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The Blade (Toledo, OH)
9-23-00
A 66.8-acre parcel of the historic Fallen Timbers battlefield is officially in the hands of the Toledo Area Metropark District, Art Weber, a Metroparks spokesman, said.
The property, at the northwest corner of U.S. 23 and U.S. 24, was acquired by the Metroparks from the city of Toledo on Thursday.
It was bought using $1,988,500 from the state of Ohio, $500,000 from the city of Maumee, $300,000 from the Lucas County commissioners, and $11,500 from the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission.
Plans call for the Metroparks to buy the remainder of the battlefield with a second payment of $2.7 million by July 31 so a 185-acre Fallen Timbers Battlefield National Historic Site can be established, affiliated with the National Park Service. Federal and state money is being sought for that second purchase, Mr. Weber said.
The 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which resulted from the Battle of Fallen Timbers, opened Ohio and much of the Northwest Territory to settlers. In the war, Gen. Anthony Wayne led forces that defeated an alliance of American Indian tribes. In 1995, the 187-acre Maumee site was identified as the location of the battle.
Congress named the battleground a National Historic Site last year.
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