Historic John Mishler Weaving Mill

Historical marker location:

383 E Main St, Smithville, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (Ohio Route 585) and East Prospect Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 2002

The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.