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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRT_participants-in-the-battle-of-the-thames_Thamesville-ON.html
Jacques (James) Baby 1763-1833: A member of the Legislative and Executive Council for Upper Canada, judge for the Western District, and in command of the 1st Kent Militia, Baby was captured by the Americans at the Battle of the Thames.
Billy Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRS_why-choose-this-site_Thamesville-ON.html
Some British officers involved reported that, due to the proximity of the enemy and the fact that the troops were exhausted and hungry, they were unable to outpace the American mounted units to Fairfield. Another theory is that Procter sought to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRR_prelude-to-battle_Thamesville-ON.html
By the early morning of October 5, 1813, the American Army had forded the Thames River and was advancing quickly. The British rearguard was able to destroy Cornwall's mill, west of Sherman's farm (present-day Thamesville, Ontario) but not the mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CRP_tecumseh_Thamesville-ON.html
Born in a Shawnee village in what is now Ohio, Tecumseh became in the 1770s co-leader with his brother, the Prophet, of a movement to restore and preserve traditional Indian values. He believed a union of all the western tribes to drive back white…
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…