Marietta College,
Marietta, Ohio, May 31, 1906.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER IPAGE
Introductory: The Brother of the Sword[19]
CHAPTER II
Washington: The Promoter of Western Investments[37]
CHAPTER III
Richard Henderson: The Founder of Transylvania[81]
CHAPTER IV
Rufus Putnam: The Father of Ohio[103]
CHAPTER V
David Zeisberger: Hero of "The Meadow of Light"[129]
CHAPTER VI
George Rogers Clark: Founder of Louisville[149]
CHAPTER VII
Henry Clay: Promoter of the First American Highway[179]
CHAPTER VIII
Morris and Clinton: Fathers of the Erie Canal[207]
CHAPTER IX
Thomas and Mercer: Rival Promoters of Canal and Railway[233]
CHAPTER X
Lewis and Clark: Explorers of Louisiana[257]
CHAPTER XI
Astor: The Promoter of Astoria[279]
CHAPTER XII
Marcus Whitman: The Hero of Oregon[299]
CHAPTER XIII
The Captains of "The American System"[339]
Index[363]

LIST OF PORTRAITS

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Zeisberger Preaching to the Indians at Coshocton, Ohio, in 1773[Frontispiece]
Daniel Boone[30]
George Washington[68]
Rufus Putnam, Leader of the Founders of Marietta, Ohio[106]
Rev. Manasseh Cutler, Ohio Pioneer[113]
John Heckewelder, Missionary to the Indians[142]
Rev. David Jones, Companion of George Rogers Clark[165]
Henry Clay, Statesman and Abolitionist[184]
Albert Gallatin, Promoter of the Cumberland Road[190]
General Arthur St. Clair, Appointed Governor of Ohio by Congress[205]
Gouverneur Morris, Promoter of the Erie Canal[212]
De Witt Clinton, Friend of the Erie Canal Project[230]
Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition[262]
William Clark, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition[274]
John Jacob Astor, Founder of Astoria[288]
President James K. Polk[344]