Marietta Ohio The Oldest And Most Historic City West Of The Allegheny Mountains PDF Download

Excerpt from History of Marietta Arietta, historic and beautiful, the pioneer city of the Northwest Territory, the birthplace of western civilization, situate on two beautiful and scenic rivers of the United States. Feeling the need of a history of Marietta that would be convenient in size and arranged in an interesting and read able manner, the author has aimed to present such a work in the following pages. Its scope includes a region which geology reveals as prehistorically inhabited by an unknown people, followed, perhaps, by the Mound Builders, and later presented in history as occupied by the Indian, the prede cessor of the white man. Following the advent of this race in the west is a chain of historic events which culminate in the first permanent settlement of the Northwest being planted at Marietta. The remainder of the book consists of a number of topical chapters describing the town and city in its different phases of life, with a history of each from its beginning in Marietta to the present time. In presenting this work to the public, due acknowledgment is made to the many persons who have furnished information on the subjects herein described, and for the use of the R. M. Stimson collection of the Marietta College library, which is rich in material on the early history of the Northwest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.