the ohio companyof Virginiaand westward movement1748-1792Published 1939By Kenneth P. Bailey374 pages, Indexed - Bonus Book -A Pictorial Description of OhioContaining a sketch of itsphysical, geography, history, political divisions, resources, government and constitution,
antiquities, public lands, etc.Published 1849By b. j. lossing138 pages Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View
Autoboot Menu for Easy Access In the mid 18th century, many within the British Empire viewed the Ohio River Valley,
a region west of the Appalachian Mountains thinly populated by American Indians, as
a source of potential wealth. In the 1740s, British and Irish businessmen were moving into
the area and competing with French merchants in the lucrative fur trade. Land speculators
looked to the Ohio Country as a place where lands might be acquired and then resold to immigrants.
In 1747, a number of influential men organized the Ohio Company of Virginia in order to
capitalize on these opportunities. The Ohio Company was composed of Virginians.
In 1750, the Ohio Company hired Christopher Gist, a skillful woodsman and surveyor, to
explore the Ohio Valley in order to identify lands for potential settlement. He surveyed by
estimating the Kanawhan Region and the Ohio Valley tributaries beginning in 1750, 1751
and 1753. His journals provide valuable insights of the greater Ohio Valley and the Alleghenies.
Ultimately, the Ohio Company was merged into the Grand Ohio Company, also known as
the Walpole Company or the Vandalia Company, an organization in which Benjamin Franklin
was interested. In 1772, the Grand Ohio Company received from the British government a
grant of a large tract lying along the southern bank of the Ohio as far west as the mouth of
the Scioto River. A colony to be called "Vandalia" was planned. However, the outbreak of
the American Revolutionary War interrupted colonization and nothing was accomplished.
Contents - Ohio Company of Virginia
Origin of the Ohio Company
Personnel
Activities, i 748-1 751
Explorations of Christopher Gist
Pennsylvania and Virginia Rivalry
Logstown and Winchester conferences
Activities, 1 751-1754
Opposition of the French
Prelude to Hostilities
The Company and the French and Indian War
Indiana and Vandalia
Status of Grant, 1763-1771
Closing Years of the Ohio Company
Conclusion ....
Appendix of Ohio Company Petitions
Bibliography
Index .....
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