Rufus Putnam land office building   Save
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Description: Typed on reverse: "file 1939 under Marietta, O. Land office building, oldest building in Northwest Territory, used by General Putnam." General Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War veteran and member of the Ohio Company who helped to found Marietta, Ohio and open the Northwest Territory for settlement. Putnam established the first Ohio Company settlement on the banks of the Ohio River. Known originally as Adelphia, the community soon became known as Marietta. To protect the settlement from Native American attacks, the settlers built a fortification known as the Campus Martius. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F18_007_1
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)