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Fort Meigs

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Fort Meigs (mĕgz), American fortification on the Maumee River, near Perrysburg, N central Ohio; est. Feb., 1813, by Gen. William Henry Harrison Harrison, William Henry, 1773–1841, 9th President of the United States (Mar. 4–Apr. 4, 1841), b. "Berkeley," Charles City co., Va.; son of Benjamin Harrison (1726?–1791) and grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901).
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 across the river from British Fort Miami (see Maumee Maumee (mômē`), residential city (1990 pop. 15,561), Lucas co., NW Ohio, on the Maumee River; inc. 1838.
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, Ohio). Through the spring and summer of 1813, the Americans there held off British attacks.

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2 million renovation at Fort Meigs State Memorial in Perrysburg includes the construction of the Museum & Education Center, new and renovated exhibits in four fort blockhouses, reconstruction of the stockade and outdoor interpretive signs and landscaping.
2 million renovation at Fort Meigs State Memorial in Perrysburg includes the construction of the Museum & Education Center, new and renovated exhibits in four fort blockhouses, reconstruction of the stockade and outdoor interpretive signs and landscaping.
The Society also initiated a massive renovation and modernization of its site system, including a new education facility at Fort Ancient in Warren County and soon-to-be-completed education centers at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg and Adena in Chillicothe.
 
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