Fort Defiance (Ohio)
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Fort Defiance was an American military fortification built in 1794 during the Northwest Indian War in what was then the Northwest Territory. Following the Treaty of Greenville, the fort was abandoned
Fort Defiance
Park overlooking the Auglaize and Maumee rivers
From "Early History of the Maumee Valley," 1902
Anthony Wayne
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Anthony Wayne was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military
Fort Defiance (Ohio)
…where the Auglaize River flows into the Maumee River, now lies within the city of Defiance, Ohio. The fort was built at the direction of Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne in the second week of August 1794 at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers. It was one of a line of defenses constructed by American forces…
Anthony Wayne (1745-1796). (Pastel by James Sharples, Sr., c. 1795; Independence National Historical Park.)
18th-century print of Wayne
1780 letter from Wayne to Israel Shreve
Statue of Wayne at Valley Forge, facing toward his home in nearby Paoli, Pennsylvania