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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV7_army-lodge-no-24-free-and-accepted-masons_Perrysburg-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker]: "Army Lodge No. 24 Free and Accepted Masons" Settlers and soldiers moving west brought with them familiar institutions such as the Masonic Lodge. Here at Camp Meigs, military officers were authorized by Ohio Militia Capt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMITA_amos-spafford-perrysburg_Perrysburg-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker]: "Amos Spafford" In 1810, early settlers here were Major Amos Spafford (1753-1818), his wife Olive (1756-1823), and their children Samuel, Aurora , Chloe (Mrs. Almon Gibbs), and Anna (Mrs. Richard Craw). In 1796, Spafford…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIRH_17th-infantry-regiment_Perrysburg-OH.html
[Front Side of Marker]: The 17th Infantry, created by Congress in 1812 and formed with personnel from western states, was the only Regular Army regiment in General James Winchester's column of the Army of the Northwest's campaign to regain Detr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6F_fort-miamis-reserve-miltonville_Bowling-Green-OH.html
[North side of Marker]:Fort Miamis Reserve "River tracts 46 and 47 in Township No. 1 United States Reserve" is the official description of the Miltonville location. The "United States Reserve" was the twelve mile square area established by t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH6E_maumee-indian-mission_Bowling-Green-OH.html
Founded by Presbyterians in 1822, and, after several changes of administration, abandoned in 1834. These missions were important factors in the winning of the west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEHJ_the-maumee-and-western-reserve-road-turnpike-milestones_Perrysburg-OH.html
[Front Side]: "The Maumee and Western Reserve Road" Sandusky Street (U.S. Highway 20) is the former Maumee and Western Reserve Turnpike. Native American tribes northwest of the Ohio River ceded the right of way for this 46-mile road to the fede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGM_custer-homestead_Bowling-Green-OH.html
Near this site stood the former Custer Homestead of Emanuel and Maria Custer from 1856-1865. For two years it was the boyhood home of Captain Tom Custer, younger brother of famed General George Armstrong Custer. At age 16, Tom misled a recruiter i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDGE_william-henry-harrisons-encampment_Pemberville-OH.html
During the War of 1812, Northwestern Army Commander General William Henry Harrison led troops through northwest Ohio on the way to Detroit and Ft. Malden in Michigan. After the decimation of General James Winchester's division at Frenchtown (Monro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDG1_john-a-wilson_Haskins-OH.html
Born July 25, 1832, near Worthington, Ohio, John Alf Wilson lived at this site. At the age of 29, he enlisted in C. Company, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry under General O.M. Mitchell. General Mitchell consented to a dangerous mission led by John An…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCO5_general-william-henry-harrison_Perrysburg-OH.html
General William Henry Harrison, commander of the Army of the West, selected this site in February 1813, and on it erected Fort Meigs as a defense against the military operations of the English, with whom the United States was then at war. On Ap…
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