MCGT#22 Marion Golfers Relax Traditional Cache

Placed with the permission of the property manager. Should be a quick Park and Grab. Please be respectful to the property! Enjoy the beautiful countryside. Titus King in 1830 moved to Richland Township in Marion County and invested $500.00 in eighty acres of virgin forestland. This land ordinarily would have sold for about a hundred dollars, but on account of it having the Whestone River (later named the Olentangy) flowing through it, with sufficient fall to furnish power for the operations of mills,he paid the additional price for the mill site, which in the days before the advent of steam power, was a valuable asset. He built a sawmill and a wooden factory on this site, and they were known for many years after as King's Mills. Many of the early frame houses in Marion were built from black walnut lumber farmed from King's Mills. later the wooden mill was converted for grinding a high grade of corn meal and feed. Titus King was the grandfather of George W. king, one of the founders and leaders of the Marion Steam Shovel Company.

In 1960 John and Jean Russell purchased 160 acres of farmland known as Kingsmill. The front nine of the golf course was built in 1965 and opened on Memorial Day 1966. Designed by Jack Kidwell, the front nine was added to with an additional nine holes designed by John Russell and Ted Cox. This opened in 1973. The original clubhouse now occupies the bar. A two-story addition was built in 1971. Since then many changes have taken place with the golf course and the clubhouse.

MCGT #1 - The 29th President - GC3MC16
MCGT #2 - Harding Boyhood Home - GC3MC5Z
MCGT #3 - Marion County Courthouse - GC3MC24
MCGT #4 - Stengel True Museum - GC3MC38
MCGT #5 - OSU & Marion Tech - GC3MC3X
MCGT #6 - Marion Steam Shovel - GC3MC2Y
MCGT #7 - WWII Comes To Marion - GC3MC51
MCGT #8 - Scioto Ordinance Plant - GC3MC5D
MCGT #9 - More Marion History - GC3MC4G
MCGT #10 - Harrison Military Road, War of 1812 - GC3MC6P
MCGT #11 - Pleasant Township Park - GC3MC78
MCGT #12 - The Old Blockhouse - GC3MC7Z
MCGT #13 - Green Camp - GC3MC8D
MCGT #14 - New Bloomington - Farmers Welcome - GC3MCCA
MCGT #15 - Greenville Treaty - GC3MCD2
MCGT #16 - RIP At The Frame - GC3MCE6
MCGT #17 - Oorang Indians - GC3MCEV
MCGT #18 - Marion Quarry Park - GC3MCFM
MCGT #19 - Morral Community Park - GC3MCG0
MCGT #20 - The Lynn School - GC3V9XQ
MCGT #21 - Welcome To Big Island - GC3V9Y9
MCGT #22 - Marion Golfers Relax - GC3V9XY
MCGT #23 - Bonus Cache - GC3TB8B