Historical Marker
Lakeside
Historical marker location:
Lakeside, Ohio
( Marker is on Maple Avenue, 0.1 miles West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2008
<i>The Chautauqua on Lake Erie</i>.
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.