Marietta 13 September and a visit with Col. Griffen Green, Postmaster

“. . . arrived at Marietta, the mouth of the Muskingum river, at 7 OClock in the evening”.

Lewis recorded his observations of pigeons and squirrels continuing to cross the Ohio River northwest to southeast and the temporary crew firing and hirings. In the evening, he visited with Col. Green. ⁽¹⁾ Col. Griffen Green was Postmaster and one of the founders of Marietta, Ohio.

Campus Martius Museum has the Rufus Putnam House, part of the original stockade, within the museum. Putnam was the First Surveyor General of the United States and drew many of the Old Northwest Territory maps within the preserved house.

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Recreational opportunities in Marietta and the surrounding area include the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, entered from Williamstown, WV.