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Born. c. 1715. Fort Christina, Delaware. Died. c. 1767. Blennerhassett Island, Ohio River, West Virginia. Parent (s) Checochinican and Poynton. Nemacolin ( c. 1715 – c. 1767) was a hereditary chief of the Delaware Nation who helped Thomas Cresap widen a Native American path across the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River Valley .
Thomas Cresap. Colonel Thomas Cresap ( c. 1702— c. 1790) was an English-born settler and trader in the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cresap served Lord Baltimore as an agent in the Maryland–Pennsylvania boundary dispute that became known as Cresap's War.
Biography. Cresap was the son of the pioneer Colonel Thomas Cresap. He spent part of his adult years in the Ohio Country as a trader and land developer. He led several raids against Native Americans who were hostile to white settlement. In April 1774, rumors spread that members of the Cherokee tribe had murdered several settlers along the frontier.
Gathering Place is a 66.5-acre park along the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Created by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, and designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh, the park was established September 8, 2018. It is open to the public free of charge. At $465 million, Gathering Place is the largest private gift to a ...
But in March, a jury finally awarded the family $2.9 million in compensation. "They've gone through the wringer on this,” says Nick Atwood, the family’s lawyer with Ritchie Rock & Atwood ...
Biography. Greathouse was born in Frederick County, Maryland, one of 11 children of Harmon and Mary Magdalena Stull Greathouse. The Greathouses moved from Maryland to Virginia around 1770 and Daniel owned 400 acres (1.6 km 2) of land at Mingo Bottom in Ohio County, Virginia. Daniel married Mary Morris, and they had two children, Gabriel and ...
Tulsa Community Foundation is a tax-exempt, public charity organized in 1998. It was founded by Tulsa oilman, banker, and philanthropist George Kaiser, who felt that Tulsa's historical dependence on unorganized private giving from its wealthy families was no longer effective. Beginning with gifts from seventeen local philanthropists, by 2006 ...
Michael Sprigg. Michael Cresap Sprigg (July 1, 1791 – December 18, 1845) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, brother of James Cresap Sprigg . Born in Frostburg, Maryland, Sprigg completed preparatory studies. He held a number of local offices, and served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1821, 1823, 1837, 1840, and 1844.