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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7D_fort-meigs-introduction-2_Perrysburg-OH.html
While Easterners were more concerned with diplomatic issues relating to Europe, the war west of the Appalachian Mountains took on a different character. The war in the West was a continuation of a long series of Indian wars dating back to the 1750…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS7B_fort-meigs-introduction-1_Perrysburg-OH.html
Fort Meigs was built during the early days of the War of 1812. The United States began the conflict by declaring war against England in June 1812 to redress insults suffered on the high seas including the impressment of American sailors; to protec…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQ7_commodore-oliver-hazard-perry_Perrysburg-OH.html
The original of this monument to Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, was created in marble in 1860 by New York Sculptor William Walcutt for the City of Cleveland. When that City had the statues cast in bronz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPW_perrysburg-perrysburg-plat-map_Perrysburg-OH.html
[West Side of Marker] : "Perrysburg"Following the War of 1812, settlers reestablished the 1810 Maumee River town, Port Miami of Lake Erie, on the land below the deserted Fort Meigs. The inhabitants nicknamed the new town "Orleans of the North" in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJMO_history-happened-here_Perrysburg-OH.html
You are standing on "Corn Cob Hill" where corn was once shelled, weighed and and lowered in hopper cars into a grain elevator below, thence onto ships.Under the bridge to the left is the foot of the rapids where non-native settlement started in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJM0_major-amos-stoddard_Perrysburg-OH.html
Wounded May 1, 1813, on the opening day of the siege of Fort Meigs. Died May 11 of tetanus; buried May 12 in front of the "Grand Battery" on the spot where he received the wound that caused his death.
A native of Connecticut, Major Stoddard ser…
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/HMIRI_rathmoyle-cemetery_Perrysburg-Roscommon.html
Rathmoyle Cemetery is unique in that it is the property of the parish and is maintained solely by the local population.
The site appeas on the 1st edition of the 6 inch O.S. series of maps for Co. Roscommon as a Mortuary Chapel with surrounding…
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…