Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County / Venedocia Village

Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County / Venedocia Village (HMJQR)

Location: Venedocia, OH 45894 Van Wert County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 47.161', W 84° 27.697'

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[South Side of Marker] : "Anthony Wayne's March Across Van Wert County"
To the right is the route taken by the U.S. Legion under Major General Anthony Wayne as it marched across what would become Van Wert County. The army of 2,800 men camped west of this marker near the present cemetery on the night of August 4, 1794. Wayne's orders were to subdue Native American tribes and his destination was a major village at the junction of the Auglaize and Maumee Rivers (now Defiance). Finding it abandoned, Wayne marched down the Maumee River and was attacked by a force of Indians on August 20. Wayne's victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers ended the Indian Wars of the 1790s. The Treaty of Greene Ville, signed by Wayne and the representatives of twelve tribes, opened much of Ohio to American settlement.

[North Side of Marker] : "Venedocia Village"
In the fall of 1847, Governor William Bebb and a cousin of the same name traveled to Van Wert County to buy land for a settlement of Welsh immigrants. In April 1848, three immigrant families from North Wales—the Bebbs, the Jervises, and the Morrises—traveled by the Miami-Erie Canal to establish Venedocia. Wolves, panthers and other wild beasts were frequent visitors to the settlement and according to one settler, scratched at doors during the night. The descendants of Venedocia's settlers have preserved Welsh culture in the area. Until the organization of the Venedocia Presbyterian Church in 1895, all regularly scheduled church services were conducted in Welsh. All annual reports of the Salem Church were printed in Welsh until 1917. The Welsh Gymanfa Ganu (hymn sing) continues to this day and is one of the community's biggest events. The Salem Presbyterian Church, seen from this location, was built in 1898.
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HM NumberHMJQR
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number#3-81
Year Placed1998
Placed ByVan Wert County Historical Society, Venedocia Lion's Club, and The Ohio Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 9:05am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 714181 N 4518103
Decimal Degrees40.78601667, -84.46161667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 47.161', W 84° 27.697'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 47' 9.66" N, 84° 27' 41.82" W
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Area Code(s)419
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 15200 Bebb St, Venedocia OH 45894, US
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