Thirty-Ninth Annual Meeting 581
FORT ST. CLAIR
Mr. H. R. McPherson read the report of
the Com-
mittee as follows:
As chairman of The Fort St. Clair
Committee I have the
honor to report as follows.
Since securing possession of Fort St.
Clair, December,
1923, the following work has been performed on the grounds:
Purchased 280 rods of wire for fence,
and new posts for
80 rods of old wire fence. A total of
360 rods of fence has been
erected. Four hundred and ninety-one
steel posts were secured
for use in installing new and repairing
old fences. We have re-
moved 340 rods of old fence; secured
twenty-eight 8x8 red
cedar end posts and thirty-six 12 ft. boiler-iron
post stays. We
have removed 40 rods of the old
rail-fence and placed same
around three sides of the hill, through
grove around monument,
graves, etc.
We have graded the avenues and placed
635 tons of crushed
stone thereon, and have built 90 rods of
a thirty-foot avenue
through the battleground, and 80 rods of
a twenty-foot avenue
through the walnut grove; have erected a
fourteen-foot drive-
way over creek; removed and burned 230 stumps, and
have
grubbed out roots; erected a forty-foot
flag-staff at entrance gate-
way; have used 146 feet of galvanized
pipe to carry water from
two springs through the hillside. A new
entrance gateway, val-
ued at $2500.00 is about completed, and a
bronze plate, 12x18,
installed. This plate bears the
following inscription:
This Gateway
erected by
PREBLE COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
with funds provided
by
LADIES OF THE COLUMBIAN SOCIETY
AND THE CIVIC LEAGUE.
EATON, Ohio. 1924.
Much labor has been required to remove
brush piles, clean
the grounds, etc., and much work is yet to be done on
the west
side of the grounds.
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We now have a driveway leading from the
main entrance
passing through the valley, walnut grove, over the
hillside, and
through the battlefield, returning to the main
entrance.
Respectfully submitted,
W. H. ORTT,
Chairman.
On motion the report was accepted and
ordered
placed on file.
President Campbell called attention to
the fact that
at the last Annual Meeting the Society
passed a reso-
lution complimenting Director W. C.
Mills on his long
and faithful service to the Society.
General Orton on behalf of the Society
presented
Dr. Mills with an engrossed and framed
copy of those
resolutions, whereupon Dr. Mills in a
few well chosen
words expressed his thanks and
appreciation for the
high honor thus conferred upon him by
the Society.
The resolutions appear in full in the
minutes for 1923.
LOGAN ELM PARK.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr.
Frank Tall-
madge, read the report as follows:
Your Committee takes pleasure in
reporting the completion
of the five acre tract containing in
addition to the Logan Elm
and the cabin the following memorials:
The one to Chief Logan,
the Boggs family site, and the Cresap
stone with tablet exoner-
ating Cresap, and the names of a few
prominent men in pioneer
life who were present at the Treaty and
were to become famous
as Revolutionary Officers. This tablet,
however, is regrettably
incomplete. The additional names
recently secured should be
placed upon a new tablet, for which
there is ample space.
There has been no loss by wind or
lightning to the Logan
Elm this season. The fertilization of
the Elm continues to show
splendid results. The park with its
attractions continues to
draw visitors in increasing
numbers. The General Gibson
Grove, consisting of seventy-five young
trees, has been planted,
and will grow in favor with picnickers
and all lovers of nature.
This year marks the start of permanent
setting of seedlings of