Title: The first explorations of the Trans-Allegheny region by the Virginians, 1650-1674
Description: Clarence Alvord (1868-1928) was a history professor at the University of Illinois. This book opens with a 75-page chapter entitled “The Discovery of the Ohio Waters” by Professor Alvord.  The remaining chapters, listed below, all contain transcriptions of documents from the subject time-period.

-Encouragement from the Assembly
-The Discovery of New Brittaine
-The Discoveries of John Lederer
-Governor Berkelely as a Promoter of Exploration
-The Expedition of Batts and Fallam
-The Journeys of Needham and Arthur
-Coxe’s Account of the Activities of the English in the Mississippi Valley in the Seventeenth Century
-Bibliography
Subjects: Description and travel, History
Places: Ohio River Valley, Allegheny Mountains, Virginia, Southern States
Time periods: 1650-1674