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An 1846 engraving of downtown Steubenville, with the Jefferson County Courthouse visible on the right. In 1786–87, soldiers of the First American Regiment under Major Jean François Hamtramck built Fort Steuben to protect the government surveyors mapping the land west of the Ohio River, [10] and named the fort in honor of Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.
McCook was born in Steubenville, Ohio, on June 15, 1833. As a young man, he moved to the Kansas Territory and became a lawyer. He joined the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1859 and represented the Pikes Peak region in the Kansas Territorial House of Representatives .
His daughter, Deana Martin, and her husband John Griffith, established the Dean Martin Festival in Steubenville. It is held annually in mid-June. Gail Martin, also a singer and another of Dean Martin's daughters, was born in Steubenville. Will McMillan (1944–2015) – film and TV actor; Tad Mosel (1922–2008) – playwright and screenwriter
Jerry Barilla is the mayor of Steubenville, Ohio. He was elected mayor on November 7, 2017. He was elected mayor on November 7, 2017. Barilla attended Steubenville High School and then Kent State University , where he got a degree in education and became a high school teacher. [ 1 ]
On January 10, 1810, the Steubenville Water Company was formed and Wells was one of its incorporators. It was the first water company incorporated in Ohio. [2] [5] Wells served as the first president of The Steubenville Bank, which he helped establish in 1809 with William R. Dickinson. It was the third bank established in Ohio. [2] [5]
Northeast Iowa's Backbone, the state's first state park, remains one of its best for a wide variety of terrain and activities. A lake and more than 2,000 wooded acres offer spots for climbing and ...
It was at the location of the modern city of Steubenville, Ohio. The fort was built by Major John Hamtramck and named for Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian army officer who had served under General Washington. The original purpose was to provide protection from Indians for the first surveyors to venture into the Northwest Territory.
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