Telegram-herald., 1890-04-08
rokg INDUSTRY.

with the greater part ot the desnilune
Ia advance or the northern front, are
still Ia q fair state OF preservation.
The river front has been destroyed. The
site - part Of the plst Of Aaumee City,
occupying about 6o-l0o acres. Part Of
IL IL orchard IL IS estimated that the
site can Do purchased for s, 500, and that
s., 900 monument Ia granite VIII suffice
20 mark the location Of the fort.
The area embraced by the battle Of
Fallen rimbers Is about twelve and one
third acres, which IL Is proposed 10 pur-
chase, at al estimated cost OF 500 an
acre, and 20 erect at conspicuous point
a granite monument, 80 as 10 bring the
total cost within 5000.
Upon the completion of Fort Industry
Gen. Wayne led his army back up the
river 20 the village Of tho Miamis, and
there. on Oct. -, a fort having been
completed, fifteen rounds of cannon
were fired and the fort named Fort
Wayne. Ii was located on the highest
land in the state Of Indiana, and this
has given the name Of the Summit
City" 60 the city now there. Wayne
then returned 20 Greenville, where ne
represented the United States in the
treaty negotiations in 1895.
A considerable portion of the site of
the old fort belongs 10 the city of Fort
Wayne, the remainder being now occu-
pied by the New York, Chicago and St.
Louis railroad. Except the well no trace
Of the fort now exists, and the part of
the sta not occupied by the railroad or
the city streets is reduced 10 small tri-
angle, which Is inclosed by an iron fence.
Ii is proposed TO erect within this tri-
angle monument similar TO those sug-
gested for the other points Of interest.
The other two points determined on
for commemoration, Fort Meigs and the
Put-in-Bay burial ground. belong to the
period Of the war of 1912, when the Mau-
NEE valley became again the theatre OF
military operations. The hero of this cam
paign was Gen. William II. Harrison.
who in February. 1913, erected and es-
tablished Fort Meigs, ten miles from Fort
/ Industry. While the work was in prog
ress an unsuccessful attack was made by
| Tecumseh and again In July following.
Gen. Harrison and Tecumseh had first
met in arms at the battle of Fallen Tim
bers, and they met again here, each com
| manding. Tecumseh is described as lone
of the most splendid specimens of hi;
tribe, celebrated for their physical pro
/ portions and fine fOrms-tall, athletic
/ and manly, digniied, graceful, the beau
/ ideal Of an Indian chief" The victory
was with Gen. Harrison, and Tecumsel
was killed during this war. The outline
and works Of Fort Mcigs are nearly al
/ preserved. and no plow has been per
mitted to run over the graves of the
dead. 1t is embraced in the farm o
Michael and Timothy Hayes, who 70
the twenty years Of their ownership have
not permitted any desecration of tin
graves, OF which there are several hun
contain the remains Of those who wer
killed in the battle, who died during it
occupation and those who were killed il
the attack on the British batteries a
Fort Miami, across the river.
The area Of land necessary to includ
the fort and the graves is about fifty y-fiv
acres, valued at 800 an acre. The work
themselves are in such a good state o
preservation as to constitute their owl
best monument, and it is proposed onll
TO purchase the land. erect one large mon
ument in Fort Meigs, to cost $40, 900, an'