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Show Reminder of the War of 1818. For six miles through the forest in Hancock and Wood counties, Ohio, may be seen a wide swath through the tree tops, the once open space being grown thick with smaller timber. It tells the story of Gen. Hull and the army that blazed its way north to Fort Meigs in the war of 1812. On several : farms near Ffndlay are still found sections sec-tions of the old corduroy roadway : built of the tree trunks that were felled to gain a passage for the army. The logs are well preserved and are found ' from two to five feet under the soil. It ' was at the close of that memorable campaign that Col. Findlay camped on the south side of Blanchard's Fork of the Auglaize and established the old' stockade. fort named after him Fort Findlay. ' |
