WV, USA

Zane Grey Birthplace and Museum (Zanesville, OH — regional connection)

Museum

Pearl Zane Grey, great-grandnephew of Ebenezer Zane, was born in Zanesville, Ohio — a town Ebenezer Zane founded at the end of Zane's Trace. Zane Grey's 1903 novel Betty Zane was the first of his western novels and drew directly on family oral tradition about the 1782 siege of Fort Henry. Though the museum is in Zanesville, its content is inseparable from Wheeling's Revolutionary history. It preserves the literary transmission of the Betty Zane legend and Zane family frontier history.

Visiting Today

Address

135 Jefferson St, Zanesville, OH 43701

Connected Events

Jan 1769

Ebenezer Zane Founds Wheeling Settlement

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane

Jun 1774

Lord Dunmore's War and Fort Henry Construction

Jan 1776

Fort Fincastle Renamed Fort Henry

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane

Sep 1777

First Siege of Fort Henry — September 1777

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, Colonel David Shepherd

Jan 1778

Continuous Frontier Raids Along the Upper Ohio — 1778

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane

Jun 1779

Sullivan-Clinton Campaign Context — 1779

Apr 1781

Colonel Brodhead's Expedition and Frontier Coordination

Colonel David Shepherd

Mar 1782

Gnadenhutten Massacre and Its Aftermath — March 1782

Sep 1782

Second Siege of Fort Henry — The Last Battle of the Revolution

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, Captain William Caldwell

Sep 1782

Betty Zane's Gunpowder Run (Traditional Account)

Colonel Ebenezer Zane, Silas Zane, Jonathan Zane, Elizabeth "Betty" Zane

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