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!
La Bella River Shaped Ohio History And Trade
The Ohio River known as La Belle Riviere shaped Ohio history from its beginnings competing with Lake Erie as a trade channel. Marietta shipyards built the brig St Clair which sailed to Cincinnati and Cuba in 1801 proving Muskingum Valley walnut and Marietta iron could power river trade. The Louisiana of Marietta visited New Orleans and Italy in 1805, while the embargo of 1807 stalled shipyards until steamboats arrived in 1811 with the New Orleans built at Pittsburgh.
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Marietta
St. Clair
Cimeinnati
Cuba
Muskingum Valley
Mississippi
Louisiana of
New Orleans
Norfolk
Italy
Louisiana
Great Britain
Ohio
Robert Fulton
Pittsburgh