Editing Little Turtle (section)

== Honors and tributes ==
{{Infobox park
| name          = Little Turtle Memorial
| alt_name      =
| image         = Little Turtle Memorial Plaque.jpg
| image_size    = 265
| image_alt     = 
| image_caption = 
| type          = Municipal Park and Gravesite
| location      = 634 Lawton Place, [[Fort Wayne]], [[Indiana]]<ref name=ACPL>{{cite web |url=http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/digital/collection/coll6/id/3438 |title=Allen County Fort Wayne Historical Society, 1960: presentation of the deed of property at 634 Lawton Place, Fort Wayne IN, containing the grave of Little Turtle. (l to r) William t. white, John H. Craig, Fred B. Shoaff, and Mary Catherine Smeltzly. Miss Smeltzly purchased the property and deeded it to the city. Shoaff, as president of the park board, accepted the deed. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2004-11-23 |website=Allen County Public Library Digital Library |publisher=[[Allen County Public Library]] |access-date=2020-12-02 }}</ref>
| coordinates   = {{coord|41|05|29|N|85|7|56.3|W|region:US-CA_source:gnis|display=inline<!--,title-->}}
| area          = {{convert|0.13|acre|2}} <ref name=FWParks>{{cite web |url=http://www.fortwayneparks.org/38-parks/park-page-links/323-little-turtle-memorial.html |title=Little Turtle Memorial |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation |publisher=City of Fort Wayne |access-date=2020-12-02 }}</ref>
| created       = {{start date|1960}}
| operator      = Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation
}}

=== Burial site ===

In 1959, Fort Wayne residents Mary Catherine Smeltzly and her sister, Eleanor Smeltzly, purchased Little Turtle's burial site to honor his peacemaking efforts by donating the property to the city as a public park. A bronze plaque attached to a granite boulder erected on the site was dedicated in 1960.<ref name=Taylor12 /> In 1994, the memorial was improved with additional markers, and a trust was established for its maintenance.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}

A small memorial stone placed at Little Turtle's gravesite reads:
{{blockquote|
CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE
1752–1812

ME-SHE-KI-NO-QUAH
CHIEF OF THE MIAMI INDIANS
TEACHER OF HIS PEOPLE
FRIEND OF THE UNITED STATES

HIS ENDEAVORS TOWARD PEACE 
SHOULD SERVE AS AN INSPIRATION 
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

THIS PLOT OF GROUND, THE LAST 
RESTING PLACE OF CHIEF LITTLE TURTLE, 
IS DEDICATED TO THE CHILDREN OF AMERICA AND MADE 
A PUBLIC PARK IN 1959
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF

ELEANOR SMELTZLY AND
MARY CATHERINE SMELTZLY

UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
ALLEN COUNTY–FORT WAYNE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
}}

=== Indiana sites named for Little Turtle ===
* Camp Chief Little Turtle (a [[Scouting in Indiana|Boy Scout]] camping facility near [[Ashley, Indiana|Ashley]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Camp Chief Little Turtle|url=https://www.ccltbsa.org/|website=awaccclt|language=en|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref>
* Little Turtle Elementary School, Columbia City, Indiana.
* Little Turtle Branch of the [[Allen County Public Library]]{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
*[http://www.visit-casscounty.com/pop-up-trail/little-turtle-waterway/ Little Turtle Waterway] ( plaza in Logansport )

=== Ohio sites named after Little Turtle ===
* A neighborhood that includes a private golf course in [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.littleturtlegc.com |title=The Golf Club at Little Turtle |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref>
* A street named "Little Turtle Court" in [[Ross, Ohio|Ross]], [[Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio|Ross Township]].{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* Little Turtle, Ohio, a town founded by Roger Lippman in 1968.{{citation needed|reason=Cannot verify in Wikipedia or Google|date=November 2015}}
* [[Turtle Creek (Little Miami River)|Turtle Creek]] in [[Turtlecreek Township, Warren County, Ohio|Turtlecreek Township, Warren County]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.lebanonrr.com/history.htm |title=Lebanon Mason Monroe (LM&M) Railroad History
|access-date=November 2, 2008 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828005732/http://lebanonrr.com/history.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2008 }} (Archived version) See also: {{cite web |url=http://www.turtlecreektownship.org/geninfo/history.htm |title=Turtlecreek Township History |access-date=June 8, 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116011830/http://www.turtlecreektownship.org/geninfo/history.htm|archive-date=November 16, 2010}} (Archived version)</ref>

=== Other sites ===
* [[Lake Erie]]'s [[Turtle Island (Lake Erie)|Turtle Island]], astride the [[Michigan]] and [[Ohio]] border.{{citation needed|date=August 2018}}
* [[Defiance College in Defiance, OH honors Chief Little Turtle with a statue outside the Pilgrim Library.]]