Description: Monument commemorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. The monument is located southwest of Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio. The photograph was taken ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00373
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Monument commemorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. The monument is located southwest of Maumee in Lucas County, Ohio. The defeat of the Indians in this battle led to the signing of the Greenville Treaty in 1795, giving much of the land in present-day Ohio to the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03347
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794
Places: Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated March 25, 1938, this is a photograph of a drawing of a combat scene from the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The Battle of Fallen Timbers occurred on August 20, 1794, in Greenville, Ohio, where United States Army General Anthony Wayne defeated an American Indian Confederacy, which included members of the Miami, Shawnee, Delaware, and Ottawa Nations. This battle lead to the Treaty of Greenville, signed on August 3, 1795, in which area tribes relinquished control of much of modern-day Ohio. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F05_008
Subjects: Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; Battlefields--Ohio; Illustrations; American Indians--Warfare; American Indian history
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated to the 1930s or early 1940s, this photograph shows the Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument in Maumee, Ohio, at the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial Park. Dedicated in 1929, this monument includes a statue group featuring General Anthony Wayne, and American Indian warrior, and an Anglo-American frontiersman, created by American sculptor Bruce Saville, and a statue base with a dedicatory inscription and three bronze reliefs on three sides. The monument commemorates the Battle of Fallen Timbers which took place in 1794, during which General Anthony Wayne defeated the forces of an American Indian Confederation which included warriors from the Miami, Shawnee, Delaware, and Ottawa Nations. This decisive victory for the United States Army opened the Northwest Territory, a five-state region unceded by native inhabitants, for westward expansion and led to Ohio’s statehood in 1803. The battlefield was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1960. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F10_001_1
Subjects: Battlefield monuments; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; American Indians--Warfare; American Indian history; Monuments and memorials
Places: Maumee (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Illustration of Simon Girty, Ohio Country frontiersman, printed in Volume 6 of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. Girty was born in Chambers Mill, Pennsylvania, in 1741. During the French and Indian War, his family sought refuge in Fort Granville, which was captured in 1755 by an army of French soldiers and native Indians. Girty eventually found himself in the hands of the Seneca Indians who took him to the Ohio Country and adopted him. His knowledge of Indian culture and language was highly sought after during the American Revolutionary War as both the British and Americans hoped to secure alliances with various local tribes. Girty first aligned himself with the Americans. However, he was discharged from the American military in 1777 and afterwards offered his help to the British. After the war, Girty continued to aid the Indians of the Ohio Country in resisting further settlement of the Ohio Country, participating in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. He eventually moved to Canada, where he died in 1818. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2697_Girty_001
Subjects: American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; American Indians in Ohio; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; Forts & fortifications; American Indian history; American Indians--Warfare; American Indians; Ohio History; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Portrait of Anthony Wayne, ca. 1795. General Wayne led a military campaign against Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory that culminated with the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. These events allowed for white settlement in the Northwest Territory which included Indiana and Ohio. Next to Jacket Button: "Trumbull" On Jacket Sleeve: "Forest" Below Image: BRIGR [superscript over period]. GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE. [Anthony Wayne signature] View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02896
Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; American Indians; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Ohio; Northwest Territory
 

Description: Map showing the lands involved with General Anthony Wayne's campaign against American Indians in the Northwest Territory, 1793-1794. The map also includes the military traces of General Josiah Harmar (1790) and General Arthur St. Clair (1791). It was prepared by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, drawn by Paul N. Haines in June of 1944, and approved by the Anthony Wayne Memorial Legislative Committee on June 16, 1944. Also included is an inset of the Toledo-Detroit area. General Wayne led a military campaign against American Indian tribes in the Northwest Territory that culminated with the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the signing of the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. These events allowed for white settlement in the Northwest Territory which included Indiana and Ohio, and the forced removal of the tribes who had traditionally lived in these same lands. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0115_8_01
Subjects: Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796; Greenville, Treaty of, 1795; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; American Indians; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Northwest Territory;
 

Description: Illustration of Simon Girty, Ohio Country frontiersman, from "History of Ohio in Words of One Syllable" by Anne Cole Cady, printed in "An Ohio Portrait" by George W. Knepper. Girty was born in Chambers Mill, Pennsylvania, in 1741. During the French and Indian War, his family sought refuge in Fort Granville, which was captured in 1755 by an army of French soldiers and native Indians. Girty eventually found himself in the hands of the Seneca Indians who took him to the Ohio Country and adopted him. His knowledge of Indian culture and language was highly sought after during the American Revolutionary War as both the British and Americans hoped to secure alliances with various local tribes. Girty first aligned himself with the Americans. However, he was discharged from the American military in 1777 and afterwards offered his help to the British. After the war, Girty continued to aid the Indians of the Ohio Country in resisting further settlement of the Ohio Country, participating in the Ba View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC2697_Girty_002
Subjects: American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783; American Indians in Ohio; Fallen Timbers, Battle of, Ohio, 1794; Forts & fortifications; American Indian history; American Indians--Warfare; American Indians; Ohio History; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Ohio