Tenth Street Station / Market Square / Portsmouth 1903

Historical marker location:

515 Front St, Portsmouth, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Front Street and Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street.)

Floodwall Murals, 2000 Feet of History/2000 Feet of Art.

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.