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Garst Museum
Free Lecture on
St. Clair’s defeat on the Wabash
Mr. Rex Spencer, ABD, will be speaking at Garst Museum on Sunday, March
18, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. The program will be about “St. Clair’s
Expedition to the Upper Wabash and Ultimate Defeat.”
St. Clair’s Defeat was a battle fought on November 4, 1791 in the
Northwest Territory of the United States. The U.S. Army faced the
Western Confederacy of American Indians. Led by Little Turtle of the
Miamis, Blue Jacket of the Shawnees and Buckaongahelas of the Delawares
(Lenape). The war party numbered more than one thousand warriors,
including a large number of Potawatomis from eastern Michigan and the
St. Joseph River area. It was the largest victory ever won by
American Indians.
Mr. Spencer is a graduate of Versailles High School, Defiance College
and Edison State College. He received his Master’s degree in
American and European History from Ball State University. Between
1974 and 1978, Spencer worked with Defiance College in Field
Archaeology excavating Fort Meigs. He also studied in the Doctoral
program in American History and Anthropology (Historic Archaeology) at
Ball State. He spent his career teaching at Ansonia High School. After
35 years of teaching, he enjoys his retirement researching and writing
on a variety of subjects.
All Garst lectures are free and open to the public. However,
regular admission will apply to tour the museum which includes the
outstanding National Annie Oakley Center, Crossroads of Destiny. Lowell
Thomas, and Longtown exhibits. Funding for this program was made
possible, in part, by the Harry D. Stephens Memorial, Inc. Foundation.
The Garst Museum is located at:
205 N. Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
website: www.garstmuseum.org
Email: information@garstmuseum.org
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