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BELLEVUE
Bellevue is a great place to be for a break from the hustle and bustle of the Lake area. With so many wonderful attractions, you will find yourself coming back time and again.
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine is an old Marian shrine located on 120 acres of beautiful, unspoiled woodlands on State Route 269 South. It was founded in 1850, which makes it the oldest place of pilgrimage dedicated to Mary in the Midwest. Paved walkways, through beautiful woods lead to the Stations of the Cross and to the replicas of Lourdes and Sepulcher Grottos. For many this is a favorite place of prayer and meditation.
The Bellevue Society of the Arts facility provides a 350 seat theatre with attached lobby/reception area, which is used for theatre productions, concerts, lectures, recitals, dance/music lesson, children’s programs and many other cultural events.
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Bellevue was the home of Henry Morrison Flagler when he partnered up with John D. Rockefeller to start Standard Oil. Flagler later went on to build the Florida Overseas Railroad, to Key West, Florida. The property of his former Bellevue residence on Southwest Street is the current location of the Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum.
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On September 17, 1835 ground was broke in Sandusky for The Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad by General William Henry Harrison and Joseph Vance, Governor of Ohio. On December 2, 1837, the Mad River and Lake Erie obtained their first engine, the "Sandusky", engineered by Thomas Hogg, which arrived via the lake schooner and Erie Canal. Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad was one of the earliest railroads that ran through Bellevue in 1839.
The "Sandusky" was the first passenger train from Sandusky to Bellevue. The train's small passenger car had so the conductor collected the fares from an outside footboard. The freight car had four wheels and was open so in bad weather a tarpaulin covered the content.
The Mad River and Lake Erie railroad charged a fee of 4 1/2 cents a mile for passengers and 25 cents a ton per mile for freight.
For more information about the Sandusky and the Mad River Railroad, go to www.madrivermuseum.org
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Known as “Ohio’s Greatest Natural Underground Adventure,” Seneca Caverns is located south of Bellevue. It is the only cave of its kind open to the public in the U.S., Seneca Caverns is an adventure you don’t want to miss! You’ll travel 110 ft. underground through 7 levels to view “Ole Mist’ry River.” along with other lighted displays of a variety of fossils along with inscriptions dating back to 1872.
The largest railroad museum in the state of Ohio is also found in Bellevue. The Mad River & NKP Railroad Society Museum was founded in 1972 and then opened to the public in 1976 as a community bicentennial project to honor Bellevue’s history as a railroad hub. The museum contains a large collection of historical and educational railroad memorabilia and artifacts. Visitors are encouraged to climb aboard the many vintage cars and locomotives. Included in the museums collection is the first dome car built in the U.S., a Pennsylvania Railroad RPO car, and a Wabash F-7 locomotive. There is also a watchman’s tower, depot, L.S. & M.S. section house, and a store, the Trackside Gifts.
Historic Lyme Village gives visitors a look at daily life during the nineteenth century. The village centers around the Wright Mansion, built in 1880-82, furnished in Victorian period pieces, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The National Post Mark Museum and Research Center is located adjacent to the Visitors Center.
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419-502-3623
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