Huron’s Mile-Long Pier

Last month while researching my post about Lorain's "mile-long pier," I discovered that the City of Huron has one as well. At least that’s how it was referred to when it was mentioned in the article above, which appeared in the Sandusky Register on September 3, 1965.

Here's the story. At that time, the State of Ohio had begun distributing a travel map with the theme, “See the Wonderful World of Ohio.” The map featured whimsical cartoons highlighting what Ohio cities had to offer to tourists in the form of recreation and interesting sites. (I wrote about this map here.)

The illustration for a particular city naturally appeared near its name on the map. Of course, with all the cartoon clutter, not every city was going to be represented, as there just wasn’t room.

Here’s a part of the map showing the Vacationland region, a small portion of which was shown in the dark photo in the Register article.

Note that Lorain made the cut. But Huron city officials were irked that their fair city had not been included on the map, when smaller towns such as Clyde and Bellevue were at least represented.

As the Register article noted, "Officials seemed in agreement that if landmarks such as the Clyde and Bellevue reservoirs appear on the map, Huron's mile-long pier should be in for some recognition."

I don't know if Huron's "mile-long pier" is any longer than Lorain’s. I've seen one tourism website mention that the Huron pier was a little more than a half-mile in length. On the other hand, the Columbus Dispatch website includes a June 2019 story about a man that was "last seen on a rock jetty that stretches beyond the end of the mile-long Huron pier."

Anyway, it’s mildly amusing that the Huron city officials were annoyed about being omitted from the map. Judging by its own Chamber of Commerce map, Huron is apparently the only city between Cleveland and Toledo.