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Expansion of new nation started with trip along Ohio River

Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. In many ways, the journey chronicled this ...

Seven Ranges survey changed the country

Info box Seven Ranges surveyors who Thomas Hutchins in mapping Seven Ranges Brev. Brigadier General Benjamin Tupper (Massachusetts) Lt. William W. Morris (New York) Capt. Absalom Martin (New Jersey) Lt. Col. Isaac Sherman (Connecticut) James Simpson (Maryland) Dr. Robert Johnston ...