 | James Moore Swank - 1908 - 388 pages
...Washington, as he says in his journal, "spent some time in viewing the rivers [Monongahela and Allegheny] and the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort." The Ohio Company had previously selected a site for a fort on the left bank of the Ohio, two miles... | |
 | Percy Frazer Smith - 1918 - 352 pages
...while he studied the situation. He then descended to the river, and here is what I find in his record : "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time...think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is 25 feet above the common surface of the water... | |
 | 1928 - 590 pages
...baggage, to meet us at the forks of the Ohio, about ten miles below, there to cross the Allegheny. As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land in the forks, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers.... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 294 pages
...observation : "As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land at the Fork, which I think extremely well situated for...fort, as it has the absolute command of both rivers, which are a quarter of a mile or more across, and run very nearly at right angles." Not far from this... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1918 - 280 pages
...was called. In the diary which he kept of this journey he wrote the following shrewd observation : "As I got down before the canoe I spent some time in viewing the rivers, and the land at the Fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort, as it has the absolute command of both... | |
 | George Thornton Fleming - 1922 - 642 pages
...situation at the Forks striking, for he wrote (Journal, Nov. 22, 1753): As I got down before the horses I spent some time in viewing the rivers and the land...which I think extremely well situated for a fort. The land at the point is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water and a considerable... | |
 | George Washington - 1925 - 492 pages
...Monongahela, with our Baggage, to meet us at the Forks of Ohio, about 10 miles, there to cross the Alighany. As I got down before the Canoe I spent some time in...absolute Command of both Rivers. The Land at the Point is 20 or 25 Feet above the common Surface of the Water; and a considerable Bottome of flat, well-timbered... | |
 | National Americana Society - 1925 - 856 pages
...met the canoe. It was while at "the Forks," on November 23d, that Washington wrote in his Journal, "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort; as it has the absolute command... | |
 | George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 616 pages
...its situation. He says in his journal, after the trip from Frazier's, at the mouth of Turtle Creek : "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time...absolute command of both rivers. The land at the point is twenty-five feet above the common surface of the water; and a considerable bottom of flat, well-timbered... | |
 | George Patterson Donehoo - 1926 - 562 pages
...they met the canoe. It was while at "the Forks," on November 23, that Washington wrote in his journal: "As I got down before the canoe, I spent some time in viewing the land in the fork, which I think extremely well situated for a fort; as it has the absolute command... | |
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