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First Settlers in Old Northwest Named Town for Queen of France
Rufus Putnam and his Ohio Company party founded Marietta as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. The town, later the “mother” of five states, grew from a 1788 stockade to a bustling frontier center with Fort Harmar, Campus Martius, and early Ohio governance. Putnam’s career spanned surveys, military command, treaties, and the 1803 Ohio constitution precursor.
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Old Northwest
France
Sutton
7Chusetts
Rufus— Rofes Puinaan
Doughty
Ges Putnam
Ohio Company
America
Marietts
Old
Northwest Territory
Gree
Camtain Pipe
Fort Harman
Rai
Red Men
Josiah Harmar
Arthur
Muskingum
Miarius
Puram
Marius
Ohio
Putnam
Rufus Putnam
West
Manasseh Culler
Congress
Ohio Company of Asociates
Marietta
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Louis VII
Marie Antoinette
Oho
Isaac
Rebecca Williams
Ohio River
Virginia
Northwest
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Pittsburgh
Symmes Creek
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Parsons
Varnum
Winthrop Sargent
Manasseh Cutler
St. Clair
Old Northwest Territory
Indiana
Miieis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Montreal
New Bras
Pensacole
Lexis
Eton
Bosade
Roxbury
Saratoga
Gates
Nixon
Stillwater
Israel Putnam
West Point
Warne
Moot Point
Mad Anthony
Benjamin Lincoln
Shar
Benjamin Tupper
Ohio Company of Associates
Putmam
Merietta
Pittan
Supreme Cour
Lowr
Wayne
Anthony
Vincennes
Pumem
Washington
Constitutional Convention
Lafayette