The Old Wabash River

Historical marker location:

1 Fort Site Street, Fort Recovery, Ohio

( Marker is on Fort Site Street south of West Boundary Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.