George Washington

George Washington

male, deceased (1799) (Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States)
President of the United States, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the United States Constitution, Mount Vernon, Commander-In-Chief, Continental Army…Ohio Valley, ohioriver
George Washington was a central and critical figure in the founding of the United States, and is commonly referred to as father of the nation. He...

Richard Henderson

male, deceased (1785)
from Virginia, virginia general assembly, ohioriver, cherokee indian, American pioneer, declaration of independence…Cumberland River, Kentucky River
Richard Henderson (1734-1785) was an American pioneer/ merchant who attempted to create a colony called Transylvania just as the American...
Christopher Gist

Christopher Gist

male, deceased (1759)
North Carolina colonial, Maryland colonial, Kingdom of Great Britain, death by smallpox, Ohio Country, Yadkin River…Great Miami River, ohioriver, ohio company
Christopher Gist (1706 - 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States, credited for...
Edward Braddock

Edward Braddock

male, deceased (1755)
Holland, French, ohioriver, British Army general, orange, crown point…monongahela river
General Edward Braddock (1695? - July 13, 1755) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of...

John Forbes

male, deceased (1759)
Scottish, French, ohioriver, British Army general, General, fife
John Forbes (5 September 1707 - March 11, 1759) was a British general in the French and Indian War who is best known for leading the Forbes...
Robert Dinwiddie

Robert Dinwiddie

male, deceased (1770)
French, British, ohioriver, lake erie, allegheny, monongahela river…ohio company, Ohio Country, Allegheny River
Robert Dinwiddie (1693 - July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to...
Mike Fink

Mike Fink

male, deceased (1823)
Indian, ohioriver, American folklore, slave, mississippi river, African-American
Mike Fink, {b.? - ca.1823called "king of the keelboaters", was a semi-legendary brawler and river-boatman who exemplified the tough and...
Ebenezer Zane

Ebenezer Zane

male, deceased (1811)
from West Virginia, ohioriver, American, Fort Henry, Moorefield, Zane's Trace
Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811) was an American pioneer and land speculator. Born in what is now Moorefield, West Virginia (which was then in the state...
Lewis Wetzel

Lewis Wetzel

male, deceased (1808)
Indian, West Virginia colonial, German, The Last Trail, ohioriver, American
Lewis Wetzel was a frontiersman and Indian fighter who roamed the hills of what is now the state of West Virginia and Ohio. Wetzel County, West...
Harman Blennerhassett

Harman Blennerhassett

male, deceased (1831)
blennerhassett island, Irish-American, trinity college, isle of man, ohioriver, Irish
Harman Blennerhassett (1765 -1831), Irish-American lawyer, son of an Irish country gentleman of English stock settled in Co. Kerry, was born on...