Coast Guard

Historical marker location:

6710 Providence St, Whitehouse, Ohio

( Memorial is on Providence Street (Ohio Route 64) just south of Maumee Street, on the right when traveling south.)

Semper Paratus.

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.