Fort Miamis

Anthony Wayne Parkway

On this site in 1794, the British built Fort Miamis to block Gen. Anthony Wayne's expected march on Detroit. Its strategic location commanded both the land and water routes in the Maumee Valley. The post, constructed after ...

Fort Miamis Reserve/Miltonville

Anthony Wayne Parkway

[North side of Marker]:Fort Miamis Reserve

“River tracts 46 and 47 in Township No. 1 United States Reserve” is the official description of the Miltonville location.

The “United States Reserve” was the twelve mile square area established ...

Fort Miamis

[Marker Front]:

French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of ...