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Description: Caption reads: "Old Fort Hamilton (1791). From a Painting by George W. White." Arthur St. Clair, a general in the United States Army, ordered the construction of Fort Hamilton in September 1791. The fort was the first of many built north from Cincinnati in Native American territory. Fort Hamilton served as a supply depot for American expeditions against natives living along the Great Miami River, the Auglaize River, and the Maumee River during the early 1790s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F01_002
Subjects: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio);
Places: Hamilton (Ohio); Butler County (Ohio)