Muskingum

[ muh-sking-uh m, -guh m ]

/ mʌˈskɪŋ əm, -gəm /

a river in E Ohio, flowing S and SE to the Ohio River. 111 miles (179 km) long.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

It is situate on the Muskingum river, fifty-nine miles east from Columbus.
The Old Pike|Thomas B. Searight
And so the settlement at the mouth of the Muskingum at this critical moment was in every sense a test settlement.
Pilots of the Republic|Archer Butler Hulbert
In exactly four days from the time of leaving Pittsburgh, we arrived at the mouth of the Muskingum.
Benjamin of Ohio|James Otis
This dangerous Indian called in one day at my house on the Muskingum, to ask me for some tobacco.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3)|James Athearn Jones

Mr. Moore was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, April 17, 1845.
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman