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FORT MEIGS, FORT AMANDA, FORT MIAMI AND
THE BATTLEFIELD OF FALLEN TIMBERS.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. W.
J. Sher-
man, read the report as follows:
FORT MEIGS
The Fort Meigs Commission has continued
improvements
at this historic spot during the past
year, devoting particular at-
tention to the landscaping and planting
of the grounds where the
Pittsburg Blues are buried, and where
the Pennsylvania His-
torical Society has recently erected a
monument to their memory.
The Commission has also improved the
roads and drives and in-
stalled electric lights for the night
illumination of this old Fort.
The Biennial Legislative appropriation
for these purposes was
$8,000.
FORT AMANDA
An imposing monument on the bank of the
Auglaize River,
four miles north of Wapakoneta, erected
some years ago by the
State of Ohio, marks the site of this
combined stockade for-
trees, shipyard, supply station,
hospital and cemetery of the War
of 1812.
The cemetery is well cared for by the
Township, while the
remaining grounds are largely in their
natural state, which is
sufficiently attractive to draw many
visitors from the country
around.
FORT MIAMI
There is nothing of importance to report
in connection with
this ancient fortification, located on
the left bank of the Miami
river, within the limits of the Village
of Maumee. It is still in
private possession, but should be the
property of this Society.
BATTLEFIELD OF FALLEN TIMBERS
Your Committee is not a little concerned
lest the Society
forfeit title to the land secured some
years ago for a monument
to honor the memory of Mad Anthony Wayne
and mark the
site of the most decisive battle ever
fought on Ohio soil. Our
last report recorded an appeal to the
legislature for $40,000.00
and their grant of $2,000.00. This is to
be expended under the
direction of the State Architect and
before June 30th, 1925, the
Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 577
end of the biennium, but the
"improvement of the grounds" has
not yet been started.
We wish at this time to submit the
following extract from
the deed of conveyance to the Society
from Miss Clarissa C.
Moor of the tract referred to above:
"Provided always and these presents
are upon this express
condition that the premises hereby
conveyed shall be used for a
park and monument site and approaches.
Said grantee, its suc-
cessors and assigns shall within a period
of seven years of the
date hereof, improve said premises by
grading, seeding to lawn,
planting with shrubbery and trees and
fencing, by improving
in a suitable manner roadways upon the
rights of way herein
granted and by the erection thereon of a
monument suitably com-
memorating the Battle of Fallen Timbers,
to cost not less than
$20,000.00 and further that said grantee, its successors and as-
signs shall provide for the upkeep and
repair of said premises
and maintain the same in an attractive
condition generally."
This deed is recorded on page 344, vol.
549 in Lucas Coun-
ty. It was executed Jan. 3, 1921, and
recorded Jan. 28, 1921.
We believe it is of the utmost
importance that the Budget
Committee of the Society be instructed
by the Board of Trus-
tees to use their utmost endeavor to
secure a suitable appropria-
tion from the legislature so that the
conditions of the above deed
may be fully complied with.
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman."
On motion the report was approved and
ordered
placed on file.
SPIEGEL GROVE.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. W. J.
Sherman
read the report as follows:
Your Committee respectfully submit the
following report of
its activities in connection with the
care and maintenance of the
Spiegel Grove State Park and the
splendid properties therein
located.
The Park itself has been maintained in
excellent condition.
With its broad expanse of beautiful
lawns and native forest
trees, it today presents an unusually attractive
appearance.
There is, however, much work which
should be done in the way
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