Campbell Memorial Park / The Adena Culture

[South Side of Marker]:"Campbell Memorial Park"

James E. Campbell was governor of the State of Ohio from 1890-1892. From 1913-1924, he served as president of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, which later became the Ohio Historical Society. His daughter Jessie ...

The Old Place

Built c. 1867, by Fernando Upton Gautier and his wife, Theresa Fayard Gautier. The Gautiers moved to this area from Biloxi and established the F. Gautier and Sons Sawmill in 1866. The house is built from native pine cut at ...

Original Fort Harrod Site

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A crude fortification was located at "The Big Spring," 1774. Warned of impending Indian war, Harrod and his men were ordered east to participate in Dunmore's War. They returned in 1775 and chose this site on high ground; it was ...

Fernando Gautier and Sons Sawmill

This sawmill operated on this site from 1867 till 1906, employing more than twenty local citizens and producing more than 30,000 board feet of lumber per day at its peak. The sawmill was well situated with easy access to the ...

The Price of Freedom: A Patriot’s Grave

The Aftermath

Imagine the scene in the early morning daylight of the morning of September 28, 1778 at Overkill:

. American soldiers were dead, wounded and missing. Some escaped, others were British captives.

. Major Charles Clough lay dying.

. Col. Baylor, seriously injured, ...

Lincoln Homestead State Park

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Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the parents of future president Abraham Lincoln, were married near here on June 12, 1806. Shortly after their wedding, the couple moved to Elizabethtown, where their daughter, Sarah, was born. The family eventually lived near ...

The Third Continental Light Dragoons

Washington’s army marched mostly on its feet. But the General also formed four “regiments of horse,” the Continental Light Dragoons.

Although costly to maintain, the Light Dragoons performed a valuable service. They provided a way for Washington to attract young gentlemen ...

Lincoln Homestead State Park

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Pioneer Spirit

The westward movement was an enticement felt by many nineteenth century families, and the Lincolns were in the heart of it. A friend of the family was the infamous frontiersman Daniel Boone, and it has been reasoned that ...

Pattenburg United Methodist Church

Church was built in 1853 although worship services

were conducted in local homes and barns from 1840.

Marker is on Main Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dr. Jacob Tally Wilhite

Born on a farm near this site, Jacob Tally Wilhite received his early education in the public schools of the Willow Springs community. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and taught school in Bastrop County before continuing his ...