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| Ohio (Seneca County), Fort Seneca — 12 Miles to Brady's Island — Ohio's Revolutionary Memorial Trail | | | Ohio's
Revolutionary
Memorial
Trail
Harrison - Shelby
Marches - 1813
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12
Miles to
Brady's
Island — Map (db m20577) | | Ohio (Seneca County), Fort Seneca — 2-74 — Fort Seneca | | | In the 1820s a general store and a grist mill were established near this site, where the famous Scioto-Sandusky Indian Trail neared the Sandusky River. The settlement was first known as McNutt's, later as Swope's Corners. The village of Fort Seneca was surveyed January 14, 1836. It's name was derived from Gen. Harrison's War of 1812 fort, which was located a few miles down stream. — Map (db m18126) | | Ohio (Seneca County), Old Fort — Fort Seneca - Harrison Trail — 1812 - 1813 | | | This tablet marks the site of Fort Seneca built in July 1813 by Major General William Henry Harrison during the War of 1812 with Great Britain; and also marks the military road known as the "Harrison Trail" blazed through the forest in 1812 by General Bell, by order of General Harrison, over which to transport military supplies and food for the army and the forts along the Sandusky River.
At this fort he maintained his headquarters during the battle of Fort Stephenson and the naval battle . . . — Map (db m21948) | | Ohio (Seneca County), Tiffin — 3-74 — Camp Ball | | | In July 1813 a detachment of soldiers under Lt. Col. James V. Ball built a supply fort here along the military road that ran along the west bank of the Sandusky River. Ball chose this site for its large spring of cold water, which he enclosed within the stockade. Following the War of 1812, settler Erastus Bowe established a house and tavern on the site of Camp Ball. This settlement, in 1817, marks the beginning of both Seneca County and the city of Tiffin. — Map (db m17977) |
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