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Today Elmore is a typical Ohio small town where its residents are proud of their village. It is located along the southern bank of the Portage River. It was a natural river crossing point and used by General Harrison's army moving men and supplies to and from Fort Stephenson and Fort Meigs. Years later that supply route would be used by settlers moving north for the promise of good fishing, good farming and when they arrived at Elmore, decided to stop and stay a while.
Harmon Becker arrived in Elmore in 1869 and opened a barrel stave manufacturing company. He also opened a sawmill and a foundry and in 1892 began manufacturing the Elmore Bicycle. This venture became a very successful venture and a year later he decided to move his enterprise to Clyde. Here he began manufacturing automobiles and the company changed its name to the Elmore Manufacturing Company. In 1908 the company was purchased by another automobile manufacturing enterprise that would later become General Motors.
Today another company with the same name operates a machine shop in Elmore and was established in 1945.
Imagine a place that was mostly muck, stinking water, and mosquitos that could kill a healthy man. Imagine Lake Erie extending southwest across the flat land of northwest Ohio, from the lake's western most point, where Toledo is today, and extending into Indiana. That was the Great Black Swamp. As land became more valuable and the problems between the settlers and Native Americans were brought to an abrupt end, then ingenuity and perseverance found a way to drain that swampy land and turn it into rich farm land.
An annual festival is held each June in Elmore celebrating summer and local contests. The festival is now held in Depot Park, home to the Heckman Log Cabin and the restored Elmore Train Depot. Events include the Annual Redneck Lawnmower Pulling contest, the Portage River Bicycle Tour, a Craft and Flea Mark, period toys and games on display. and of course, the Corn Hole Tournament.
Today the old train depot has been restored to its former glory. The railroad line that first ran through Elmore in 1852 connected Toledo with Elmore, Fremont, Bellevue, Monroeville and Norwalk. The Elmore Depot was built in 1869.
Today it houses the Elmore Historical Society and the Elmore Train Club.
There is a tradition that dates back to the last century that a light appears on the anniversary of a young man's death that was thought to have been a suicide. For many years on March 21st, a strange light appears and then disappears as the light crosses the bridge. Whether this is true or not is hard to say. Tradition has it that a young man coming back from the Great War found out that his girl friend had forsaken him and married another while he was in Europe. Distraught, the man ran his motorcycle off the bridge. Now it appears to some that they can see the light of his motorcycle approaching the bridge and then disappearing into the night.
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