This grindstone from the farm of William Mears Dawes Gristmill built 1840 on Raccoon Creek one mile west. Stone quarried by Ephraim Cutler on Ohio River, brought here on steamboat and cart by Henry Dawes, grandfather of Beman Gates Dawes, founder, The Dawes Arboretum.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 37) and Granville Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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