Muskingum River region

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The Muskingum River region is an area in present-day eastern Ohio historically significant as a homeland and strategic center for several Native American nations during the 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Muskingum River region canonical 2
Muskingum River valley 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
historical region
associatedWithEvent 18th-century frontier conflicts in the Ohio Country
intercultural contact between Native Americans and European colonists
borderedBy Ohio River (to the south via Muskingum confluence)
culturalSignificance homeland for multiple Native American nations
hasCharacteristic fertile river valleys
navigable waterways
strategic river confluences
hasPart Muskingum River
historicalRole Native American homeland
strategic center for Native American nations
inhabitedBy Delaware people
Lenape
Mingo people
Shawnee Nation
surface form: Shawnee people

Wyandot
surface form: Wyandot people
locatedIn Ohio
United States of America
surface form: United States

eastern Ohio
namedAfter Muskingum River
partOf Northwest Territory
surface form: Northwest Territory (historical region)

Ohio Country
presentDayJurisdiction United States federal territory (historical context)
Ohio
surface form: state of Ohio
riverSystem Ohio River basin
significantPeriod 18th century
strategicImportance access between Ohio River and interior of Ohio Country
control of travel and trade routes in eastern Ohio
timePeriod American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolutionary War era

post-Revolutionary frontier period
pre-Revolutionary era
usedFor diplomacy
settlement by Native American nations
trade
warfare

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Buckongahelas residence Muskingum River region
Coshocton, Ohio, United States locatedNear Muskingum River region
subject surface form: Coshocton, Ohio
this entity surface form: Muskingum River valley
Muskingum College namedAfter Muskingum River region