Wooster in Wayne County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Early conflict between Sandusky Lenape and Pennsylvania militia
Photographed by Raquel Mack, December 21, 2025
1. Early conflict Sandusky Lenape and Pennsylvania militia Marker
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Early conflict between Sandusky Lenape and Pennsylvania militia. . An early conflict between Lenape warriors from Sandusky and the Pennsylvania militia arose at this location. In the early 1790's, during the height of hostilities between the Ohio tribes and the expanding American frontier of Pennsylvania, a group of sixteen young warriors passed through Wooster along the Great Trail enroute to raid the Raccoon Creek settlement of Pennsylvania. The Great Trail ran from modern day Detroit to Pittsburgh, and was heavily traveled by tribes making excursions into western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Camping in Wooster on their return to Sandusky, they were overtaken by thirty. Pennsylvania militiamen led by Captain George Foulkes. Asleep with their fur traps set in the nearby bottoms, the warriors were surrounded and fired upon by Foulkes and his men. All Sixteen were killed, and their remains were reportedly buried across Bever Street at flatiron point to the west of this monument where they allegedly still remain.
An early conflict between Lenape warriors from Sandusky and the Pennsylvania militia arose at this location. In the early 1790's, during the height of hostilities between the Ohio tribes and the expanding American frontier of Pennsylvania, a group of sixteen young warriors passed through Wooster along the Great Trail enroute to raid the Raccoon Creek settlement of Pennsylvania. The Great Trail ran from modern day Detroit to Pittsburgh, and was heavily traveled by tribes making excursions into western Pennsylvania and Virginia. Camping in Wooster on their return to Sandusky, they were overtaken by thirty. Pennsylvania militiamen led by Captain George Foulkes. Asleep with their fur traps set in the nearby bottoms, the warriors were surrounded and fired upon by Foulkes and his men. All Sixteen were killed, and their remains were reportedly buried across Bever Street at flatiron point to the west of this monument where they allegedly still remain.
Location. 40° 47.573′ N, 81° 56.148′ W. Marker is in Wooster, Ohio
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, in Wayne County. It can be reached from the intersection of South Bever Street and Freedlander Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wooster OH 44691, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Amish Country and in Greater Cleveland. 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.
3. View of the group of markers, looking northwest, with the pond behind
Credits. This page was last revised on December 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2025, by Raquel Mack of Oberlin, Ohio. This page has been viewed 67 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on December 24, 2025, by Raquel Mack of Oberlin, Ohio. 2, 3. submitted on December 25, 2025, by Raquel Mack of Oberlin, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
