Ohio — Helen Lee Poole

Abby and Edward Fournet had come a long way since they were forced to flee New France into the raw western wilderness. But they were so much in love that it didn't matter where they lived as long as they were together. Beyond Fort Pitt, where they now made their home, lay LaBelle Riviere, the beautiful Ohio River. And as Edward watched it flow westward into the Spanish lands hundreds of miles away, he knew that his destiny flowed with it--that one day the great Ohio would be a long, broad highway carrying boatloads of trade goods to new settlers in the untamed frontier. And he would be the first merchant of the river! From the Allegheny to Lake Erie, from Fort Niagra to Fort Detroit, Abby and Edward would create a legendary empire--for themselves and for generations to come ...