Ohio Company of Associates
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The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non-Native American group to permanently settle west of the
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20th-century artist’s impression of a pioneer wagon bound for the Ohio country in the late 1700s.
Marietta, Ohio
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Marietta is a city in Washington County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, 11 miles northeast of Parkersb
Ohio Company of Associates
…are today credited with becoming the first non-Native American group to permanently settle west of the Allegheny mountains. In 1788, they established Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent settlement of the new United States in the newly organized Northwest Territory. The company was formed between March 1 and March…
Downtown Marietta, with Muskingum River in foreground, and Ohio River in background right
Muskingum River near its mouth in downtown Marietta
Campus Martius fort at Marietta, with conical Great Mound visible in background to right of tree
Picketed Point stockade at Marietta