Note: Greenville Ohio is about 45 minutes to the NTA in Richmond Indiana.

Do you know this story? I'm guessing not. Its a local one. I mentioned the treaty of Greenville in another thread. Did you know thats how / where Lewis met Clark? They both got stationed in Greenville Ohio.

At the time Greenville Ohio was just a fort. Imagine planting posts (tree trunks) around 50 acres of land making a "fort". 50 acres is a lot.

Clark had leadership and character and was sent to Greenville to help get troops and things in order. Lewis was a drunk on the east coast and was sent to Greenville after a court martial from a drinking bar fight or something I forget. Anyway a goody goody and partier paired up is an interesting first meeting to become fast friends with a mutual respect before their Journey.

This is where Tecumseh tried to get all of the Indians to band together, he left for a trip (To FL to get more people... imagine going from OH to FL and back in 1700's), and his brother (The Prophet) started a fight he shouldn't have, and basically they all scattered and weren't united anymore while Tecumseh was away. The prophet predicted an eclipse and got them all stirred up and fighting the next day thinking the gods were on their side and got beat b/c they weren't ready yet before his brothers return.

Anyway all the old forts come up out of Cinci which was Fort Washington at the time, then Fort Hamilton (Hamilton County), Fort St Clair, Fort Jefferson, Fort Recovery, Fort Greenville (doubled back south for a resupply station after being defeated), and Fort Defiance. Its a neat little drive up 127 from Cincinnati basically straight north. That was the trail they cut through the forest of swamp corduroying roads fighting the Indians, building forts along the way for protection to fall back to and or to be able to store and guard supplies. Ohio used to all be trees. They used to say "a squirrel can cross Ohio and never touch the ground". Think of all the old barns, picket fences, corduroying roads, houses, etc... that's where all the forest went to make farm ground.

Read up on General St Claire's Defeat (Indians massacred them) and how General Mad Anthony Wayne (Wayne County) had to march back in to clean up the mess. Which is how the Treaty of Greenville got signed.

FYI thats what opened the West up and how when you think of wagon trains going west... that didn't happen until after the treaty of Greenville. Its when the Indians had their chance to beat us and a half slow brother and an eclipse opened up the west for expansion.

"Lewis and Clark's First Meeting: In the fall of 1795, a 21-year-old Ensign Meriwether Lewis was transferred to Fort Greene Ville after a military court-martial. He was assigned to the Chosen Rifle Company under the command of Lieutenant William Clark. During their six months serving together, they formed a mutual respect and friendship that eventually led Lewis to select Clark as his co-captain for the Corps of Discovery."

"Greenville, Ohio, served as the headquarters of the United States Army from 1793 to 1797 during the Northwest Indian War. Under the command of Major General Anthony Wayne, Fort Greene Ville (also known as Fort Greenville) was constructed in 1793. Spanning over 50 acres with eight blockhouses, it was the largest wooden stockade fort ever built in North America at the time. The site is most famous for hosting the signing of the Treaty of Greenville on August 3, 1795, which brought peace to the region and paved the way for Ohio statehood. The Army abandoned the fort in 1796, and it was eventually dismantled as the modern city of Greenville was settled."

"The first permanent U.S. Army Headquarters was located in Greenville, Ohio. Known historically as Fort Greene Ville, General Anthony Wayne constructed the 55-acre base in November 1793, which served as the command center for the Legion of the United States until 1797"

"George Washington served as the first President of the United States from April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797"

"George Washington's early history with Indigenous peoples was deeply intertwined with the French and Indian War, where he fought both alongside Native allies and against Native tribes allied with the French. These frontier experiences fundamentally shaped his leadership and his later policies as president." (George basically started and finished the French Indian war and that is an interesting story too.)

"The Lewis and Clark Expedition (the Corps of Discovery) lasted from May 14, 1804, to September 23, 1806. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson following the Louisiana Purchase, the expedition explored the American West to the Pacific Ocean."



PS - Its where Annie Oakley is from too.

That's the fort located and layed over the current town map. The traffic circle in town is about where the front door used to be to the fort. 50-55 acres of land.

I've been to all the sites you mention over the last couple years. All I would add is that a lot of this area was again fought over during the war of 1812. One other site is Fort Amanda near Lima. Also 2 fort sites in Toledo as well as Battle of Fallen Timbers. Lots to do in Ohio!

Great post. I'm currently reading "The Journals of Lewis and Clark."

Was it Lewis or Clark who ended up committing suicide?