Muskingum Park
Muskingum Park is in Washington, Ohio. Muskingum Park is situated nearby to Start Westward Memorial, as well as near Meigs House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muskingum Park and Start Westward Memorial.
Start Westward Memorial
Memorial
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The Start Westward Memorial, officially known as the Memorial to the "Start Westward of the United States", also known as the National Start Westward Memorial of The United States or Start Westward Monument, is a 1938 sculpture designed by Gutzon Borglum and located in Muskingum Park in Marietta, Ohio, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marietta and Marietta Historic District.
Marietta
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Marietta is a city of 13,000 people in Southeast Ohio. It is at the confluence of the Muskingum River and Ohio River. Founded in 1788 it is the oldest city in Ohio.
Marietta Historic District
Neighborhood
The Marietta Historic District is a historic district in Marietta, Ohio, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Among the buildings in the district are ones dating back to 1788, the year in which Marietta was founded as the first white settlement in what is now Ohio.
Harmar, Marietta
Neighborhood
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Harmar is a historic neighborhood in the city of Marietta, Ohio, United States. Located at the western side of the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, it grew up around the early Fort Harmar in the 1780s, being settled in conjunction with Marietta.
Muskingum Park
- Type: Sign
- Inscription: “President Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft spoke here in 1912. President Roosevelt dedicated the ‘Start Westward’ sesquicentennial monument in 1938.”
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Washington, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.4156° or 39° 24′ 56″ northLongitude
-81.45729° or 81° 27′ 26″ westOperator
Rotary InternationalOpen location code
86FWCG8V+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 8713405966OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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