Near Eaton in Preble County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Site of Fort St. Clair
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 15, 2009
1. Site of Fort St. Clair Marker
Inscription.
Site of Fort St. Clair. . Regular and militia troops under General James Wilkinson built this supply post and defensive fortification in March 1792 in preparation for Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, following disastrous expeditions in 1790 and 1791. Built near a “fine spring gushing out of the bank,” the 120-foot square palisade fort had a four-sided bastion at each corner. Future U.S. president William Henry Harrison served in the detachment that built the fort. On November 6, 1792, Miami Chief Little Turtle and approximately 200 warriors attacked a force of Kentucky militia under Maj. John Adair camped outside the fort. Six Kentuckians and an unknown number of Indians died in the skirmish. The fallen soldiers were buried fifty paces west of the fort, beneath the “Whispering Oak.”
Regular and militia troops under General James Wilkinson built this supply post and defensive fortification in March 1792 in preparation for Gen. “Mad Anthony” Wayne's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, following disastrous expeditions in 1790 and 1791. Built near a “fine spring gushing out of the bank,” the 120-foot square palisade fort had a four-sided bastion at each corner. Future U.S. president William Henry Harrison served in the detachment that built the fort. On November 6, 1792, Miami Chief Little Turtle and approximately 200 warriors attacked a force of Kentucky militia under Maj. John Adair camped outside the fort. Six Kentuckians and an unknown number of Indians died in the skirmish. The fallen soldiers were buried fifty paces west of the fort, beneath the “Whispering Oak.”
Erected 2001 by Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, Fort St. Clair's Company of Wayne's Legion and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-68.)
Location. 39° 44.295′ N, 84° 39.268′ W. Marker is near Eaton, Ohio, in Preble County. It can be reached from Camden Road (Ohio Route 355). Marker is in Fort St. Clair Park, within the former boundary of the fort. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 395 Camden Road, Eaton OH 45320, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 15, 2009
3. Site of Fort St. Clair and Marker
Marker is to right rear of photo, between trees and behind fence.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 15, 2009
4. Fort St. Clair Park Entrance
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2010
5. Site of Fort St. Clair Marker
View to the east
Photographed by Duane Hall, May 20, 2010
6. Site of Fort St. Clair Marker
View to the northwest
Credits. This page was last revised on September 4, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,013 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 18, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5, 6. submitted on January 14, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
