"Fort Meigs walk-around" Topic

While attending Drums at the Rapids wargaming convention I took the opportunity to walk around the fort and photograph it. Warning this is a picture-heavy posting!

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Never been there. Thanks for all the photos. It looks very large.

Very Nice Anton!
I kick myself for living just 30 min away, at one time, and never made it to this fort.

Very well done and worth the stop. The gift shop also has a nice selection of period related books.

Thank you, Anton. That was excellent.

Yes, thank you for a great post.

Excellent post. Particularily Interesting was the thickness of the walls, the idea of having the traverses to stop cannonballs rolling and the officers tent with the medieval look to it.

I´m thinking of scratchbuilding a AWI period fort, Fort Laurens Looks similar to what I had in mind, as you say, Looks like an easy scratchbuild.
Thanks for Posting, bookmarked as a reference source

Edit;---just noticed the burial Scene in the model of the construction

great post ,I was there in 1998..loved it. ThaNx for sharing.

Back in the late 60s one of my college room mates lived in Perrysburg and took me over to see the fort. He cut the grass there. There were no walls at the time just the traverses. Been there several times since. The Ohio Historical Society has done a terrific job over the years keeping the place fit and trim.. Even my wife liked the place. Great job with the photography. H

The fort encompasses something like ten acres. Said to be the largest wooden fort in North America currently available for visiting.

Was there last fall and just stopped in on a lark. It is an amazing site to see with some interesting history. Actually, there are so many excellent places to see from the post AWI through the War of 1812 in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Canada. Great history to see.