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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRM_the-legend-of-the-paw-paw_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
The Paw Paw tree (Asimina triloba) is native to the southern, eastern, and mid-western United States and extends to Canada only in the extreme southern part of Ontario. It has the largest edible fruit native to North America. The fruit looks somew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRF_burning-of-british-ships-american-encampment_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
East of the Forks, the Thames River becomes shallower and not navigable for larger ships. With the American forces close behind, the British vessels were threatened with capture. One cargo ship, probably the Miamis, had already been set on fire cl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRA_the-abolition-movement-in-british-north-america_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
From 1783 until the 1860s, abolitionists in British North America took part in the fight to end slavery both at home and in the United States. Thanks to the determination of colonial officials, anti-slavery organizations, and the thousands of Afri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR6_john-browns-convention-1858_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
English Text:
On May 10, 1858, American abolitionist John Brown held the last in a series of clandestine meetings here at First Baptist Church. Brown planned to establish an independent republic within the United States and wage guerrilla war t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR2_chatham-armoury_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
chatham Armoury
The Chatham Armoury was constructed in 1905 as a result of reform and expansion of the volunteer militia. The first unit to occupy the Armoury was the 24th Kent Regiment that was formed in 1901. It was the centre for local recru…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR1_casualties-of-the-skirmish_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
There were many casualties at the skirmish at the Forks. Although we do not presently know the identities of the warriors who were killed, we do know that two Kentucky men in Colonel Johnson's Mounted Infantry lost their lives at this site on that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CR0_skirmish-at-the-forks_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
Robert McAfee, a member of Colonel Johnson's Kentucky Mounted Regiment, described the skirmish in his journal. He wrote:
Oct 4: ?a woman ? informed us that about six miles above the River forked, that there was a large bridge across the mouth o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CQJ_british-encampment-forks-of-the-thames_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
While British Army was encamped at Dolsen's, Procter travelled to Fairfield to investigate the site as a defensive position. At Tecumseh's urging, and learning that the Americans were closing rapidly, Colonel Warburton, Procter's second-in-command…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPU_skirmish-at-the-forks_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
On October 2, 1813, Tecumseh moved his warriors up-river to the Forks where he had been led to believe that fortifications would be prepared for a full-scale confrontation with harrison's army. When Tecumseh arrived, he was enraged to find no fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPQ_the-forks_Chatham-Kent-ON.html
The Forks of the Thames are formed by the joining of the Thames River and McGregor Creek creating a peninsula that is present day Tecumseh Park in Chatham, Ontario. The strategic importance of the site was recognized by Lieutenant Governor John Gr…