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Wheeler Tavern was built by Portius Wheeler, an early pioneer of Hardin County, around 1835 near the Shawnee Ford of the Scioto River. According to local historians, it was the first brick residence constructed in Hardin County. Tradition maintains that it was a station on the Underground Railroad, a network of contacts and places that aided escaping slaves making their way to the free North.
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