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french explorer La Salle discovered the Ohio River around 1682, this explorer also explored the Mississippi River but did not discover it.
George Washington was asked to lead the troops in the French & Indian War. His first testing, he was defeated. He returned home vowing to never be involved in the military again. However, this was not the case later on.
Washington was a major in the Virginia militia when he was sent to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley.
During the Revolutionary War period, the area around the Ohio River was very wild. The leader of the American troops in the area was General 'Mad Anthony' Wayne.
George Washington sent American troops to the Ohio River Valley in 1790 because he thought that the Northwest Territory was critical to the security and growth of the new nation.
George Rogers Clark
The British General Braddock.
George Washington was sent to the Ohio country with troops in the spring of 1754 to construct a road across the mountains. The British wanted to use the road to retake control of the Ohio River Valley.