Fort Harmar

Fort Harmar was an early United States frontier military fort, built in pentagonal shape during 1785 at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, on the west side of the mouth of the Muskingum River. It was built under the orders of Colonel Josiah Harmar, then commander of the United States Army, and took his name. The fort was intended for the protection of Indians, i.e., to prevent pioneer squatters from settling in the land to the northwest of the Ohio River. "The position was judiciously chosen, as it commanded not only the mouth of the Muskingum, but swept the waters of the Ohio, from a curve in the river for a considerable distance both above and below the fort." It was the first frontier fort built in Ohio Country.

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Fort Harmar ⓘ
former fort at the confluence of the Ohio River and Muskingum River

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Fort Harmar by Bosworth

FortHarmar plaque

Fort Harmar by Bosworth

Maps and Plates from Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains - DPLA - e24fcb3aad6c08a4b5a770883a1fc4a6 (page 3)

American antiquities and discoveries in the West- (1838) (14747261036)

The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877) (14780671894)

Fort Harmar

Commemorative stone of Fort Harmar in Marietta, Ohio where the fort used to be located.

Fort Harmar Monument

Putnam Bridge History Plaque 5 - Fort Harmar

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		FortWiki page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page^@		Wikidata
site	fort	1785	Fort Harmar	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Fort Harmar by Bosworth		Commons
commons	image		FortHarmar plaque		Commons
commons	image		Fort Harmar by Bosworth		Commons
commons	image		Maps and Plates from Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains - DPLA - e24fcb3aad6c08a4b5a770883a1fc4a6 (page 3)		Commons
commons	image		American antiquities and discoveries in the West- (1838) (14747261036)		Commons
commons	image		The magazine of American history with notes and queries (1877) (14780671894)		Commons
commons	image		Fort Harmar		Commons
commons	image		Commemorative stone of Fort Harmar in Marietta, Ohio where the fort used to be located.		Commons
commons	image		Fort Harmar Monument		Commons
commons	image		Putnam Bridge History Plaque 5 - Fort Harmar		Commons

Fort Harmar

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