General Robert Patterson Kennedy

Historical marker location:

132 S Detroit St, Bellefontaine, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of South Detroit Street and West Chillicothe Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Detroit Street.)

Marker installed: 2011

Ohio played a key role in the development of the modern steel industry. Andrew Carnegie, one of the most famous industrialists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, started his career in the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but his first major investment was in a steel mill in Braddock, Ohio.