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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Fort McArthur, Ohio

From HMdb. org.

Marker:  "Approximately 1000 feet east of this marker lles the graves of sixteen soldiers from Fort McArthur who gave their lives during the War of 1812.  The fort, a one-half acre timber stockade containing huts, was built in the summer of 1812 to guard the Scioto River crossing of General Hull's "Trace" to Detroit.

"Construction of the fort was under command of future Ohio governor, Colonel Duncan McArthur."

--Brock-Perry

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