Maumee

Maumee belongs to the river corridor connecting western Lake Erie with the interior of the Great Lakes and Ohio country. Indigenous communities used the waterway and nearby paths for travel, exchange and access to seasonal resources. Farming and hunting supported settlements, while portages linked different basins and gave the wider region importance as a meeting place between routes.

In 1794 the British built Fort Miamis in the Maumee valley as American forces advanced. On 20 August, an Indigenous confederacy fought General Anthony Wayne's army at Fallen Timbers near the river. The American victory weakened the confederacy's resistance to territorial expansion and preceded further treaty negotiations and settlement.