Historical Marker
Parker Ranch
Historical marker location:
North Olmsted, Ohio
( Marker is on Mastick Road, 0.2 miles west of Clague Road, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1980
Adele Von Ohl Parker.
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.