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Ebenezer Zane



Zane, Ebenezer (1747–1812), American pioneer. A Quaker, he cofounded (1769) Zanesburg (now in West Virginia; renamed Wheeling in 1806) and blazed a trail to Maysville, Ky., known as Zane's Trace.

See also: Pioneer life in America.

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