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Early settlers found a group of small lakes and wetlands, occupying about 640 acres (2.6 km 2), and named them for the Indian tribes living in the region.The area was ideal for fishing and hunting, but in the 1850s it was converted into the 6,334-acre (25.63 km 2) "Lewistown Reservoir," in order to collect water for the Sidney Feeder to the Miami and Erie Canal, which extended from Toledo to ...
In the Indian reservation the population was spread out, with 36.5% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 5.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.
The Old Field Point Light located on the northern tip of Old Field, dates back to 1823. [5] It was built by the United States government for $2,500. The rest of the lighthouse was finished in 1824 for an additional $1,500. [5] The lighthouse and adjacent Keeper's Cottage serve as the Old Field Village Hall complex. [6]
According to the ODNR, it began in 1851 as "Old Indian Lake," a feeder lake for the Miami & Erie Canal. A bulkhead completed in 1860 allowed the lake, then called Lewiston Reservoir, to grow to ...
Hunter Vance, 27, was in his girlfriend's home near downtown Lakeview on Thursday night when a deadly tornado that killed three people and injured some 20 others at an Indian Lake mobile home park ...
The park's 3,000-foot (910 m) beach is the largest inland beach in Ohio [4] and includes a beach house and beach volleyball courts. The lake is open to ice fishing during the winter months. [3] Game fish found in the lake include large mouth and small mouth bass, bluegill, crappie, sunfish, channel catfish, saugeye, walleye and muskellunge.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio Department of Natural Resources have been able to use seeds from these patches to restore the prairie to some of the land at Buck Creek State Park. A large restored area is below the dam at the park. The 40-acre (16 ha) field has nest boxes that attract tree swallows and eastern bluebirds. Non-native ...
Mohican State Park is a 1,110-acre (450 ha) public recreation area located on the south shore of Pleasant Hill Lake, five miles (8.0 km) south of Loudonville in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. [3] The state park is located along Ohio SR 3 and Ohio SR 97 and is surrounded by the 4,525-acre (1,831 ha) Mohican-Memorial State Forest.