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few items representing architectural, farming, or ranching activities were <br />found, and most reflect everyday household items as outlined below. <br />Several product manufacturers' logos were recorded. These, which <br />include three bottle bases and a spoon, are discussed below (respectively). <br />Duraglas: This was the proprietary name for a process used by the <br />Owens-Illinois Glass Company. The manufacturing process - and the <br />embossed notation of it (in script) on the base of many Owens-Illinois <br />products - began in 1940 and continued up until at least the mid-1950s <br />(Lindsey 2012). <br />OWENS with "O" in a square: Owens Bottle Company, Toledo, Ohio (1903- <br />1929), also Fairmont, West Virginia; Clarksburg, West Virginia, and other <br />plant locations; however, this one appears to be from the Toledo plant based <br />on the plant code "2" to the left of the center symbol (Lockhart et al. 2010). <br />MASS T. SEAL: Milk bottle by Thatcher Manufacturing Company. Earliest <br />seals were 1909; however this one, based on its configuration, was in use by <br />1914 (Lockhart et al. 2007). Additional information is needed to assign a <br />terminal date. <br />DEERFIELD SILVER PLATE: A trademark of Wallace Silversmiths. The <br />Deerfield line was sold exclusively through Woolworth stores (Sterling <br />Flatware Fashions n.d.). According to Wikipedia, the company name <br />"Wallace Silversmiths" was used from 1956 to 1983. <br />Other miscellaneous artifacts for which no relative date could be <br />assigned include the following: A woman's molded green glass, flower -shaped <br />clothing button with a notable edge -seam and a bumpy orange -peel like <br />surface on the reverse suggesting that it is a Prosser or "small china" type <br />button; a white tea -cup handle; a clear glass, ashtray fragment; a large, plain, <br />rusted door hinge (similar to one from an outbuilding such as a barn or shed). <br />GLO survey maps do not show any roads or trails in the vicinity of the <br />one recorded herein, nor are any homes present. Two land patents were filed <br />in the area. The first, a Coal Land patent was filed in 1911 by Bernard and <br />Pauline K. Beer (Accession No. 225529). The second, a Stock Raising patent, <br />was filed by Mike Kowach in 1940 (Accession No. 1106519). <br />Grand River Institute revisited the entire length of the previously recorded segment <br />during the present project, and an additional 77 meters (0.5 miles) of the historic road was <br />newly recorded. As the previously recorded segment was revisited in its entirety, 5MF7566.1 <br />22 <br />