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For ForIt Forit For/- For Forit / - it is recreating recreatmg the historic pilgrimage of the PIO- PIO PIOneers pioneers pio pioneers - - neers who braved the dangers and hardships of ofthe ofthe ofthe the wilderness beyond the Alleghenies Alleghemes 150 years ago to seek seekhomes seekhomes seekhomes ' " " estab- estab establIsh establish estab-hsh estab hsh - homes m in America's Americas first "Promised Promised Land and to - lIsh the first settlements m in th the old Northwest Territory . On December 3 of this year yearthis yearthis thIS o odrawn ox-drawn ox drawn oY-drawn oY -drawn drawn - caravan wIll wIllset willset willset set out from Ipswich IpswlCh , Mass Massand . . , and head west . , as did a sim SIm- SImIlar similar similar - ilar caravan on December 3 3,1787 31787 , 1787 1787Valkmg . ' \ Walking \Valkmg Valkmg beside the old oldConestoga oldConestoga oldConestoga Conestoga wagon will be men mendressed mendressed mendressed dressed in m the costume of ofthose ofthose ofthose those far-off far off - days-coonskm days coonskm days-coonskin coonskin dayscoonskmcap dayscoonskincap days - coonskmcap cap , fringed frmged buckskin buckskm or orlmen orlinen orlinen lmen linen hunting huntmg shirt and leg leg- leggmgs leggings leggings - gings gmgs . , long rifle rille and powderhorn powder powderhorn powderhorn horn , knife kmfe and tomahawk tomahawk.Across tomahawkAcross . Across Massachusetts , Con Con- ConnectIcut Connecticut Connecticut - necticut , New York and andPennsylvama andPennsylvania andPennsylvania Pennsylvama Pennsylvania they will gmde guide gmdetheIr guidetheir guidetheir theIr lumbering lumbermg craft until untilthey untilthey untilthey they reach Sumenll's Sumenlls SumerIll's SumerIlls ' Ferry Ferrynear Ferrynear Ferrynear near ' West 'Vest Vest Newton , Pa . . There they will wlll build boats boatsfrom boatsfrom boatsfrom from logs hewn in m the forest and andlaunch andlaunch andlaunch launch them on the Youghlogheny Youghiogheny Youghioghenyriver Youghloghenyriver river They will w1l1 guide their crude crudecraft crudecraft crudecraft craft down that stream and the theMonongahela theMonongahela theMonongahela Monongahela to its junction wIth wIththe withthe withthe the Allegheny at PIttsburgh PIttsburghwhere Pittsburghwhere Pittsburghwhere where the two t0 t\\ t \ 0 rivers flvers form the the"Beaut the"Beautiful the"Beautiful theBeautiful "Beaut Beaut "Beautiful Beautiful " ul Ohio OhlO " Then they wIll wIllfloat willfloat willfloat float down that historic hlstonc waterway waterwayuntIl waterwayuntil waterwayuntil untIl they reach the city of Man Mari Manctta Marietta Manetta ctta etta , Ohio Oruo , with April APfll 7 of next nextyear nextyear nextyear year as the official date for theirarrival thelr their thelrarnval theirarrival arnval arrival . . From Marietta Manetta the party wlll will wlllproceed willproceed willproceed proceed by ox team throughout throughoutthe throughoutthe the six states of the Old North Northwest Northwest Northwest west Each night mght , while the cara caravan caravan caravan van is 15 traveling travelmg , a pageant de deplctmg depitting depictmg plctmg pitting eight of the critical cntIcal epi- epi episodes epi epl episodes - . sodes in m our nation's nations ' history hlstory wlll will wlllbe willbe willbe be presented Showing Showmg withm within withmeasy withineasy withineasy easy driving dnvmg distance of nearly nearlyhalf nearlyhalf nearlyhalf half of the nation's nations ' population populationthIS populationthis populationthis thIS "living living "hvmg hvmg " picture " will thus thusbrmg thusbring thusbring brmg bring to the public pubhc the dramatic dramaticstory dramaticstory dramaticstory story of the settlement of the Old OldNorthwest OldNorthwest OldNorthwest OldNorthwestCrisis Northwest NorthwestCrIsIs Crisis at Newburgh . In reality reahty that story goes backto back backto backto to the year 1783 when George GeorgeWashmgton's GeorgeWashington's GeorgeWashington's GeorgeWashingtons Washmgton's Washmgtons Washington's Washingtons ' Continental Contmental army armylay armylay armylay lay in camp at Newburgh , NY N Y , wearily weanly awaiting awaItmg the news that thatwould thatwould thatwould would send the soldiers home- home homeand homeand home homeand - and also send them out into mto an anuncertam anuncertain anuncertain uncertam uncertain futureTheIr futureTheir future futureTheir Their homes and farms had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been neglected neglectedor neglectec ! . _ or \ wrecked recked by the theravages theravages theravages ravages of war . The only money moneyIn moneyin In circulation was the paper IS- IS ISsued issued is issued - sued .by by . by t the . e Co Continental tmental congress - - in m a aContmental aContinental aContinental Contmental Continental " was more than a by- by byword by byword . - word It was a stark reality reahty , as asthese asthese asthese these men knew only too wellTo wellTo well wellTo To the soldiers who had rlchly richly rlchlyearned richlyearned richlyearned earned earneda a reward there remamed remained remamedbut remainedbut remainedbut but beyondthe one thmg-Iand-Iand thmg Iand thing-land-land thing land thing - land - land beyond the mountains mountams With TImothy TimothyPickenng TImothyPlckermg TimothyPickering Plckermg Pickering as th their ( > Ir scribe scnbe , 283 of ofDcers ofulcers offleers Dcers ulcers petition and men prepared a pet peti ! tlOn tion providing provldmg for such land landKnown landKnown landKnown Known to history as the "Plcker- "Plcker Plcker "Picker- "Picker Picker "Plckerlng "Pickering "Picker-ing "Picker Picker ing " - - - lng ing plan , " or "Army Army " planu planuIt plan , " It ItembodIed itembodied itembodied embodIed humamtarmn humanitarian humanitananprinciplesunheard prmclples principles prmclplesunheard principlesunheard unheard of m in its day . , and later laterbecame laterbecame laterbecame became the nucleus for the great greatOrdinance greatOrdmance Ordmance Ordinance of 1787 . Four years yearselapsed yearselapsed yearselapsed elapsed , however ho\\cver ho cver \ , before the thedreams thedreams dreams and ideals of the soldIers soldIersatNewburgh soldiersatNewburgh soldiersatNewburgh thelaw atNewburgh were v/ntten v ntten wrItten / into mto the law of the land They were four fouryears fouryears fouryears years disagreementby of delay and dIsagreement by congress while the unsuccess iul ful iuluLand unsuccessful unsuccessiul "Land Land uLand " Ordinance Ordmance of 1785 1785"and 1785and , " and other measures were at 'tempted tempted 'temptedTlred 'temptedTired ' ' attempted at'tempted attemptedTired Tired Tlred of the bickering blckcrmg in m con congress congress congress gress and eager to settle m the land theland of untold richness beyond the beyondthe Alleghenies Al1eghemes , delegates from fromvarIOUS fromvarious fromvarious varIOUS Englandmet counties countlCs in New England Englandmet met at the Bunch of Grapes tav tavern tavern tavern 1786A ern in 10 Boston on March 1 I , 1786 A committee consisting conslstmg of Man Mannsseh Manasseh Manasseh nsseh asseh Cutler , Rufus Putnam , and others drafted a plan of associa assocm- assocm associa- assocmtIOn association association - - tion Two days later the plan planwas planwas planwas was complete and thel'OhIO the l'OhIO lOhIO "Ohio Ohio l'OhIOCompany "OhioCompany "OhioCompany OhioCompany " ' Company of Associates " was wasformed wasformed wasformed formed . Capitalized Capltahzed at a mllhon million mllhondollars milliondollars milliondollars dollars , the fund was to be devot devot- devoted devoted devoted - - ed to the purchase purchasc of lands north north- northwest northwest northwest - west of the Ohio river flver . Cutler Cutlerttas Cutlerwas ttas \ \ as employed employcd to act as agent agentand agentand agentand and make a contract with con con- congress congress congress - gress for a body of land in m the the"Great the"Great the"Great theGreat "Great Great " Western Territory of the theUmon theUnion theUnion Umon Union " A century and a half ago the thegreat thegreat thegreat great area north and west of the theOhIO theOhio theOhio OhIO rIverhlch river , which \\hlch hlch \ \ came under the theprOVISiOns theprovisions theprovisions prOVISiOns of this ordinance ordmance , was wasa wasa wasa a vast wilderness wll wilderness erness , , overrun by byhostile byhostile byhostile hostile Indians , and a small , but butgrowmg butgrowing butgrowing growmg growing number , of illegal 111egal American Amer Amer- AmerIcan American - - ican "squatters squatters " " Cutler , domg doing domgyeoman doingyeoman doingyeoman yeoman service for the Ohio com com- company company company - pany , , contracted to purchase a amIllIon amillion amillion mIllIon and a half acres at one onedollar onedollar onedollar dollar per acre One third was wasto wasto wasto to be deducted from this for un- un untillable untillable un-tillable un tillable - - tillable lands : and md expenses e"Cpenses eCpenses " of sur sur- surve surve survey - ve vey } ing mg By making makmg the purchase purchasewith purchasewith purchasewith with public securities sec.untIes secuntIes . , worth only onlyh onlytit onlytwelve h\ h tit helve \ elve cents on the dollar , the theactual theactual theactual actual purchase price was ap approxImately approximately approximately proxImately eight cents an acrel acrelThe acre acreThe ! The tract was bounded on the theeast theeast theeast east by the Seven Ranges , al- al ale alrycy aly - - , rycy 0 9 9v y r v ; y ? v } sE % sod / / wr r z * 4 w trHVMil Mil G w.y wy . k kJ6 J6 T-1 T 1 ! trHV - ' bLS . . , z . . AwY , r _ A half million mlll10n dollars was to tobe tobe tobe be paid when the contract was wassIgned wassigned wassigned sIgned and a like hke amount when whenthe whenthe whenthe the government had completed completedthe completedthe the survey of the boundary hnes lines hnesof linesof linesof of the tract On October 27 , 1737 1787 1787the , the contract was signed Manas Manasseh Manasseh Manasseh seh Cutler and Winthrop Wmthrop Sargent Sargentrepresented Sargentrepresented Sargentrepresented represented the Ohio company companySamuel , Samuel Osgood and Arthur Lee LeesIgned Leesigned Leesigned sIgned for the Treasury board boardBecause boardBecause boardBecause Because the Ohio company couldnot could couldnot couldnot not pay the second mstallment installment mstallmenthen installmentwhen installmentwhen \\hen hen when \ due the tract was reduced reducedrom reducedfrom reducedfrom from ( rom a million mlll10n and a half acres acresto acresto acresto to 1,064,285 1064285 , , acres upon I issuing iasuing < ; sumg the thepatent thepatent thepatent patent on May 20 , 1792 By an- an another another an another - other reduction of 100,000 100000 , acres acresfor acresfor acresfor for donation lands , the final purchase pur pur- purchase purchase - chase was reduced to 964,285 964285 964,285acres 964,285acres 964,285acres 964285acres 964,285acresOn , acres acresOn On December 3 , 1787 , less than thanfive thanfive thanfive five months after passage of the theordmance theordinance theordinance ordmance ordinance , and only five weeks weeksafter weeksafter weeksafter after their land purchase nego nego- negotIatIOns negotiations negotiations - tiations had been completed , the theorlgmal theoriginal theoriginal orlgmal original party of 48 plOneers pioneers plOneersstarted pioneersstarted pioneersstarted started their long and arduous arduousmarch arduousmarch arduousmarch march to their new homes m in the the"OhIO the"Ohio the"Ohio theOhio "OhIO OhIO " country . " In the dead of ofa ofa ofa facing700 a New England winter wmter , facmg facing 700 miles of tedious ox team trav trav- travel travel . - el . , muchof much of it through trackless tracklessforest tracklessforest tracklessforest forest , and with the snow blocked I Alleghenies Alleghemes as a natural barner barrier barrierthese , these hardy and determined determmed men menstarted menstarted menstarted started on their brave , but butdreary butdreary butdreary dreary , trekA trek trekA A Hazardous Journey . A journey through the mountam mountain mountamfastnesses mountainfastnesses mountainfastnesses fastnesses at that time \ was \ as haz hazardous hazardous hazardous ardous at any season , m mId mIdwmter midwinter midwinter wmter winter it lt was termed by many as asfoolhardy asfoolhardy asfoolhardy foolhardy . But the pioneers were weregomg weregoing weregoing gomg going to a new land , there to tocarve tocarve tocarve carve homes from the vast , unbroken un- un unbroken un unbroken - broken wllderness-theIr wllderness theIr wilderness-their wilderness wilderness - their homes homesThey homesThey homesThey They knew well that in m order to tosurVlve tosurvive tosurvive surVlve survive |