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Christopher Gist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Gist (1706 – 1759) was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States. He was credited with providing the first detailed description of the Oh...
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Christopher Gist was an explorer, surveyor and accomplished frontiersman. He was born about 1706 in Maryland to Richard and Zipporah Gist. Little is known of Gist's early years. ... Bailey, Kenneth P. Christopher Gist: Colonial Frontiersman, Explorer, and Indian Agent. Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1976. - Available from Amazon.com...
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In 1753, at age 21, Washington was on a mission from the Ohio Company of Virginia to warn the French against interfering with their plans to colonize the Ohio valley. ... Christopher Gist was his guide. Their raft almost collapsed crossing the icy Allegheny. It was engraved c. 1856 after a painting by Alonzo Chappel.
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1 Instructions given Mr. Christopher Gist by the Committee of the Ohio Company the 11th day of September, 1750. The Journal of Christopher Gist, 1750-1751 1750.--In Complyance with my Instructions from the Committee of the Ohio Company bearing Date the 11th Day of September 1750. Wednesday Oct 1750.-- Set out from...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gist, Christopher. Gist, Christopher. Information about Gist, Christopher in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Gist was born in Maryland. Nothing much is known about the first decades of his life, but by 1750 he had enough reputation to be hired by the Ohio Company to explore and map...
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It is quite possible (if not probable) that Christopher Gist, Indian scout, pioneer and surveyor, was established and settled in what is now Wilkes County, North Carolina prior to the previously published date of 1751 when he "set out to my own home on the Yadkin River.
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AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on Christopher Gist, U.S. History, Biographies. Includes related research links. ... Christopher Gist[gist] Pronunciation Key, c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands.
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CHRISTOPHER GIST, an American frontiersman, w as the first white man to settle in what is now Wilkes County along the Yadkin River , Daniel Boone being his neighbor. ... Gist provided England and its colonists with the first detailed description of southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky . While Daniel Boone is generally...
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