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Title
Perry's
Lookout
Subject
Memorials--Ohio
Cannons
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819
Cooke, Jay, 1821-1905
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Put-in-Bay Township (Ohio)
Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description
This
is
most
likely
Perry's
Lookout
,
located
on the
southern
tip
of
Gibraltar
Island
(which
is
a
small
island
just
offshore
, to the
north
, of
South
Bass
Island
in
Put-in-Bay
,
Ohio)
.
Gibraltar
Island
became
a
lookout
point
for
Commodore
Oliver
Hazard
Perry
in the
fight
against
the
British
during
the
War
of
1812
.
Perry
and his
men
defeated
a
fleet
of
British
sailing
vessels
during
the
famous
Battle
of
Lake
Erie
on
September
10
,
1813
.
Jay
Cooke
(1821-1905)
, the
region’s
most
notable
citizen
,
bought
the
island
from
Pierpont
Edwards
in
1864
and
immediately
began
construction
of a
15
room
Victorian-Gothic
mansion
(now
known
as
Cooke
Castle)
. The
eastern
tip
of
Gibraltar
Island
is
Lookout
Point
. A
small
cannon
was
placed
here in
1866
,
reputed
to have been
used
by the
hero
, by
Cooke
as a
monument
to
Perry's
victory
, and
which
saluted
the
Cooke
family
upon
their
annual
arrival
to
Gibraltar
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B08F09_022_1.tif
Image Height
3567
Image Width
2203
File Size
23587144 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-06-01
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