| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — Chief Pontiac |
| | Birthplace
and
Park
of Chief
Pontiac
1712 --- 1769 — Map (db m26826) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — Fort Defiance — Anthony Wayne Parkway |
| | The arrival of the Legion of the United States at this point on August 8, 1794 marked the end of General Anthony Wayne's difficult march, through swamps and forests, from Fort GreeneVille. On this site, in the center of the Indian country, General Wayne ordered a fort built. He said, "I defy the English, the Indians, and all the devils in Hell to take it," and called it Fort Defiance. Major Henry Burbeck, who earlier had built Fort Recovery, supervised the construction.
From here Wayne . . . — Map (db m18668) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — Fort Defiance |
| | Fort Defiance was erected upon this site by General Wayne August 9-17, 1794 and thus "The Grand Emporium of the hostile Indians of the west was gained without loss of blood."
From this point General Wayne advanced against the Indians and signally defeated them in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794.
At this strategic center, in October, 1792, convened the largest Indian Council ever held on the American continent. Fort Defiance was an important military post in the War of 1812. — Map (db m18751) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — Fort Defiance Flagstaff |
| | Fort Defiance Flagstaff
All land north to Canada is surveyed on baseline running from this point. — Map (db m18768) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — A 96 — Fort Winchester — Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Trail |
| | Wayne - Harrison
Winchester - Clay
Bird
1780 - Marches - 1813 — Map (db m18671) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — C 32 — Fort Winchester |
| | Built by Gen. Wm. H. Harrison in Oct. 1812 and named for General Winchester. For a time it was the only defensive work against the British and Indians in Northwestern Ohio. — Map (db m18717) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — Route and Camp's |
| | Route and Camp's of Gen. Wayne, 1794, Gen. Harrison, 1812, and Winchester Camp No 2, and Abatis, 1812. — Map (db m18991) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Defiance — The Indian Wars — 1790 - 1795 |
| | When American Pioneers attempted to settle the area north and west of the Ohio River, following the Ordinance of 1787,the Indians aided by the British in Canada, fought valiantly and fiercely for their homes in the Ohio Country. It required the efforts of three American armies to break the Indian resistance. The first Army (1790) under Gen. Josiah Harmar met defeat at the Miami Indian Villages (Fort Wayne, Indiana). The second (1791) under Gov. Arthur St. Clair was ambushed and suffered severe . . . — Map (db m18827) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Independence — Lock No. 13 & Independence Dam |
| | Through this lock passed many canal boats carrying produce, goods, and passengers not only from Ohio and Indiana but from as far south as New Orleans and as far east as New York City. Boats were drawn by horses, or more often by mules, 2 to 6 in number depending on the size of the load. Spare animals were either carried on board the boats, to the discomfort of the passengers, or stabled along the canal. Speeds varied from 5 to 8 miles per hour. There were also, on the canal, huge rafts of logs . . . — Map (db m19417) |
| Ohio (Defiance County), Independence — Two Canals |
| | This marker is on the trunk line of both the Miami & Erie Canal and the Wabash & Erie Canal. The Miami & Erie Canal, built by Ohio, was begun on July 21, 1825 and completed in 1845. It connected the Ohio River at Cincinnati with Lake Erie at Toledo. By the time the canal reached the Maumee Valley, the Wabash & Erie had already been projected from Fort Wayne to Toledo. At Junction, some 15 miles southwest of here, the two canals joined and became one. Indiana built the Wabash & Erie Canal from . . . — Map (db m19438) |
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