Christopher Gist
Christopher Gist
Christopher Gistwas an accomplished colonial British explorer, surveyor and frontiersman. He was one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country. He is credited with providing the first detailed description of the Ohio Country to Great Britain and her colonists. At the outset of the French and Indian War, Gist accompanied Colonel George Washington on missions into this wilderness and saved Washington's life on two separate occasions...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionExplorer
CountryUnited States of America