Railroad Connection

Historical marker location:

8095 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, Ohio

James A. Garfield National Historic Site. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Ohio is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because of its role in producing so many US presidents. In addition to the seven presidents who were born in Ohio, another president, William Henry Harrison, lived in Ohio for much of his life and is sometimes counted as an honorary Ohioan.