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—William Henry Venable, April 1888. [2] [9]The first 48 pioneers included the following men. [10] [11] This group of pioneers arrived on April 7, 1788, except for Colonel Meigs, who arrived five days later on April 12, 1788, [12] and Anselm Tupper, who arrived on April 25, according to Putnam's journal.
The lots were surveyed in 1825 by F. Wampler, Deputy Surveyor. [11] The lots were sold at the courthouse in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and unsold lots later sold at the land office in Zanesville, Ohio. The Christian Indians received $400 per year, and the Moravians received enough to repay their debts from improvements. [13]
It became involved in heated national disputes with southern American states in 2009 and 2010, including Georgia over National Cash Register Company and Alabama over Wright Patterson Air Force Base, where southern lawmakers were accused of misusing federal funds and influence to "steal" Ohio jobs during the Great Recession. [146] [147]
The last Indians in Ohio were removed in 1843 via Treaty with the Wyandots (1842) by which the reservation at Upper Sandusky was ceded to the United States, and the Wyandots relocated to Oklahoma in 1843. [citation needed] As of the 20th century, there are no Indian reservations in Ohio, and no federally recognized Indian tribes in Ohio.
There were few operating newspapers in Ohio: including The Western Spy and Hamilton Gazette, which published in Cincinnati from 1799 to 1822 and the Freeman’s Journal and Chillicothe Advertiser ...
Map of Ohio showing the boundaries of the Ohio Company Purchase on the lower right. Rufus Putnam 20th-century artist’s impression of a pioneer wagon bound for the Ohio country in the late 1700s. The Ohio Company of Associates , also known as the Ohio Company , was a land company whose members are today credited with becoming the first non ...
The grant was in two parts: the first 200,000 acres were promised, and the following 300,000 acres were to be granted if the Ohio Company successfully settled one hundred families within seven years. [7] Furthermore, the Ohio Company was required to construct a fort and provide a garrison to protect the settlement at their own expense.
The Ohio Lands were the several grants, tracts, districts and cessions which make up what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio Country was one of the first settled parts of the Midwest , and indeed one of the first settled parts of the United States beyond the original Thirteen Colonies .