10-07-2026 4:55pm

Wyandot Removal Trail Marker to Be Dedicated Monday in Lebanon

Beth Callahan Editor

LEBANON, OH -- A new historical marker commemorating the forced removal of the Wyandot people from Ohio will be dedicated Monday, Oct. 12, at Cedar City Park in Lebanon.

The dedication ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at Cedar City Park, 200 S. Broadway St., as part of Indigenous Peoples’ Day observances.

The marker is one of a planned series of 14 historical markers tracing the Wyandot Removal Trail through Ohio.

The Wyandot were the last tribal nation forcibly removed from Ohio. In 1843, members of the tribe were compelled to leave their homeland near Upper Sandusky and travel south through Ohio to Cincinnati, where they boarded steamboats bound for lands in what was then Kansas Territory.

For the past six years, University of Cincinnati Associate Professor of History Rebecca S. Wingo and her graduate students have worked with the Wyandotte Nation to research and commemorate that journey.

The first marker in the project was installed at the Wyandot Mission Church in Upper Sandusky in October 2025. Two additional markers are being dedicated this year — one in Lebanon and another in North Bend.

Monday’s Lebanon ceremony is expected to last approximately 30 minutes and will conclude with a representative from the Ohio History Connection unveiling the marker.

Representatives of the Wyandotte Nation scheduled to attend include Heather Miller, NAGPRA coordinator, and Darcy Allred, Wandat language coordinator. Members of Lebanon City Council are also expected to attend.

Wingo, who serves as director of public history at the University of Cincinnati, said the marker project is intended to help preserve the history of the Wyandot people and make the story of their removal visible along the route they were forced to travel.

The Lebanon marker is part of a broader effort to document locations connected with the 1843 removal and help modern-day visitors understand the experiences of the Wyandot people as they traveled through Ohio.

The dedication is free and open to the public. To learn more on how Lebanon played a role in the Wyandotte Removal Trail visit https://uchistorylab.com/wyandot-trail/explore/lebanon/ or click here.