WAR OF 1812 BLOCKHOUSE MEMORIAL MARKER BACK
CAPTAIN WATSON'S COMPANY MARCHED NORTH AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF A BLOCKHOUSE ON THE WEST BANK OF MILL CREEK NEAR THE OLD INDIAN TRAIL. THE GROUP BUILT A TWO-STORY HEWN LOG BLOCKHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15' BY 24' WITH 4" GUN PORTS ALONG THE SIDES. THEY GARRISONED THE STRUCTURE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS UNTIL PERSUADED BY JONATHAN ALDER, A FORMER INDIAN CAPTIVE, TO ABANDON THE PURSUIT. ALDER BELIEVED THE INDIANS WOULD BYPASS THE BLOCKHOUSE AND DESCEND UPON THE SETTLEMENTS. NO INDIAN RAIDS OCCURRED AND CALM RETURNED TO THE FRONTIER SETTLEMENTS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE AMERICAN VICTORIES AT FORT MEIGS AND FORT STEPHENSON IN JULY 1813 AND THE BATTLE OF THAMES IN OCTOBER 1813.
SEE ALSO-WAR OF 1812 BLOCKHOUSE MEMORIAL MARKER FRONT
SEE ALSO-WAR OF 1812 BLOCKHOUSE MEMORIAL MARKER FRONT
Listing Details
- Public
- WAR OF 1812
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 2012
- 18257 RAYMOND ROAD
- 43040
- REV. RONALD IRICK
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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