Episode 2 of 3
Arrival at the Muskingum Confluence
- When
- April 7, 1788
- Where
- Confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers
- Part of
- Founding of Marietta, Ohio
Forty-eight Ohio Company of Associates men under General Putnam reached the rivers' confluence on April 7, 1788.
On April 7, 1788, 48 men of the Ohio Company of Associates, led by General Putnam, arrived at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers. Bringing with them the first government sanctioned by the United States for this area, they established the first permanent United States settlement in the Northwest Territory.
Sources
- Marietta, Ohio Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30
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