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  1. Campus Martius Museum is located at the corner of Washington and Second Streets in Marietta, Ohio. Upcoming Event. No Events. Featured Exhibition. Celebrating the Pioneers. WHERE: First Floor - CMM. The Ordinance of 1787 opened a vast wilderness west of the Ohio River for settlement. “Ohio fever” had begun with the Ohio Company leading the way.

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  2. Campus Martius (Ohio) Campus Martius was a defensive fortification at the Marietta, Ohio settlement. It was home to Rufus Putnam, Benjamin Tupper, Arthur St. Clair, and other pioneers from the Ohio Company of Associates during the Northwest Indian War.

  3. Quick Facts. Location: Marietta, OH. MANAGED BY: Marietta Museums. Amenities. 11 listed. Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums. Visitor Centers (shown in orange), High Potential Historic Sites (shown in black), and Pivotal Places (shown in green) along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.

  4. Campus Martius Museum was built on the site of the original stockade, built by the Ohio Company between 1788 and 1791. The name, Campus Martius, chosen by the Ohio Company, comes from Latin for Field of Mars, the military camp where the legions of ancient Rome once trained.

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  6. Explore the museum and learn about Campus Martius, a civilian stockade built in 1788 as the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory. See the Ohio Company Land Office, reportedly the oldest building in Ohio, and the Rufus Putnam House, once part of the Campus Martius stockade. Exhibits trace the early settlement of Ohio ...

  7. Contact Details. Website. https://mariettamuseums.org/campus-martius/ Phone. 740-373-3750. Address. 601 Second Street, Marietta, OH 45750. Get Directions. Share. Campus Martius Museum was built on the site of the original stockade, built by the Ohio Company between 1788 and 1791.

  8. Campus Martius, Ohio History Connection. All other images by Megan Leigh Barnard, unless otherwise noted. This historic river town is home to the Campus Martius Museum, where the story of General Rufus Putnam and his intrepid group of pioneers is chronicled through fascinating exhibits and artifacts.

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