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Fort Duquesne (/ dj uː ˈ k eɪ n / dew-KAYN, French:; originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans, and developed as Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania .
The city's name is said to derive from a small joke among divinity students at Western Reserve College, which in the early 19th century was in Hudson, Ohio.The students, who were called upon to preach in the small hamlet 6 miles (10 km) to the north, recalled Acts 16:10: "...we sought to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them."
In order to retain power after its establishment on the new continent and to continue the lucrative export of beaver skins, France built several forts along the St. Lawrence River and on the shores of Lakes Champlain and Erie. At the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, the French built Fort Duquesne in 1754.
Map of the Muskingum River watershed Aerial view of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers at Marietta, Ohio. The Muskingum River (/ m ə ˈ s k ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ə m / mə-SKING-(g)əm; Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) [4] is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route ...
Bouquet sanctioned a reconnaissance of Fort Duquesne by Major James Grant of Ballindalloch. On September 11, 1758, Grant led over 800 men to scout the environs of Fort Duquesne ahead of Forbes' main column. [3] Bouquet believed the fort to be held by 500 French and 300 Indians, a force too strong to be attacked by Grant's detachment.
The River Valley Local School district (abbreviated RVLSD) is a public school district serving students in and around the village of Caledonia in Marion County, Ohio, United States. As of June 2020, the superintendent of the schools is Mr. Adam Wickham. As of October 2017, the school district enrolls 1,934 students. [1]
The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley [b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes, and France .
1744 map of eastern North America by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, showing "Village Chouanon" on the Ohio ("Oyo") River, probably the first representation of Lower Shawneetown on any map. Established in the mid-1730s [ 6 ] [ 7 ] : 31 [ 8 ] : 305 at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, Lower Shawneetown was one of the earliest known Shawnee ...