Lassen Trail - Lassen Rancho Site

September 29, 2015, 4:36 pm

California, Tehama County, near Vina

"At Lassens ... saw many of the emigrants arriving here. They are broken down with the fatigue. Young men made old & stiff. Many dying with dysentary, fever, scurvey" - Pardon Tiffany, Oct 10, 1849
Guidebook available Tails West Inc. P.O. Box 12045 Reno, NV 89510

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John F. Gierach House

September 29, 2015, 5:27 pm

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Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Thiensville

Built on the site of master brewer Charles Engels home. A blacksmith, Gierach was elected first Village President in 1910 and later operated a general store. The Thiensville phone company switchboard operated from the home's kitchen 1908 until 1942.

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Khardomah Lodge / Susan Hill Yerkes

September 29, 2015, 5:34 pm

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Michigan, Ottawa County, Grand Haven

Khardomah Lodge
In 1873 lumberman James Brayton built a cottage here, which he and his wife named "Khardomah Lodge." Susan Hill Yerkes bought the property in 1919, adding thirteen rooms and converting the cottage to a summer hotel, thus beginning Khardomah's history as part of Grand Haven's tourism industry. From 1938 to 1984, the lodge was owned by Jennie Smith and her daughter Helen Unger. Families from as far away as St. Louis and Little Rock returned to Khardomah each summer.

Susan Hill Yerkes
Susan Hill Yerkes owned Khardomah Lodge from 1919 to 1937. Yerkes [1861 - 1937] was highly educated and cultured for a woman of her time, and expert in Greek, Latin and German. From 1901 to 1926, Yerkes and her sister Mary Helen served as teachers and co-principals of the Ackley Institute, a girls school in Grand Haven. During that time, Susan took students to Paris to study and acquired art objects that she displayed in Khardomah Lodge.

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Johnson Island Monument

September 29, 2015, 7:02 pm

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Ohio, Ottawa County, Lakeside Marblehead

In this hallowed ground, surrounded by the iron fence and gates that date to 1912, are two hundred six marble grave markers. These markers were placed in 1890, courtesy of the citizens of Georgia, replacing the original hand carved wooden markers, In 1904 the Robert Patton Chapter 445, United Daughters of the Confederacy® purchased the cemetery and cared for it until it was presented to the federal government in a formal ceremony on 5 June 1932.

Two hundred sixty-seven sets of remains of those who died in the prison camp from 1862 to 1865 have been located through the use of non-invasive ground penetrating radar. These earthly remains are guarded by the “The Lookout,” the beautiful bronze statue created by Confederate states veteran Sir Moses Ezekiel, that was dedicated in 1910. Two hundred fifty-three Confederate officers and enlisted men who perished in the prison have been identified, though some sources indicate that more than three hundred died while imprisoned on the island. This work was accomplished using the best available scientific methods and primary resources at the time. The Johnson Island Committee leaves to future generations, perhaps yet unborn, and to technology yet devised, to fully reconcile the information.
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Mississippi
Capt. A.B. Archibald • C. M. Buckingham • Lt. Col. James P. Campbell • Lt. Fleming G. W. Coleman • Pvt. W.W. Davis • Pvt. Albert J. Frazier • Lt. John J. Gobeau • Lt. Col. A.S. Hamilton • Lt. J.H. Keyes • Lt. James Lawshe • Lt. Robert K. Love • Lt. Peter Mackin • Pvt. T.S. Maxwell • Lt. Col. Samuel W. McWhorter • Lt. J.W. Mullins • Lt. Charles B. Nash • Lt. Phillip J. Nolan • Lt. William H. Peel • Lt. J.N. Williams

Missouri
Pvt. Jno B. Anderson • Citizen W.W. Anderson • Lt. J. Barty • Lt. Fielding T. Coppege • Citizen John S. Emerson • Pvt. John Daniel Herrin • Pvt. William Johnson • Guer. J. Johnston • Pvt. E. Ketchum • John McClaney • Pvt. John Mills • Capt. D. Riddick • Lt. D.L. Scott • W.S. Teeters • Adj. Thomas P. Williams

North Carolina
Capt. Mark D. Armfield • Lt. John D. Arrington • Lt. Benjamin J. Blount • Lt. Henderson J. Cresswell • Lt. J.B. Gash • Capt. Carter W. Gillespie • Lt. Col John A. Graves • Lt. W.P. Harden • Capt. Marcus L. Helton • Lt. E.R. Holt • Lt. William J. Hudson • Lt. Jonathan P. Long • Lt. W. Newhart • Capt. Possum Nichols • Lt. William P. Horton • Pvt. Joseph Norvell • Lt. E.M. Orr • Lt. Henderson P. Owen • Lt. J.A. Owens • Lt. Willis Randall • Lt. John S. Ray • Citizen C.P. Rhodes • Lt. Thomas Ruffin • Capt. Albert E. Upchurch • Lt. Levi B. Williams

South Carolina
Col John W. Henagan • Col. J.W. Norwood • Lt. W.M. Rhodes

Tennessee
Lt. Charles B. Anderson • Capt. Mark Bacon • Lt. W.B. Baird • Capt. W. Beard • Lt. John F. Brigham • Lt. Randolph D. Copass • Citizen John Coulter • Capt. M.N. Cox • Pvt. R.W. Cox • Lt. Jefferson Dean • Lt. J.W. Dotson • Lt. F.M. Ezell • Sgt. Samuel Ghormley • Lt. B.G. Harp • Citizen William Helton • Capt. S.W. Henry • Capt. J.R. Hodges • Lt. James C. Holt • Capt. Frank M. Jackson • Lt. Isaac W. Jacques • Lt. David L. Johnson • Pvt. David D. Keller • Capt. R.E. Mayes • Lt. Jno A. Pearson • Lt. Ashley G. Pitt • Lt. R.D. Ray • Adj. William E. Watson

Texas
Lt. S. R. Graham • Guer. Daniel Graham • Lt. James R. Mauzy

Virginia
Citizen Samuel Ash • Capt. James F. Barnes • Pvt. J.J. Bevin • Pvt. John A. Cauthorne • Daniel Christian • Pvt. L.D. Conway • Pvt. G.M. Cummings • Pvt. J.L. Duncan • Citizen James Ferquer • Col. Samuel Fox • Capt. John M. Gregory • Lt. John M. Hill • Adj. J.L. Hood • C.B. Jackson • Capt. J.C. Jackson • Lt. W.E. Killen • Pvt. John S. Kinney • Pvt. Thomas Jefferson Lewis • Lt. William Lewis • Adj. William L. Lyon • Lt. William J. Michael • Pvt. J.D. Parks • Pvt. James S. Parks • Lt. Tobias Raines • Col. J. Emmett Scruggs • Lt. D.G.W. Scruggs • Lt. John I. Sigon • Lt. C.W. Swink • Pvt. Willis Thompson • Lt. John Welch • Lt. Henry Wilks • Capt. William W. Wynn

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The Johnson’s Island Committee

September 29, 2015, 7:20 pm

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Ohio, Ottawa County, Lakeside Marblehead

The Johnson’s Island Committee, composed of Ohio Division United Daughters of the Confederacy®, The Lieutenant General James Longstreet Camp 1658, Sons of Confederate Veterans and others loyal to the cause, in the course of its mission, discovered additional remains both inside and outside the iron fence in numbers greater than is presented by the extant 1890 grave markers. Concurrently, the Committee researched the burial records, state rosters and other primary documents to develop a list of individuals who perished on the island in the military prison camp. These monuments were humbly dedicated on 21 June 2003, to the immortal souls of those who paid the ultimate price for Southern Rights and Freedom.
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Alabama
Lt. T.J. Alexander • Capt. N.T. Barnes • Lt. Robert Gamble • Capt. John B. Hazzard • Capt. John A. Jackson • Lt. S.G. Jetter • Lt. D.H. McKay • Lt. J.W. Moore • Lt. S.T. Moore • Lt. C.B. Morris • Pvt. E. Morrison • Lt. Samuel Houston Pankey • Lt. Wiley E. Phillips • Capt. William J. Porter • Capt. Phillip J. Rabenau • Lt. William T. Skidmore • Capt. B.B. Starns • Lt. W.A. Stephens • Asst. Com. Stephen B. Sullens • Capt. David C. Webb

Arkansas
Pvt. T.J. Bentley • Pvt. J.D. Cassaway • Lt. Robert N. Crow • Lt. E. Gibson • Lt. John Q. High • Capt. John B. Hardy • Capt. J.M. Hill • Lt. John Huffstettler • Lt. Alfred Kelly • Lt. Philip W. Lane • Lt. B.F. Lock • Col. Charles H. Matlock • Lt. J. Miller • Capt. M.C. Peel • Lt. Edward N. Puckett • Capt. H.D. Stephenson • Lt. James E. Threadgill • Capt. J.P. Vann • Capt. James E. Webb

Florida
Lt. Francis Baya • Lt. Jacob R. Harper • Maj. Jacob A. Lash • Capt. Joshua Mizell • Capt. James Schuler • Lt. Richard K.C. Weeks

Georgia
Lt. Robert P. Boling • Pvt. Samuel W. Cato • Capt. T.F. Cooper • Lt. Jno Cumming • Lt. H.B. Dawson • Capt. John W. Day • Lt. Malodi E. Hansin • Lt. W.E. Harvin • Capt. James M. D. King • Lt. John L. Land • Lt. John W. McRae • Capt. John Middlebrooks • Pvt. M.W. Reeves • Lt. William N. Swift • Lt. John W. Terry • Capt. Charles M. Tuggle • Lt. John B. Wood

Kentucky
Lt. A.P. Allen • Chaplain Jonathan Ash • Pvt. J. Ashbury • Surg. J.F. Beard • Lt. W.B. Bowls • Lt. Col. S.C. Bowman • Pvt. J.J. Cassius • Col. Roy S. Cluke • Lt. J.W. Collier • Capt. William F. Corbin • Lt. D.M. Crane • Pvt. H.C. Davis • Pvt. Hugh Deaton • Citizen John Dow • Sgt. Roy H. Everman • Pvt. Hugh Gobell • Pvt. Jesse Hardin • Pvt. John W. Harrison • Citizen James W. Heil • Citizen Daniel T. Keatley • Capt. William R. Lewis • Pvt. Thomas Jefferson McGraw • Pvt. Daniel McKinney • Pvt. Andrew L. Mensler • Citizen E.C. Metcalf • Pvt. D.R. Mobley • Lt. Harmon W. Morgan • Pvt. O. Myers • Pvt. William P. Neal • Pvt. J.W. Neil • Surg. John J. Nickell • Pvt. G. W. Norris • Lt. John C. Peden • Moses C. Reading • Pvt. M.A. Roberts • Pvt. Thomas Rockham • Citizen J.A. Shacklett • Pvt. Richard H. Taylor • Lt. W.W. Veasy • Pvt. Andrew W. Weatherton • Pvt. John Wells • Pvt. William White • Pvt. John R. Wilson • Pvt. H. Worthington • Pvt. R. Yarbrough

Louisiana
Lt. Phillip Ash • Lt. Col. Joel Bennett • Lt. M.W. Brown • Capt. E.W.Fuller • Capt. John M. Kean • Capt. F.W. Lewis • Capt. Thomas Gibbs Morgan • Lt. B.M. Musselman

Maryland
Lt. Edward W. Beatty • Pvt. Reuben Stout

State Unknown
Recruit Jessie Hayden • J. Kenney • Citizen David Leech • E.I. Moore • Recruit J.W. Osborn • Citizen Reuben H. Sise • L.Y. Southard

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A Railroad Boom Town Settles Down

September 29, 2015, 8:08 pm

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Texas, Gregg County, Longview

Like the oil boom 60 years later, the railroad boom of the 1870s was a rowdy, colorful period that resulted in lasting improvements. Longview consisted of about 60 hastily built frame buildings near Center and Tyler Streets. Almost half of the early buildings were devoted to saloons and gambling, and Longview soon hired a city marshall. The growth of the local religious community also helped tame the town as it grew. By 1877, the town had six church buildings representing Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian (Disciples of Christ) denominations.
Part of the population was accommodated eastward expansion of city streets to what would become known as Longview Junction. After an 1877 fire destroyed the northern half of Longview's wooden downtown, brick and stone became the dominant construction materials for commercial buildings.

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Rails, Timber and Cotton Bring Growth

September 29, 2015, 8:08 pm

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Texas, Gregg County, Longview

What eventually became the Santa Fe line running south from Longview Junction was begun in 1877 by the locally capitalized Longview and Sabine Valley Railroad Company. As railroads opened virgin forests to harvest, 20 steam-powered sawmills were making pine lumber in Gregg County. By 1877, Barner Brothers Mill at the Junction had about 50 employees and a capacity of 20,000 board feet of lumber per day.
The rail transport, together with barbed wire and other agricultural innovations, allowed an increasing populace to be engaged primarily in growing cotton. Cotton remained the indispensable cash crop and principle foundation of the local economy. Cotton and corn, respectively, occupied about one-half and one-third of the cultivated acreage of Gregg County. The last cotton gin operating in Gregg County was closed in the early 60's by owner, Lester Mackey.

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The Good Old Days

September 29, 2015, 8:09 pm

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Texas, Gregg County, Longview

Greater Longview developed around two focal points, each based on a separate depot on the Texas & Pacific track. The downtown depot was on the west side of Fredonia Street while the Junction depot was near the site of the original International depot. Beginning in 1883, the shortest mule-drawn streetcar line in the nation operated between the two depots. (Until the 1940s, trains stopped at both depots).
The Grand Mobberly Hotel was built in 1884 at the Junction. It stood until 1965 at the southeast corner of Mobberly and Pacific avenues. The city's increased wealth brought several banking institutions, including F.J. Harrison and Co., A.E. Clemmons & Sons and First National Bank.

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"Dolly" — Longview's First Fire Engine

September 29, 2015, 8:09 pm

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Texas, Gregg County, Longview

To serve the growing population (2,034 residents by 1900), a volunteer fire department was organized in 1855. Like many other volunteer fire departments of that era, it was a hobby and social club for young civic leaders. The department was based in an octagonal brick building on Tyler Street near the rear of the Texas & Pacific depot. The department's first engine was called "Dolly" in honor of resident Dolly Northcutt.
In 1894, Bill Dalton and his outlaw gang robbed the First National Bank, located across Tyler Street from the fire station. The robbers shot their way out of town on horseback after a gun battle that saw two citizens and one outlaw killed with several others wounded. In 1897, a new courthouse was erected and the local Lacy Telephone Company began serving the community.

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Maywood Woman's Clubhouse

September 29, 2015, 9:21 pm

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California, Tehama County, Corning

Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
October 2, 1992

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Replica of the Statue of Liberty

September 29, 2015, 9:29 pm

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Kansas, Anderson County, Garnett

Presented to
The Citizens of Garnett
by
Ben and Lena Kay
honoring
Garnett Boy Scout Troop No. 126

July 4, 1950

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Kanawha

September 29, 2015, 9:42 pm

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California, Glenn County, Willows

Settled by Granville Swift
1840
Named by Levi Welch
Post Office 1871-1879
Dedicated to all Pioneers

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Anderson County Courthouse

September 29, 2015, 10:04 pm

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Kansas, Anderson County, Garnett

National Register of
Historic Places

A Bicentennial Gift of
Four Winds Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, 1974
—————————
The Anderson County Courthouse
100 Year Anniversary and
Rededication was held
on July 4, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.

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World War Veterans Memorial

September 29, 2015, 10:10 pm

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Kansas, Anderson County, Garnett

In memory of our
World War Veterans
from
Anderson Co.

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Early Life Along Otter Creek in Vergennes

September 30, 2015, 8:00 am

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Vermont, Addison County, Vergennes

The Wilderness
Shhh. Imagine Otter Creek 300 years ago when it was pristine wilderness. The river teems with fish, herons, ducks and other waterfowl. Deer and moose tracks dot the river's edge. Downed trees, trampled shrubs, and mounds of mud, branches and twigs are the work of industrious beavers. Sleek river otters glide gracefully through the water. Otters were so plentiful that the Native Peoples named this river Wanakake-took, Otter River.

Lifeblood of Native Peoples
The river flows 102 miles to Lake Champlain from its source near the town of Dorset in Bennington County. Iroquoian and Algonquian Native Peoples traveled on the river and lived in its fertile valley for nearly 8000 years. They fished, hunted and gathered edible plants for food. Animal pelts and skins were used for clothing and shelter. Clay was dug and formed into pots and utensils. Tools, bows and arrows, and baskets were made from the native ash, white oak, willow, swamp maple and basswood. Deposits of chert yielded stone for projectile points and tools.

Exploration and Settlement
French trappers and fur traders journeyed to Lake Champlain in the mid-1600s in search of beaver pelts, which were made into fashionable men's hats in Europe. Much of northwestern Vermont, including Vergennes, was part of New France until after the French and Indian War (1754-1763). Colonists began settling along Otter Creek near the falls in the 1760s, following the defeat of the French forces in the Champlain Valley. Some acquired land through grants made by the royal governor of New Hampshire, while others claimed their land under a New York charter. Throughout western Vermont, land disputes flared up. Ethan Allen erected a blockhouse near here in the mid-1770s to protect the New Hampshire grants. Vermont was an independent republic from 1777 to 1791 due, in part, to these conflicts.

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Commerce at the Crossroads

September 30, 2015, 8:08 am

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Vermont, Addison County, Vergennes

Intersection of Rivers and Roads
Imagine traveling hundreds of miles in an ox-drawn wagon along muddy, rock-strewn, deeply rutted roads through the wilderness. In search of new homesteads, early settlers followed the same routes you took to get to Vergennes. Old stage roads, now US Route 7 and Vermont Route 22A, merged on Main Street. In addition, Otter Creek was a main travel route in the 1800s, as the basin below the falls grew into one of nearby Lake Champlain's busiest ports. Later, in 1848, the Burlington and Rutland Railroad arrived at Vergennes, providing a faster mode of travel.

An Early Vermont Hub
Chartered in 1788, Vermont's first city capitalized on the falls, access to Lake Champlain, and its location at a crossroads to attract people and businesses. Vergennes, which covers about 2 square miles (1,200 acres), grew during the 1800s as a manufacturing, trade, and cultural center for the surrounding agricultural towns.

Farm Trade in the City
Farmers from nearby towns brought grains, milk, wool, and other raw materials to sell or trade in Vergennes. The red brick Norton Grist Mill, built in 1878 to replace an earlier grist mill on the island, served the farmers. It used water power to drive large grindstones and produce flour, grain, feed, and plaster for over 90 years. Teams of horses driven to the mill were watered, fed, and rested in the nearby barn.

Industry and Trade Flourishes on Main Street, circa 1890
The four-story building left of the wooden bridge housed businesses that manufactured doors, flooring, and window blinds, sashes, and molding that still adorn many of the City's historic buildings. Across the road, Vermont's largest tannery used tannin from bark discarded by local wood-based businesses to process leather that was made into boots, shoes, and horse harnesses. The core of the City's central business district is uphill from Otter Creek, where hotels, churches, artisan shops, banks, law offices, liveries, and general merchandise stores lined Main Street.

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The Vergennes Pump House

September 30, 2015, 8:14 am

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Vermont, Addison County, Vergennes

In Need of Water
Fire was the scourge of downtowns all across America in the nineteenth century. Buildings were destroyed by fire time and time again. Water often had to be transported from nearby rivers. Firefighting efforts were frequently in vain as fires were doused by hand-held buckets and hand pumps.

A City Waterworks
In 1868, Vergennes took its first steps to construct a city waterworks for fire protection by installing three turbine-powered water pumps at the base of Otter Creek Falls. The pumps proved unreliable, however. The City soon contracted with John P. Flanders, owner of the Vergennes Machine Company, to build a better pump. Flanders designed, cast, machined and subsequently patented all the parts of a unique double-acting piston pump. To house the new pump and turbine, the City constructed a 30 square-foot building in the Italianate style on an island at the top of the falls in 1874. The three foot thick walls were built of limestone quarried in Essex, New York.

The Flanders Water Pump
To power the pumps gears, cranks, and pistons, water from Otter Creek was diverted through a large water turbine in the lower level of the pump house. Water from the creek also was piped to a cistern in the lower level, where the sediment settled out before it was pumped to factories and other users in the city. The pump remained in service until the 1930s, when the City developed a new water system as part of the Depression Era Works Project Administration project.

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Llano County Courthouse

September 30, 2015, 8:43 am

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Texas, Llano County, Llano

Designed by Austin architect A. O. Watson, this building is the fourth courthouse for Llano County. Work on the structure began in 1892 and was completed one year later. The contractors were J. A. and G. H. Wilson of Sulphur Springs. The courthouse was later surrounded by an iron fence, but only the stone foundations remain. Exterior styling of the building features detailing of sandstone, marble, and granite. Fires damaged the interior in 1932 and 1952. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980

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Battle of Fallen Timbers

September 30, 2015, 9:52 am

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Ohio, Lucas County, Maumee

This monument and nine-acre site commemorates the Battle of Fallen Timbers, fought August 20, 1794, between a confederation of Indian tribes and General Anthony Wayne’s Legion of the United States.
Treaty of Greenville 1795General Anthony Wayne’s victory at this battle led to the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. In the treaty, tribes retained northwest Ohio as Indian land, except for several reserves granted to the United States.

One was a 12-mile square, surrounding the foot of the rapids, where military and trading activities led to early settlement of Maumee and Perrysburg.

The treaty opened the rest of Ohio to the United States.

For over 150 years, historians believed the battle was fought entirely on the floodplain of the Maumee River. Recent archaeological and scholarly investigation demonstrates that the most significant portion of the battle was fought on high ground, near the present-day US 23/24 interchange. The portion of the battle fought on the floodplain was in the vicinity of present-day Metropark near the foot of the rapids on the Maumee River.
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Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial Park & Fort Miamis National Historic SiteThis park commemorates battles and treaties with the British and American Indians that led to the westward expansion of the United States and statehood of Ohio.

In the 1790s, residents of the newly formed United States were starting to move west into the Northwest Territory, a region controlled by American Indians and claimed by the British. To protect settlers, President George Washington sent General Anthony Wayne and a force of about 3,000 regulars and militia into the territory to build a series of forts between the Ohio and Maumee rivers. Waiting for them were about 1,000 warriors. Wayne’s decisive victory in the battle led to other conflicts, treaties, and eventually the War of 1812 with the British. The United States ultimately gained control of the territory.
To learn more about these historic events, visit all three of the park’s sites in Maumee.
Fallen Timbers BattlefieldThe Fallen Timbers Battlefield consists of 187 acres of open fields and a wooded area at the intersection of US 23 and I-475. Archaeological explorations and historical research in the 1980s and 1990s revealed that this area was the actual site of the 1794 battle between U.S. troops and American Indians.
Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial ParkThe Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial Park is connected to the battlefield by a bike-pedestrian bridge over US 24, the Anthony Wayne Trail.
A bronze statue of General Wayne is located on a bluff overlooking the Maumee River in Side Cut Metropark. For many years the battle was thought to have occurred entirely on the bluff and the floodplain below.
Fort MiamisFort Miamis is located on River Road about four miles east of the battlefield. Earthen mounds you see today were part of the fort built in 1794 by the British to stop U.S. military advances in the Maumee Valley and to solidify American Indian support against westward spreading of U.S. settlements. The British later used the fort site in the War of 1812.

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Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital

September 30, 2015, 12:01 pm

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Georgia, Catoosa County, Ringgold

>>>>— ½ mile ——> One half mile east is the site of Cherokee Springs Confederate Hospital, located here in 1862-1863. Hundreds of sick and wounded Confederate soldiers were sent to the hospital to rest and recuperate, being benefited by the healing waters of the springs. General and Mrs. Braxton Bragg were patients in August 1863. Bishop Quintard preached the first sermon at the opening of the religious chapel at the hospital on August 21, 1863. Early September 1863 the hospital moved south out of the path of the invading Federals. Federals and Confederates skirmished here February 23, 1864.

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