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be given to the portion dealing with
Fallen Timbers.
The State and Federal Governments fell
short in their
appropriation for that park. Mr.
Sherman and I con-
ferred, and I suggested that as Fallen
Timbers is prac-
tially at Toledo's threshold, the
people of Toledo
should join in carrying out the plan.
Mr. Sherman
agreed to undertake to raise $25,000.
It has been a long
drawn out fight, would have discouraged
anybody ex-
cept Mr. Sherman. I think he will be
successful.
Secretary C. B. Galbreath then read Mr.
Sherman's
report, which follows:
Your Committee on
FORT MEIGS, FORT MIAMI and FALLEN
TIMBERS
respectfully report as follows:
FORT MEIGS
A tract of forty-two acres on the right
bank of the Maumee
River directly opposite the village of
the same name, includes
the site of the old Harrison Fort, the
earthworks of which are
still plainly in evidence. They proved
invincible when attacked
by the united forces of Proctor and
Tecumseh in May, 1813. An
imposing gray granite shaft, erected by
the State, marks this
historic spot. The grounds are
splendidly maintained by the
Commission appointed by the Governor and
are under the im-
mediate supervision of an excellent
caretaker.
FORT MIAMI
Built in 1680 by Lieutenant-Governor
Frontenac as a French
Military Trading Post, abandoned shortly
thereafter for a loca-
tion farther west, re-built by the
English Governor Simcoe in
1794, abandoned in 1796 after the treaty
of Greenville, occupied
and abandoned by the American forces and
re-occupied and re-
abandoned by the British General Proctor
in the War of 1812,
this ancient fortress has the
distinction of being not only the old-
est in the State, but as having
triumphantly floated the flags
of three nations. At the time of the
Battle of Fallen Timbers,
it was occupied by Major Campbell, the British Commander,
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with about two hundred regulars and two
hundred and fifty
militiamen and by Colonel McKee, the
British trader, whose
property was destroyed by Wayne. The
title to this historic spot
with its remarkably well preserved
earthworks is still in private
possession. The owners are not disposed
to sell at a price which
would likely interest the Society,
though the three acres compris-
ing the Fort and the river approaches
should belong to the State.
FALLEN TIMBERS
Subsequent to our last annual report in
which a semi-officially
approved plan was outlined for the
construction of the concrete
foundation and a finished granite
pedestal of the proposed Wayne
Memorial, trusting to a future grant from
the Legislature of an
appropriation for the bronze
superstructure, your Chairman re-
ceived a communication from President
Johnson suggesting that
an effort be made by the Committee to
raise the $25,000 ad-
ditional funds needed for a creditable
Memorial by means of a
local subscription. This request came at
a time when Toledoans
had already planned a series of drives
for local charities covering
the entire fall, winter and spring
season and involving a very
large amount of money. Summer vacations
followed and caused
additional delays, but still we have
hopes for a successful can-
vass some time this fall, one generous
business man having al-
ready pledged twenty per cent of the
entire amount needed, con-
ditional only on our raising the
balance. In the event our local
canvass should be unsuccessful we are
planning to appeal again
to the Legislature for the additional
funds needed.
(Signed) W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman.
Curator H. C. Shetrone read the report
of the Com-
mittee on
MOUND CITY GROUP
first stating that Chairman A. C.
Spetnagel prepared
the report but that he would be unable
to attend the
meeting. The report is as follows: