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Crossroads

Crossroads

Descriptions of Western Pennsylvania 1720–1829

Crossroads is a collection of thirty-seven colorful and perceptive writings left by early travelers and settlers who ventured west of the Allegheny Mountains. Traders, surveyors, soldiers, preachers, and immigrants, some of them well known and some obscure, tell of the loneliness, terror, and beauty of the frontier.

Francisco de los Cobos

Francisco de los Cobos

Secretary of the Emperor Charles V

A comprehensive biography of the Seceretary of State and Comendador for the kingdom of Castile under Emperor Charles I of Spain.

The Ohio Company

The Ohio Company

Its Inner History

A comprehensive history of the formation and activities of the Ohio Company of Virgnia, and their major role in the settlement of western Pennsylvania.

My Partner, The River

My Partner, The River

The White Pine Story on the Susquehanna
Albert Gallatin

Albert Gallatin

Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat

The definitive biography of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), recounting sixty years that the Swiss-born diplomat served his adopted country as a congressional leader, Secretary of the Treasury, financier, and ambassador.

George Washington in the Ohio Valley

George Washington in the Ohio Valley

A chronicle of Washington’s excursions to the Ohio Valley frontier, as a soldier and private citizen.

A Traveler’s Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania

A Traveler’s Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania

A comprehensive twenty-seven county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, with background information on each, and how to reach them.

George Mercer Papers

George Mercer Papers

Relating to the Ohio Company of Virginia
Edited By Lois Mulkearn

George Mercer was a captain of the First Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, a land surveyor, and an agent for the Ohio Company in England.Lois Mulkearn interprets George Mercer’s documents on the activities of the Ohio Company, including early plans for town settlement, Indian treaties, and elightrning the reader on colonial history and the western frontier.

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