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Shown is the outline of where Fort Greene Ville stood from 1793-97. The
map depicts Anthony Wayne’s
headquarters in the present-day St. Mary’s
Catholic School playground.
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Garst Museum Speakers Series Presents “A Greene Ville Map 1793”
On Sunday, October 20 at 2 p.m., Garst Museum welcomes Dave Heckaman
and Dr. David Cox. They will present a program about a map of the
streets, blocks, and buildings built in 1793 by Anthony Wayne’s U.S.
Army at Greenville, Ohio. The presenters found this map in 2014 in the
Wayne Papers at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
They will compare the newly discovered map with early descriptions and
other maps made at the time. Locations of buildings and streets will be
suggested by showing an overlay of the recent find from 1793 on a
present-day map of Greenville.
The United States Army was headquartered in Greenville from 1793-1796.
Arranged in city blocks and surrounded by eight enormous redoubts, the
encampment housed over 3,000 people and was the home, supply base, and
training center of Wayne’s Legion during the Fallen Timbers campaign.
It covered over fifty acres and was the largest wooden stockade
fortification in the United States, stretching 600 by 300 yards.
Constructed over three weeks in November 1793, the fortified encampment
housed troops until its abandonment in late spring 1797. What new
information has come to light? Find out at Garst Museum on October 20
at 2 p.m.
All lectures are free and open to the public. However, regular
admission will apply to tour Garst Museum, which includes the
outstanding National Annie Oakley Center and Crossroads of Destiny
along with the Lowell Thomas, Keepers of Freedom, and Longtown
exhibits. Funding for this program was made possible by the Harry D.
Stephens Memorial Foundation.
The Garst Museum is located at:
205 North Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
website: www.garstmuseum.org
email: information@garstmuseum.org
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