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Title
Fort
Recovery
Monument
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
American Indians in Ohio
Arts and Entertainment
Monuments & memorials
Place
Fort Recovery (Ohio)
Mercer County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
of
Fort
Recovery
Monument
in
Mercer
County
was
taken
in the
1960s
.
Fort
Recovery
Monument
was
dedicated
on
July
1
,
1913
in
honor
of the
soldiers
who
perished
in the
two
battles
at the
site
.
President
William
Howard
Taft
signed
the
bill
to
create
the
monument
in
1908
. The
Ohio
Historical
Society
reconstructed
two
blockhouses
with a
connecting
stockade
on the
site
,
which
it
operates
along
with the
monument
and
museum
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
.
Fort
Recovery
was
built
on the
site
of
General
Arthur
St
.
Clair's
defeat
in
1791
.
General
"
Mad
"
Anthony
Wayne
ordered
the
fort
to be
constructed
in
December
1793
to
use
as a
staging
area
for his
campaign
against
the
American
Indians
who
opposed
white
settlement
. In
spring
1794
, a
group
of
Shawnee
,
Delaware
,
Ottawa
,
Miami
, and
Ojibwa
Indians
attacked
a
supply
wagon
near
the
fort
.
Wayne's
troops
defeated
the
Indians
,
setting
the
stage
for a
final
victory
against
three
months
later
at the
Battle
of
Fallen
Timbers
.
Creator
Ohio. Dept. of Development
Date of Original
1960
-
1970
circa
Collection
Ohio
Department
of
Industrial
and
Economic
Development
Collection
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
State
Archives
Series
741
,
Box
3
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3102_3737118_001.tif
Image Height
3790
Image Width
3017
File Size
2851.479 KB
Date created
2009-01-08
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