Description: General Rufus Putnam created this map of Ohio in 1804, one year after Ohio became a state. He made the map, one of the first maps of the state, while serving as general surveyor of the United States. It measures 14.5 by 18.75 inches (36.83 by 47.62 cm) and shows the boundary between Ohio and American Indian lands, marking several forts in the Northwest Territory, including Fort Defiance, Fort Wayne, and Fort Recovery. Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), a Massachusetts native, rose to prominence as a Revolutionary War officer and founder of the Ohio Company. As superintendent of the company, Putnam oversaw the construction of the stockade Campus Martius and laid out a plan for the town of Marietta. He served as a member of the Ohio Territorial Legislature in 1801, a representative from Washington County at the first Ohio constitutional convention, and a trustee of Ohio University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1364_1160640_001
Subjects: Geography and Natural Resources; Military Ohio; Forts & fortifications; Maps; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio); Ohio
 

Description: Print showing a side profile of Rufus Putnam from "Harper's Magazine," 1886. Putnam (1738-1824) was a Revolutionary War veteran and member of the Ohio Company who helped to found Marietta, Ohio, and open the Northwest Territory for settlement. In 1796, he became the surveyor-general of the United States. President Thomas Jefferson removed him from the position, and he continued to play an important role in territorial government and participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1802. Putnam favored the Federalist Party and did succeed in preventing slavery from becoming legal in Ohio. He died on May 4, 1824, in Marietta. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03451
Subjects: Ohio Company; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Northwest Territory--History; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photographic postcard depicting a side view of the Rufus Putnam house at Campus Martius in Marietta, Ohio, ca. 1915-1930. The caption identifies the building as "The Old Block House, Erected 1788, Marietta, O." Rufus Putnam (1738-1824) was a soldier and early settler of Ohio after the American Revolution, establishing the first Ohio Company settlement on the banks of the Ohio River. Known originally as Adelphia, the community soon became known as Marietta. To protect the settlement from Native American attacks, the settlers built a fortification known as the Campus Martius. Putnam was also an important political leader in the Northwest Territory, participating in the constitutional convention of 1802 and playing a large role in preventing slavery from becoming legal in Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05192
Subjects: Washington County (Ohio); Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824; Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), a soldier and early settler of Ohio after the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04942
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing & dress; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Side and underneath view of red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824), a soldier and early settler of Ohio after the American Revolution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04943
Subjects: Women--Ohio; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Clothing & dress; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the home of Rufus Putnam in Marietta, Ohio. It was one of the dwellings in Campus Martius, the fortification erected by the Ohio Company, ca. 1790-1799. Putnam was a Revolutionary War veteran and member of the Ohio Company who helped to found Marietta, Ohio, and open the Northwest Territory for settlement. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05488
Subjects: Dwellings--Ohio; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824; Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Northwest Territory--History
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Caption reads: "Rufus Putnam House in Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, Ohio." This is a view of the entrance of the Rufus Putnam Residence in Marietta, Ohio. It was one of the dwellings in Campus Martius, the fortification erected by the Ohio Company, ca. 1790-1799. The plaque next to the door reads: "This house was one of the dwellings in Campus Martius, the fortification erected by the Ohio Company when the first settlement in the Northwest Territory was made at Marietta in 1788. It stood next to the southeast blockhouse and was built by General Rufas Putnam, who made it his home until his death in 1824. It then became the property of Judge Arius NYL from whose daughter Minerva Tupper NYL it was purchased in 1919 by the State of Ohio. Erected by the Ohio Daughters of the American Revolution in 1927." General Rufus Putnam was a Revolutionary War veteran and member of the Ohio Company who helped to found Marietta, Ohio and open the Northwest Territory for settlement. Putnam established the first Ohio Company settlement on the banks of the Ohio River. Known originally as Adelphia, the community soon became known as Marietta. To protect the settlement from Native American attacks, the settlers built a fortification known as the Campus Martius. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F01_008_1
Subjects: Marietta (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824; Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Forts & fortifications--1770-1800
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the Campus Martius House in Marietta, Ohio. This house was built 1788-1790 by General Rufus Putnam of the Ohio Company of Associates during the early settlement of Ohio. The Ohio Company was formed in Boston on March 3, 1786. The primary purpose was to settle the Northwest Territory. Rufus Putnam was an organizer of the Ohio Company. He had served as a General in the American Revolutionary War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06438
Subjects: Campus Martius (Marietta, Ohio); Ohio Company (1786-1795); Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Undersides of red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05042
Subjects: Women's shoes; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Clothing & dress; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Top view of red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05043
Subjects: Women's Shoes; Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Top diagonal view of red and white leather shoes with cutout design and pointed wedged heel. They are straight and have white grosgrain ribbon trim. The shoes were worn by Elizabeth "Betsey" Putnam (1765-1830), the daughter of General Rufus Putnam (1738-1824). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05044
Subjects: Women's Shoes; Women--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Map illustrating the ancient earthworks and terrain near the city of Marietta, drawn by Rufus Putnam in 1802. The Marietta Earthworks site is a large Hopewell ceremonial center located at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers in Washington County. Originally, it included a large square enclosure surrounding four flat-topped pyramidal mounds, another smaller square, and a circular enclosure with a large burial mound at its center. In 1788, the directors of the Ohio Company of Associates, who were the founders of Marietta, agreed to preserve important parts of the earthworks as parks. Three segments of the Marietta Earthworks are maintained as public parks today. Originally known as Adelphia, meaning "brotherhood," Marietta was the first settlement founded by the Ohio Company of Associates in the Northwest Territory in 1788, and the first permanent settlement of the United States in the territory north and west of the Ohio River. The Ohio Company's investors renamed the community after Queen Marie Antoinette of France, in honor of France's contributions to the American victory in the American Revolution. The first settlers were led by Rufus Putnam, who was one of the Ohio Company's early investors. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02885
Subjects: Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood; Putnam, Rufus, 1738-1824; Earthworks (Archaeology); Mounds--Ohio River Valley
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)