This is what I know.
Fort Recovery Indians:
Fort Recovery decided on the "Indian" moniker in honor of the two historic and pivotal battles fought on the banks of the Wabash river, where the town was built upon. The first battle, Little Turtle, Blue Jacket and their combined nation army utterly massacred the U.S. forces. So our nickname pays homage and complete respect for the natives, and maybe even to invoke our young athletes with the fighting spirit of the Indians who fought there more than 225 years ago.
According to old year books, the original logo was your typical full head dressed illustrated mascot.
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Somewhere in the 80s, The Fort decided they didn't want to have the exact same logo as their direct rival from the East, the St. Henry Redskins (but with a better pallet swap). So local artist Phil Wood came up with the more known logo. Trying to be more historically accurate with the classic depiction of local tribes. Losing the full headdress and Aiming for a more simpler and faithful look, with the three feathers and hanging hair.
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I'll note this, failed rebranding, because I kinda liked it.
In 2012(?) Phil Wood was commissioned to repaint a new logo on the flat end of Fort Site Fieldhouse. A more unique over-the-top cartoony buff Indian with two toned Purples accompanied by White and Black accents. There were shirts with this logo made that are still around and the same logo is still up on the sides of the baseball field. The rebranding didn't last and FSF was repainted once again in 2016. This is the only photo I can find of it.
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Finally we have this more detailed Indian brave head. This is what the school currently goes with now. It's everywhere, and I suspect that it's because someone finally learned how .pngs and vector art works... but I digress.
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