Crawford County Honor Roll

Historical marker location:

112 E Mansfield St, Bucyrus, Ohio

( Memorial is on East Mansfield Street west of North Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Ohio was the site of a major oil boom in the late 19th century, with oil wells producing millions of barrels of oil per year. The town of Lima, Ohio, became known as the "little giant of the oil industry" because of the large number of oil companies headquartered there.