Explore the site of two 1790s battles between the U.S. Army and an alliance of nine Native nations. Discover a reconstructed stockade and blockhouses plus a museum and nearby monument.
At the Fort Recovery Museum, explore exhibits featuring artifacts of the two battles, see portraits of key American and Native leaders of the 1790s, take a battlefield self-guided tour with 15 wayside exhibits, explore new exhibit “St. Clair’s Defeat Revisited: A New View of the Conflict”, and visit two reconstructed 18th-century blockhouses. Nearby, visit the Fort Recovery Monument, a 101-foot limestone obelisk commemorating the two important battles that took place more than 200 years ago at the site of the present-day village of Fort Recovery: St. Clair’s Defeat and the Battle of Fort Recovery. Average visit time: Allow 1+ hours
Fort Recovery is the site of two remarkable battles in American history; the 1791 victory of nine Native nations (Miami, Shawnee, Delaware, Ottawa, Wyandotte, Ojibwe, Seneca, Cherokee, and Potawatomi), led by Mihšihkinaahkwa (Little Turtle, Miami) and Weyapiersenwah (Blue Jacket, Shawnee) over General Arthur St. Clair’s forces; and the 1794 victory of General Anthony Wayne’s army over a larger alliance of Native nations. The events at this battlefield were pivotal in the relationships between the Native people defending their homelands and invading American soldiers and settlers. The battles at this site set the stage for the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, after which Native peoples relinquished most of their land holdings in Ohio. They also set the course for the determination of land ownership in contemporary Ohio and the 1830 Indian Removal Act, forcibly removing American Indians from their homelands in Ohio.
Fort Recovery Museum and Monument is managed locally by the Fort Recovery Historical Society. Visit us on Facebook www.facebook.com/FortRecoveryMuseum
