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Ohio Company
Ohio Company organization formed (1747) to extend settlements of Virginia westward. The members were mostly Virginia planters interested in land speculation and the fur trade. A royal charter (1749) granted the members 200,000 acres around the forks of the Ohio River, and in 1750 the company employed Christopher Gist to explore the Ohio valley. The first organized group to develop the region W of the Alleghenies, the company embarked on vigorous British colonial activity. The company's colonizing activities, however, were viewed by the French as a challenge to their claim to this region. The immediate rivalry helped to bring on the final French and Indian War. Later the Ohio Company merged its interests with another land company, but the American Revolution obstructed its plans.
Bibliography: See K. P. Bailey, The Ohio Company of Virginia and the Westward Movement, 1748-1792 (1939); A. P. James, The Ohio Company (1959).
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Ohio State: 1998 roster
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 9/5/1998; 700+ words
; ...1 Gary Berry FS 6-0 195 Junior DeSales Worthington, Ohio 2 Rolland Steele CB 5-11 170 Soph. Scioto Dublin, Ohio 2 Major Zeigler SE 6-1 175 Fresh. Trotwood Madison Trotwood, Ohio 3 David Mitchell CB 6-1 195 Soph. South Westerville...
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PR Newswire; 3/31/1994; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 5/5/2008; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Business Insurance; 9/3/2007; ; 700+ words
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PR Newswire; 11/17/2004; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/24/2006; 700+ words
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News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/8/2008; 700+ words
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OHIO STATE BOWL HISTORY.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 1/2/2003; 558 words
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Ohio
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Ohio Edison Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
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Ohio Valley
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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Park-Ohio Industries Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
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Ohio River
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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