{"id":32680,"date":"2026-03-09T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=32680"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:25:04","slug":"finish-ohio-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/finish-ohio-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Finish Ohio &amp; More, Part 1 (Swipe Up)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a work in progress. Slowly, ever slowly, I chipped away at Ohio counties as my older kid attended school in Michigan. I took a different route through Ohio multiple times, collecting counties and adding them to my list. So this was, I think, the sixth trip involving Ohio, all dutifully recorded on Twelve Mile Circle: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32380\">Arc of Columbus<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=32182\">Taming the Frontier<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31665\">Detour to Ashtabula<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31509\">Dayton<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=26538\">The Ohio River<\/a>; and of course the current (final) effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why I don&#8217;t believe I&#8217;ll ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">visit every county in the United States<\/a> although it remains a worthwhile goal. It&#8217;s simply too time consuming given other commitments in my life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before this journey, I&#8217;d carved Ohio down to six residual counties clustered near the northwestern corner of the state. I planned to hit Auglaize, Allen and Putnam on the way up, then Pauling, Van Wert, and Mercer on the way back. That would complete all 88 Ohio counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lima<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/55125081459\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55125081459_9b0859c423_b.jpg\" alt=\"Truck Throuple; Lima, Ohio. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I barely clipped Auglaize the first day but it still counted. However, in my defense, I planned to return to Auglaize and spend the night there on the return trip. So I didn&#8217;t fret as I drove through and entered neighboring Allen County. I checked into a hotel in its largest town and seat of local government, the city of Lima (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/dviLvjNZCXEPrrYx7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately there wasn&#8217;t much to see or do around here, and believe me I checked. I didn&#8217;t even plan to take a photo until I saw this amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Throuple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">truck throuple<\/a> in the parking lot by the hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m52!1m12!1m3!1d1533679.5857486243!2d-85.07827197471546!3d41.34218168644845!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m37!3e0!4m5!1s0x883889c1b990de71%3A0xe43266f8cfb1b533!2sColumbus%2C%20Ohio!3m2!1d39.9625112!2d-83.00322179999999!4m5!1s0x883ef24907782aa3%3A0x70a190adffa629c2!2sLima%2C%20Ohio!3m2!1d40.742551!2d-84.1052256!4m5!1s0x883dd1f431947851%3A0xa4e1971b707302cc!2sOld%20Fort%20Defiance%20Park%2C%20320%20Fort%20St%2C%20Defiance%2C%20OH%2043512!3m2!1d41.2874974!2d-84.3572446!4m5!1s0x883db12c83e29f8d%3A0xd5cb4c2e2ab77aab!2sHistoric%20Lockport%20Covered%20Bridge%2C%2022598-22500%20County%20Rd%20I-%2025%2C%20Stryker%2C%20OH%2043557!3m2!1d41.546603499999996!2d-84.390717!4m5!1s0x8822d35a99ed9109%3A0xc1ea291c69be3983!2sMeridian-Baseline%20Historic%20State%20Park%2C%20Pleasant%20Lake%2C%20MI%2049272!3m2!1d42.4229967!2d-84.3564019!4m5!1s0x8822e875eae5abf3%3A0x3b19b3f7117ca625!2sEast%20Lansing%2C%20Michigan!3m2!1d42.7369792!2d-84.4838654!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1773011175652!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, local residents don&#8217;t pronounce the name of the town like the city in Peru. Instead, it&#8217;s something closer to Lime-uh, like a citrus fruit, even though ironically it may be <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lima,_Ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">named for the Peruvian city<\/a>. Early residents chose Lima as an expression of appreciation for Peru, the source of quinine used to treat a malaria outbreak. One doesn&#8217;t normally associate malaria with Ohio but apparently that was a concern in the mid 19th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lima sounded familiar so I dug into my genealogical records and I found a tenuous connection. My Great-Great-Grandfather, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/lineages\/d0017\/i0471.htm\">Levi Meyers<\/a>, was a fireman and constable there in the 1870&#8217;s and 1880&#8217;s. He lived in Pennsylvania beforehand and Tennessee afterwards, but called northwest Ohio the family home for awhile. My great grandmother (my mother&#8217;s mother&#8217;s mother) was born in Lima. So I guess I came full circle for a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fort Defiance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/55123950702\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55123950702_b93fa950ce_b.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Defiance, Ohio. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We awoke the next morning and planned a casual ride to Michigan. First we drove north through Putnam County &#8212; another new one for the list &#8212; but we kept going. Then we crossed into Defiance County and stopped at Old Fort Defiance Park (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/bf5B1LbecvBiXjex6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) in the town of Defiance, a place I learned about in <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17327\">Centers of Michigan<\/a>. That&#8217;s a lot of Defiance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They all got their name from the fort of course, a hastily built defensive position from the 1794 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Defiance_(Ohio)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Northwest Indian War<\/a>. General &#8220;Mad Anthony&#8221; Wayne needed a series of fortifications and this one filled a particularly strategic point at the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize Rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fort served its purpose and the U.S. military abandoned it in 1796, although a trading post continued there. Then, a few years later, the 1807 Treaty of Detroit defined a land boundary between the United States and several Native American nations. The old fort served as a reference point for the longitudinal border, a vertical line that became the Michigan Meridian. Hold that thought, I&#8217;ll get to more of that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4KD Crick Brewery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/55125222200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55125222200_4f29024a8b_b.jpg\" alt=\"4KD Crick Brewery; Defiance, Ohio. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it was lunchtime so we stopped at a country club on the outskirts of Defiance which included a couple of restaurants and a brewery. The brewery was called 4KD Crick (a.k.a. &#8220;Forked Creek&#8221;) and the beers were available in both restaurants. I debated whether this qualified as a <a href=\"\/blog\/brewery-map\/\">brewery visit<\/a>. Ultimately I decided to count it because, even though I couldn&#8217;t go into the actual brewery, it was all part of the same entertainment complex called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecompounddefiance.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Compound<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lockport Covered Bridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/55125222155\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55125222155_0bf947d778_b.jpg\" alt=\"Lockport Covered Bridge; Stryker, Ohio. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course there&#8217;s always time to drive a little out of the way for a covered bridge. We found one a bit further north near Lock Port, a &#8220;village&#8221; which has seemingly contracted to just a couple of houses. Even so, it offered a name for the Lockport Covered Bridge (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/gTbvvfCgSRyeQtef6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) over the Tiffin River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some sources reference this as an &#8220;Historic&#8221; covered bride. However, that&#8217;s a misnomer unless someone considers 1999 historic, which is when Williams County built it as a tourist draw. The bridge adheres to modern specifications, the full width of a 2-lane road, with guardrails and even a dedicated pedestrian walkway. Even relatively new it&#8217;s still beautiful and worth a detour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meridian Baseline State Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/55124826046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55124826046_bb232d2ba6_b.jpg\" alt=\"Meridian Baseline State Park; Ingham\/Jackson County Border, Michigan. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we left Ohio and entered Michigan. I&#8217;d never driven into East Lansing directly from the south before and that was an opportunity for some additional exploration. A slight jog took us past <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meridian-Baseline_State_Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meridian Baseline State Park<\/a> on the border between Jackson and Ingham Counties (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/LUYwEFhvst69unXo7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was the same meridian that ran due-north from old Fort Defiance. However, the baseline for Michigan intersects it here, making it particularly memorable, because every speck of land in Michigan references it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short, easy trail led through the woods from the parking lot, an out-and-back of 1.4 miles. We visited both points of intersection. Yes, TWO baselines exist, separated by a very precisely measured 935.88 feet. Ideally that shouldn&#8217;t happen. However, look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/yxLMG3TmQdyKfLW96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">southern border of Ingham County<\/a> and you will see the kink it causes quite clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s an odd story. Surveyors ran a baseline to the meridian right around 1815. Then, a few years later, they did it again for some inexplicable reason but it intersected the meridian at a slightly different point. Unfortunately settlers were already moving into eastern Michigan and referencing the original intersection for property boundaries. So they came up with a novel solution: land east of the meridian would continue to use the original intersection (the northern marker) and land west of the meridian would use the new intersection (the southern marker).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From there we continued up to East Lansing where we would spend the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a work in progress. 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