Site of Fort Findlay #4-32
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N 41° 02.466 W 083° 39.018
17T E 277233 N 4546703
Erected during the war of 1812 under the direction of Col. James Findlay.
Waymark Code: WM8QF
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/11/2006
Views: 28
Early in the War of 1812, Gen. Wm. Hull, commander of Ohio troops, ordered Col. James Findlay to open a road from Ft. McArthur on the Scioto River to Blanchard's Fork. Under Findlay, a stockade 50 yards square, with a blockhouse at each corner, was erected here and named in his honor. The fort was used as a supply depot.
Text : Side B
In 1812, Gen. Hull and his troops passed through here toward enemy camps near Detroit. Ft. Findlay was left garrisoned, Capt. Arthur Thomas in command, until abandoned at the end of the war. After 1815, the fort was occupied by a few Wyandot Indian families. Pioneers laid out the village of Findlay in 1821, near the site of the fort.
Marker Number: 4-32
County: Hancock
Significance of Location: Place
Bicentenial Mark: no
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
Website address: Not listed
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