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Ohio's Affinity With Kentucky and West Virginia
Ohio's long ties to Kentucky and West Virginia are rooted in early settlement and frontier conflict. Kentuckians and Virginians helped shape the region, with raids and battles shaping the Ohio frontier as settlers crossed the river seeking farms and communities amidst Indian wars and later military campaigns led by Clark, Harmon, St Clair, Wayne and Harrison.
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George Rogers Clark
Lord Dunmore
Clark, Harmon, St. Clair
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