Conflict and Memory: Digging into the Copus Massacre
Cleo Redd Fisher Museum 203 E Main St, Loudonville, OHIn September 1812, during the War of 1812, tensions between settlers and Native Americans in north-central Ohio reached a violent climax at what came to be known as the Copus Massacre. Following the forced removal and destruction of the nearby Greentown Indian village, many Native residents were betrayed by the US Army and blamed their […]