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SAVE CAMPUS MARTIUS MUSEUM RALLY
On April 7, 1788, a flatboat, a galley and three log canoes arrived at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers. Forty-eight men of the Ohio Company Associates led by General Rufus Putnam came ashore and began a great, historic adventure. These pioneers, veterans of the Revolutionary War, preserved through daunting hardships to found Marietta, the first organized American (within the United States) settlement in the Northwest Territory, and Ohio's first city. Marietta was named to honor Marie Antoinette, the French Queen who supported the Americans in the war against Great Britain. Marietta was the seat of government for the Northwest Territory. Drawing many pioneers wishing to purchase land, it soon became known as The Gateway To The Northwest.
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They were men---real men---the first handful of pioneers who founded Marietta on April 7, 1788. Theirs was no wild dream of hidden treasures of fabulous riches; but the undying desire to live---to breathe the air---to make happy homes for themselves and their families. Fear was not in their hearts. They dared to risk privation, possible famine and even death---because they believed in this area. The quitter---the weakling---lingered for a time, then left defeated. But those we remember---those who went on to achieve--the builders--remained to fashion one of the most beautiful and productive areas in the entire United States---MARIETTA! Through out several generations, we have reaped and are reaping the rewards made possible through their efforts. In agriculture, in industry, in natural resources, Marietta is rich. And it is our duty to keep the wheels of progress in motion; to preserve this abudant wealth, to make use of it wisely---for our own benefit and for the benefit of posterity.
But the real progress--the actual ground work of achievement--must be credited to those first sturdy settlers. They had the will to win, the constant determination to build their lives around success--they were the kind of men and women who made America the great nation it is today.
Who I'd like to meet: OPENING THE DOOR WEST is a DVD/VHS Documentary about how the Ohio company of Associates began the first organized American settlement in the old Northwest Territory. It has been aired on local PBS stations and has won many awards. This is a MUST HAVE video for enjoys history. To order yours today, visit Shelborne Films website.
http://www.openingthedoorwest.com/index.htm
CEDARVILLE CEMETERY - BELPRE, OHIO == The below videos is dedicated to the pioneers who are buried in Cedarville "Old Rockland" Cemetery in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio. This cemetery recieved burials from 1791 to 1857. It is located on a one acre plot near Old Cemetery Drive between Cross & West Streets on the bank of the Ohio River. Sixteen Revolutionary War Veterans were buried in the cemetery, though the graves some have been removed in 1896.
The photos in these slideshows can be viewed at the historical Marietta, Ohio MySpace. There you can see what is written on each headstone more clearly.
To view these slideshows in a bigger format: visit www.youtube.com - Type in the SEARCH box: "Cedarville Cemetery"
Cedarville Cemetery - Belpre, Ohio
PART 1 of 3Cedarville Cemetery - Belpre, Ohio
PART 2 of 3Cedarville Cemetery - Belpre, Ohio
PART 3 of 3Come on everyone........ THE DELTA QUEEN DESPERATELY NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
This is the last effort in order for the Delta Queen to be saved!!!!! Don't just sit back and wait for this to happen. This historic steamboat is a BIG part of Marietta's Riverboat Heritage. We Marietta people need to speak up LOUD & CLEAR! Once this steamboat is gone, a big part of Marietta's river history goes with it.
PLEASE DO YOUR PART....
By contacting the United States White House. President George Bush needs to hear us LOUD & CLEAR because no one seems to be listening.
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Fax (202) 456-2461.====
E-mail comments@whitehouse.gov ====
Comment line, (202) 456-1111. ====
Mail letters to the White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20500. ====
Read the Marietta Times Newspaper Article Dec.17, 2008
http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/509278.html?nav=5002
DELTA QUEEN'S CREW PLEA TO CONGRESS
THE DELTA QUEEN SAFETY TOUR
THE DELTA QUEEN GHOST
Mary Becker Greene, was the wife of Gordon Green, of Newport, Ohio. She was the 1st woman ever liscensed to pilot a steamboat. She died onboard the Delta Queen, while at Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849. It was Gordon & Mary (Becker) Greene's son, Tom who purchased the Delta Queen for $46,250 and sailed her from California to Cincinnati via the San Francisco Bay, the Pacific Ocean, Panama Canal, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico into New Orleans and up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. At the time of Captian Tom Greene's death at the age of 46, he was president of the Greene Line Steamers, Inc. at Cincinnati and president late commander of the steamer, the DELTA QUEEN. Gordon, Mary & Tom Greene are buried in the GREENE family plot at the Newport, Ohio cemetery in Washington County, Ohio [Newport, Ohio History website]
GODSPEED THE DELTA QUEEN
Read about the GREENE family of Newport, Washington County, Ohio here:
http://www.newportohiohistory.com/gpage10.html
For more information about the Delta Queen, visit
http://www.steamboats.org
Steamboats.org on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/steamboatsorg
Marietta, Washington Co. Ohio's Friend Space (Randomized)
We are currently working on releasing 3 (women, men, local bands) 2010 Springfield Entertainment Group calendars. If you think you have what it takes to make 1 of the months for our calendars or have a band that could use the extra exposure by being displayed in a calendar, then contact us for consideration. Pay (guys & gals) for poseing in calendars will be a percentage of calendars sold. Men and women chosen for a month (6 out of the 12), will also have to be available periodically for bookings throughout the year (don't fret, it is only part-time for various weekends, possibly 2-3 days a month). We will book the SEG guys & gals at events and bars throughout the region.
We are also looking for an experienced individual to coordinate and supervise the events we book for the SEG guys and gals.
Guys & Gals!! Anyone is eligible (no experience required). Shots are up to the photographer and will most likely fit the month it is being shot for. Please send in a photo and a brief bio of yourself and what you would like us to know.
The band calendar is to help promote local established bands that play the spfld-dayton area. Each month will display a different band and their info. To be considered, please send a band photo, list of benefits you have played to help charities, and bio to:
Springfield Entertainment Group PO BOX 2367 spfld, oh 45501 We have a panel of 5 members (myself, local radio station rep, news-sun rep, photographer, local bar owner) that will choose which bands will be featured in the calendar
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