site of modern day Belpre, Ohio. Another group of associates moved about 20 miles up the Muskingum River from Marietta, near the mouth of Wolf Creek; they built Fort Frye for protection during the war at the site of modern day Beverly, Ohio. See also American pioneers to the Northwest Territory Ohio Company of Associates References Bibliography Northwest Indian War Forts in Ohio Pre-statehood history of Ohio Buildings and structures in Marietta, Ohio 1788 establishments in the Northwest Territory