The Ohio Historical Markers identify, commemorate and honor the important people, places and events that have contributed to the state's rich history.
The hills before you were inspiration for the design of The Great Seal of the State of Ohio. In 1803 the law prescribed the sheaf of wheat to represent Ohio's agricultural roots and the bundle of seventeen arrows to symbolize Ohio's place as the seventeenth state in the Union. In the background is a range of hills, including Mount Logan, as viewed from Thomas Worthington's estate, Adena, now a state memorial. The sun's thirteen rays represent the thirteen original colonies. The Scioto River flows between the hills and the cultivated fields in the foreground.