Williams County Veterans Memorial

Historical marker location:

875 E Main St, Montpelier, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (Ohio Route 107) and Lincoln Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.)

A Very Complex Memorial. Thousands of Names.

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.