Alan Fitzpatrick, author of WILDERNESS WAR ON THE OHIO; IN THEIR OWN WORDS; PLACE OF THE SKULL; THE WHITE INDIANS; CAPTIVES AND KIN ON THE OHIO COUNTRY; and, THE UNTOLD STORY OF ISAAC ZANE discusses Indian raids that resulted in death and/or capture of white men, women and children. Many of those captured would be adopted by an Indian family and assimilated into the tribe. Mr. Fitzpatrick will tell us about “The Untold Story of the Adopted White Indians in the Ohio Country.”

The year 2022 is the 225th anniversary of the Zane’s Trace. Muskingum County History in conjunction with the John McIntire Public Library and the generous sponsorship of Park National Bank shall present programs throughout 2022 on the Zane’s Trace and Ohio history. The programs will be the second and fourth Wednesdays of February through May as well as the month of September at 5:30pm at the John McIntire Public Library. THE TWO PROGRAMS IN JANUARY, HOWEVER, WILL BE HELD AT THE MUSKINGUM COUNTY CONFERENCE & WELCOME CENTER AT 5:30PM.

Come learn and appreciate the history of the Zane’s Trace from its beginning in Wheeling, West Virginia (at the time Virginia) to its conclusion in Maysville (at the time Limestone), Kentucky. A county by county history will be presented telling of the significance of the Trace to each county through which it passed as well as its importance to Ohio. We also will discover the history of Ohio when the Delaware, Shawnee, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Mingo and other tribes occupied and roamed the Ohio Country. From the military campaigns that took place in Ohio, and, in particular, Muskingum and Coshocton Counties, between 1760 to 1815, to the removal of the Indian tribes from the State concluding in 1843, the history of the Northwest Territory and the Ohio Country will be explored. The conflicts seen in westerns on TV pale in comparison to the conflicts that took place in Ohio and the Northwest Territory.