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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 Gist, Christopher (gĭst), c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. ..... Click the link for more information. 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. BibliographySee K. P. Bailey, The Ohio Company of Virginia and the Westward Movement, 1748–1792 (1939); A. P. James, The Ohio Company (1959). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That's when the Columbus Ohio company began exploring audience response technology which uses interactive wireless keypads to provide real-time feedback in meetings and classrooms. According to a focus group study commissioned by Rain Drop Products, an Ohio company that specializes in splash pads and water playgrounds, children are interested in functionality, not aesthetics. The production was the first full-length ballet Welch created in America and the first work he choreographed for the Ohio company, which he joined last year as artistic associate. |
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