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...the mouth of Redstone Creek on the Monongahela River (a tributary of the Ohio River) which will later become Redstone Old Fort and even later Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Maryland's land grant ends at the crest of the Appalachian mountains, but both Pennsylvania and Virginia claim their land grants continued westward, so the land claimed by Cresap and his traders west of the Appalachians will ultimately became part of upper West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
Maryland's land grant ends at the crest of the Appalachian mountains, but both Pennsylvania and Virginia claim their land grants continued westward, so the land claimed by Cresap and his traders west of the Appalachians will ultimately became part of upper West Virginia and western Pennsylvania.
Among the Virginian colonists in the disputed Ohio Country is Captain Michael Cresap, the owner of a trading post at Redstone Old Fort (now Brownsville, Pennsylvania) on the Monongahela River.
Lieutenant Colonel Clark and his officers, after heavy recruiting, have attracted volunteers from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina.
The men gather in early May near the Falls of the Ohio, south of Fort Pitt.
The group of one hundred and fifty soldiers, eventually known as the Illinois Regiment spends about a month along the Ohio River preparing for its secret mission.
The men gather in early May near the Falls of the Ohio, south of Fort Pitt.
The group of one hundred and fifty soldiers, eventually known as the Illinois Regiment spends about a month along the Ohio River preparing for its secret mission.
They set out or the Illinois Country on May 12 from Redstone, today's Brownsville, Pennsylvania, taking along eighty civilians who hope to claim fertile farmland and start a new settlement in Kentucky, and ...