Christopher Gist (1706 - 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States, credited for providing Great Britain and her colonists with the first detailed description of the Ohio Country. He also accompanied George Washington on missions in the Ohio Country at the outset of the French and Indian War. Born in 1706 in Baltimore, Maryland, little is known about his younger years. Wikipedia
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