NEW BOOK Commemorates the 225th Anniversary of Fort Defiance

To recognize the 225th anniversary of Fort Defiance, the Defiance County Genealogical Society has published a book sharing little known or under reported historical facts about Anthony Wayne's 1794 fort.

Richard Rozevink and David Bennett collected material for a series of short stories based on their findings in old journals, period diaries, and other early historical writings.

The book will be available at the Defiance Development & Tourism Bureau at 325 Clinton Street.  The price is $8.00 if purchased there. 


 To have a book sent to you, the price is $10.00.  Please send a check with your order to the Defiance County Genealogical Society (DCGS) at P.O. Box 7006, Defiance, OH 43512.

For Defiance County Genealogical Society members, the price is $6.00, and the books will be available at meetings or, if ordered through the mail, the cost would be $8.00

Proceeds from the book will help to fund an historical marker in Defiance, marking the location of General James Wilkinson's 1794 Redoubt (a fort outside of a larger fort) and, on the other side of the plaque, the Miami-Erie Canal Mule Bridge. 

Fort Defiance, now the Defiance Public Library grounds