Ohio Valley

In a word, as I pointed out in the beginning, the Ohio Valley was a

The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner 1896

The Ohio Valley was a very desirable section of land.

BellaOnline - The Voice of Women 2009

To "prove that the Ohio Valley is the kindest community on earth," Figaretti said another goal of the initiative is to raise $1 million for the Free Wheelchair Mission, a group that builds and delivers wheelchairs to those in need anywhere around the world.

The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register 2009

The adjutant fumed about suggestions that he had been an Ohio Company stooge when he reported that the French planned to extend their presence in the Ohio Valley.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Smallpox and other European plagues drove through the Ohio Valley again, followed by the trade in furs, especially beaver pelts.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

However, when it is under way it sets up a storm weather track that brings storms into the upper Midwest and then south into Ohio Valley.

Weather records, and Americans, battered by spring 2011

The Virginians, on the other hand, interpreted the cession to include lands beyond the Allegheny Mountains, in particular those in the Ohio Valley.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Exploiting the failure of the English colonial assemblies to protect their western interests, he planned to occupy the upper Ohio Valley, using forts and troops to keep English traders out, and depriving the Indian nations of the guns, powder, and other goods the English supplied them.

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Cèleron de Bienville, Pierre-Joseph 1693–1759 French marine officer, commanded force in Ohio Valley, 1749, warned French government of English incursions into territory

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

Marin, Pierre-Paul de la Malgue, sieur de 1692–1753, French marine officer, commanded the troops sent into the Ohio Valley to build forts, 1753

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011