Lucas County, Ohio
Ashland Avenue Baptist Church
B'nai Israel Synagogue
Berdan Building
Birckhead Place Historic District
Birmingham Historic District
Brand, R., and Company
Brandville School
Bronson Place
Burt's Theater
Bush Street Historic District
Central YMCA
Columbian House
Commodore Perry Hotel
East Side Commercial Block
East Toledo Historic District
Eckenrode And Breisach Houses
Englewood Historic District
Fallen Timbers Battlefield
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Presbyterian Church Of Maumee Chapel
Forsythe-Puhl House
Fort Industry Square
Gendron, Peter, House
Gillett-Shoemaker-Welsh House
Governor's Inn
Griswold, Peck, House
Hanson House
Haskins, Liberty Whitcomb, House
Hillcrest Hotel
House Of Four Pillars
Hull, Isaac, Store
Hull-Wolcott House
Huron-Superior Streets Warehouse-Produce Historic District
Interurban Bridge
Inverness Club
Ira Apartments
Isham, John, Farmstead
Isham, John, House
Landers Brothers Company Building
Lasalle, Koch and Company Department Store
Libbey, Edward D., House
Libbey, Edward Drummond, High School
Lucas County Courthouse and Jail
Lucas County Hospital and Nurse's Home
Ludwig, Isaac R., Historical Mill
Madison Avenue Historic District
Maumee Historic District
Maumee Sidecut
Maumee Theater
Maumee Uptown Historic District
Monroe Street Commercial Buildings
Morehouse-Downes House
Neukom, Albert, House
Ohio Theatre
Old Central Post Office
Old West End District
Old West End Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease)
Ontario Building
Overmyer Building, The
Pray-Starkweather House
Providence Historic District
Pythian Castle
Reed, Henry, Jr., House
Riverview
Riverview Apartments
Saint Peter and Saint Paul Historic District-Oliver's Second addition
Secor Hotel
Secor, Joseph K., House
Spitzer Building
Spring Grove Historic District
St. Ann Roman Catholic Church Complex
St. Clair Street Historic District
St. Clair Street Historic District (Boundary Increase-Decrease)
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Standart-Simmons Hardware Company
Succesful Sales
The Broer-Freeman Building
Toledo Club
Toledo Harbor Light
Toledo Olde Towne Historic District
Toledo Traction Company Power Station
Toledo Yacht Club
Trinity Episcopal Church
United States Courthouse and Custom House
Valentine Theater Building
Vistula Historic District
Waterville Commercial District
West Sister Island Light
Westmoreland Historic District
Woodlawn Cemetery
Wright, Dr. John A., House
Yondota Historic District
1850 Barn
1858 Railroad Depot
41st Regiment of Foot - War of 1812 / Private Patrick Russell
6th Ohio Vol. Infantry Memorial Tree
A Cross Section Of History
A Dam With A View
A Long March
A Prehistoric Fort
A Shattered Truce
A Sticky Situation
Adams Township Veterans Memorial
Aftermath of War
Alliances
Alva N. Sidle Post 232 Veterans Memorial
American Faces
American Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Archeology & Artifacts
Army
Art Tatum
Ballroom / Riding Area
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Bayview Retirees Golf Course
Bigger, Better, Quicker, Faster! / The Glass City
Birmingham / Ironville
Birthplace of Alexander Drabik
Bowling Green Fault
Browning Masonic Community
C & O - Toledo Terminal / Center-Cupola Caboose No. 170
Canal Terminus / Manhattan
Caught Off Guard
CCC Builds A Park
Centennial Terrace and Quarry / Fossil Park
Chessie Circle Trail
Clay Tennis Court / Staff Parking Lot
Coast Guard
Combat Veterans Wounded Memorial
Cover and Camouflage
Dempsey-Willard Fight
Dudley's Massacre
Early American Defeats
Edward Drummond Libbey High School
Electric Auto-Lite Strike of 1934
Elmer W. Hinkleman Rhododendron Gardens
Engine House Number One / Neptune Engine No. 1
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad / Toledo As A Rail Center
Fallen Timbers
Fallen Timbers Battle Memorial
Fallen Timbers Battle Monument
Fallen Timbers Battlefield
Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site
Fighting Forces
First Chartered Girl Scout Council in the United States
First Congregational Church
First Presbyterian Church
Formal Gardens
Fort Deposit / Roche de Bout
Fort Miamis
Fort Miamis Connection
Foundations From The Past
G.A.R. Civil War Monument
George Duncan Forsyth
Gilbert-Flanigan Farmhouse
Good Work Pays Off
Greek Revival Townhouse
Gulf Wars & Afghanistan War
Hindu Temple and Heritage Hall
Historic Habitats
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery
Holland
Home To Jeep / Middlegrounds Metropark
Horse Stables / Visitors Center
Horticultural Heirlooms
House of Four Pillars
Howard Pinkley
Hull's Crossing/Turkey Foot Rock
Issac Ludwig Historic Mill
James A. Rhodes Plaza
James B. Steedman
John Pray - Founder of Waterville,Ohio / The Miami and Erie Canal
Korean War
Korean War Memorial
Land in High Demand / Treaty of Fort Industry
Letters From 1794 / A Strategic Location
Limousine Garage / Metroparks Hall
Locking in Commerce
Log Home
Log House
Lucas County
Lucas County
Lucas County Catholic War Veterans Memorial Flagpole
Lucas County Children's Home
Lucas County Civil War Memorial
Lucas County Civil War Veterans Memorial
Lucas County Iraq Veterans Memorial
Lucas County Korea Veterans Memorial
Lucas County Korean War Memorial
Lucas County Medal of Honor Recipients
Lucas County Spanish American Veterans Memorial
Lucas County Veterans Memorial
Lucas County Vieatnam War Memorial
Lucas County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Lucas County World War I Memorial
Lucas County World War II Memorial
Lucas County WWI Veterans Memorial
Lucas County WWII Veterans Memorial
Lusk / Mewborn Riverview Boardwalk
Manor House
Marine Corps
Maumee City
Maumee Honor Roll
Maumee River Rapids
Medical College of Ohio
Mercy Hospital of Toledo / Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Miami & Erie Canal
Michigan - Ohio State Line
Monclova Soldiers' Monument
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Mount Pleasant Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Natural Mosquito Repellent
Navy
Next Stop: Backruptcy!
Northern Light Lodge No. 40 Free and Accepted Masons
Officer Jacob "Jake" Chandler
Ohio Electric Railroad Bridge / Roche De Bout, Roche De Boeuf
Ohio Historical Flood Marker
Ohio-Michigan War: A War Without Casualties / Canal Boom
Ohio's Last Ottawas / Swanton
Old Fort, New Battle
Old Monclova School Bell
Original Site of Toledo's Oldest Black Institution / Warren African Methodist Episcopal Church
Other Military Operations
Overland Trail
Partners in Preservation
Paul Koester / Camp Miakonda's Statue Of Liberty
Peter and Robert Navarre
Peter Navarre
Peter Navarre
Peter Navarre Cabin
Port Lawrence / Fort Industry, 1805
Private Mark Wood
Project Blue Light
Putting Green
Railroad Car Barn
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Requiescat In Peace
River Diversion / Island / Air Intake Tunnel
Roche de Bout
Roger T. Durbin
Ross Thomas Memorial
Rotary International (1905-2005) / Maumee Rotary Centennial Pavilion Dedicated July 2, 2005
Running A Gauntlet
Saint Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Congregation / Saint Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Church
Salem Lutheran Church
Side Cut's Left Over Locks
Sister City Garden
Site of Fort Deposit / Roche de Boeuf
Site of Fort Miami
Spanish American War Memorial
St. Anthony Church
St. Patrick Church
State Line
Stone Academy
Swanton
Swanton Township Veterans Memorial
Swimming Pool
Sylvania Civil War Memorial
Sylvania Heritage Museum
Sylvania Historical Village
Sylvania Korean War Memorial
Sylvania Vietnam War Memorial
Sylvania World War I Memorial
Sylvania World War II Memorial
Tempers Explode As Dams Get Built
The 150th Anniversary of the Great Starvation
The 1894 King-Quale Elevator Fire
The Battle Begins
The Battle Ends
The Blade
The Bridge
The Columbian House
The First Y's Men's Club
The Formidable Fort Miamis
The Great Trail
The Great Trail
The Harroun Family Barn
The Johlin Cabin
The Lathrops of Sylvania, Lucas County, Ohio
The Liberty House
The Lucas County Courthouse
The Oak Openings Region
The Oak Openings Regions
The Oberle Hotel
The Old Plantation
The Old Territorial Road
The Oliver House
The Oliver Pray House
The Ottawa Hills Garden Club
The Park Today
The Peter Navarre Cabin
The Story of Stranleigh
The Toledo Rotary: Service Above Self / Local and Global Actions
The Toledo State Hospital New Cemetery, 1922-1973
The Toledo State Hospital Old Cemetery, 1888-1922
The Toledo Zoo / The New Deal in Toledo
The Toledo Zoo / Toledo's Canals
The Towpath Trail
The Towpath Trail
The Towpath Trail
The Towpath Trail
The University of Toledo
The University of Toledo
Through The Eyes Of An Artist
to Hull's Crossing / to River Raisin
Toledo
Toledo and Lucas County World War Memorial Tree
Toledo and Western Railway Company
Toledo Beltway Railroad
Toledo Memorial Park & Mausoleum
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo's First High School / Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
Toledo's First Hospital
Toledo's Memorial Hall Cornerstone
ToledoÂ’s Canals
Tough Times On The Towpath
Treaty of Greenville
Turkey Foot Rock
Unfair Negotiations
United Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Flag Pole
Viet Nam Peace Arch Memorial Plaza
Vietnam War
Vistula Historic District
Wakeman Hall / Waterville Historical Society
War Savings Stamps
Water Power: Turbines and Races
Waterville Veterans Memorial Flagpole
Water's Way: Flood And Ice
Welcome
Whalers And Wickets Of Lock 44
Whitehouse Air Force Memorial
Whitehouse Veterans Memorial
Whitehouse Veterans Memorial Park
Why Fight Here?
William McKinley Monument
Willys-Overland Finishing Plant
Wolcott House
World War I
World War II
In the late 17th century, French explorers began to explore and settle in the area, establishing trade relationships with the Native American communities. However, the British gained control of the region after the French and Indian War in the mid-18th century. Following the American Revolution, a series of treaties forced Native Americans to relinquish their land, opening up the area for settlement by European-Americans.
Lucas County experienced rapid growth in the 19th century, largely due to its strategic location along the Great Lakes and its access to transportation networks. The construction of the Miami and Erie Canal in the 1830s, which connected Toledo to Cincinnati, further contributed to the county's development as an important trade and transportation hub.
The county's industrialization began in the mid-19th century, driven by the growth of the manufacturing sector. Toledo became known for its production of glass, automobiles, and other industrial goods, attracting workers from diverse ethnic backgrounds. However, the decline of manufacturing in the later part of the 20th century resulted in significant economic challenges for the county.
Today, Lucas County is home to a diverse population and continues to be an important center for industry and commerce in Ohio. The region's rich history and cultural heritage can be seen in its historical landmarks, museums, and institutions dedicated to preserving and celebrating the county's past.
Brief timeline of the history of Lucas County, Ohio:
- 1835 - Lucas County is formed from portions of Wood County
- 1835 - Toledo is selected as the county seat
- 1838 - The Toledo War occurs between Ohio and the Michigan Territory over the boundary line between the two
- 1840 - The Toledo War is resolved, with Toledo remaining part of Ohio
- 1852 - The first train from Toledo to Chicago is completed, leading to increased trade and transportation
- 1870 - The population of Lucas County reaches over 45,000
- 1895 - The Toledo Museum of Art is founded
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This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Lucas County, Ohio.