Licking
A.H. Heisey Glass
Newark, OH
The A.H. Heisey & Co. produced high quality, hand-wrought glass in Newark, Ohio beginning in 1896.
Alligator Mound
Granville, OH
On this bluff lies one of the two great animal effigy mounds built by Ohio’s prehistoric people.
An Early Center of Education / Educating Young Women
Granville, OH
Just three weeks after reaching Granville, pioneer villagers decided on December 9, 1805 to build a log cabin where eighty children would...
Bank of the Alexandrian Society
Granville, OH
Built by William Stedman in 1816 of local stone, this building served as the Bank of the Alexandrian Society, which printed its own...
Bigelow Cemetery / Bigelow Cemetery War Veterans
Johnstown, OH
In 1810, Dr. Oliver Bigelow from Lansing, New York purchased a 4,000 acre tract of land in Monroe Township for $10,000.
Buckeye Lake
Buckeye Lake, OH
Formed by the retreating glacier more than 14,000 years ago, Buckeye Lake first existed as a shallow, swampy pond, named “Buffalo Swamp”...
Buckeye Lake Park “The Playground of Ohio”
Buckeye Lake, OH
Using a four-mile long dam, the state of Ohio impounded the Licking Summit Reservoir in the mid-1820s to supply water for the Ohio and...
Conine Homestead
Pataskala, OH
Born in New Jersey, Richard and Sarah Conine, the founders of the village of Pataskala, moved to Lima Township and lived on this site as...
Early Transportation in Newark
Newark, OH
During the 1830s, the Ohio & Erie Canal was built through Newark.
Founding of Granville, The Licking Company / The Granville Site “The most eligible part”
Granville, OH
In 1804 a group of neighbors in Granville, Massachusetts and Granby, Connecticut formed The Licking Company for the purpose of moving to...
Hebron
Hebron, OH
Located at the crossing of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the National Road, Hebron was a favored commercial and agricultural center for...
John Sparks Trail Blazer and Frontiersman
Newark, OH
As a private in the infantry of the 1st United States Regiment, and during the years 1805 to 1807, John Sparks (1758-1846) acted as...
Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail
Newark, OH
Designed by J. W. Yost, a renowned Ohio architect, the jail first opened for use in 1889.
Major General Charles Griffin
Granville South, OH
Located 100 yards southeast of this marker is the boyhood home of Major General Charles Griffin.
Major General William Starke Rosecrans / Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans
Soldier, engineer, and statesman, W.S. Rosecrans was born in Delaware County in 1819 and grew up in Homer.
Ohio Canal Ground-Breaking
Heath, OH
At this site on July 4, 1825, Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, a Master Mason, turned the first shovelful of earth for the Ohio Canal.
Old Colony Burying Ground 1805
Granville, OH
Granville, Ohio, was settled in 1805 by the Licking Company, a group formed in Granville, Massachusetts, and Granby, Connecticut, for the...
Outville
Arriving in 1853, the Central Ohio Railroad called this place “Kirkersville Station,” and it was later changed by stationmaster James...
Pataskala Elementary School
Pataskala, OH
The first school in what is now Pataskala was a “subscription school” operated by Amariah Cubberly on the nearby banks of the South Fork...
The Elias Gilman House / The Wee White House
Granville, OH
The original structure, the central portion of the current house, is the oldest frame building in the village.
The Granville Academy / The Anti-Slavery Movement
Granville, OH
The Granville Congregational Church erected this building in 1833 for its Female Academy and a church meeting room.
The Licking County Courthouse
Newark, OH
Licking County was established in 1808.
The Robbins Hunter Museum-Avery Downer House
Granville, OH
Built in 1842 in the Greek Revival Architectural Style for Alfred Avery from designs by Minard Lefever, the house subsequently served as...
Victoria Claflin-Woodhull-Martin / First Woman Candidate for President of the United States
Born in Homer in 1838, Victoria Claflin proved to be a woman with visions that exceeded her time.
Welsh Hills Cemetery / Welsh Hills Cemetery
Welsh Hills Cemetery was once part of the United States Military Tract given to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
Willoughby Dayton Miller, 1853- 1907
Alexandria, OH
Born in Alexandria in 1853, Willoughby Dayton Miller received his primary education in a nearby one-room schoolhouse.