Fort Detroit Collection

FORT DETROIT, 1749. Map of Fort Detroit based on a drawing by Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros de Le Roy, a French Army engineer, 1749

Visit of Pontiac and the Indians to Major Gladwin, 1763 (c1880). Artist: Whymper
Visit of Pontiac and the Indians to Major Gladwin, 1763 (c1880). Pontiac was a chief of the Ottawa people. He led a rebellion against the British in the Great Lakes region after they won the French

PONTIAC: FORT DETROIT. Chief Pontiacs siege of Fort Detroit, 1763-64. Illustration by Frederic Remington

MICHIGAN: DETROIT, 1794. The earliest known painting of Detroit. Watercolor, anonymous, 1794

DETROIT RIVER, 1812. Map of Detroit River, the strait between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, as it looked at the time of the War of 1812. Wood engraving, American, 1868

FORT DETROIT: SURRENDER. U. S. General William Hull arriving at his decision to surrender Fort Detroit to the British
FORT DETROIT: SURRENDER. U.S. General William Hull arriving at his decision to surrender Fort Detroit to the British, 16 August 1812: wood engraving, 19th century, after Felix O.C. Darley

WAR OF 1812: FORT DETROIT. U. S. General William Hull arriving at his decision to surrender Fort Detroit to
WAR OF 1812: FORT DETROIT. U.S. General William Hull arriving at his decision to surrender Fort Detroit to the British, 16 August 1812: wood engraving, 19th century, after Felix O.C. Darley

PONTIAC (d. 1769). Native American Ottawa chief. Pontiac outwitted at Detroit. Line engraving, late 19th century

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Antoine de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac landing on the shore of Lake Saint Clair where he founded Fort Detroit, 1701. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

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Fort Detroit: A Historical Panorama - From its founding in 1749 to the pivotal events of the 18th and 19th centuries. Witness the visit of Chief Pontiac and the Indians to Major Gladwin in 1763, depicted in Whymper's painting. Explore the map from 1749, based on a drawing by Joseph Gaspard Chaussegros. Relive the siege during the American Revolution, as chronicled in an anonymous watercolor from 1794. Navigate the Detroit River between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie, as shown in this 1812 map. Experience the fateful decision of U.S. General William Hull to surrender Fort Detroit to the British in 1812, as captured in this wood engraving by Felix O.C. Darley. Meet the legendary Native American Ottawa chief, Pontiac, whose name is synonymous with the siege, in these engravings from the late 19th century. Discover the rich history through these captivating images.