“Preserving this site gives us a unique opportunity to connect today’s generation of Ohioans with the past,” DeWine stated. “By protecting this property, we are preserving Tecumseh’s legacy and Ohio’s long, rich history.”
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will purchase the motel for $260,000 and transform the half-acre property, DeWine and ODNR Director Mary Mertz said in a release.
ODNR plans to work with the three sovereign and federally recognized Shawnee tribes — the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe and the Absentee Shawnee — to preserve and highlight this important historical site, according to the release. The park will include an interpretive center and several markers noting historical events at Oldtown.
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