%0 Journal Article
%T The mysterious ruins: Rescuing the Spafford farmstead from the forgotten war of 1812
%A Patrick M Tucker
%J North American Archaeologist
%@ 1541-3543
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0197693118772593
%X The Amos Spafford farmstead (33Wo50) of Port Miami in northwest Ohio disappeared from the historical record after the War of 1812. Port Miami, a Franco-American village, was the first U.S. federal customs facility established in Ohio in 1805. It was destroyed in 1812 by a British and Native American detachment led by Captain Peter Latouche Chambers (British 41st Regiment of Foot), the Shawnee leader Tecumseh, and the Wyandot leader Roundhead. Port MiamiĄ¯s destruction became lost over the years to the historical memory and consciousness of Ohio. Salvage excavations of the Spafford farmstead (1810¨C1823) in 1977 and its history provide an archaeological window within which to view Port MiamiĄ¯s obliteration and its recovery to the community heritage of the state
%K War of 1812
%K farmstead
%K Port Miami
%K Amos Spafford
%K Tecumseh
%K Roundhead
%K Peter Latouche Chambers
%K Northwest Ohio
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0197693118772593