Editing Mingo Junction, Ohio (section)

==History==
[[File:Mingo Junction, Ohio 1899. LOC 75694925.jpg|thumb|left|An 1899 bird’s-eye view of Mingo Junction]]
The [[Mingo]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] tribe once had a settlement at the location of the present-day village, which is the source of its name. Originally known as Mingo Bottom or Mingo Town, it was the starting point for the ill-fated [[Crawford expedition]] against Native Americans in 1782, during the [[American Revolutionary War]].

In 1770, George Washington set out on an expedition to explore the [[Ohio River Valley]]. On October 22 he camped overnight in what was known then as Mingo Town, describing it as blustery and cold with about 20 cabins and 70 inhabitants of the [[Iroquois Confederation]]. Washington wrote a complete account of his observations in a diary stored in the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://strattonhouse.com/index.php?section=history&content=george_washington_ohio|title=Stratton House Inn :: George Washington Ohio / George Washington Ohio River Valley / George Washington Ohio Land|website=strattonhouse.com|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>

Mingo Junction was founded circa 1869 when an iron works was started there.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ | title=20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio and Representative Citizens | publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company | author=Doyle, Joseph Beatty | year=1910 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5doyAQAAMAAJ/page/n426 444]}}</ref> In 1900, its only manufacturing plant was a steel mill owned by [[Carnegie Steel Company]].