Near DeGraff in Logan County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Old Town Shawnee Village
Site of 1806 War Council
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 28, 2005
1. Old Town Shawnee Village Marker
Close up; showing text; this was ten years ago, marker was already damaged
Erected by Logan County Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian.
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 40° 17.9′ N, 83° 55.362′ W. Marker was near DeGraff, Ohio, in Logan County. It could be reached from the intersection of DeGraff-Quncy Pike (County Route 63) and DeGraff- St. Paris Pike (County Route 64). Marker was mounted on the northeast abutment of the Stony Creek bridge. Marker had been damaged and removed before the bridge was demolished and replaced. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 3955 C-63, De Graff OH 43318, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in Ohio’s Till Plains. It was also in the American Midwest 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 (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Curry Blockhouse / Shawnee Village Oldtown (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); DeGraff, Ohio Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Old Quincy School (approx. 2½ miles away); Quincy Ohio Veterans Memorial
this page online
More about this marker. A second marker was located about 500 feet south noting “Oldtown” and “Currys Blockhouse”,
it too, is missing
Additional keywords. Tecumseh Simon Kenton
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, August 28, 2005
2. Old Town Shawnee Village Marker
Full view of former site; condition of bridge was apparent
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 1, 2016
3. Old Town Shawnee Village Marker
The site today; bridge has been replaced,
looking towards the southwest
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, October 1, 2016
4. Old Town Shawnee Village Marker
The new bridge; marker would have been at the far end of the old bridge
Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,479 times since then and 60 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 1, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
