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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

1-14 Deserted Camp

Side A: Near this site in October 1786 General Benjamin Logan with an army of 700 Kentucky volunteers camped on their way to destroy seven Indian towns in the Mad River Valley. During the night a renegade deserted the camp to warn the Indians. The army burned 200 cabins and 15,000 bushels of corn before returning. Later this site became an important survey point.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Clinton County Commissioners, Clinton County Historical Society, The Ohio Historical Society
Address: Near 3119 Prairie Road, 
Wilmington, 
OH, 
45177
Location: N side of Prairie Road just W of Starbuck Road intersection
Latitude: 39.4760710
Longitude: -83.7872180