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Big Bottom State Memorial

Monument

A state memorial approximately 20 miles upriver from Marietta at the site of the Big Bottom Massacre of January 2, 1791 — the deadliest Native attack on Ohio Company settlers. A party of Delaware and Wyandot warriors attacked a small settlement of Ohio Company settlers who had been unable to reach Campus Martius. Twelve settlers were killed and two taken captive. The massacre ended the Ohio Company's optimism about quick peaceful coexistence and forced a reevaluation of frontier defense strategy.

Visiting Today

Address

State Route 60, Macksburg, OH 45746

Connected Events

Jul 1787
Northwest Ordinance Enacted

Reverend Manasseh Cutler, Ephraim Cutler

Oct 1787
Ohio Company Land Purchase Completed

Reverend Manasseh Cutler, Winthrop Sargent, Ephraim Cutler

Apr 1788
First Ohio Company Settlers Arrive at the Confluence

Brigadier General Rufus Putnam, General Arthur St. Clair, Israel Putnam, Persis Rice Putnam

Jul 1788
Campus Martius Fortification Constructed

Brigadier General Rufus Putnam, Israel Putnam, Persis Rice Putnam

Jan 1791
Big Bottom Massacre

General Arthur St. Clair

Nov 1791
Aug 1794
Battle of Fallen Timbers Ends the Frontier War

Brigadier General Rufus Putnam, Israel Putnam, Persis Rice Putnam

Jan 1797
Muskingum Academy Established (Later Marietta College)

Reverend Manasseh Cutler, Ephraim Cutler