MEDIA
Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt
Original Author: John Montrésor
Created: 1776
Medium: Manuscript map, pen-and-ink and watercolor

Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt

This 1776 map shows the course of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt, in what is now Pittsburgh, as it winds down to present-day New Martinsville, West Virginia, some 100 miles away. The map also includes the locations and widths of the river's tributaries.