Old Chillicothe and Great Council State Park
Sun, Mar 16
|Wright Memorial Public Library
Presented by Wright Memorial Public Library and the Oakwood Historical Society
Time & Location
Mar 16, 2025, 2:00 PM
Wright Memorial Public Library, 1776 Far Hills Ave, Dayton, OH 45419, USA
About the Event
Oldtown - near Xenia, Ohio - is on the former site of the Shawnee settlement called Old Chillicothe. Led by Chief Blackfish, this capital of the Shawnee people was the largest settlement in Ohio with a population of 1,000 in the late1770s. Old Chillicothe's council house is believed to have been located on a high ridge visible in the site today. In 1780, the site was abandoned when George Rogers Clark came out of Kentucky to raid Oldtown; the Shawnee set fire to the site and fled ahead of the attack. Today, the site is home to the Great Council State Park and Interpretive Center, which honors the history of the Shawnee people in our area and gives present-day Shawnee a place to share their current and ancestral stories. Presenter Ryan Dimisa is a naturalist at the Great Council State Park and Interpretive Center, where he educates visitors on the history…