Greenville High School - Chief Yearbook (Greenville, OH)

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N Grttnvtllt tht t1p11l ctty ol D1rl1t County Ohlo probably owes IIS lot1t1on to tl1t truntd 1nst1ntt of somt rtmott Ind11n sttklng 1 convtnlent and btauttlul c1mp sltt on tht blull ovtrloolung tht ancltnt fordlng plact of an lmportant s rtam At tht tonvtrgmg potnt of stvtral well worn tralls he p1ttl1td h1s ttnt and NK as soon lotntd by othtr mtn1btrs of h1S tr1be who formed 1 vtllagt 1t tl11s str1ttg1t polnt Exctpt somt htlpltss captlvt or a lont mxssxon 1ry of tl1t Jtsults II s prob1blt that no NVll1lL man ptnttrattd tht dtnst w1ldtrntss to th1s stcludtd sttt btfort tl1t arn1y of Major bentral St Clalr en c1mptd htrt ln Octobtr l79l on h1s fatal espedttlon agalnst tht Maumee trtbts Iwo yt1rs lattr Mayor Gtntral Anthony Waynt tht htro of Stony Polnt 1nd trttnd of Vv'1sh1ngton ptnttr1ttd to thls plact w1tl1 a frontxtr force of thrtt thousand troops Btmg half 11 15 bttvx ttn Fort Washlngton fC1HC1H n1t17 and hls dtstnnatlon on tht lVlaumtt tlgort Wayntj and readlly compre htnd1ng tht natural 1d11ntagts of tht sltt from a mtlttary standpomt Wayne dtcxded to tstabltsh ht1dquarttrs TI thts pl1ct Accordmgly he land off the ground and trecttd a staunch fortxflcatlon runn1ng along the tdge of tht bluff frontmg Grttnv1llt Crttk 1nd tht Mud Crttk vallty and exttndlng tastward to tht prtstnt llnt of Bro1dway Ind southward btlow tht l1ne of Thlrd Strttt Thus fort1f1c1t1on w1s bullt of htavy hardwood logs cut from the surroundmg fortst and IS sald to havt bttn the largest cltadel erected by ploneer soldttrs 1n tht Ohlo country It tovtrtd somt flfty acres and contatned row upon row of log soldltr l1uts stort housts 1rt1f1ctrs shops offtctrs headquarters 1 bakt sl1op magalmt hospttal 1rt1lltry park ttc 'Iht tntlrt wmttr and spring months wtre consumtd tn trtcttng th1s lmportant structure whlch was calltd Grttnt Vlllt tn honor of Nathamtl Grttne the rtnowned general of tht Rtvolutlon wl1o was a particular frxtnd 1nd compatrlot of Waynt From th1s camp a dtta hmtnt was soon stnt out to takt posstsston of St Clalr s battle fltld and ertct a fort thtrton whlch xx as namtd Port Recovtry Roads were cut 1n var1ous dlrtctlons to makt the plact 1cctss1blt to both tht Indtans and the outposts of c1v1l111t1on Latt IH July 1794 tht army 1d'1anctd to the Mau mtt whtre Fort Dtf1ance was trecttd Wayne then proceeded along the north bank of thts stream to wxthxn about twtnty mtlts of the present SIIG of Toledo whtrt he mtt tht conftdtrattd trtbts ln 1 dtnsc wllderntss 1nd admlnlstered to them 1 stlngmg and dtctslvt dtftat T hxs tng1gtmtnt brokt tht morale of 1 I7 lilikll li l XX ILIUX 1111111111111 1 .'l11!.1r11n' C1 ll .N 1,2111 IMH1 , Q .A . . 3 . . 'f ', ' t tt c 4 1 1 - ' ' ' - ' 1 1 1 ' 11 ' 1 ' at ' L ' . 4 4. ,' , 1 1 1 1 f 1 ' 4 . - . x 1 - 1 1 1 1 . ' - x ' , V 1 1 1 1 1 ' x ' , '. ' 1 1 1 1 1- 1 , - L t 1 . 1. - - - t , , ' . ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1. . L ' , ,. ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - , 1 1 1 A 1 L 1 1 ' , ' ' 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 4 1 1 Q 1 ' ' ', . 1 1 11 1 1 L 1.. , 1 11 D ' - VL 1 1 111 - ' ' 1 ' 1 11 1 , L . ' , 1 1 1 1 ' 4 4 1 , ' ' 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1. 4 . 4 . , 1 1 1 1 ' 11 ' 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 ' ' ' 4. 1 1 . . . . . x 3' . . 1. 4. 1 1 11 '1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 4 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 . 1 . . 1 r. 1 . 1 1 1 1 - 1 11 1 1 - 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 , t . 1 .1 1 -1 1 1 ' ' , e 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 tt f 1 1 1 1 , .L . , , t 11 1 1 1 1 4 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 4 1. 1 1 1 1 L I 1 C 1 1 1 1 L.

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