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In 1794 General Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance here during the Indian Wars before the Battle of Fallen Timbers. During the War of 1812, Fort Winchester was built south of here. Downriver is Preston Island, a former site of Indian villages, and about one mile south is the site of the large Indian Council of 1792.
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Defiance, Ohio · United States
