Campus Martius (Ohio)
Campus Martius was a fortification at the Marietta, Ohio settlement. Home to Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Arthur St. Clair, and other settlers during the Northwest Indian War. Major Anselm Tupper was commander of the Campus Martius during the war.[1][2] Construction began in 1788 and was fully completed in 1791. The Campus Martius was located on the east side of the Muskingum River, and upriver from its confluence with the Ohio River.
The Campus Martius site is now occupied by the Campus Martius Museum. The Rufus Putnam House, part of the original Campus, is enclosed in the museum. Campus Martius was located around 39°25′17″N 81°27′40″W / 39.42139°N 81.46111°W.
Supporting forts
The other fortification at the Marietta settlement was the Picketed Point Stockade, built during 1791 on the east side of the mouth of the Muskingum River at its confluence with the Ohio, and directly across the Muskingum from Fort Harmar. Fort Harmar was constructed several years earlier in 1785, on the west side of the mouth of the Muskingum River.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Cutler, Julia Perkins: The Founders of Ohio, Brief Sketches of the Forty-Eight Pioneers, Robert Clarke and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1888).
- Hildreth, S. P.: Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory, H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1848).
- Howe, Henry: Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol. III, Henry Howe and Son, Columbus, Ohio (1891).
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