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!
Final Struggle for Northwest Territory Narrated
The piece recounts French and English rivalry over the Ohio country from 1731 to 1750s, detailing Shawnee and Iroquois relations, Ohio Company formation, and George Washington’s early land grant. It notes Celeron plates, Logstown diplomacy, and Gist CroghanMontour missions shaping a proto frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durig
Sieur de Janeaire
Canada
Ohio
Vincennes
Indiana
M. de Longueuil
Detroit
Ohio Country
Big-bone Lick
Kentucky
de Longuenil
Ohio River
Maumee
Nicholas
Sandosket
Sandusky Bay
Cuyahoga
Fort Lysander
Sandusky River
Knapp
John Howard
Virginia
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Conrad Weiser
Herenberg
Mr. Weiser
Logstown
Pittsburg
Weiser
Thomas Lee
Lawrence
Augustine Washington
George Washington
Mr. Hanbury
London
Ohio Company
Loyal Company
Green Briar Company
Gallisoniere
Celeron
France
Muskingum
Venango
Allegheny
Iroquis
West Virginia
Ilinois
Lakes
Lord Howard
Albany
Col. Dungan
New York
Phila
Utrecht
Upper
Troquois
America
Spain
Atlantic
Great West
Mississippi Valley
Alleghenies
Spottswood
Great Valley
New West
la Belle Riviere
Maryland
England
Monongahela
Kanawha
Ohio Land Company
Christopher Gist
Beaver River
Tuscarawas River
Bolivar
Mitchener
Tuscarawas
White Woman
Andrew Mountour
George Croghan
Croghan
Gist
Montour
Falls of the Ohio
North Carolina