Minutes of Forty-second Annual
Meeting 625
Front Inscription:
"To General Anthony Wayne, who
organized the
'Legion of the United States' by order
of President
Washington and defeated Chief Little
Turtle's
Warriors here at Fallen Timbers, August 20,
1794.
This victory led to the Treaty of
Greenville, August
3, 1795, which opened much of the
present State of
Ohio to white settlers."
Left Inscription:
"In memory of the white settlers
massacred 1783-
1794."
Back Inscription:
"To Chief Little Turtle and his
brave Indian War-
riors."
Right Inscription:
"To the Pioneers of Ohio and the
great Northwest."
As indicated in a previous report, it is
the plan of your
Committee to surmount the granite
pedestal, now completed, with
a bronze group with Anthony Wayne as a
central figure, a
Pioneer Settler on one side and an
Indian Warrior on the other.
The estimated cost of this heroic
bronze, together with the com-
pletion of the landscaping, planting,
road and fence building, is
$25,000. For this work the 87th General Assembly
appropriated
$15,000 and it is the hope and
expectation of your Committee to
raise the necessary $10,000 additional
among the patriotic citizens
of Toledo. Meanwhile, we have requested
Sculptor Saville to
undertake the necessary preliminary
studies for the bronze group
in question.
Respectfully submitted,
W. J. SHERMAN,
Chairman of Committee on Fort Meigs,
Fort Miami and Fallen Timbers.
FORT MEIGS
The Secretary has also received from
George J. Munger, Sec-
retary of the Board of Trustees of the
Fort Meigs Memorial Com-
mission, a communication which reads in
part as follows:
"We have in our care and charge, on
the old Fort Meigs
Grounds and Park, which is state
property, a large number of
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trees which are greatly in need of
expert attention and care. Some
of these fine old trees have already
died and others are dying
for want of proper attention. The
appropriations for Fort Meigs
have never been adequate to care
properly for the most necessary
things and it is utterly impossible to
even think of taking care of
trees, much as we would like to do so.
Our appropriation for this year, for all
purposes at Fort
Meigs, is $625.00. We have charge of
about 45 acres, most of
which is a public State Park; so you can
see we have to do. figur-
ing to keep even on the most necessary
things."
FORT ST. CLAIR PARK
The writer, until August 1, the
President of the Preble
County Historical Society, the committee
in charge, of Fort St.
Clair Park, Preble County, begs leave to
submit the following
report:--
Fort St. Clair Park, near Eaton, Preble
County, is still
undergoing a gradual but systematic
improvement, and during the
past year has taken on added beauty.
Interest in this historic
spot does not wane but, on the contrary,
gains impetus as the
days go on and the public is able to
visualize what has been in
contemplation and what is now a reality.
During the past year the Preble County
Historical Society
has been active in the effort to further
beautify the Park and
advertise its presence in that section
of the State.
Within the past few months many changes
have been effected
which might be noted. A lunch stand was
erected within the
grounds in order to provide the general
public with certain forms
of delicacies which they depend upon
purchasing there. Profits
from this source are devoted to Park
improvements. A bridge,
for general traffic, was erected early
this summer to replace one
that had become unfit for further use.
The new one was very
substantially built and should serve for
years. In addition, two
rustic foot-bridges have been built
across the small stream which
wends its course through the Park.
A tractor, with mowing attachment,
recently purchased with
state funds, proves very helpful in
keeping the large grass acre-
age in trim. This is now accomplished
expeditiously, economic-
ally and effectively. About twenty
picnic tables, with attached
seats, have been built with State funds.
These, with others pre-
viously provided, now make it possible
to care for several large
groups at the same time.
Roadways within the Park have recently
received a liberal
coating of washed gravel. Two new wells
were recently drilled