MARIETTA CENTENNIAL NUMBER.
OHIO
Archaeological and Historical
QUARTERLY.
Vol. II. JUNE, 1888. No. 1
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT MARIET-
TA, APRIL SEVENTH, 1888.
PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS.
THE Washington County Pioneer
Association, as early
as their annual meeting held April 7th,
1881, decided to
undertake a Centennial Celebration of
the first organized
and permanent settlement of the
Territory Northwest of
the River Ohio, to be observed in
Marietta, April seventh,
1888. Further attention was given to the
subject at the
ninety-fifth anniversary of the
settlement, held April sev-
enth, 1883, at which time Hon. George B.
Loring delivered
the leading address.
At the first meeting of the Ohio
Archaeological and His-
torical Society, held in Columbus, March
13, 1885, it was
resolved, "That this Society will
gladly participate in the
proposed celebration to be held in the
city of Marietta on
the seventh of April, 1888, to
commemorate the application
of the principles of the Ordinance [of
1787] in the first per-
manent occupation of the soil of Ohio by
systematic colo-
nization."
An invitation was extended by the
Washington County
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