Frontier Conflict in the Scioto Valley
Covering the years 1730 through the War of 1812, this tour explores the history of Native American efforts to defend their homeland, first, from the encroachme…
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Lower Shawnee Town and Céloron's Expedition of 1749location_fillBeginning in the late 1730s, the Shawnee Indians established one of their principal villages here. Some sixty…
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Horsehead Bottom & the Origins of Dunmore's Warlocation_fillIn early April 1774, a 22-year-old George Rogers Clark arrived at the Mouth of the Little Kanawha, where moder… -
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William Crawford & the Destruction of Salt-Lick Townlocation_fillJonathan Alder, a native of Virginia, is best remembered for his life as an Indian captive in Ohio during the … -
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Logan's Elm & Commemorating Dunmore's Warlocation_fillAt its inaugural meeting, held at Westfall on July23rd, 1841, the Society resolved to "erect a monument to the… -
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How Pee Pee Creek Got Its Namelocation_fillPee Pee Creek, whose waters fill Lake White, derives its name from one of the settlers who, just before the de… -
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Tecumseh Comes of Age on the Allan W. Eckert Traillocation_fillOne need not refer to well-known bestseller lists to appreciate that more Americans are familiar with Allan Ec… -
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Major John Belli and the First American Settlement on Turkey Creeklocation_fillTypical of Virginia Military District surveys, which were conducted with the old metes and bounds method (some…
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