Historical Marker

Point Farm

Historical marker location:
11021 Brower Road, North Bend, Ohio
( Marker is on Brower Road, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1959

William Henry Harrison’s gift to son and grandson. Site of Fort Finney.

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.