Near this site Fort Huntington was Erected

Near this site

Fort Huntington was erected

by Captain Stanton Sholes' Company

May, 1813.

On June 19, 1813, a part of the British flee appeared off the fort but was driven away by a storm and no attack made. General William Henry Harrison and staff inspected the fort July, 1813.

Erected by the National Society, United States Daugthers of 1812, Commodore Perry Chapter, Cleveland, O.

Marked on the 125th anniversary of the founding of Cleveland, A.D. 1921.

Hon. W.S. Fitzgerald, Mayor

Marker is on Lakeside Avenue near West 3rd Street.

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