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Ohio History Connection - Property Files
Description: Monument on the site of Fort Recovery in Mercer County, Ohio, ca. 1955-1970. The monument was built in 1913. The fort was built in 1793-1794 by soldiers under the command of General Anthony Wayne on the site where soldiers under General Arthur St. Clair's command were defeated by a confederacy American Indian tribes. Wayne's forces succeeded in defending the fort and bringing an end to military conflict between the region's American Indian tribes and settlers in the territory that became the state of Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01007
Subjects: Forts & fortifications; Monuments; Other--Ohio Historical Society
Places: Mercer County (Ohio)