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narrow strip across the territory just south of the Great Lakes; New York claimed an elastic portion of Iroquois lands between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. The western boundary of Pennsylvania was also ill-defined. Virginia's jurisdiction was limited to a few French settlements at the extreme western edge of the territory. Massachusetts's and Connecticut's claims were effectively lines on paper. New York had no colonial settlements or territorial government in the claimed lands.

1677: 1006: 957:), the first written criminal and civil laws of the territory. Maxwell's Code consisted of thirty-seven different laws with the stipulation that the laws had to have been passed previously in one of the original thirteen states. The laws restructured the court system then in effect in the Northwest Territory. They also protected residents against excessive taxes and declared that English common law would be the basis of legal decisions and laws in the Northwest Territory. 2534: 5606: 4796: 7133: 7121: 7109: 5726: 2554: 2142: 5732: 1017:, planned to raise revenue from the methodical sale of land in the Northwest Territory. This plan necessarily called for the removal of both Native American villages and squatters from lands west of Appalachia, loosely, the territory called "Ohio Country" and beyond. Resistance from indigenous tribes, who were supported by the continued British presence in the Northwest Territory, presented a continuing obstacle for American expansion. 5596: 7097: 390: 6834: 5616: 4806: 1534:) in Ohio. In 1780, the directors of the Ohio Company appointed him superintendent of all its affairs relating to settlement north of the Ohio River. In 1796, he was commissioned by President George Washington as Surveyor-General of United States Lands. In 1788, he served as a judge in the Northwest Territory's first court. In 1802, he served in the convention to form a constitution for the State of Ohio. 7157: 1241: 1190: 1503: 1181:" and many other names. It remains the greatest defeat of a US army by Native Americans in history. About 623 American soldiers were killed in action, and about 50 Native Americans were killed. Although an investigation exonerated him, St. Clair resigned his army commission in March 1792 at the request of President Washington, but continued to serve as Governor of the Northwest Territory. 1455:

Tippecanoe in 1811; by 1813 Battle of the Thames where Tecumseh was defeated and killed, the frontier had essentially moved to west of the Mississippi. The first U.S. military garrisons in the territory were Fort Patrick Henry, Vincennes, Indiana (1779), Fort Clark at Falls of the Ohio, Indiana (1783), and Fort Harmar in Ohio (1785). The first settlements were at these locations.

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Adams, Defiance, Deposit, Wayne, Loramie, Piqua, and St. Mary's. Early settlements were outside or nearby forts: Clarksville, Vincennes, Kaskaskia (French), Losantiville, and the Ohio Company settlements at Marietta and Waterford/Beverly. Later, after the Treaty of Greenville, settlements no longer needed to be spearheaded by forts, and sprang up quickly below the Treaty Line.

1232:. Over the next ten months, the armies marched north up the Great Miami and Maumee River valleys toward the Miami capital of Kekionga. Along the way Wayne's legion built a series of outpost forts including Fort Greene Ville, Fort Recovery and Fort Defiance. Fierce battles occurred around some of these but none of Wayne's forts were ever taken by the Native Americans. 1491:, which opened up the Northwest Territory for settlement. This land was used to serve as compensation for what was owed to Revolutionary War veterans. It was at Putnam's recommendation that the land was surveyed and laid out in townships of six miles square. He organized and led the first group of veterans to the territory. They settled at 2039:

The Northwest Ordinance was the first act of its kind in that it prohibited slavery throughout a U.S. territory. This act was less controversial than it may have seemed at the time, practically a rework of an earlier 1784 act that proposed gradual reduction of slavery throughout the territories. Both

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near what is today Toledo, Ohio, to forestall Wayne's putative advance on the British stronghold at Detroit. The final battle of Wayne's campaign occurred within the scope of this fort. The military campaign of Gen. Wayne against the Western Confederacy, who were supported by a company of troops from

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After St. Clair's defeat, In June 1792, President Washington tapped revolutionary war hero Major General "Mad" Anthony Wayne to avenge St. Clair and assert sovereignty over the western frontier. Wayne was commissioned to form a new army of 5120 professional soldiers, dubbed the "Legion of the United

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of 1787, which created the Northwest Territory, General St. Clair was appointed governor. When the territory was divided in 1800, he briefly served as governor of the Northwest Territory remnant that included Ohio, the eastern half of Michigan, and a sliver of southeastern Indiana called "The Gore".

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so long as these states were allowed to keep their western territory, fearing that those states could continue to grow and tip the balance of power in their favor under the proposed system of federal government. As a concession to obtain ratification, these states ceded their claims on the territory

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The Northwest Territory ceased to exist upon Ohio statehood on March 1, 1803; the lands in Ohio that were previously part of Wayne County but not included in Trumbull County reverted to an unorganized status until new counties could be formed. The remainder of Wayne County, roughly the eastern half

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created an innovation in public education when it reserved resources for local public schools. The ordinance divided the territory into 36 mile townships, and each township was further divided into 36 one mile tracts for purposes of sale. The ordinance then stated that "there shall be reserved from

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Once the population of free men living within the territory rose to 5000, the federal government allowed residents to elect a legislature. The legislature, or General Assembly, consisted of two houses, a Legislative Council (five members chosen by Congress) and a House of Representatives consisting

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The western border of Pennsylvania, previously assumed to run in a north by northeast zigzag, was resolved in 1780 by the Continental Congress. The Mason–Dixon line was extended westward to a point five degrees of longitude (about 260 miles) from the Delaware River and the western boundary extended

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Following settlement of the frontier, the great wave of colonial immigration flowed westward, founding the great cities of the eventual 6 states of the Territory which is now the midwestern United States early in the 19th century: Detroit (<1800), Cleveland (1796), Columbus (1812), Indianapolis

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The Continental Congress' title to the lands north of the Ohio River was derived from the Treaty of Paris (1783), the Treaty of Fort McIntosh, and the cessions of four states. Settlement was through several means: squatters, direct U.S. government land sales to settlers, sales of tracts of land to

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into saleable lots, although Ohio was partially surveyed several times using different methods, resulting in a patchwork of land surveys in Ohio. Some older French communities' property claims based on earlier systems of long, narrow lots also were retained. The rest of the Northwest Territory was

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New England, and the Puritans strongly believed that slavery was morally wrong. The Northwest Territory doubled the size of the United States, and establishing it as free of slavery proved to be of tremendous importance in the following decades. It encompassed what became Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,

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to Ohio Company as a buffer zone against Native American incursion around the settled area. The vexing land claims by inhabitants of the old French Vincennes Tract were resolved by what was dubbed the 'Vincennes donation lands' embodied in a federal land act of 1791. Federal land sales in Indiana

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under a governor and three judges. As population increased, a legislature was formed as were a succession of counties, eventually totaling thirteen. At the time of its creation, the land within the territory was largely undisturbed by urban development. It was also home to several Native American

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after 1800). They are listed by present-day location and year established or of U.S. possession. Most forts were military garrisons only. General Anthony Wayne, during his Ohio Country campaign 1792–1795, built or rebuilt 10 such forts: forts (in order by date) Lafayette, Greene Ville, Recovery,

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Settlement followed the forts, whether garrisoned or not. Lack of a garrison meant that threat of Native American attack had become negligible. This was true everywhere in Ohio before 1800 except the northwest sector above the Greenville Treaty line. It became true in Indiana after the Battle of

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Several states (Virginia, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut) had competing claims on the territory: Virginia claimed all of the portion that was formerly Illinois Country and Ohio Country; Massachusetts claimed the portion that is now southern Michigan and Wisconsin; Connecticut claimed a

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According to the 1800 Census of the United States, the Northwest Territory (i.e. the pending state of Ohio) had a population, excluding Native Americans, of over 45,000, and Indiana Territory, a population of about 5,600. By the time of Ohio statehood, there were as many as 50 named towns in

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Integration of the Northwest Territory into a political unit, and settlement, depended on three factors: relinquishment by the British, extinguishment of states' claims west of the Appalachians, and usurpation or purchase of lands from the Native Americans. These objectives were accomplished

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the Northwest Territory, and defined its boundaries, form of government, and administrative structure. In particular, it defined the bodies of government, established the legal basis of land ownership, provided for abolition and transfer of state

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to the federal government: New York in 1780, Virginia in 1784, and Massachusetts and Connecticut in 1785. So the majority of the territory became public land owned by the U.S. government. Virginia and Connecticut reserved two areas to use as compensation to military veterans: the

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in 1800; the eastern portion of the county's land in Ohio were folded into Trumbull County that same year. The territory north of the Ordinance Line became part of Indiana Territory in 1803 as a reorganized Wayne County; the remainder reverted to unorganized status after Ohio

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at the Falls of the Ohio. By the time of the territory's dissolution, there were dozens of towns and settlements, a few with thousands of settlers, chiefly along the Ohio and Miami Rivers and the south shore of Lake Erie in Ohio. Conflicts between

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declared that the confederacy would deal jointly with the United States, forbade individual tribes from dealing directly with the United States, and declared the Ohio River as the boundary between their lands and those of the American settlers.

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shoreline, including the site of present-day Chicago. On November 1, 1798, it was split into the four townships of Detroit, Hamtramck, Mackinaw, and Sargent. The lands west of the extension of the present Indiana-Ohio border became part of

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territorial claims, made rules for admission of new states, established public education, recognized and codified 'natural rights', prohibited slavery, and defined the land rights and applicability of laws to the Native Americans.

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was formed on August 15, 1796, out of portions of Hamilton County and unorganized land, with its seat at Detroit, which had been evacuated by the British five weeks previously. Wayne County originally covered all of Michigan's

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Putnam, in the Puritan tradition, was influential in establishing education in the Northwest Territory. Substantial amounts of land were set aside for schools. Putnam had been one of the primary benefactors in the founding of

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Knox, Randolph and St. Clair counties were separated from the territory effective July 4, 1800, and, along with the western part of Wayne County, and unorganized lands in what are now Minnesota and Wisconsin, became the

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to run due north from the westernmost extent of the Mason–Dixon line to the 43rd parallel. This incorporated the eastern part of Ohio Country as western Pennsylvania, and set the eastern boundary of federal lands.

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of the Ohio/Mississippi riverine systems in the days when water travel was the only good alternative to walking and riding. Most of the territory and its successors was settled by emigrants passing through the

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Historic Michigan, land of the Great Lakes; its life, resources, industries, people, politics, government, wars, institutions, achievements, the press, schools and churches, legendary and prehistoric lore

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was to George Rogers Clark in 1781 at Falls of the Ohio on the Indiana side; he went on to found the settlement of Clarksville. The first two land purchases were large tracts of land sold to John Symmes

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divided into roughly uniform square townships and sections, which facilitated land sales and development. The ordinance also stipulated that the territory would eventually form three to five new states.

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within the Northwest Territory. Territorial governments evaded this law by use of indenture laws. The Articles of Compact prohibited legal discrimination on the basis of religion within the territory.

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in 1794. Following the battle, in fall 1794, Wayne's army marched unopposed to Kekionga where they constructed Fort Wayne, a defiant symbol of U.S. sovereignty in the heart of Native American Country.

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in order to provide a civil government and to centralize British administration of the Montreal-based fur trade. The prohibition of settlement west of the Appalachians remained, contributing to the

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along the eastern border of Ohio in 1786–1789. Direct sales of federal lands to individual homesteaders started here. In some cases, the government granted or donated land for special purposes.

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that authorized the residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form a state constitution and government, and be admitted to the Union. When Ohio was admitted as the

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at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana. Neutralizing Kekionga became the focus of the Northwest Indian War, the driving events in the early evolution of the territory.

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in far western Ohio, the fort was built of wood and intended primarily as a supply depot; accordingly, it was originally named Fort Deposit. One month later, near modern-day

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Map of the states and territories of the United States as it was on August 7, 1789, when the Northwest Territory was first organized, to April 2, 1790, when the future

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in 1792. The area included more than 300,000 square miles (780,000 km) and comprised about 1/3 of the land area of the United States at the time of its creation.

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on March 1, 1803, the land not included in the new state, including the gore, became part of Indiana Territory, and the Northwest Territory went out of existence.

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exceeded 5,000, the territorial legislature was to be created, and this happened in 1798. The full mechanisms of government were put in place, as outlined in the

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land companies, and state sales of land to veterans in the Virginia Military District and Connecticut Western Reserve. The first area to be surveyed was the

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Northwest and Indiana Territories, a few, like Vincennes, with thousands of settlers, and dozens of unnamed settlements below the Treaty Line in Ohio.

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Forts, garrisons and settlements established in the territory northwest of the River Ohio between 1778 and 1803 (excluding those established in

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was the first organization of the territory by the United States; it provided a process for dividing the territory into individual states. The

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Virginia ceded to the United States its claim to undeeded land in the VMC on Dec. 8, 1852. In 1871, Congress ceded this land to the state.

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in nine counties. The first session of the legislature was held in September 1799. Its first important task was to select a non-voting

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and possibly inland Wisconsin in 1622). The French exercised control from widely separate posts in the region, which they claimed as

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In 1800, Connecticut ceded its Western Reserve claims to the Northwest Territory, and it came under the sovereignty of Ohio in 1803.

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Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory

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Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory

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in 1788. This was an important event, as this court was the first establishment of civil and criminal law in the pioneer country.

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Prairie Fire: The Illinois Country 1673–1818, Illinois Historical Digitization Projects at Northern Illinois University Libraries

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History, and Management of Land Grants for Education in the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin)

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The young United States government, deeply in debt following the Revolutionary War and lacking authority to tax under the

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In preparation for Ohio's statehood, Congress split the Northwest Territory into two sections in 1800. A new territory,

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Campus Martius ("Field of Mars" in Latin) was named after the part of Rome of the same name. This site, including the

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States". Wayne recruited and trained his army in Pennsylvania, and moved them to southwestern Ohio in fall of 1793.

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Michael S. Warner, "General Josiah Harmar's Campaign Reconsidered: How the Americans Lost the Battle of Kekionga".

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From the 1750s to the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812, the British had a long-standing goal of creating an

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July 4, 1800, it ceased to exist March 1, 1803, when the southeastern portion of the territory was admitted to the

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in New York, enabled a steady stream of settlers to reach the near west and the lands bordering the Mississippi.

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in Massachusetts, and similarly, in 1798, he created the plan for the construction of the Muskingum Academy (now

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Elkins, Stanley, and Eric McKitrick. "A Meaning for Turner's Frontier: Part I: Democracy in the Old Northwest".

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voyageurs in the 17th century, followed by French missionaries and French fur traders. French-Canadian explorer

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The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750–1850

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A map showing the general distribution of Native American tribes in the Northwest Territory in the early 1790s

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Putnam and Cutler insisted the Northwest Territory be a free territory, with no slavery. They were both from

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to remove him from office as territorial governor. He thus played no part in the organizing of the state of

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secured peace on the western frontier and opened most of southern and eastern Ohio for American settlement.

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involving two Regular Army regiments and some militia. In October 1791 as an advance post for his campaign,

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wrote to President Washington that "we shall be so reduced and discouraged as to give up the settlement ."

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The state cessions that eventually allowed for the creation of the territories north and southwest of the

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was the first sheriff, Paul Fearing became the first attorney to practice in the territory, and Colonel

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sale the lot No. 16 of every township for the maintenance of public schools within the said township."

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History of the Ordinance of 1787 and the Old Northwest Territory (A Supplemental Text for School Use)

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was proclaimed September 7, 1801, formed out of Washington and Jefferson counties, with its seat at

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and killed eleven men, one woman, and two children. (Accounts vary as to the number of casualties.)

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This term was a later and somewhat broader American term for the area to distinguish it from the

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1796 map of the United States includes many forts and settlements within the Northwest Territory.

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of these proposed acts were supported by a variety of influential members of congress including

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was the first recorded European entrant into the region, landing in 1634 at the current site of

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Buley, R. Carlyle. "Pioneer health and medical practices in the old northwest prior to 1840".

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was proclaimed December 9, 1800, formed out of Ross and Washington counties, with its seat at

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ownership, by which ownership was in perpetuity with unlimited power to sell or give it away.

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Article VI of the Articles of Compact within the Northwest Ordinance prohibited the owning of

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The Ohio Hundred Year Book: A Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ...

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in 1800, seven counties in the Northwest Territory reported the following population counts:

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Contested Territories: Native Americans and Non-natives in the Lower Great Lakes, 1700–1850

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General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio,"

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called for a public university for the education, settlement and eventual statehood of the

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in the present state of Ohio would "be set apart and the property thereof be vested in the

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It was inhabited by about 45,000 Native Americans and 4,000 non-native traders, mostly of

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Mr. Jefferson's Hammer: William Henry Harrison and the Origins of American Indian Policy

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William O. Odo, "Destined for Defeat: an Analysis of the St. Clair Expedition of 1791".

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William O. Odo, "Destined for Defeat: an Analysis of the St. Clair Expedition of 1791".

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Dwight L. Smith, "A North American Neutral Indian Zone: Persistence of a British Idea,"

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This article is about the former U.S. territory. For the former Canadian territory, see

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on May 7, 1800, and became effective on July 4. On April 30, 1802, Congress passed an

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The Northwest Territory included all the then-owned land of the United States west of

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Sporadic westward emigrant settlements had already resumed late in the war after the

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Original manuscript written late in Joseph Barker's life, prior to his death in 1843

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Ongoing disputes with the British over the region were a contributing factor to the

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West,

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The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West,

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pp. 2–4, 45–8,105–18, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina.

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in 1795 opened the way for settlement particularly in southern and western Ohio.

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was proclaimed on April 27, 1790. It originally encompassed most of present-day

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of New Spain, formerly New France, acquired by the United States in 1803 by the

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The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

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The Victory with No Name. The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

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The Victory with No Name. The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

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The Trans-Appalachian Frontier: People, Societies, and Institutions, 1775-1850

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This activity stimulated the development of the eastern parts of the eventual

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The Records of the Original Proceedings of the Ohio Company, Volumes I and 2

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio,

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio,

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On November 4 they were routed in battle by a tribal confederation led by

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early Pioneer Settlers of Ohio

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and was carved out of portions of Knox, Hamilton and Washington counties.

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At the time of its creation, the territory included all the land west of

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Kuhns, Frederck I., "Home Missions and Education in the Old Northwest".

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pp. 127–50, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina.

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opened at Marietta on September 2, 1788. Its first judges were General

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had been contested for over a century, beginning with the 17th-century

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as the state of Ohio, and the remainder attached to Indiana Territory.

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was formed December 6, 1800, out of Hamilton County, with its seat at

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Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990

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Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790–1990

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There they were joined by the Kentucky Militia under Major General

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St. Clair formally established the government on July 15, 1788, at

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pp. 143–7, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, New York, 2019.

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says it is a buckeye, and perhaps the genesis of Ohio's nickname.

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portion of Jefferson and Wayne Counties, with its county seat at

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was the territory's governor until November 1802, when President

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and Native American inhabitants of the Territory resulted in the

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Seal of the Northwest Territory over a time capsule outside the

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and encompassed the southern half of what was St. Clair County.

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says the young tree on the seal of the NWT is an apple, while

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In March 1791, St. Clair succeeded Harmar as commander of the

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was first implemented in the Northwest Territory through the

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Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography

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Wabash 1791: St. Clair's Defeat; Osprey Campaign Series #240

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the concept of

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was established, and he shared legislative powers with the

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The next year, American Western University was founded in

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of the war. It spanned all or large parts of six eventual

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Ubbelohde, Carl. "History and the Midwest as a Region".

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Norristown, 1785; reestablished as Jefferson, 1795, now

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in the hope that slavery would fade as the nation grew.

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The Corporate Birth and Growth of the City of Cleveland

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pp. 69, 71, 81, 82, Badgley Publishing Company, 2011.

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Manual of Legislative Practice in the General Assembly

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except a portion in western Pennsylvania, and eastern

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Lindley, H.; Schneider, N. & Quaife, M. (1937).

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William Wells and the Struggle for the Old Northwest

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Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 37. 2172:, 1779, an American / French settlement 918:while governor of the Northwest Territory, 1796 204:"He has planted one better than the one fallen" 6794:South and East of the First Principal Meridian 3982:Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society 2706:was formed on July 10, 1797, with its seat at 2323:, Ohio, October 1791 (originally Fort Deposit) 693:European exploration of the region began with 27:. For the current-day Canadian territory, see 7183:States and territories disestablished in 1803 6733: 6324: 5646: 4836: 4210: 4051:Recollections of the First Settlement of Ohio 3774:. Marietta, Ohio: Leader Publishing. p. 2667:was formed October 5, 1795, with its seat at 1411:in central Pennsylvania, or trails along the 1280:Lower Canada, culminated with victory at the 709:is stated by some sources as having explored 607:Lands west of the Mississippi River were the 3649: 3504: 3502: 2362:Fort Deposit, Ohio, September – October 1794 2198:, Ohio, 1785, abandoned 1786 / 1787 1939:, who resigned in 1796, and was replaced by 623:. Lands south of the Ohio River constituted 7243:1803 disestablishments in the United States 5350:Acquisition of the Northern Mariana Islands 3588:. Indiana Historical Bureau. Archived from 3493:The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 2716:was formed July 29, 1797, with its seat at 1522:Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. 197: 98:Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, 1787 7178:States and territories established in 1787 6789:North and East of First Principal Meridian 6740: 6726: 6331: 6317: 5653: 5639: 5595: 4843: 4829: 4217: 4203: 3964:"Elements of Culture in the Old Northwest" 3339: 2564:Thirteen counties were formed by Governor 1721:provided for a weak governor and a strong 1091:had moved up to the area near present-day 1068:The Northwest Territory's first governor, 899:standardized system for surveying the land 444:, it was the nation's first post-colonial 92: 4002: 3807:History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 3740:in PA, not the Northwest Territory per se 3639:"The Supreme Court – a Historical Sketch" 3499: 2833:, analogous lands south of the Ohio River 2746:was proclaimed July 10, 1800, out of the 2605:as far north as Standing Stone Fork (now 2508:, 1802 (Within the Northwest Territory's 2034: 1963:(June 29, 1798 – December 31, 1799); and 1951:, who resigned 1796, and was replaced by 1426:toll road linked the water routes of the 1252:about siege of Fort Recovery summer 1794. 1084:by the Native Americans in October 1790. 844: 526:Initially, the territory was governed by 7238:1787 establishments in the United States 6774:Congress Lands North of Old Seven Ranges 6299:WikiProject Indiana's History Department 4083: 4069: 3789: 3743: 3655: 3558: 2996: 2981: 2552: 2544: 2532: 2225:, Ohio, January 1787, abandoned May 1790 2140: 2128: 2047: 1815:. The governor was also the senior army 1794: 1675: 1501: 1004: 909: 854: 627:, admitted to the union as the state of 7198:History of the Midwestern United States 6338: 6289:History of the Midwestern United States 4142: 4097: 4093:. Cincinnati, Ohio: H. W. Derby and Co. 4079:. Cincinnati, Ohio: H. W. Derby and Co. 3903:(Michigan State University Press, 2012) 3804: 3767: 3610: 3490: 3061: 2113:, due to its location directly between 1495:, where they built a large fort called 960: 7170: 5660: 4654:Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 4048: 3855: 3834: 3819: 3701: 3172: 3011: 3001:. Oxford University Press. p. 38. 2986:. Oxford University Press. p. 50. 2587:. It kept these boundaries until 1796. 2515:New Lisbon, Ohio, 1803, later renamed 2286:Fort Dilles, Ohio, 1790, later called 1919:removed him from office and appointed 1870:and a Council. The first House had 22 1819:within the territory, and he combined 1775: 1346: 547:, and others. There were a handful of 7043:Historic regions of the United States 6721: 6312: 5634: 4824: 4198: 4118: 3633: 3070:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 2822:, lands west of the Mississippi River 2815:Historic regions of the United States 2579:, but this did not take into account 2411:), Michigan (British held until 1796) 1990:was foreman of the first grand jury. 1790: 1696: 1511:Independence National Historical Park 1275:In mid 1794, the British constructed 763:and to build up their control of the 667:, and various treaties preceding the 596:. It incorporated most of the former 479:, the region was part of the British 467:, and what later became known as the 430:Territory Northwest of the River Ohio 39:Territory Northwest of the River Ohio 5615: 4805: 4149:. Marietta, Ohio: Leader Publishing. 3999:(University of Oklahoma Press, 2012) 3908:Mississippi Valley Historical Review 3546:. Columbus Ohio: Ohio History Center 3309: 3276: 3243: 3210: 2842: 2417:, Michigan (British held until 1796) 1994:was appointed justice of the peace. 1234: 1183: 798:, Britain annexed the region to the 6784:Congress Lands East of Scioto River 5325:Acquisition of Puerto Rico and Guam 4059:Gilkey, Elliot Howard, ed. (1901). 4053:. Marietta, Ohio: Marietta College. 3896:(Kent State University Press, 2006) 3822:A Brief History of St. Clair County 3683:. Library of Congress. June 4, 1998 3537: 2690:and a small portion of the present 2395:, Connecticut Western Reserve, 1796 2383:Fort St. Mary's, Ohio, October 1795 1967:(January 1, 1800 – March 1, 1803). 1854:As soon as the number of free male 1479:After the Revolutionary War ended, 16:United States territory (1787–1803) 13: 7228:Pre-statehood history of Wisconsin 7218:Pre-statehood history of Minnesota 6779:Congress Lands West of Miami River 5340:Annexation of the Indian Territory 4242:Organized incorporated territories 4058: 3886: 3749: 3708:. G. P. Putnam's Sons. p. 13. 3176:Revolutionary America 1763 to 1800 2568:during the territory's existence: 2374:(or Laramie), Ohio, winter 1794–95 2341:, Ohio, December 1793 – March 1794 2117:(an original capital of Ohio) and 2003:of 22 members elected by the male 1487:were instrumental in creating the 1377:Source: 1792; 1800 (includes only 1341: 740: 14: 7254: 7213:Pre-statehood history of Michigan 7203:Pre-statehood history of Illinois 6136:Indiana State Fair stage collapse 6015:Black Day of the General Assembly 4900:Tribal domestic dependent nations 4173:The Territory's Executive Journal 4154: 3874:. Trumbull County. Archived from 2583:'s still unresolved claim of the 2432:Newellstown, Ohio, 1796, renamed 2022: 7208:Pre-statehood history of Indiana 7155: 7143: 7131: 7119: 7107: 7095: 6832: 5736: 5730: 5724: 5614: 5605: 5604: 5594: 5345:Treaty of the Danish West Indies 4804: 4795: 4794: 4606:United Nations trust territories 4226:Territories of the United States 4042: 2468:Westbourne, Ohio, 1799, renamed 2401:, Ohio (British held until 1796) 2156:(aka Lawrence), Ohio, 1778, now 1955:. There were three secretaries: 1947:, who died in 1789, replaced by 1935:, who died in 1789, replaced by 1239: 1188: 1127:warriors stormed the incomplete 819:captured Kaskaskia and Vincennes 790:colonial settlement west of the 446:organized incorporated territory 402: 388: 363: 349: 182:Organized incorporated territory 77: 63: 45:Organized incorporated territory 6863:United States Military District 4660:American Concession in Shanghai 4178:Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor 3925:(Oxford University Press, 2014) 3864: 3849: 3828: 3813: 3798: 3783: 3734: 3712: 3695: 3673: 3627: 3623:. Ohio Historical Society: 237. 3604: 3578: 3531: 3484: 3463: 3442: 3421: 3400: 3379: 3358: 3333: 3166: 3153: 3140: 3127: 3114: 3101: 3088: 3055: 3039: 3005: 2866: 2647:in 1801 after becoming part of 2353:, Illinois, June – October 1794 1982:, and Colonel Archibald Crary. 1959:(July 9, 1788 – May 31, 1798); 949:As Governor, he formulated the 511:, and the northeastern part of 6916:Twelve Mile Square Reservation 6747: 4666:American concession of Tianjin 3856:Fuller, George Newman (1924). 3586:"Slavery in Indiana Territory" 3161:Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat 3122:Wabash 1791: St Clair's Defeat 3012:Keiper, Karl A. (2010). "12". 2990: 2975: 2966: 2957: 2948: 2935: 2924: 2894: 2849: 1997: 1541:, following the passage of an 1080:, whose 1,500 militiamen were 733:, after being defeated in the 717:; among these was the post at 371:Province of Quebec (1763–1791) 1: 7223:Pre-statehood history of Ohio 6204:Historical political strength 6063:Indianapolis strike and riots 4028:Wisconsin Magazine of History 3702:Knight, George Wells (1885). 3574:. State of Ohio. p. 199. 3015:Land of the Indians – Indiana 2887: 2609:), just north of present-day 2009:delegate to the U.S. Congress 1297: 1119:occurred on January 2, 1791. 682: 673:Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) 564:culminating in General "Mad" 438:Congress of the Confederation 436:. Established in 1787 by the 6967:Miami & Erie Canal Lands 6285:History of the United States 6113:Supreme Court Reorganization 5397:Slave states and free states 4852:Regions of the United States 4257:U.S. territorial sovereignty 3448:Hildreth, Samuel Prescott. 3385:Hildreth, Samuel Prescott. 3310:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). 3277:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). 3244:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). 3211:Forstall, Richard L. (ed.). 2067: 1907: 1424:Cumberland–Brownsville 1107:, some 30 miles north of an 7: 6972:Ohio & Erie Canal Lands 6921:Two Mile Square Reservation 6853:Connecticut Western Reserve 6098:Shipp & Smith lynchings 6053:Indianapolis Motor Speedway 5970:Public Works and Bankruptcy 5929:Mary Clark v. G.W. Johnston 5508:International border states 4143:Summers, Thomas J. (1903). 4012:. Oxford University Press. 3968:Indiana Magazine of History 3949:Political Science Quarterly 3841:. W.K. Stewart Co. p. 3768:Summers, Thomas J. (1903). 3611:Burtner, W. H. 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(2015). 2808: 2801:and the eastern tip of the 2799:Lower Peninsula of Michigan 2549:Territorial county of Wayne 2528: 2084:frontier of Ohio and beyond 1847:was the first of these, at 1803:was ceded by North Carolina 1483:(the "Father of Ohio") and 1103:, or "bottom" land, of the 989:Legion of the United States 905: 885:Connecticut Western Reserve 767:headquartered in Montreal. 761:American westward expansion 549:French colonial settlements 268:• Northwest Ordinance 10: 7259: 6946:Virginia Military District 6804:Ohio Company of Associates 5535:Red states and blue states 4507:Unincorporated territories 3340:McCullough, David (2019). 2071: 1779: 1764: 1422:by private investors. The 1301: 1109:Ohio Company of Associates 1054:American Revolutionary War 1034:Western Indian Confederacy 970: 964: 953:(named after its printer, 881:Virginia Military District 848: 831:American Revolutionary War 744: 686: 661:American Revolutionary War 653: 428:and formally known as the 25:Northwest (disambiguation) 18: 7073: 7035: 6954: 6934: 6871: 6841: 6830: 6809:Purchase on the Muskingum 6755: 6690: 6629: 6573: 6564: 6471: 6408: 6350: 6280: 6222: 6144: 6121: 6033: 5955:2nd Indiana Canal Company 5906: 5898:Constitutional Convention 5893:1st Indiana Canal Company 5828: 5745: 5722: 5671: 5590: 5465: 5409: 5358: 5253: 5244: 5202: 5142: 5133: 5057: 4971: 4913: 4865: 4858: 4790: 4692: 4675: 4618: 4601: 4515: 4502: 4265: 4232: 4166:January 25, 2021, at the 3427:Hubbard, Robert Ernest. 3364:Hubbard, Robert Ernest. 3163:(Osprey Publishing, 2011) 3124:(Osprey Publishing, 2011) 3062:Winkler, John F. (2011). 2178:, Vincennes, Indiana 1779 1941:Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. 1539:1800 United States census 1469:Purchase on the Muskingum 1401:Brownsville, Pennsylvania 1376: 1359:— 1324:Purchase on the Muskingum 1015:Articles of Confederation 940:Society of the Cincinnati 876:Articles of Confederation 665:Articles of Confederation 625:Kentucky County, Virginia 619:were part of the British 328: 324: 320: 316: 303: 289: 276: 266: 262: 254: 250: 246: 234: 222: 218: 208: 187: 175: 168: 164: 125: 118: 102: 91: 59: 54: 43: 38: 23:. For similar terms, see 7233:Midwestern United States 6025:Golden Age of Literature 4592:Northern Mariana Islands 4188:August 25, 2007, at the 3491:Lossing, Benson (1868). 3344:. Simon & Schuster. 3148:Northwest Ohio Quarterly 3109:Northwest Ohio Quarterly 2943:Northwest Ohio Quarterly 2857:Midwestern United States 1868:House of Representatives 1320:Connecticut Land Company 1282:Battle of Fallen Timbers 997:Battle of Fallen Timbers 765:North American fur trade 723:Kingdom of Great Britain 621:Province of Upper Canada 572:in 1794. The subsequent 570:Battle of Fallen Timbers 531:cultures, including the 127: • Coordinates 6647:Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal 6000:Eli Lilly & Company 4049:Barker, Joseph (1958). 3809:. S.B. Nelson & Co. 3790:Griswold, S.O. (1884). 3544:Ohio History Connection 3540:"Ohio: The 48th State?" 2368:, Indiana, October 1794 1811:had a modified form of 1020:The area making up the 821:from British commander 677:Treaty of Fort McIntosh 659:correspondingly by the 592:, and northwest of the 579: 473:Treaty of Paris of 1783 21:North-Western Territory 6992:Ephraim Kimberly Grant 6891:Moravian Indian Grants 6672:Detroit–Windsor Tunnel 6596:1833 Treaty of Chicago 6591:1821 Treaty of Chicago 6418:Council of Three Fires 4128:The American Gazetteer 4124:"North-West Territory" 4099:Hulbert, Archer Butler 3835:Esarey, Logan (1915). 3613:"Charles Willing Byrd" 3150:(1993) 65#2 pp: 68–93. 3111:(1993) 65#2 pp: 68–93. 2561: 2550: 2542: 2380:, Ohio, winter 1794–95 2317:, Ohio, September 1791 2251:), Ohio, December 1788 2149: 2088:Land Ordinance of 1785 2035:Prohibition of slavery 1970:The territory's first 1961:William Henry Harrison 1894:Land Ordinance of 1785 1804: 1689: 1514: 1383:Wayne County, Michigan 1250:is missing information 1199:is missing information 1056:. Congress passed the 1052:created following the 1010: 993:Siege of Fort Recovery 919: 895:Land Ordinance of 1785 891:Land Ordinance of 1784 863: 845:Cessions by the states 835:Treaty of Paris (1783) 280:United States Congress 199:Meliorem lapsa locavit 198: 6677:Flint Sit-Down Strike 6611:Treaty of Fond du Lac 5965:Wabash and Erie Canal 5883:Abolitionist movement 5770:French and Indian War 5182:Appalachian Highlands 5157:Intermontane Plateaus 4893:Minor Outlying Island 4247:Territorial evolution 4161:Facsimile of 1789 Act 3820:Walton, W.C. (1928). 3566:Ohio General Assembly 3517:The Indiana Historian 2945:61#2–4 (1989): 46–63. 2931:C. Cong. 1787, 32:334 2902:"Northwest Territory" 2754:, chosen over rivals 2556: 2548: 2539:Campus Martius Museum 2536: 2506:Lawrenceburg, Indiana 2335:, Ohio, November 1793 2144: 2129:Settlements and forts 2048:Native American lands 1945:Samuel Holden Parsons 1933:James Mitchell Varnum 1864:bicameral legislature 1798: 1765:Further information: 1745:enabling act for Ohio 1686:Campus Martius Museum 1684:, is now part of the 1679: 1505: 1473:donated 100,000 acres 1409:gaps of the Allegheny 1333:Historical population 1302:Further information: 1148:Fort Jefferson (Ohio) 1074:Treaty of Fort Harmar 1008: 971:Further information: 913: 858: 813:, leading a force of 792:Appalachian Mountains 735:French and Indian War 687:Further information: 615:. Lands north of the 357:Indian Reserve (1763) 29:Northwest Territories 6516:Fort Michilimackinac 6093:Freeman Field mutiny 5980:Mexican-American War 5975:Underground Railroad 5935:Treaty of St. Mary's 5873:Battle of Tippecanoe 5858:Treaty of Grouseland 5815:Northwest Indian War 5711:La Salle Expeditions 4878:District of Columbia 3838:A History of Indiana 3824:. 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(1897). 3635:Force, Manning 3626: 3603: 3577: 3557: 3538:Pawlack, Tim. 3530: 3498: 3483: 3462: 3458:978-0615501895 3441: 3420: 3399: 3395:978-0615501895 3378: 3357: 3351:978-1501168680 3350: 3332: 3299: 3266: 3233: 3200: 3194:978-0816025282 3193: 3165: 3152: 3139: 3126: 3113: 3100: 3087: 3080: 3054: 3038: 3024: 3004: 2989: 2974: 2965: 2956: 2947: 2934: 2923: 2892: 2891: 2889: 2886: 2883: 2882: 2865: 2847: 2846: 2844: 2841: 2840: 2839: 2834: 2828: 2823: 2817: 2810: 2807: 2794: 2793: 2786:Belmont County 2783: 2773: 2763: 2732: 2731: 2721: 2711: 2701: 2672: 2662: 2652: 2637:Illinois River 2622: 2588: 2577:Cuyahoga River 2530: 2527: 2526: 2525: 2519: 2513: 2503: 2497: 2491: 2485: 2479: 2473: 2466: 2460: 2454: 2448: 2442: 2436: 2430: 2424: 2418: 2412: 2402: 2396: 2390: 2384: 2381: 2375: 2369: 2363: 2360: 2354: 2348: 2342: 2336: 2330: 2327:Fort St. Clair 2324: 2321:Fort Jefferson 2318: 2312: 2306: 2296: 2290: 2284: 2278: 2268: 2258: 2252: 2247:Losantiville ( 2245: 2242:Columbia, Ohio 2239: 2236:Marietta, Ohio 2233: 2226: 2220: 2218:Jeffersonville 2211: 2205: 2199: 2193: 2179: 2173: 2166: 2160: 2130: 2127: 2069: 2066: 2049: 2046: 2036: 2033: 2024: 2023:Land ownership 2021: 1999: 1996: 1992:Griffin Greene 1909: 1906: 1837:administrative 1807:At first, the 1792: 1789: 1780:Main article: 1777: 1774: 1698: 1695: 1668: 1667: 1664: 1661: 1658: 1657: 1654: 1649: 1645: 1644: 1641: 1636: 1632: 1631: 1628: 1623: 1619: 1618: 1615: 1610: 1606: 1605: 1602: 1597: 1593: 1592: 1589: 1584: 1580: 1579: 1576: 1571: 1567: 1566: 1563: 1560: 1497:Campus Martius 1493:Marietta, Ohio 1387: 1386: 1374: 1373: 1370: 1367: 1361: 1360: 1357: 1354: 1350: 1349: 1344: 1339: 1299: 1296: 1271: 1270: 1247: 1245: 1238: 1220: 1219: 1196: 1194: 1187: 1113:Marietta, Ohio 1111:settlement at 1036:, was a loose 965:Main article: 962: 959: 951:Maxwell's Code 907: 904: 897:established a 851:State cessions 849:Main article: 846: 843: 823:Henry Hamilton 778:, after which 742: 739: 727:Indian Reserve 684: 681: 655: 652: 588:, east of the 581: 578: 568:'s victory at 416: 415: 412: 411: 408: 407: 400: 394: 393: 386: 377: 374: 373: 368: 360: 359: 354: 342: 341: 336: 326: 325: 322: 321: 318: 317: 314: 313: 310: 304: 301: 300: 297: 290: 287: 286: 285:August 7, 1789 283: 277: 274: 273: 270: 267: 264: 263: 260: 259: 256: 252: 251: 248: 247: 244: 243: 238: 235: 232: 231: 226: 223: 220: 219: 216: 215: 212: 206: 205: 194: 185: 184: 179: 173: 172: 170: 166: 165: 162: 161: 129: 123: 122: 120: 116: 115: 104: 100: 99: 89: 88: 83: 76: 75: 69: 62: 61: 60: 57: 56: 52: 51: 41: 40: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 7255: 7244: 7241: 7239: 7236: 7234: 7231: 7229: 7226: 7224: 7221: 7219: 7216: 7214: 7211: 7209: 7206: 7204: 7201: 7199: 7196: 7194: 7191: 7189: 7186: 7184: 7181: 7179: 7176: 7175: 7173: 7163: 7153: 7151: 7150:United States 7141: 7139: 7129: 7127: 7117: 7115: 7105: 7103: 7093: 7092: 7089: 7077: 7072: 7064: 7061: 7060: 7059: 7056: 7054: 7051: 7049: 7046: 7044: 7041: 7040: 7038: 7034: 7028: 7025: 7023: 7020: 7018: 7015: 7013: 7012:Refugee Tract 7010: 7008: 7005: 7003: 7000: 6998: 6995: 6993: 6990: 6988: 6987:Dohrman Tract 6985: 6983: 6980: 6978: 6977:College Lands 6975: 6973: 6970: 6968: 6965: 6963: 6960: 6959: 6957: 6953: 6947: 6944: 6943: 6941: 6937: 6933: 6927: 6926:Zane's Tracts 6924: 6922: 6919: 6917: 6914: 6912: 6909: 6907: 6904: 6902: 6899: 6897: 6894: 6892: 6889: 6887: 6884: 6882: 6879: 6878: 6876: 6870: 6864: 6861: 6859: 6856: 6854: 6851: 6850: 6848: 6840: 6825: 6822: 6820: 6817: 6815: 6812: 6810: 6807: 6805: 6802: 6800: 6797: 6795: 6792: 6790: 6787: 6785: 6782: 6780: 6777: 6775: 6772: 6770: 6767: 6766: 6764: 6762: 6754: 6750: 6743: 6738: 6736: 6731: 6729: 6724: 6723: 6720: 6704: 6701: 6699: 6696: 6695: 6693: 6689: 6683: 6680: 6678: 6675: 6673: 6670: 6668: 6665: 6663: 6660: 6658: 6655: 6653: 6650: 6648: 6645: 6643: 6640: 6638: 6635: 6634: 6632: 6628: 6622: 6619: 6617: 6614: 6612: 6609: 6607: 6604: 6602: 6599: 6597: 6594: 6592: 6589: 6587: 6584: 6582: 6579: 6578: 6576: 6572: 6569: 6567: 6566:United States 6563: 6557: 6554: 6552: 6549: 6547: 6544: 6542: 6539: 6537: 6534: 6532: 6529: 6527: 6524: 6522: 6519: 6517: 6514: 6512: 6509: 6507: 6504: 6502: 6499: 6497: 6496:Iroquois Wars 6494: 6492: 6489: 6487: 6484: 6482: 6479: 6478: 6476: 6474: 6470: 6464: 6461: 6459: 6456: 6454: 6451: 6449: 6446: 6444: 6441: 6439: 6436: 6434: 6431: 6429: 6426: 6424: 6421: 6419: 6416: 6415: 6413: 6411: 6407: 6401: 6398: 6396: 6393: 6391: 6388: 6386: 6383: 6381: 6378: 6376: 6373: 6371: 6368: 6366: 6363: 6361: 6358: 6357: 6355: 6353: 6349: 6345: 6341: 6334: 6329: 6327: 6322: 6320: 6315: 6314: 6311: 6301: 6300: 6295: 6294: 6290: 6286: 6279: 6273: 6270: 6268: 6265: 6263: 6260: 6258: 6255: 6253: 6250: 6248: 6247:Hartford City 6245: 6243: 6240: 6238: 6235: 6233: 6230: 6229: 6227: 6225: 6221: 6215: 6212: 6210: 6207: 6205: 6202: 6200: 6197: 6195: 6192: 6190: 6187: 6185: 6182: 6180: 6177: 6175: 6172: 6170: 6167: 6165: 6162: 6160: 6157: 6155: 6152: 6151: 6149: 6147: 6143: 6137: 6134: 6132: 6131:Flood of 2008 6129: 6128: 6126: 6124: 6120: 6114: 6111: 6109: 6106: 6104: 6103:Flood of 1937 6101: 6099: 6096: 6094: 6091: 6089: 6086: 6084: 6081: 6079: 6076: 6074: 6071: 6069: 6066: 6064: 6061: 6059: 6056: 6054: 6051: 6049: 6048:Elwood Haynes 6046: 6044: 6041: 6040: 6038: 6036: 6032: 6026: 6023: 6021: 6018: 6016: 6013: 6011: 6008: 6006: 6003: 6001: 5998: 5996: 5993: 5991: 5988: 5986: 5983: 5981: 5978: 5976: 5973: 5971: 5968: 5966: 5963: 5961: 5958: 5956: 5953: 5951: 5948: 5946: 5943: 5941: 5938: 5936: 5933: 5931: 5930: 5926: 5924: 5923: 5919: 5917: 5914: 5913: 5911: 5909: 5905: 5899: 5896: 5894: 5891: 5889: 5886: 5884: 5881: 5879: 5876: 5874: 5871: 5869: 5866: 5864: 5861: 5859: 5856: 5854: 5851: 5849: 5846: 5844: 5843:Buffalo Trace 5841: 5839: 5836: 5835: 5833: 5831: 5827: 5821: 5818: 5816: 5813: 5811: 5808: 5806: 5803: 5801: 5800:Clark's Grant 5798: 5796: 5793: 5791: 5788: 5786: 5783: 5781: 5780:Pontiac's War 5778: 5776: 5773: 5771: 5768: 5766: 5763: 5761: 5758: 5756: 5753: 5752: 5750: 5748: 5744: 5717: 5714: 5712: 5709: 5707: 5704: 5702: 5699: 5697: 5696:Mississippian 5694: 5692: 5689: 5687: 5684: 5682: 5679: 5678: 5676: 5674: 5673:Early history 5670: 5666: 5663: 5656: 5651: 5649: 5644: 5642: 5637: 5636: 5633: 5621: 5613: 5611: 5603: 5601: 5593: 5592: 5589: 5583: 5582:Upper Midwest 5580: 5578: 5575: 5571: 5568: 5566: 5563: 5561: 5558: 5556: 5553: 5551: 5548: 5547: 5546: 5543: 5541: 5538: 5536: 5533: 5529: 5526: 5525: 5524: 5521: 5519: 5516: 5514: 5511: 5509: 5506: 5504: 5503:Intermountain 5501: 5499: 5496: 5494: 5491: 5489: 5486: 5484: 5481: 5479: 5476: 5474: 5471: 5470: 5468: 5464: 5458: 5455: 5453: 5450: 5448: 5445: 5443: 5440: 5438: 5435: 5433: 5430: 5428: 5425: 5423: 5420: 5418: 5415: 5414: 5412: 5408: 5398: 5395: 5391: 5388: 5386: 5383: 5382: 5381: 5378: 5374: 5373:Border states 5371: 5370: 5369: 5366: 5365: 5363: 5361: 5357: 5351: 5348: 5346: 5343: 5341: 5338: 5336: 5333: 5331: 5328: 5326: 5323: 5321: 5318: 5316: 5313: 5311: 5308: 5306: 5305:Oregon Treaty 5303: 5301: 5298: 5296: 5293: 5291: 5288: 5286: 5283: 5281: 5278: 5276: 5273: 5271: 5268: 5266: 5263: 5262: 5260: 5257: 5252: 5249: 5247: 5243: 5233: 5230: 5228: 5225: 5223: 5220: 5218: 5215: 5213: 5210: 5209: 5207: 5205: 5201: 5193: 5190: 5189: 5188: 5185: 5183: 5180: 5178: 5175: 5173: 5170: 5168: 5165: 5163: 5160: 5158: 5155: 5153: 5150: 5149: 5147: 5145: 5144:Physiographic 5141: 5138: 5136: 5132: 5122: 5119: 5117: 5114: 5112: 5109: 5107: 5104: 5102: 5099: 5097: 5094: 5092: 5089: 5087: 5084: 5082: 5079: 5077: 5074: 5072: 5069: 5068: 5066: 5063: 5056: 5048: 5045: 5043: 5040: 5038: 5035: 5034: 5033: 5030: 5026: 5023: 5021: 5018: 5017: 5016: 5013: 5009: 5006: 5004: 5001: 5000: 4999: 4996: 4992: 4989: 4987: 4984: 4983: 4982: 4979: 4978: 4976: 4974: 4970: 4964: 4961: 4959: 4956: 4954: 4951: 4949: 4946: 4944: 4941: 4939: 4936: 4934: 4931: 4929: 4926: 4924: 4921: 4920: 4918: 4916: 4912: 4906: 4903: 4901: 4898: 4894: 4891: 4889: 4886: 4885: 4884: 4881: 4879: 4876: 4874: 4871: 4870: 4868: 4864: 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