THIS MONUMENT MARKS THE SITE OF THE GRANTSVILLE FORT BUILT IN 1853 AS PROTECTION AGAINST THE INDIANS. THE FORT WAS THIRTY RODS SQUARE WITH WALLS TWELVE FEET HIGH FIVE FEET THICK AT THE BASE AND EIGHTEEN INCHES THICK AT THE TOP. THE NORTH WALL WAS ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE FEET NORTH OF THIS POINT. ABOUT FIFTY PEOPLE LIVED INSIDE THE FORT DURING THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN OF GRANTSVILLE, WHICH WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF GEORGE D. GRANT, ONE OF ITS PIONEERS.
