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On April 7, 1788, a flatboat, a galley and three log canoes arrived at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers. Forty-eight men of the Ohio Company Associates led by General Rufus Putnam came ashore and began a great, historic adventure.
These pioneers, veterans of the Revolutionary War, preserved through daunting hardships to found Marietta, the first organized American (within the United States) settlement in the Northwest Territory, and Ohio's first city. Marietta was named to honor Marie Antoinette, the French Queen who supported the Americans in the war against Great Britain. Marietta was the seat of government for the Northwest Territory. Drawing many pioneers wishing to purchase land, it soon became known as The Gateway To The Northwest.
They were men---real men---the first handful of pioneers who founded Marietta on April 7, 1788. Theirs was no wild dream of hidden treasures of fabulous riches; but the undying desire to live---to breathe the air---to make happy homes for themselves and their families. Fear was not in their hearts. They dared to risk privation, possible famine and even death---because they believed in this area. The quitter---the weakling---lingered for a time, then left defeated. But those we remember---those who went on to achieve--the builders--remained to fashion one of the most beautiful and productive areas in the entire United States---MARIETTA!
Through out several generations, we have reaped and are reaping the rewards made possible through their efforts. In agriculture, in industry, in natural resources, Marietta is rich. And it is our duty to keep the wheels of progress in motion; to preserve this abudant wealth, to make use of it wisely---for our own benefit and for the benefit of posterity.
But the real progress--the actual ground work of achievement--must be credited to those first sturdy settlers. They had the will to win, the constant determination to build their lives around success--they were the kind of men and women who made America the great nation it is today.
Townships in Washington County, Ohio include:
ADAMS; AURELIUS; BARLOW; BELPRE & BLENNERHASSET; DECATUR; DUNHAM; FAIRFIELD; FEARING; GRANDVIEW; INDEPENDENCE; LAWRENCE; LIBERTY; LUDLOW; MARIETTA, PIONEER & HARMAR VILLAGE; MUSKINGUM; NEWPORT; PALMER; SALEM; UNION; WARREN; WATERFORD; WATERTOWN; WESLEY
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The Newsletter is Back!
The "FREE" bi-monthly online newsletter began again on April 14, 2008. Please send me your stories, biographies, newspaper articles and photos that has to do with Washington County, Ohio to be included in the newsletters. Remember to include your source. Anything "before" 1923 is usually safe to use as far as copyright goes. Anyone submitting will be given full credit with their email address in the Newsletter.
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This web site is designed to be used as an Internet Resource place for the use of providing LINKS that may assist others with their research in the history and genealogy of Washington County, Ohio. It has proven to be very helpful for people across the country, as well as with colleges, universities, teachers and school children.
I am not affliated with in any way, the contents of any web site, other than my own, that is linked from this website. I do not endorse and am not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, product, or any other materials on or available from any site that is linked from here. If you have any questions, please refer them to the site owner.
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--- Debbie Noland Nitsche ---
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