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7-62 Israel Harrington and Elmore

Side A: Israel Harrington (1779-1841) established a tavern at Lower Sandusky (now Fremont) shortly after the War of 1812. As a judge and land speculator, Harrington influenced the organization of much of northwestern Ohio. In 1824 he traded the tavern for land a short distance from this site, where an Indian trail crossed the Portage River. Elmore grew from this settlement. Harrington and his father (also Israel Harrington, a veteran of the American Revolution) are interred here, along with many of the pioneers who transformed this section of the Black Swamp into productive farmland.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: The Elmore Historical Society, The Elmore Community and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: Intersection of Rice and Clinton Streets, 
Elmore, 
OH, 
43416
Location: In the cemetery on the N side of Rice Street
Latitude: 41.4780470
Longitude: -83.2903420