The royal charter stipulated that the company build a fort to protect the ... men were fur traders. When British fur traders began to move into the Ohio River Valley, they took business away ...

In the early 1700s this region was a frontier between European colonizers and a threatened Abenaki way of life.

The path provided access from the Ohio River north to Detroit ... Simon Kenton and Tecumseh. From a British Fort in Detroit, the British and American Indians followed it south to attack the ...

The first bridge constructed in 1900 over the Allegheny River at ... forts in the Ohio Valley were captured by native forces. Many of the settlers fled to the safety of Fort Pitt.

The Battle of Fort Sandusky was one of many clashes during Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763. The Native American leader gathered several tribes in a loose alliance and attacked British forts throughout ...

Washington’s Virginia-based force fought a skirmish in which a French officer was killed before reaching the fort ... the Ohio River Valley and the Great Lakes became part of British Canada ...