On the night of January 2, 1791, the Miami attacked the settlement, annihilating it and killing all the settlers: men, women, and children. This incident became known as the Big Bottom Massacre. The massacre compelled the U.S. government to act.

Miami won the game 5-0 in Athens. Ohio’s first victory in the rivalry didn’t come until 1914, the fifth overall meeting, which was a 6-0 win in Athens. Ohio’s longest Battle of the Bricks win streak is six games, which was accomplished twice (1937-1942 & 2006-2011).

This is an incomplete list of military confrontations that have occurred within the boundaries of the modern US State of Ohio since European contact. The region was part of New France from 1679–1763, ruled by Great Britain from 1763–1783, and part of …

Fort Miami (Miamis) was a British fort built in spring 1794 on the Maumee River in what was at the time territory claimed by the United States, and designated by the federal government as the Northwest Territory. The fort was located at the eastern edge of present-day Maumee, Ohio, southwest of Toledo.

The Battle of the Bricks is the name given to the Miami–Ohio football rivalry. [2] It is a college football rivalry between the Miami RedHawks of Miami University and the Ohio Bobcats of Ohio University, the two oldest universities in the state of Ohio.

Oct 19, 2017 · Fort Miami was built by the British in 1794 as an effort to resist the United States in their plans to formally conquer contested areas of the Northwest Territory. The now long-gone fortification was constructed in modern day Maumee, Ohio on the Maumee River.

It was the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, a struggle between Native American tribes affiliated with the Northwestern Confederacy and their British allies against the United States for control of the Northwest Territory.

The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the culminating event that demonstrated the tenacity of the American people in their quest for western expansion and the struggle for dominance in the Old Northwest Territory.

Led by Brigadier General George Rogers Clark, over 1,000 soldiers (among them Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton) crossed the Ohio River near present-day Cincinnati and burned five Shawnee villages, including Old Chillicothe, along the Little Miami River.

Oct 18, 2024 · Ohio defeated Miami 34-13 on Oct. 23 and will play the RedHawks at the annual Battle of the Bricks this weekend. (Maddie Meyer | File) A new chapter will be written in the historic rivalry...