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History & Genealogy

20th Century History of
Youngstown & Mahoning Co., Ohio

and Representative Citizens - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co.
Chicago, Illinois -
1907
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CHAPTER VII.
THE TRANSITION PERIOD --- FROM WAR TO WAR
English Jealousy of the Colonies - Lord Dunmore's War - Frontier Characters - First White Man's House in Ohio -
Military Expeditions to the West - Martial Law - George III. Forbids Western Settlement.
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LORD DUNMORE'S WAR

 

FRONTIER CHARACTERS.

 

FIRST WHITE MAN'S HOUSE IN OHIO.

     Another useful intermediary between the Colonial government and the Indians was Christian Frederick Post, "an honest and fearless Moravian," who had married among the savages, and was thoroughly familiar with their customs.  In 1761 he built himself a cabin on Tuscarawas Creek, Stark County, "which," says Winsor, "was probably the first white man's house in the wilds of Ohio."

MILITARY EXPEDITIONS TO THE WEST.

 

UNLAWFUL SETTLEMENTS SUPPRESSED.

 

GEORGE III FORBIDS WESTERN SETTLEMENTS.

 

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