The Maumee Valley has scores of historical landmarks, monuments, and markers. The photographs below are were taken by Toledo historian Fred Folger over several years. This tour of the monuments and markers will begin at Fort Wayne and follow the Maumee River downstream to Lake Erie. Click on an image to see a larger version.

 

The Maumee-Wabash Portage

This portage made possible a trade route from Quebec to New Orleans.

Allen County, Indiana

"Mad" Anthony Wayne Statue

Canal House Historical Marker

Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

 

Independence Dam

Independence, Ohio

(Click here for readable sign)

Courthouse

Site of Gen. R.K. Scott Trial

Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio

Durbin Monument atop Bad Creek Culvert

Texas, Ohio

The Howard Cemetery

Burial place of Tee-Na-Beek, last Native American (Ottawa) of the Maumee Valley, 1815-1850

Grand Rapids, Ohio

Main Street Historic District

Bowling Green, Ohio

Edward Ford Memorial

Rossford, Ohio

Commodore Perry Statue

Turnpike Milestones

Perrysburg, Ohio

Maumee Indian Mission
Presbyterian Mission

Route 65, Wood County, Ohio

Click here for readable sign)

House of Four Pillars
First Presbyterian Church

Maumee, Ohio

 

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