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Muskingum River. The Muskingum River (/ məˈskɪŋ (ɡ) əm / mə-SKING- (g)əm; Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi) [4] is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio.
Located north of the Mason–Dixon line, from around 1812 to 1861 the Muskingum River was a major Underground Railroadroute used by fugitive slavesescaping from the Southon their journey north to Lake Erieand Canada.
Muskingum River, river formed by the confluence of the Tuscarawas and Walhonding rivers at Coshocton, east-central Ohio, U.S. It flows about 112 miles (180 km) south past Zanesville and McConnelsville to the Ohio River at Marietta.
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Oct 30, 2019 · The Muskingum is formed at Coshocton in east-central Ohio by the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers. It flows in a meandering course southward past Conesville and Dresden to Zanesville, and then southeastward past Lowell.
Muskingum River. The 111-miles-long Muskingum River was once an important commerce route in the 19th century. Marietta, OH, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, was founded as early as 1788, Zanesville up the river in 1799.
Jan 27, 2019 · Built to withstand most flooding, the dams and locks were damaged by the 1913 flood that caused widespread damage up and down the Muskingum. All bridges along the river were destroyed and the...
Feb 6, 2024 · Brief History. The origins of the Muskingum watershed systems of sixteen dams stem from the floods of March 1913, Ohio’s worst recorded natural disaster. Between March 23 and March 27, two storms...
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