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Learning of their plight, in 1795 the United States government granted the French some 24,000 acres (97 km 2) in the southern part of what is now Scioto County, Ohio, with lengthy frontage on the Ohio River. [6] This is known as the First French Grant. Some of the company moved to that area, but most remained in Gallipolis, committed to the ...
Pages in category "French-American culture in Ohio" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first settlement at the site that would become known as "Frenchtown" in the 20th century was created in the 1840s and 1850s by French-speaking immigrants largely from Belgium and Luxembourg. [2] The Catholic immigrants of the area built a log chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas , which was later replaced by a two-story school house (built in ...
Frenchtown is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States. The community lies at the intersection of State Route 185 with Burns and Mangen Roads, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the village of Versailles. [2]
The French presence in the Ohio Valley was the result of French colonization of North America in present-day Pennsylvania.After Cartier and Champlain's expeditions, France succeeded in establishing relations with the Native American tribes and colonizing the future cities of Montreal and Quebec.
Early French-speaking immigrants of Big Spring Township were served by the Precious Blood priests of New Riegel, Ohio, who oversaw the construction of a log chapel. [1] Local folklore speaks of the 1856 visit of French-speaking Cleveland Bishop Amadeus Rappe, who was purportedly led on a circuitous buggy ride to the site of the current church, and who approved the formation of a Roman Catholic ...
Jean-Robert de Cavel (September 12, 1961 – December 23, 2022) was a French-American chef active primarily in Cincinnati. [1] He was chef de cuisine at The Maisonette from 1993 to 2002, executive chef at Jean-Robert at Pigall's from 2002 to 2009, and later operated Jean-Robert's Table, Le Bar a Boeuf, and French Crust Cafe.
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 .