| Ohio (Mercer County), Celina — 3-54 — The Riley Home |
| | [Main Marker Front]:
The museum of the Mercer County Historical Society, the Riley Home, represents six generations of the Riley family in the county. The first Riley to arrive here was Captain James Riley, who surveyed the area in 1819, after it was opened to American settlement following the Treaty of Saint Marys in 1818. Captain Riley was elected to the Ohio General Assembly in 1823. Captain Riley's son, James Watson Riley platted Celina in 1834, was Mercer County's Clerk of Courts, . . . — Map (db m12294) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — Battle of Fort Recovery — Anthony Wayne Parkway |
| | In 1793, Gen. Mad Anthony Wayne led a third expedition against the Indians. On this site where St. Clair met defeat, he built a post significantly named Fort Recovery, Dec. 23-26, 1793. Here was won the Battle of Fort Recovery, the most signal victory of the Indian Wars. Early in the morning of June 30, 1794, a force of nearly 2,000 Indians under Chief Little Turtle, together with Canadian militiamen and British Officers, attacked a supply convoy near the fort. This detachment retreated within . . . — Map (db m19847) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — Dr. Victor Grasson |
| | Dr. Victor Grasson, a hero of the Indian Wars was killed while caring for the wounded during General Arthur St. Clair's defeat here, November 4, 1791. — Map (db m22688) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — Fort Recovery Monument |
| | [West side of Monument]
This monument was erected by the Congress to commemorate the valor and perpetuate the memory of the heroic soldiers who were slain in those two memorable conflicts of the North West Territory the defeat of Arthur St. Clair and the victory of Anthony Wayne.
It marks the sacred spot where lie buried the fallen heroes who so bravely met and gallantly fought the savage foe; who as advance guards entered the wilderness of the west to blaze the way for freedom and . . . — Map (db m20355) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — Gen. Richard Butler |
| | Gen. Richard Butler
was Killed by Indians
beneath a tree which stood
on the site of this building
- - - in - - -
St. Clair's Defeat
November 4, 1791 — Map (db m20271) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — Greene Ville Treaty Line — Surveyed by Israel Ludlow, 1797-1799 |
| | At this spot was found the original surveyor's stake which marked the western terminus of that part of the Greene Ville Treaty line running from near Fort Laurens, in the eastern part of the state, to Fort Recovery. From this point the line ran southwesterly to a point on the Ohio River opposite the mouth of the Kentucky River. By the terms of the treaty, signed on August 3, 1795, the Indian tribes gave up their claims to the lands south and east of this line.
When found in 1934 Ludlow's . . . — Map (db m20265) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — St. Clair's Defeat — Anthony Wayne Parkway |
| | When American pioneers attempted to settle the Northwest Territory following the Ordinance of 1787, the Indians, aided by the British fought fiercely for their homes. The first United States army sent to break the Indian resistance was commanded by Gen. Josiah Harmar. It met defeat (1790) at the Miami Indian villages (present Fort Wayne).
Gen. Arthur St. Clair, the territorial Governor, made the second attempt with a badly trained army. He marched north from Fort Washington (Cincinnati) . . . — Map (db m19950) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — 4-54 — St. Clair's Defeat — 1791 |
| | Native Americans inhabited and used much of the land in the Ohio valley as hunting grounds. As American settlers pushed west, conflicts resulted and attempts at peaceful settlement failed. Under political pressure, President George Washington resolved to subdue Indian resistance to American expansion in the Ohio country and appointed General Arthur St. Clair to lead the expedition. St. Clair's troops camped on the Wabash River (just east of the Ohio-Indiana state line) after an exhausting two . . . — Map (db m20333) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — C 150 — St. Clair's Defeat / Fort Recovery |
| | St. Clair's Defeat
300 ft. north, 900 ft. west, General St. Clair's army met its crushing defeat by the Indians on November 4, 1791.
Fort Recovery
Built on the same spot in 1793, by General Wayne. — Map (db m19845) |
| Ohio (Mercer County), Fort Recovery — 4-54 — Wayne's Victory — 1794 — Ohio Historical Marker |
| | Following St.Clair's defeat, President Washington appointed General Anthony Wayne commander of the U.S. Army. Well organized and disciplined, Wayne's army left Fort Washington and made its headquarters at Fort Greene Ville. In December 1793, Fort Recovery was built at the site of St. Clair's defeat. On June 30, 1794, combined Native American forces made a frontal attack on the fort. A two-day battle ensued, resulting in the Native American confederation giving up their assault on Fort Recovery. . . . — Map (db m20283) |
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