| Ohio (Darke County), Ansonia — Camp Sulphur Springs |
| | The army of
Maj. General Arthur St. Clair
camped on the ridge to the east
from Sunday evening, October 30th,
until the morning of November 2nd 1791,
awaiting the forwarding of flour,
tents and heavy baggage. The troops
had advanced seven miles from
Greenville Creek following the Wabash
Trail. While here, a severe storm
occured and some sixty hungry and
disgruntled militiamen deserted
threatening to plunder the provision
wagons coming up the road. In order
to apprehend the . . . — Map (db m20250) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Fort Jefferson — Fort Jefferson |
| | Built by the Army of
General Arthur St. Clair
in October 1791
and used as a military post
during the campaigns against
the North-Western Indian tribes
MCMVII — Map (db m19885) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Fort Jefferson — 5-19 — Fort Jefferson |
| | During the Indian Wars of 1790-1795, the United States built a chain of forts in the contested area of what is today western Ohio. These forts were built as a result of various tribes of the region attacking the encroaching American population as they moved north of the Ohio River. In October 1791, General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, set out on a mission to punish the tribes and on October 12, ordered his forces to build Fort Jefferson, the fourth link in that chain . . . — Map (db m20254) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Fort Jefferson — Fort Jefferson: A Link in a Chain |
| | Fort Jefferson was just a link in a chain of forts stretching north from Fort Washington (Cincinnati) to Fort Deposit (Waterville).
During the Indian War of 1790-1795, the United States felt it necessary to build forts in contested territory. Fort Jefferson was the fourth in that chain of fortifications, generally within a hard day's march of each other. It was constructed in October 1791 under the orders of General Arthur St. Clair, the governor of the Northwest Territory.
The . . . — Map (db m22593) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Fort Jefferson — 5-19 — St. Clair's Defeat — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | General Arthur St.Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, left Fort Jefferson on October 24, 1791, on a mission to subdue Indian tribes that had attacked white settlers coming north of the Ohio River. St. Clair and his forces progressed only about 28 miles before halting at the east branch of the Wabash River. On November 4, forces under Chief Little Turtle inflicted the worst defeat ever by Indians upon the United States army. Over 600 soldiers were killed and 300 wounded. During the next . . . — Map (db m20272) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Greenville — 2-19 — Annie Oakley, 1860 - 1926 — "Little Sure Shot" |
| | One of America's best-known sport shooters and entertainers of the late 1800s, Annie Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey (or Mozee) north of Versailles in Darke County in 1860. She achieved local fame for her shooting ability as a hunter while still in her teens. By 1885 Oakley was a star performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West. With husband and manager Frank Butler, she refined a shooting act and image that appealed to late 19th century notions of a romanticized but vanishing West. Throughout her . . . — Map (db m17498) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Greenville — C 15 — Site of Fort Green-Ville — Treaty City |
| | The largest pioneer fort in Ohio, built in 1793, by General Anthony Wayne.
Here, August 5, 1795, the Treaty was signed by which much of present Ohio was opened to White settlement. — Map (db m19878) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Greenville — 4-19 — Treaty of Greene Ville 1795 |
| | Marker Front:
Following General Anthony Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers, members of the western tribes assembled at Fort Greene Ville to settle on terms of peace. Representatives of the Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawas, Chippewa, Ottawa, Pattawatimi, Miami, Eel River, Wea, Piankeshaw, Kickapoo, and Kaskaskia signed the treaty on August 3, and agreed to cede claims to lands east of the Cuyahoga River to Fort Laurens in Tuscarawas County and south of a line running west to Fort . . . — Map (db m17497) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Greenville — Treaty of Greeneville — Placed to Commemorate the |
| | Placed
to Commemorate the
Treaty of Greeneville
Signed August 3, 1795 by
General Anthony Wayne
Representing the
United States Government
and the chiefs and agents of the
Allied Indian Tribes
of the
Territory Northwest
of the Ohio River
MCMVI — Map (db m19883) |
| Ohio (Darke County), Lightsville — Camp Stillwater |
| | The army of
Major General Anthony Wayne
camped on the rising ground immediately
eastward on the night of July 28th, 1794 A.D.
After advancing twelve miles from headquarters
at Fort Greene Ville on the expedition against
the Indian tribes of the Maumee Valley.
The encampment was about six hundred yards
square, covering some seventy acres, and was
protected by a breastwork of felled trees on
the exposed sides. On July 29th, the army pushed
forward, following a well worn . . . — Map (db m20252) |
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