Fort Meigs / Introduction 4
To the Rapids
American soldiers commanded by William Henry Harrison had been following Winchester with supplies and garrison troops. After learning of the French Town defeat, they fell back to the Portage River in Ohio. On February 1, 1813, Harrison advanced to the Maumee River and constructed Fort Meigs. This post was built to protect the strategically important foot of the Maumee River rapids, and to serve as a supply and staging area that would allow Harrison and his army to prepare for the retaking of Detroit and an invasion of Canada.
Marker can be reached from West Indiana Avenue (Ohio Route 65) north of Fort Meigs Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
