Show Marietta Memorial I 7 v t. Ca' Ca a ag g L Ar I IH a Ia I I 4 c M A j c 5 z TA AT THE TREASURY U UE pRK The br br tablet on onest test est corner of the HJ the granting te Ohm Ohio of Asso Asso- ben n draped with nth flags a s and Di in inscription placed and two vo t years vears pr 7 7 17 liS' liS S. S an expedition general Rufus Eufus Putnam and ans an ans of th th revolution mem mem- e o of Et t Marie Mari 1 In la Ohio the first settlement in in he the Northwest territory Tin This mo nt was followed by th the fOl founding of Muskingum academy now Marietta Manetta college the tho initial step toward towan education west of the tire I The tablet was decorated and th the inscription prepared by bV Homer Lee vice vice president of of- the Ohio Company o ox of Associates of New York It is the intention of the society to I establish a chain of tablets placing them in in towns in in the east whence pioneers pioneers pio pio pio- migrated to the west |