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Jfhe Centennial In lii Webster, Middletown, 80; John |j Wolfe, Monroe, 82; Peter Young, j ■ Hamilton, 82. I\ Founding of Hamiltonj At the time Hamilton was founded tbc federal government was eu-; gaged hi an aggressive war against | the Indians who were resisting the : invasion of their territory. by the J white men. The government had i met with some serious reverses. As jthe expedition of General Hariuar Jnwl others had had very lilfle rf-iuul on the hostile Indians, the government decided to attack the savages in their own fastnesses.For this purpose 'General Arthur St. Clair, governor of the north oast territory, was invested % with the duel command of the troops to heji'ivo nules from Cincinnati, un jthe army led by Colonel William Drake, appeared on the Miami river at Hamilton and encamped on a small piece of what was termed pniirie land about a half mile below what is now the city of . Hamilton. ;A few Java later, General Arthur * ' 4SI. Clair, who hud been detained at l*’t. Washington, now Cincinnati, arrived and proceeded to build Fort Hamilton. This stronghold was intended to guard the passage of the river, to be a place of deceit for army supplies and to ho {TauJof the ]osts of communication reaching from Fort Washington to the ob-1 jcet of Hie campaign. ITlie Site ChosenThe silo chosen by General St. Clair extended from approximately the east end of the present High and Main street bridge to a point- . just south of Court street/ and east , from the river io approximately i the west side of South Second street. The burial ground for tho Fort was located on ground that constitutes South Second street, just south of High street When the Tin mil fon waterworks system was installed in about 1SS5, cxcavti-i tions made for the water pipes rc-- September 37th, 17fl3, a portion of
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Hamilton Evening Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1931
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