Chief Logan / Logan Elm

Chief Logan / Logan Elm (HM8UP)

Location: Kingston, OH 45644 Pickaway County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 30.551', W 82° 57.314'

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Side A:
Chief Logan

Tah-gah-jute, the Mingo chief named Logan, was a native of Pennsylvania. Logan moved to Ohio in 1770, and settled at the Pickaway Plains. Logan and his father, Shikellimus, had long supported friendships between Native Americans and white men; however, in the spring of 1774, his tribesmen and family were murdered at Yellow Creek, along the Ohio River. Once an advocate of peace, Logan went on the warpath and raided frontier settlements. These and similar raids along the Ohio frontier precipitated Lord Dunmore's War in October 1774. After the Shawnees and their allies were defeated at Point Pleasant, Virginia governor Lord Dunmore marched up the Hocking River to the Pickaway Plains. Dunmore asked his interpreter, Colonel John Gibson, to assist in negotiations with Cornstalk and other Indian leaders, including Logan. Logan declined to attend the conference, but spoke to Gibson about his anger and betrayal.

Side B:
Logan Elm

It was here under a large elm tree that Chief Logan was said to have delivered his powerful speech on Indian-white relations, which Gibson delivered to Lord Dunmore at Camp Charlotte. Logan's lamentation was printed widely and appeared in newspapers in New York, Philadelphia, and Williamsburg in 1775. The speech is inscribed on the Chief Logan Monument, worded as it was related to President Thomas Jefferson. Once considered to be one of the largest elms in the United States, the 65 feet tall elm died in 1964 after being stricken with blight and damaged by storms. Through the efforts of the Ohio History Day Association, this location was dedicated as Logan Elm Park. The Ohio Historical Society currently operates the Logan Elm State Memorial.
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HM NumberHM8UP
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number10-65
Year Placed2003
Placed ByOhio Bicentennial Commission, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, Soldiers Monumental Association of Pickaway County, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 11:36pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 331906 N 4375108
Decimal Degrees39.50918333, -82.95523333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 30.551', W 82° 57.314'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 30' 33.06" N, 82° 57' 18.84" W
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Area Code(s)740
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 29201 Township Hwy 52, Kingston OH 45644, US
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