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Old 11-21-2003, 07:23 PM
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Mini hijack,

Hey Kitso, check out this link for some information you might find interesting:

http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/prop...h_kaptur5.html

The newly discovered location, now owned by the city of Toledo was, for many years, Mrs. DeltAlum's father's farm -- and several generations of their family before. It was purchased by the city when he retired.

She attended Anthony Wayne High School, named after the American general who commanded the U.S. forces -- a very strange man.

The short article also mentions Little Turtle, Chief of the Miami Indians -- a part of the Illinois (EDIT Huge typo here -- for any who may have already read this, it was the Iroquois Confederacy -- sorry, brain f*rt) Conferderacy of Native Americans --who were Wayne's adversary during the battle.

The keynote speech at the opening of the new Fallen Timbers park actually mentions the road that fronts the farm/now park. Here is a link to that speech.

Both are short, so I hope you can take a minute to read them.

http://www.heidelberg.edu/FallenTimb...mmemorate.html

During the over 50 years he farmed that land, he collected hundreds, actually probably thousands, of arrowheads, musketballs, tomahawk heads, skinning stones and other artifacts. He still keeps a few, but most were donated to various museums, etc.

End of hijack, thank you for your indulgence.
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