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URL:https://mariettaohio.org/events/western-frontiers/
SUMMARY:Western Frontiers
DESCRIPTION:In his talk\, Mansel G. Blackford will explore how notions and 
 realities of land use were central to the experiences of Native Americans\
 , African Americans\, and Euro Americans living in the Ohio Country over s
 everal centuries. Moreover\, Blackford will examine how Ohioans (and other
 s) sought to transfer knowledge gained in the Midwest to two other regions
 \, the Oregon Country and the Great Plains–with only partial success. Th
 roughout\, the talk’s emphasis will be on men and women coming to grips 
 with environments new to them by looking at how they lived in frontier tim
 es. The talk will\, thus\, address questions of importance to anyone inter
 ested in relationships between people and their environments: Above all\, 
 how did ideas about the environment\, especially conceptions about water a
 nd land\, shape actions\; and what have been the consequences of those act
 ions down to the present day? Questions like these are relevant to us toda
 y\, as we grapple with the many environmental challenges resulting from cl
 imate changes.\n\nMansel G. Blackford is a professor emeritus of history a
 t the Ohio State University\, where he worked in the fields of business hi
 story and frontier history for forty years. He is the author or coauthor o
 f a dozen books\, several of which deal specifically with Ohio and midwest
 ern history—most recently Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers (A
 thens: Ohio University Press\, 2025).\n\nBlackford’s talk will be based 
 on his just-published book Land Hunger: Ohio and the Western Frontiers (At
 hens: Ohio University Press\, 2025)\, which is available for sale in our M
 useum Gift Shop.\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Washington County Publi
 c Library\, and is FREE and open to the public.
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