Fort Recovery Monument photograph   Save
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development Collection
Description: This photograph of Fort Recovery Monument in Mercer County was taken in the 1960s. Fort Recovery Monument was dedicated on July 1, 1913, in honor of the soldiers who perished in the two battles at the site. President William Howard Taft signed the bill to create the monument in 1908. The Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection) reconstructed two blockhouses with a connecting stockade on the site, which it operates along with the monument and museum. The photograph measures 8" x 10" (20.32 x 25.4 cm). Fort Recovery was built on the site of General Arthur St. Clair's defeat in 1791. General "Mad" Anthony Wayne ordered the fort to be constructed in December 1793 to use as a staging area for his campaign against the region's American Indians, who were defending their lands against encroaching white settlement. In spring 1794, a group made up of members of the Shawnee, Delaware, Ottawa, Miami, and Ojibwe Tribes attacked a supply wagon near the fort. Wayne's troops defeated the American Indians, setting the stage for a final victory against three months later at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3102_3737118_001
Subjects: Military Ohio; American Indians in Ohio; Arts and Entertainment; Monuments & memorials
Places: Fort Recovery (Ohio); Mercer County (Ohio)