Maumee in Lucas County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
A Strategic Location
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 3, 2014
1. A Strategic Location Marker
The British constructed Fort Miamis at the foot of the Maumee River rapids to challenge U.S. General Anthony Wayne and his Legionnaires marching through the Ohio country in 1794.
Besides preventing a U.S. advance on British-controlled Detroit, the fort was strategically located to control the waterway to the south, allow reinforcements and supplies to arrive by river from the north, and embolden the American Indian confederacy's resistance to American settlers.
After the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, the British continued to occupy Fort Miamis until peaceably handing it over to the Americans in July 1796 as a result of the Jay Treaty. Americans then occupied the fort until abandoning it in 1798. British troops reoccupied the Fort Miamis site in 1813 when they were battling American forces at Fort Meigs, a large U.S. supply depot about two miles upriver.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War of 1812 • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1796.
Location. Marker has been reported permanently removed. It was located near
this page online
We have been informed that this marker is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.
Regionally, this marker was on the Lake Erie Shore and in the Toledo Metropolitan Area. It was also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 3, 2014
2. A Strategic Location Marker
View of the featured historical marker, seen to the far left of the group of three markers.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: Old Fort, New Battle (here, next to this marker); Running A Gauntlet (here, next to this marker); A Shattered Truce (here, next to this marker); The Formidable Fort Miamis (about 300 feet away); 41st Regiment of Foot - War of 1812 / Private Patrick Russell (about 400 feet away); Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site (about 400 feet away); Letters From 1794 / A Strategic Location (about 400 feet away); The Great Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Maumee.
Other markers no longer nearby. Running a Gauntlet (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); Site of Fort Miami (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing); Fort Miamis During the War of 1812 (was here, next to this marker but has been permanently removed); British Betray Indian Allies (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Fort Miamis
Photographed by Dale K. Benington, September 5, 2014
3. A Strategic Location Marker
View of the Fort Miamis Metro Park sign, situated at the entrance to the park.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2014, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 962 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on May 14, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 8, 2014, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
