Start Westward Memorial
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.Photo: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: statue memorial in Marietta, Ohio, USA
- Also known as: “March Westward of the Nation”, “Memorial to the ‘Start Westward of the United States’”, “Memorial to the Start Westward”, “National Start Westward Memorial of The United States”, “Start Westward Monument”, “Start Westward of the United States Memorial”, “The National Start Westward Memorial of The United States”, and “The Start Westward”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muskingum Park and Peoples Mortuary Museum.
Peoples Mortuary Museum
Museum
Photo: Wolfgang8741, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peoples Mortuary Museum is situated 810 feet north of Start Westward Memorial.
Old Muskingum Lockhouse
Historic building
Photo: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Old Muskingum Lockhouse is a historic building, which is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Start Westward Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marietta and Marietta Historic District.
Marietta
Photo: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Aparkswv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Start Westward Memorial
- Categories: statue and historic site
- Location: Washington, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.41566° or 39° 24′ 56″ northLongitude
-81.45777° or 81° 27′ 28″ westOpen location code
86FWCG8R+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 772558798OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q111492235
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