During the 1600 and 1700's Ohio was the frontier, many Indian nations had been living in the area for years. During the 1700's they were squeezed between the French, British and the new colony forming on the east coast that would become the United States. Here is a collection of sites for the 16 and 1700's.
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Ft Laurens is the site of a Revolutionary War fort, It was built at the crossroads of the Great Trail and Tuscarawas river, south of Canton in Bolivar. To learn more about the site click on the Picture at the Left.
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The Old Stone Fort : is this the oldest building west of the appalachian mountains ? Its rumoured to have been built by the French in the mid 1600's Click on the Picture to learn more About the site.
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Gnadenhutton Village was settled in 1772 by Moravian missionaries in 1772. Roughly 200 converted Delaware Indians and the white missionaries lived here. The site is pivotal in Ohio Frontier history due to a massacre that occured here in 1782. To learn more click on the picture at the left.
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Schoenbrunn Village in New Philadephia is a restored Settlement from 1772. It was settled by the same missionaries who founded Gnadenhutton. It is a nice site to learn about life during the revolutionary period. Click on the pictureat the left to learn more.
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