Col. Crawford Burn Site Monument, Historical memorial in Wyandot County, Ohio, United States.
The Col. Crawford Burn Site Monument is a sandstone pillar in Wyandot County, Ohio, marking the location where Colonel William Crawford was executed by Wyandot warriors in 1782 after being captured during a military campaign. It stands near Ritchey Cemetery at the junction of two rural roads in northern Ohio.
The monument was erected in the 1870s from Berea sandstone to mark where Crawford met his fate in 1782, during the final years of the American Revolutionary War. The dedication ceremony drew large crowds from the surrounding region, reflecting how deeply the event had stayed in local memory.
The monument marks the spot where Colonel William Crawford was executed by Wyandot warriors in 1782, following a failed campaign against Native communities in the region. Visitors today see a plain stone pillar standing in a rural setting, near a small cemetery that adds to the solemnity of the place.
The site is located at the junction of County Road 300 and Township Road 29, and it is open at any time without charge. There are no facilities on site, so a short visit is enough to take in the monument and the surrounding rural landscape.
The stone was carved by local craftsmen from B.L. Bauscher's workshop in Upper Sandusky, making it a product of 19th-century regional craftsmanship rather than a commission from a distant studio. The monument stands at the edge of Ritchey Cemetery, so visitors are essentially walking through two historical layers at the same time.
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