This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Covered Wagon to West for America’s Promised Land
A single authentic Conestoga wagon with oxen resumes the pioneer trek toward the Northwest Territory. The living reenactment traces the 1788 path from Ipswich Massachusetts to Marietta Ohio, illustrating the Ohio Company and the Ordinance of 1787 and their impact on American expansion.
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America
Promised Land
Northwest Territory
Ipswich
Mass
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Iran
Marietts
Ohio
Old Northwest
Assed Culler
Rufus Putnam
Lester
Ohio Company of Associates
Ohio River
Cutler
Congress
Great Western Territory
Union
Kittaning Mountain
Howlers Ferry
West Newton
Pennsylvania
Jonathan Devol
Youghiogheny
Monongahela
Muskingum
Manasseh Cutler
Winthrop Sargent Ernes
Treasury Board
Ohio Company
Ohio Country
Fort Harmar
United States
Seaboard
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas
Mauss
Marietta