Fort Loramie

Also built by General Anthony Wayne in 1795, it stood on Loramie Creek in Shelby County, Ohio. The Fort got its name from Peter Loramie the French trader who had established a trading post in the area. The fort served as an important link in the trail of forts built by General Wayne extending from the Ohio River to Lake Erie. Wayne’s tactics in fighting the Indians differed from his predecessors in that the forts he constructed were not heavily garrisoned as he moved north, closer to an Indian confrontation. This left him with more battlefield soldiers with which to fight the enemy. Harmar and St. Clair left larger detachments at the forts they constructed, leaving less troops to fight the Indians. Now, there is only a historical sign located 1/2 mile north of present-day Ft. Loramie on State Route 66 which indicates where the fort once stood.

'Indian' segment written in December, 1997 by David Lodge

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