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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=543 Pre-statehood settlers] of Ohio generally came from '''Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.''' | *[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=543 Pre-statehood settlers] of Ohio generally came from '''Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, and New Jersey.''' | ||
*By 1850, immigrants from '''Germany, Ireland, and England''' traveled on [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=827&nm=Zanes-Trace Zanes's Trace], the [http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/15641/stories/65711 National Road], various [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=674&nm=Canals canals], and Indian trails. | *By 1850, immigrants from '''Germany, Ireland, and England''' traveled on [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=827&nm=Zanes-Trace Zanes's Trace], the [http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/15641/stories/65711 National Road], various [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=674&nm=Canals canals], and Indian trails. <ref>''Ohio, Trailways to Highways 1776-1976''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. {{FHL|467748|item|disp=FHL film 1015821 item 2}}</ref> | ||
:*''The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups'' <ref>Wilhelm, Hubert G. H. ''The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups''. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, 1982. {{FHL|164152|item|disp=FHL fiche 6093885; book 977.1 W2o}}</ref> | :*''The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups'' <ref>Wilhelm, Hubert G. H. ''The Origin and Distribution of Settlement Groups''. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, 1982. {{FHL|164152|item|disp=FHL fiche 6093885; book 977.1 W2o}}</ref> | ||
[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=819 The Western Reserve in northeast Ohio] was heavily settled by New Englanders. Settlers in the [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=817&nm=Virginia-Military-District Virginia Military District of southwest Ohio] were mostly from Virginia and Kentucky. [http://www.libraryireland.com/ScotchIrish/Ohio1.php Scotch-Irish] and Germans settled in the east and south part of Ohio, and the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=596 Irish] most often settled in cities. The [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=592&nm=German-Ohioans Germans] tended to choose farms in rural areas. Many immigrants from England, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3248 France], Canada, Wales, and Scotland moved to Ohio between 1850 and 1880. In 1880, 15 percent of Ohio's people were foreign born. Until 1914, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=599 Italians], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3284&nm=Russian-Ohioans Russian Jews], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3190&nm=Slovene-Ohioans Slovenes], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3161&nm=Hungarian-Ohioans Hungarians], and [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=618 Poles] were attracted to Cleveland and cities in northeastern Ohio. Today, about 10 percent of Ohio's population is [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=570 African American]. [[Ohio: Norwegian Settlements|Norwegian Settlements]] were an important part of the Ohio landscape. | *[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=819 The Western Reserve in northeast Ohio] was heavily settled by '''New Englanders'''. Settlers in the [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=817&nm=Virginia-Military-District Virginia Military District of southwest Ohio] were mostly from Virginia and Kentucky. [http://www.libraryireland.com/ScotchIrish/Ohio1.php Scotch-Irish] and Germans settled in the east and south part of Ohio, and the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=596 Irish] most often settled in cities. The [http://ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=592&nm=German-Ohioans Germans] tended to choose farms in rural areas. Many immigrants from England, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3248 France], Canada, Wales, and Scotland moved to Ohio between 1850 and 1880. In 1880, 15 percent of Ohio's people were foreign born. Until 1914, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=599 Italians], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3284&nm=Russian-Ohioans Russian Jews], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3190&nm=Slovene-Ohioans Slovenes], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=3161&nm=Hungarian-Ohioans Hungarians], and [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=618 Poles] were attracted to Cleveland and cities in northeastern Ohio. Today, about 10 percent of Ohio's population is [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=570 African American]. [[Ohio: Norwegian Settlements|Norwegian Settlements]] were an important part of the Ohio landscape. | ||
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