The Harrison Table Rock and Ball's
Battlefield. 363
No other county in the state is so rich
in early history as Sandusky.
A British post was established here
during the Revolutionary War. Here
the first permanent white settlers
located and the first marriage between
whites was performed. Especially during
the War of 1812 was it a
famous battleground.
In marking, one by one, these historical
places, we, as an organi-
zation, are not only showing patriotism
in one of the truest forms--
reverencing the memory and brave deeds
of our heroes--but we are
reminding the present and future
generations of our dearly won liberties,
for very truly has some one said:
"Every spot in a land that marks
the achievement of an heroic deed is to
that land a perpetual fountain
from which flows influences to
strengthen the patriotism of its people."
In imagination we can see Major Ball's
dragons gallantly riding
down this road. They obeyed the order to
charge with bayonets when-
ever smoke was seen and thus in a
hand-to-hand encounter killed
seventeen of the eighteen Indians.
Bravery in battle requires the same
courage, whether the fighting
is on Ball's battlefield with a small
squadron, at Fort Stephenson with
160 men defending the fort, or with the
thousands at Gettysburg. So
today we honor the memory of the men who
won the battle which pre-
ceded Croghan's victory by two days.
From here we will go on to the Harrison
Mess Rock located on
Harrison Trail. It is well known in this
part of the state on account
of its great size and because the
general and his staff lunched from its
spacious board.
As your state regent, I am delighted to
congratulate you on the
placing of these markers, for as the
Fort Kearney Chapter in Nebraska
was the first to erect a tablet on the
Old Oregon Trail in that state,
so you, members of my own chapter, are
the first to place markers on the
General Harrison Military Trail in Ohio.
Mrs. John T. Mack, of Sandusky, state
chairman of the his-
torical sites committee, was next
introduced by the local regent
and gave an interesting account of what
has been done through-
out the state in the marking and
commemoration of historic sites.
A part of her paper was as follows:
ADDRESS OF MRS. MACK.
The committee on historic sites of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution of Ohio wish to congratulate
the Colonel Croghan Chapter
upon the unveiling of two more tablets,
thus adding more laurels to the
wreath you have won in the marking of
historic spots. It was in the year
of 1901-02, under the state regency of
Mrs. John A. Murphy that the
committee on marking Revolutionary
soldiers' graves was formed. A