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Location: 371 NORTH WATER STREET

City: FORT JENNINGS

State: Ohio

Zip Code: 45844

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers

Year Dedicated: 1955

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WAR OF 1812

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON


ON SEPT 21, 1812 COL. WILLIAM JENNINGS, WITH HIS REGIMENT OF KENTUCKY RIFLEMEN, WAS ORDERED BY GEN. W.H. HARRISON TO ESTABLISH A FORT MIDWAY BETWEEN FORT BARBEE AND DEFIANCE. THE FORT WAS NAMED AFTER JENNINGS.


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