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URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/discovering-history-speaker-series-11/
SUMMARY:Discovering History Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers\n\nIn his talk\, Ma
 nsel G. Blackford will explore how notions and realities of land use were 
 central to the experiences of Native Americans\, African Americans\, and E
 uro Americans living in the Ohio Country over several centuries. Moreover\
 , Blackford will examine how Ohioans (and others) sought to transfer knowl
 edge gained in the Midwest to two other regions\, the Oregon Country and t
 he Great Plains–with only partial success. Throughout\, the talk’s emp
 hasis will be on men and women coming to grips with environments new to th
 em by looking at how they lived in frontier times. The talk will\, thus\, 
 address questions of importance to anyone interested in relationships betw
 een people and their environments: Above all\, how did ideas about the env
 ironment\, especially conceptions about water and land\, shape actions\; a
 nd what have been the consequences of those actions down to the present da
 y? Questions like these are relevant to us today\, as we grapple with the 
 many environmental challenges resulting from climate changes.\n\nMansel G.
  Blackford is a professor emeritus of history at the Ohio State University
 \, where he worked in the fields of business history and frontier history 
 for forty years. He is the author or coauthor of a dozen books\, several o
 f which deal specifically with Ohio and midwestern history—most recently
  Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers (Athens: Ohio University Pres
 s\, 2025).\n\nBlackford’s talk will be based on his just-published book 
 Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers (Athens: Ohio University Press
 \, 2025)\, which is available for sale in our Museum Gift Shop.\n\nThis ev
 ent is sponsored by the Washington County Public Library\, and is FREE and
  open to the public.
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CATEGORIES:Historical
LOCATION:Campus Martius Museum\, 601 Second Street\, Marietta\, Ohio\, 4575
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