When I was in high school, one of the best classes I took was an elective history class called Ohio History. One of our required readings was a book by Allan W Eckert, called The Frontiersman because it centered around the founding of Ohio as first a territory, then a state. The book was one of a series called “The Winning of America.” One of the other books in the series was titled The Conquerors which focused on Pontiac’s War in the 1760’s. That series of books really is what sparked my interest (some might say obsession) with history. Eckert passed away in 2011 at the age of 80, but his books live on as they continue to inspire and inform generations about the early days when the Ohio River Valley was the American frontier.