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Christopher Gist (1706–1759) was an explorer, surveyor, and frontiersman active in Colonial America. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country (the present-day states of Ohio, eastern Indiana, western Pennsylvania, and northwestern West Virginia).
Christopher Gist (born c. 1706, Maryland [now in U.S.]—died 1759, South Carolina or Georgia) was an American colonial explorer and military scout who wrote highly informative journals describing his experiences.
Traveling with Washington to the Ohio Country in 1754, Gist served as scout, messenger, and Indian agent. It was Gist’s reconnaissance that alerted Washington to the French presence at Great Meadows and allowed for the subsequent massacre of Jumonville’s forces.
Oct 13, 2020 · Gist's skill and frontier expertise may have saved both his and Washington's life on the dangerous return journey from Fort LeBoeuf. Gist was instrumental in helping the British colonies explore and claim the frontier.
Jun 11, 2018 · Christopher Gist. The American frontiersman Christopher Gist (ca. 1706-1759) was one of the first explorers of the Ohio and Kentucky wilderness. He also accompanied George Washington on missions to the French in the Ohio Valley. Christopher Gist was born in Maryland.
Feb 9, 2023 · Christopher Gist. Explorer Christopher Gist, one of the first white men to explore what is now West Virginia, was born about 1706 near Baltimore. He was an Indian trader, coroner, surveyor, and road builder, and considered an educated man for the time.
CHRISTOPHER GIST'S JOURNALS. WITH HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL NOTES. AND BIOGRAPHIES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES. BY WILLIAM M. DARLINGTON [1815-1889] PITTSBURGH, J. R. WELDIN & CO., 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Part 1: Pages* 9-30. Introductory memoir. Part 2: Pages 31-66. Gist's First Journal:
Jul 20, 2020 · Frontiersman Christopher Gist visited the Tuscarawas Valley in December 1750, and the journal that he kept during that trip is the first written record of a white man visiting this area.
CONTENTS. PAGE IntroductoryMemoir 9 Gist'sThreeJournals 3' ChristopherGist 88 NotestoChristopherGist'sFirstJournalof1750-51 90 NotestoGist'sSecondJournal,1751-52 i37 ...
Apr 13, 2007 · Christopher Gist's journals : with historical, geographical and ethnological notes and biographies of his contemporaries : Gist, Christopher, d. 1759 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
