Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-05
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FORT INDUSTRY.


with the greater part Of the demiluns
In advance Of the northern front, are
still in q fair state Of preservation.
The river front has been destroyed. The
site Is part Of the plot Of Maumee City,
occupying about 8s-10O acres. Part Of
1t Is orchard. It Is estimated that the
site can be purchased for e, 500. and that
5000 monument in granite will suffice
10 mark the location Of the fort.
The area embraced by the battle Of
Fallen Timbers Is about twelve and one
third acres, which 1t Is proposed to pur-
chase, at an estimated cost of 500 an
acre, and to erect at q conspicuous point
granite monument, so as to bring the
total cost within 5000.
Upon the completion Of Fort Industry
Gen. Wayne led his army back up the
river to the village Of the Miamis, and
there, on Oct. 22, a fort having been
completed, fifteen rounds of cannon
were fired and the fort named Fort
Wayne. 1t was located ON the highest
land in the state Of Indiana, and this
has given the name OF the Summit
City" to the city now there. Wayne
then returned to Greenville, where he
represented the United States In tho
treaty negotiations in 1905.
A considerable portion Of the site OF
the old fort belongs to 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 site not occupied by the railroad or
the city streets is reduced to small tri.
angle, which is inclosed by an iron fence.
1t 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
Putin-Bay burial ground, belong to the
period Of the war of 1912, when the Maui
NEE valley became again the theatre OF
military operations. The hero Of this cam.
paign was Gen. William II. Harrison,
who in February, 1918, erected and es-
tablished Fort Meigs, ten miles from Fort
Industry. While the work was in prog
rcss an unsuccessful attack was made by
Tecumseh and again in July following.
Gen. Harrison and Tccumseh had first
met IN arms at the battle OF Fallen Tim
bers, and they met again here, each COM
manding. Tecumseh is described as "one
of the most splendid specimens Of his
tribe, celebrated for their physical pro-
portions and fine forms-tall, athletic
and manly, dignified, graceful, the beau
ideal of an Indian chief" The victory
was with Gen. Harrison, and Tecumseh
was killed during this war. The outlines
and works of Fort Mcigs are nearly all
preserved, and no plow has been per-
mitted to run over the graves Of the
dead. IL is embraced in the farm OF
Michael and Timothy Hayes, who for
the twenty years of their ownership have
not permitted any dissertation of the
graves, of which there are several hum
dred. almost wholly unmarked. They
contain the remains Of those who were
killed in the battle, who died during its
| occupation and those who were killed in
the attack on the British batteries at
Fort Miami, across the river.
The area of land necessary to include
the fort and the graves is about fifty y-five
acres, valued at 500 an acre. The works
themselves are in such good state Of
preservation AS to constitute their own
best monument, and it is proposed only
| opurchase the land, erect one large mon
ument in Fort Meigs, to cost $40, 900, and