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Wildwood toledo ohio January 2026 (2) by Preston Dibling

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I'm at the ruins of Fort Miamis today, originally built by the British in 1794 to stop US military advances in the Maumee Valley and to solidify Indigenous support against westward expansion of US settlements. It was abandoned, but reoccupied by the British in 1813 to battle American forces upriver at Fort Meigs during the War of 1812.

I had expected the old earthworks of the fort—all that remains at the site—to be gentle undulations in the earth, but they are still quite steep! My pictures don't do it justice. Just down the street there is a public boat launch on the Maumee River, seen here from an observation deck at the elevation of the old fort.