Fort Recovery was a United States Army fort begun in late 1793 and completed in March of 1794 under orders by General Anthony Wayne. It is located near the present-day village of Fort Recovery, Ohio on the Wabash River along the boundary with Indiana.
Wayne purposefully chose as the location for his new fort the spot where Arthur St. Clair had been defeated in 1791 by a Native American confederacy under Chief Michikinikwa (Little Turtle). Wayne hoped to demonstrate that the United States Army could recover from this crushing defeat and emerge victorious in what is now termed the Northwest Indian War or "Little Turtle's War."
Fort Recovery was a reference point used to define the boundary line established in the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, following Wayne's victory in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. In 1800, it was used as a reference point in defining the initial boundaries of the Indiana Territory when that was first set off from the original Northwest Territory. When Ohio was admitted as a state in 1802, the boundaries had been adjusted and Fort Recovery was not mentioned as a reference point for the boundaries of the state.
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