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The Ohio Company of Associates, also known as the Ohio Company, was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non- Native American group to permanently settle west of the Allegheny mountains. In 1788 they established Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent settlement of the new United States in the newly organized ...
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. Landforms of Ohio by county (89 C) Bodies of water of Ohio (4 C, 3 P) Wetlands of Ohio (2 C, 4 P)
The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans. The company had a land grant from Britain and a treaty with Indians, but France also claimed the ...
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Donation Tract. Coordinates: 39°33′55″N 81°34′40″W. The Donation Tract lies in southern Ohio. The Donation Tract was a land tract in southern Ohio that was established by the Congress in the late 18th century to buffer Ohio Company lands against local indigenous people. Congress gave 100-acre (0.40 km 2) lots to men who settled on the ...
The Scioto Company was a company led by American colonel William Duer, a land speculator, that swindled prospective settlers to the United States by selling worthless deeds of land. [1] [2] Duer worked with a British colleague and several French men to register and organize the company in Paris, France. Ostensibly working with the Ohio Company ...
The Ohio Company Land Office is one of the original buildings of the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. The Office is listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places and as a contributing property to the Marietta Historic District . The Land Office was built after Ohio Company of Associates landed at Marietta in 1788.