus, 
OH, 
44820
Location: Between Beck Road and Biddle Road
Latitude: 40.8360300
Longitude: -82.8318290