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Title
Military
trail
marker
in
Cincinnati
Subject
Historical markers--Ohio--Cincinnati
Indian trails--Ohio
Central Parkway Area (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Memorials--Ohio
Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796
St. Clair, Arthur, 1734-1818
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Caption
on
reverse
reads
: "
Indian
Trail
Marker
(Silhouette)
.
Central
Pky
. and
Sycamore
Str.
" This
photograph
shows
a
plaque
with the
silhouette
of
soldiers
and a
covered
wagon
on
top
,
held
between
two
concrete
pillars
.
It
used
to
stand
somewhere
near
the
intersections
of
Reading
Road
,
Central
Parkway
and
Sycamore
Street
, in
Cincinnati
.
Inscription
reads
: "
Approximately
at this
point
two
Ohio
military
trails
branched
.
Reading
Road
follows
the
marches
of
Bowman
,
Clark
,
Harmar
,
Harrison
,
Clay
and
Shelby
,
1779
-
1812
.
Central
Parkway
follows
the
route
of
St
.
Clair
and
Wayne
,
1791
-
1793.
" A
historical
marker
,
erected
under
the
Ohio
Revolutionary
Memorial
Commission's
plan
,
stands
at
Central
Parkway
and
Sycamore
where
the
two
Ohio
trails
branched
.
Reading
Road
following
the
marches
of
Bowman
,
Clark
,
Harmar
,
Harrison
,
Clay
and
Shelby
; and
Central
Parkway
folloing
the
route
of
St
.
Clair
and
Mad
Anthony
Wayne
-
brave
names
in those
days
of
pioneer
drumbeat
and
marching
soldiers
and
frontiersmen
in
buckskin
. The
Daughters
of the
American
Revolution
placed
at the
Central
Parkway
and
Ludlow
Avenue
intersection
a
bronze
tablet
in
memory
of
Major
General
Arthur
St
.
Clair
,
who
was an
officer
in the
Revolutionary
War
,
first
governor
of the
Northwest
Territory
, and the
man
who
gave
Cincinnati
its
name
.
Major
General
Arthur
St
.
Clair
left
Fort
Washington
, in
present
day
Cincinnati
, on
September
17
,
1791
,
following
the
aforementioned
trail
north
, in
order
to
build
a
fort
at the
head
of the
Maumee
River
. An
large
group
of
Indians
led
by
Little
Turtle
and
Blue
Jacket
, as
well
as
army
deserters
and
prisoners
,
left
Kekionga
in
Indiana
,
heading
south
. The
Indians
had been
receiving
information
about
the
army's
movements
from
warrior
scouts
and
deserters
, and a
large
group
led
by
Little
Turtle
and
Blue
Jacket
headed
south
to
intercept
St
.
Clair's
army
. A
battle
ensued
near
what
is
now
Fort
Recovery
in
which
most
of
St
.
Clair's
officers
were
killed
,
causing
him to
lose
his
post
and his
reputation.General
Anthony
Wayne
returned
in
3
years
with
properly
trained
,
well-equipped
army
, and
defeated
the
Indians
at
Fallen
Timbers
near
Toledo
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
SA1039AV_B09F10_021_1.tif
Image Height
2948
Image Width
4060
File Size
35932384 Bytes
Display File Type
image/jp2
Format
picture
Date created
2010-04-27
Date modified
2010-06-17
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