Fostoria

Historical marker location:

1302 Perrysburg Rd, Fostoria, Ohio

( Marker is on McCutcherville Road (Ohio Route 199) 0.2 miles south of Lester, on the right when traveling south.)

Ohio played a key role in the development of the modern steel industry. Andrew Carnegie, one of the most famous industrialists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, started his career in the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but his first major investment was in a steel mill in Braddock, Ohio.