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March 13, 2024 @ 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm

Education On The Road: Black Swamp Stories Part 3

Pemberville Senior Center 220 Cedar Street, Pemberville

Join Mike McMaster as he gives an education program over Black Swamp Stories Part 3. *THIS IS EVENT IS AT THE PEMBERVILLE SENIOR CENTER* Black Swamp Stories Part 3 This […]

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Last week we started on the Herb Garden project (w

Last week we started on the Herb Garden project (we are calling it Herb Garden 2.0 😆). We can't wait to show you what this space will look like when it is done!!

Education Coordinator Mike McMaster here to tell y

Education Coordinator Mike McMaster here to tell you about The Edward Howard Stone House

In 1821, Revolutionary War veteran Thomas Howard came to Wood County landing at Orleans below where Fort Meigs had been. Thomas brought with him two of his sons, Robert and Edward and the party soon moved to what is Grand Rapids today. In 1832, Edward Howard built an inn that stood, as described in 1950 as, between the Nickel Plate Railroad bridge and the auto bridge. Although all known photos of the inn, taken many years after the Howards, show it as a wooden structure, the Edward Howard Inn also was known as the Edward Howard Stone House. When the inn was built high above the Maumee River in 1832, the largest town was not Gilead, but Anpatonjowin or Kin-jo-i-no’s Town on the Ottawa Reservation directly across the river (in Wood County at that time). Although the last of the ‘Indian Wars’ in northwest Ohio was concluded after the War of 1812, there was still lingering fear among the pioneers. What was a “stone house”? When Edward Howard built the large wooden inn, he also built a large stone room on the back, with walls extending into the inn, in order to protect the pioneer women and children from possible attack; it was, in essence, a small fort. There were other stone houses mentioned in the early chronicles of Wood County history. The Edward Howard Inn was later known as the Pioneer Inn. Today, it is a private residence and moved farther down river.

Photo Caption: Just visible is the Edward Howard Inn, between the railroad bridge and the auto bridge. This photo was taken approximately 1890.

"For Service & Support: Creating an Accessible Com

"For Service & Support: Creating an Accessible Community" exhibit is now open! Thank you to Ohio Humanities for helping with this exhibit!

On May 2-4th we will be hosting our Early Ohio on

On May 2-4th we will be hosting our Early Ohio on the Portage (Reenactment/Living History) event and we are in need of volunteers! Most spots are only 2 hour shifts. If you have some free time on that day please consider signing up for a shift! Thank you 🙂

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