A State of Being was once the subtitle of this site, an affirmation of a place, its people, and its past. Its present is a time of existential threats caused by humans: climate change, the Sixth Mass Extinction, nuclear warfare, genocide, racism, et cetera. Along with other U.S. citizens, per capita, Ohio Country residents put more carbon into the atmosphere than the rest of the world and suffer the fewest consequences, for now. Urgent, fundamental change is required to limit unnecessary deaths and destruct
Wikipedia’s map of Ohio Country and its timeframe “a name used in the mid- to late 18th century,” are problematic, as are the unfortunate incidents colored red, almost all during the Revolutionary War.
Aside from Lake Erie, Ohio Country’s least vague boundary is the Appalachian watershed to the east and south. Not only is its size greatly diminished, crucial earlier battles are excluded. Wikipedia’s timeframe for the region, mid- to late 18th century coincides with the career of George Croghan. For more than thirty years, beginning with King George’s War (1744-48) and ending during the Revolutionary War, Croghan’s is the through story for Ohio Country history. Significantly, New York’s State Departmen