The following pictures depict the visit of Ohio Sen. Michael
DeWine to the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers Thursday, Aug.
22, 1996.
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Kathy Teigland,
a aide of Sen. DeWine's, talks with Toledo Metropark's
Denise Gehring and Heidelberg College anthropology
professor Dr. G. Michael Pratt.
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Jennifer Ginn, a
Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune reporter, interviews Sen.
DeWine about his thoughts on the Fallen Timbers
battlefield site.
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Heidelberg
Professor G. Michael Pratt, Senator DeWine, the senator's
son Mark and Maumee Mayor Steve Pauken pause in front of
the memorial.
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After meeting
at the state memorial, the officials traveled to a corner
near the site of the battlefield.
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The officials
and some local residents observed the area where the
Battle of Fallen Timbers took place, just beyond the
treeline.
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Dr. Pratt uses
a framed map to show (l-r) Maumee Valley Heritage
Corridor president Ted Ligibel, Maumee Mayor Steve
Pauken, Sen. Mike DeWine and Ft. Meigs Site Director
Larry Nelson how the battle happened.
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Dr. Pratt and
Sen. DeWine discuss the battle, standing near a sign that
identifies the battlefield site and a fallen red and
white "For Sale" sign that had been put up on
the site by the city of Toledo.
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Dr. Pratt
discusses with Sen. DeWine and Ft. Meigs Site Director
Larry Nelson the impact of the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
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Sen. DeWine
pauses to survey the site of the Battle of Fallen Timbers
while Dr. Pratt relates how the site was identified in a
1995 archaeological survey.
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